Classical Seesh [SHRM]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersClassical Seesh is spoken by a population of around 1,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Classical Seesh
An artistic language with naturalism as a goal. The concept started out with the phonology and branched out from there. Classical Seesh is, as the name would suggest, the most pure Seeshite language because of a lack of Tejae influence and the lack of consonants articulated past the alveolar ridge. The language is only spoken on formal occasions, though it's often taught as a second language and is understood on a basic level by most speakers.
Some grammar highlights include:
-A lack of morphemes that aren't useable words
- A plural-paucal-singular distinction
- A complex derivational system which allows for little to no noun declination to describe meaning, instead adding complexity and specificity by just affixing more words.
- The lack of both the definite and indefinite articles ('a' and 'the')
- Phonemic stress (volume)
Some grammar highlights include:
-A lack of morphemes that aren't useable words
- A plural-paucal-singular distinction
- A complex derivational system which allows for little to no noun declination to describe meaning, instead adding complexity and specificity by just affixing more words.
- The lack of both the definite and indefinite articles ('a' and 'the')
- Phonemic stress (volume)
Sample of Classical Seesh[view] Rōōz veepāāv ishīītil, shiiffal veepāāv dadāts ishīītil.
Good artists copy, best artists steal.[view all texts]
Good artists copy, best artists steal.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSeeshite
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Classical Seesh
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Classical Seesh[view] About SeeshiteSpoken in Baltōsr, Dēnt-Lōōnmil, and Stēērat, Seeshite has two major dialects, the "Baltōmo" dialect spoken exclusively in Baltōsr; and the Stā'ev dialects spoken in Stēērat and Dēnt-Lōōnmil. The defining characteristics include a verb-centric lexico...
[edit] [view] Baltōmo (Baltomic Seesh)Spoken in the mountainous Baltōsr region; the system evolved over years of isolation from developments both technological, spiritual and linguistic. It's seen as a relic of the past but still very understandable, even to native speakers of Dēnt-Lōōnmil & people who've learned a Seeshite language as their second language. It's a bit like how the English of Shakespeare would sound to someone in Miami.
[edit] [view] Seesh-Ja'e (Dentlic Seesh )A quickly-spoken dialect that sounds very intimidating to new learners. It's unique for its interaction and mixing with Tejae, via merchants, who helped to take writing from a record-keeping and land-ownership role into an academic/intellectual function. The orthography is very different. Baltomic and Classical Seesh is carved, often in wood, and often favors curves, while Dentlic Seesh is written on paper, and has a commonly used cursive hand.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ |
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||
| Approximant | ɹ | |||||
| Trill | ʙ | [r]1 | ||||
| Blends | dz | ts |
- allophone of /ɹ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | |||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Classical Seesh. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Classical SeeshOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| aa aa /a:/ | b b /b/ | d d /d/ | dz dz /d͡z/, /dz/ | ee ee /e:/ | ii ii /i:/ | l l /l/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ | oo oo /o:/ | p p /p/ |
| r r /ɹ/ | s s /s/ | sh sh /ʃ/ | t t /t/ | ts ts /t͡s/, /ts/ | z z /z/ | zh zh /ʒ/ | ʙ ʙ /ʙ/ | a a /a/ | ā ā /a/ | āā āā /a:/ |
| e e /e/ | ē ē /e/ | ēē ēē /e:/ | f f /ɸ/ | i i /i/ | ī ī /i/ | īī īī /i:/ | o o /o/ | ō ō /o/ | ōō ōō /o:/ | v v /β/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
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