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=Siye=
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Pronounced: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| ['ʃi.je]
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Species: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| Martian Hominin
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Total speakers: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| 19,000,000
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Writing system: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| Native Syllabary
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Genealogy: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| Thide <br>&nbsp; Tide <br>&nbsp; Tiye <br>&nbsp; [[Siye]]
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Morphology: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| Agglutinative
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|style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 30%"| Creator: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| Linguarum Magister
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|style="width: 30%"| Created: ||style="border-left: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; width: 70%"| 2012
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Siye Cheat Sheet
=Description=


=Phonology and Orthography=
Siye is one of the two major languages, along with Ulok, of the Martian Equator, It is spoken by nineteen million people in the Valley of the River. The Guild of Scholars estimates that there are twenty million speakers, but the Terrestrial conservative estimate separates one million speakers whose inclusion within the Simakim is more political than linguistic.


==Phonology==
'Simakim', a key concept in linguistic and political thought, means 'area where the Siye language is spoken.' The Simakim is defined by the presence of a Siye-speaker with immovable property. If the Simayam (Siye speaker) is bilingual, the Siye portion is dominant under Siye law.


/m/ [m], > [ⁿ]/V_#, V_C
The Valley is a federation of city states and autonomous regions whose only unifying government is the Guild of Scholars, a body of grammarians based in the Central Province which regulates the grammar of Siye and therefore the validity of contracts. The Valley is divided into provinces, but unless there is need for military action, provinces are more geographical descriptions than political unities. The only permanent militia is maintained by the Far Western Province, which borders the Ulok-speaking Kingdom of Nesa.


/n/ [n]
=Phonology and Orthography=


/p/ [p], > [pʰ]/#_, [f]/_u, [ç]/_i
==Orthography==


/t/ [t], > [tʰ]/#_, [ʦ]/_u, [ʦʰ]/#_u
[[Siye Orthography]]


/k/ [k] > [kʰ]/#_, [x]/_u, [ʧ]/_i, [ʧʰ]/#_i
==Phonology==


/s/ [s] > [ʃ]/_i
[[Siye Phonology]]


/w/ [v]
==Dialects==


/y/ [j]
[[Siye Dialects]]


/l/ [l]
=Morphology and Syntax=


/h/ [placeholder after ⁿ]
==Nominal Morphology==


/i/ [i]
[[Siye Nominal Morphology]]


/im/ [ɪⁿ]
==Verbal Morphology==


/e/ [e]
[[Siye Verbal Morphology]]


/em/ [ɛⁿ]
==Syntax==
 
/a/ [a]
 
/am/ [aⁿ]
 
/o/ [o]
 
/om/ [ɔⁿ]
 
/u/ [u]
 
/um/ [ʊⁿ]
 
==Vowel Dominance==
 
Siye Vowel Dominance indicates which vowel will dominate in a vowel-vowel sequence (nasalization of vowels does not affect this). The Vowel Dominance hierarchy is listed below:
/u/ > /o/ > /a/ > /e/ > /i/
 
The 3rd person animate subject prefix of the verb is -i- and therefore vanishes most of the time after the object prefixes. It is, however, present in /yi-/ and /umhi-/.
 
=Nominal Morphology=
 
==Cases==
 
Cases:
 
1. NOMINATIVE (NOM): -0  NOM: Pronouns, Personal Names
 
The Nominative Case is used for the subject of an intransitive clause and the subject of a transitive clause, provided that the noun is either a pronoun or a personal name.
 
2. ABSOLUTIVE (ABS): -0  ABS: Everything Except Pronouns and Personal Names
 
The Absolutive Case is used for the subject of an intransitive clause and the object of a transitive clause, provided that the noun is not a pronoun or a personal name.
 
3. ACCUSATIVE (ACC): -a
 
The Accusative Case is used for the object of a transitive clause, provided that the noun is either a pronoun or personal name.
 
4. ERGATIVE (ERG): -ya, -na
 
The Ergative Case is used for the subject of a transitive clause, provided that the noun is not a pronoun or a personal name.
 
5. GENITIVE (GEN): -ne
 
The Genitive Case is used to describe alienable possession or an accidental characteristic of a object.
 
6. POSSESSIVE (POSS): -me


The Possessive Case is used to describe inalienable possession or an essential characteristic of an object. The Possessive Case, unlike the other Cases, precedes rather than follows the grammatical number suffix.
[[Siye Syntax]]


7. ABLATIVE (ABL): -sum
=Texts and Vocabulary=
 
The Ablative Case is used to describe motion away from a point or origin from a particular location.
 
8. LOCATIVE (LOC): -kem
 
The Locative Case is used to describe a location, or, in ditransitive clauses, the object being transferred or the price of the object in the Absolutive Case (more rarely, Accusative Case).
 
