Sezara

Sezara
Pronounced:	/sɛ'ʃaʀa/
Timeline and Universe:	theoretically this universe, future
Species:	Humanoid
Spoken:	south-central Lhined
Total speakers:	~3 million
Writing system:	Romanized Equivalent
Typology
Morphological type:	isolating (occasionally fusional)
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Nominative-Accusative
Basic word order:	SVO
Credits
Creator:	Humancadaver101 aka Schwhatever aka Buckfush530
Created:	August 2006

Sezara is a language spoken in central Lheinead, by the descendents of the Kang-Eur (aka Kang-Ur) civilization. It shows heavy influence from Quechua and Swahili, despite the fact that its population is generally descendended from Spanish and Cantonese speakers. It is believed that Swahili-speakers from the northeast and possibly also Quechua-speakers from the northwest invaded and to varying degrees installed their language(s) as the official language of the later Kang-Eur people.

More recently, Korce speakers have influenced it, after their dispersal throughout central Lheinead.

Phonology

• /t k q p pʰ tʰ kʰ ʔ t' k' θ s ʃ x h r ʀ l ʟ m ɱ n ŋ/
  • <t k q p ph th kh ' t' k' f s z x h rr r l ll m mn n ng>
• /ɑ e i u/
  • <a e i u>
• /ɑ~ i~ u~/
  • <aa ii uu>
• Phonological Constraints:
  • (C)V
  • /ʔ/ cannot begin a word

Allophony

• /t k q p pʰ tʰ kʰ θ s ʃ x/ > [d g ɢ b bʰ dʰ gʰ ð z ʒ ɣ] medially
• /ti/ > [ʧi] or [ʤi]
• /xi/ > [çi] or [ʝi]
• /ni/ > [ɳi]
• /θu/ > [fu] or [vu]
• /ɱi ɱu/ > [mi mu]

Pronouns

Sezara pronouns

Syntax

Sezara is highly isolating and SVO. There are eight main adverbial particles used to denote temporal aspects of the unconjugated verbs:

zi zara ni
I speak (perfect)
I spoke.

zi zara rra
I speak (imperfect)
I am speaking.

zi zara thu
I speak (past)
I was speaking. -OR- I spoke.

zi zara xi
I speak (present)
I am speaking. -OR- I speak.

zi zara me
I speak (future)
I will speak.

zi zara nga 
I speak (relative future)
Then I spoke/will speak/am speaking/speak

This is often omitted when it is felt that it is sufficiently understood that the events are proceeding in a temporal manner.

zi zara fi
I speak (relative past)
Earlier I spoke/will speak/am speaking/speak

zi zara tuu
I speak (repeatedly)
-No proper translation; more information necessary for a proper English translation-

Stress and Pitch

Sezara has an unusual stress system. Stressed syllables have low tone, while pre-stress has high tone. The first two syllables after the stressed syllable also have low tone. All other syllables have high tone. Thus:

se-ZA-ra
H-L-L

Lexicon

Sezara Lexicon