SEDES
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SEDES (Somalia, Ethiopian, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan) is a Universal Language for the Horn of Africa. The languages of the region are legion, but have long been under one sprachbund.
| ቀርኒ [q'ärnī] | |
| Timeline/Universe | Universal Languages |
| Period | Future Utopia |
| Spoken in | Horn of Africa |
| Total speakers | 117 million |
| Writing system | Bakri Sapalo |
| Classification | Proto-Afroasiatic |
| Typology | |
| Basic word order | SOV |
| Morphology | Agglutinative |
| Alignment | Marked Nominative |
| Credits | |
| Created by | User:Aquatiki |
Anthropology
- Oromo 24.9M (Eastern Cushitic)
- Amharic 21.6M (Semitic)
- Somali 16.6M (Eastern Cushitic)
- Tigrinya 6.8M (Semitic)
- Sidamo 2.9M (South Cushitic)
- Wolaytta 1.6M (South Cushitic)
- Gurage 1.5M (Semitic)
- Afar 1.2M (Eastern Cushitic)
- Tigre 1.0M (Semitic)
- Other Cushitic, Nilo-Saharan & Minority Groups ~38M
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Voiceless Plosive | p | t | č | k | ʔ |
| Voiced Plosive | b | d | ǧ | g | |
| Ejective Plosive | p’ | t’ | č’ | k’ | |
| Voiceless Fricative | f | s | h | ||
| Voiced Fricative | z | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||
| Rhotic | r |
gemination
no stress or tone
five vowels, all w/w/o length
CV, or CVC. No glottals (/ʔ/, /h/) in coda. No ejectives (/p', t', k', č'/) in coda. No gemination of glottals or ejectives.
Temporary Abugida
| Consonant | /a/ | /e/ | /i/ | /o/ | /u/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | በ | ቤ | ቢ | ቦ | ቡ |
| d | ደ | ዴ | ዲ | ዶ | ዱ |
| g | ገ | ጌ | ጊ | ጎ | ጉ |
| h | ሀ | ሄ | ሂ | ሆ | ሁ |
| k | ከ | ኬ | ኪ | ኮ | ኩ |
| l | ለ | ሌ | ሊ | ሎ | ሉ |
| m | መ | መ | ሚ | ሞ | ሙ |
| n | ነ | ኔ | ኒ | ኖ | ኑ |
| p | ፐ | ፔ | ፒ | ፖ | ፑ |
| r | ረ | ሬ | ሪ | ሮ | ሩ |
| s | ሰ | ሴ | ሲ | ሶ | ሱ |
| t | ተ | ቴ | ቲ | ቶ | ቱ |
| w | ወ | ዌ | ዊ | ዎ | ው |
| z | ዘ | ዜ | ዚ | ዞ | ዙ |
| č | ቸ | ቼ | ቺ | ቾ | ቹ |
| ǧ | ጀ | ጄ | ጂ | ጆ | ጁ |
| p' | ጰ | ጴ | ጲ | ጶ | ጱ |
| t' | ጠ | ጤ | ጢ | ጦ | ጡ |
| k' | ቀ | ቄ | ቂ | ቆ | ቁ |
| č' | ጨ | ጬ | ጪ | ጮ | ጩ |
| ' | አ | ኤ | ኢ | ኦ | ኡ |
When writing in Ge'ez, ፟ for gemination, ፞ for long vowels, and ፝ for "cancel vowel".
Grammar
- Obligatory nominative -ni
- Obligatory accusative -na
Complex predicates are formed by combining an invariant coverb with an inflecting light verb, most commonly the verb 'say'. Verbal morphology is mostly suffixing, some prefixing.
| Universal Languages | ||
|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | SEDES (Horn of Africa), Middle Semitic (Semitic languages), Kintu (Bantu languages), Guosa (West Africa) | 
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| CENTRAL ASIA | Jalpi (Turkic languages), Zens (Iranian languages), Dravindian (Dravidian languages), Neo-Sanskrit (Indo-Aryan languages) | |
| EUROPE | Interlingua (Romance languages), Folksprak (Germanic languages), Interslavic Slavic languages, Balkan (Balkans) | |
| FAR EAST | Dan'a'yo (CJKV), MSEAL (Mainland Southeast Asia), Indo-Malay (Maritime Southeast Asia) | |