9. (AL)LATIVE/DATIVE (ALL): -su ALL: Inanimates
 
The Dative Case is used for the inanimate indirect object of a main clause, the inanimate indirect object of a Causative Construction clause when the verb of the Causative Construction clause is in the imperfective aspect, and the inanimate direct object of a Causative Construction clause when the verb of the Causative Construction clause is in the perfective aspect.
 
10. DATIVE (DAT): -tu DAT: Animates
 
The Dative Case is used for the animate indirect object of a main clause, the animate indirect object of a Causative Construction clause when the verb of the Causative Construction clause is in the imperfective aspect, and the animate direct object of a Causative Construction clause when the verb of the Causative Construction clause is in the perfective aspect.
 
11. INSTRUMENTAL (INS): -ki
 
The Instrumental Case is used to describe the means by which something is done. This case is only used with Inanimate nouns; therefore it is rude to use the Instrumental Case with an Animate nouns.
 
12. ADVERBIAL (ADV): -ku
 
The Adverbial Case converts roots into adverbs. The Guild of Scholars treats this as a case rather than a separate part of speech.
 
13. EQUATIVE (EQ): -pu
 
The Equative Case is used to describe the second noun or adjective in predicate statement.
 
14. COMITATIVE (COM): -ni
 
The Comitative Case is used to describe accompaniment. It also serves as the primary nominal form of 'and', thus contrasting with the primarily verbal form -(a)m.
 
 
==Grammatical Number==
 
Grammatical Numbers:
 
NULL (NL): -ku, -hu, -u
 
The Null Number refers to the absence of a particular thing. When used with an adjective, the Null Number changes an adjective to its opposite.
 
SINGULAR (SG): -0, -pu
 
The Singular Number is used with singular nouns, some abstract nouns, and mass nouns.
 
DUAL (DU): -so
 
The Dual Number is used to refer to exactly two things. Although pairs of items, such as eyes, are in the Dual Number, the Dual Number does not inherently indicate a pair.
 
PAUCAL (PC): -ke
 
The Paucal Number refers to a group, smaller than that of Plural Number but more than the Dual Number.
 
PLURAL (PL): -lo
 
The Plural Number refers to a group, larger than that of Paucal Number. This is the generic plural in Siye.
 
PANTIC (PN): -ka
 
The Pantic Number refers to all of a certain thing. It is also used as a tribal designation.
 
Structure: ROOT-NUMBER-CASE, except if there is a Possessive Case, in which case it is ROOT-CASE-NUMBER.
 
NP → N Mod, N Art, Num N
 
=Verb and Participle Structure=
 
==Verb Structure==
 
Verb Structure
 
1. Object Prefix
 
le-, la-: 1st person
 
pe-, sa-: 2nd person
 
i-, ya-: 3rd person animate
 
e-, a-: 3rd person inanimate
 
mu-: 3rd person indefinite
 
um-: reflexive
 
2. Subject Prefix
 
le-: 1st person
 
pe-: 2nd person
 
i-: 3rd person animate
 
e-: 3rd person inanimate
 
mu-: 3rd person indefinate
 
3. Root
 
4. Grammatical Number
 
-ku: null number
 
-pu: singular number (also indefinite)
 
-so: dual number
 
-ke: paucal number
 
-lo: plural number
 
-ka: pantic number (i.e., all)
 
-pi: exclusive marker (replaces dual, paucal, plural)
 
5. Causative
 
-sum: causative
 
6. Derivatives
 
[I may have forgotten one here, and this is a semi-open category. Fair warning.]
 
-ka: 'intend to X'
 
-me: 'stop X-ing'
 
-nam: 'begin to X'
 
-tam: 'continue to X'
 
-te: 'want to X'
 
-to: negative imperative 'do not X'
 
-wi: positive imperative 'do X'
 
-yam: 'able to X'
 
 
7. Directionals
 
-ki: 'in place'
 
-na: 'up'
 
-nu: 'down'
 
-su: 'away from'
 
-tu: 'towards'
 
8. Aspect
 
-me: imperfective
 
-ne: perfective
 
9. Mode
 
-a: positive realis
 
-e: irrealis
 
-u: negative realis
 
10. Relational
 
-(a)me: 'who/what/which/that'
 
-(a)mo: interrogative (creates a question)
 
-(e)ki: 'so that', 'with the result that'
 
-(e)kem: 'when'
 
-(e)su: 'then'
 
-(e)sum: 'if'
 
-(e)ya: 'because'
 
11. Coordinative
 
-(h)(a)m: 'and'
 
12. Negative (floater)
 
-ku: negative
 
Positions 1 and 2 often combine due to Vowel Dominance. There are two conjugations, yi-conjugation and ya-conjugation. The ya-conjugation is object-prominent. Position 3 is often suppletive depending on aspect (Position 8). Position 4 reflects the subject if the verb is imperfective, the object if the verb is perfective. It is mandatory even in the singular number. Position 5 is often derivational and triggers the Causative (Syntactical) Construction in originally transitive verbs. Position 6 is derivational; each suffix may be associated with a particularly aspect. Position 6 triggers the Causative Construction in specific cases. Position 7 is sometimes derivational, sometimes not, usually mandatory. Position 8 and 9, usually combine into one syllable. Position 10 usually indicates a subordinate clause or a matrix clause in a conditional statement. Position 11 indicates parallel clauses and may combine with Position 8/9 or Position 10. Position 12 is a mobile suffix used to disambiguate certain negative statements or strengthen an already negative statement.
 
==Participle Structure==
 
1. Root
 
2. Causative
 
3. Derivatives
 
4. Directionals
 
5. Aspect
 
6. Mode
 
7. Nominalizer
 
-ki: passive, instrumental
 
-kim: locative
 
-yam: active, ergative
 
8. Grammatical Number
 
9. Case
 
Positions 2, 3, and 4 are only present if necessary. Position 7 has three variants, active, passive, and locative. A participle lacks the Object and Subject Prefixes of a verb in a relative clause.
 
=Syntax=
 
==Syntax==


Basic syntax is SOV, with a yi-conjungation verb. The indirect object and other non-core arguments precede the Direct Object. If the Direct Object is fronted, the verb changes from yi-conjugation to ya-conjugation. If the Subject is placed after the verb, the verb remains yi-conjugation. Pronouns are mandatory in formal Siye.
==Texts==


==Causative Construction==
[[Siye Texts]]


If the causative suffix is added to a transitive verb, the cases of the core arguments from the original clause are governed by the aspect of the verb. If the verb is imperfective, the originally nominative or ergative subject of the original clause becomes dative or allative, while the originally accusative or absolutive object of the original clause remains accusative or absolutive. If the verb is perfective, the opposite occurs. Position 6 suffixes take the Causative Construction except when the Object of the Causative Construction is the same as the Subject of the Causative Construction. Thus “I wanted you to see the book” (le kenosu sa eleyemputena) uses the Causative Construction, while “I wanted to see the book” (le keno eleyamputena)  does not.
==Thematic Vocabulary==


NP → N Adj Gen Relative-Clause Possessive Numeral Case
[[Siye Thematic Vocabulary]]


PP → N P
=Guild of Scholars Docket=


[[Guild of Scholars Docket]]


[[Category: Conlangs]]
[[Category: Conlangs]]
[[Category:A priori conlangs]]

Latest revision as of 15:58, 12 April 2018

Siye

Siye
Pronounced: ['ʃi.je]
Timeline and Universe: Earth Jungle Lord (EJL)
Species: Martian Hominin
Spoken: Mars
Total speakers: 19,000,000
Writing system: Native Syllabary
Genealogy: Thide
  Tide
  Tiye
  Siye
Typology:
Morphology: Agglutinative
Morphosyntax: Split Ergative
Word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: Linguarum Magister
Created: 2012

Description

Siye is one of the two major languages, along with Ulok, of the Martian Equator, It is spoken by nineteen million people in the Valley of the River. The Guild of Scholars estimates that there are twenty million speakers, but the Terrestrial conservative estimate separates one million speakers whose inclusion within the Simakim is more political than linguistic.

'Simakim', a key concept in linguistic and political thought, means 'area where the Siye language is spoken.' The Simakim is defined by the presence of a Siye-speaker with immovable property. If the Simayam (Siye speaker) is bilingual, the Siye portion is dominant under Siye law.

The Valley is a federation of city states and autonomous regions whose only unifying government is the Guild of Scholars, a body of grammarians based in the Central Province which regulates the grammar of Siye and therefore the validity of contracts. The Valley is divided into provinces, but unless there is need for military action, provinces are more geographical descriptions than political unities. The only permanent militia is maintained by the Far Western Province, which borders the Ulok-speaking Kingdom of Nesa.

Phonology and Orthography

Orthography

Siye Orthography

Phonology

Siye Phonology

Dialects

Siye Dialects

Morphology and Syntax

Nominal Morphology

Siye Nominal Morphology

Verbal Morphology

Siye Verbal Morphology

Syntax

Siye Syntax

Texts and Vocabulary

Texts

Siye Texts

Thematic Vocabulary

Siye Thematic Vocabulary

Guild of Scholars Docket

Guild of Scholars Docket

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