Sezara

Sezara
Pronounced:	/sɛ-ʃɑ-ʀɑ/
Timeline and Universe:	theoretically this universe, future
Species:	Humanoid
Spoken:	south-central Lhined
Total speakers:	~3 million
Writing system:	Romanized Equivalent
Genealogy:	conjectural evolution from Quechua, Swahili, Spanish, and Cantonese
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 Lhined, 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.

Phonology

• /t k q p pʰ tʰ kʰ ʔ p' t' k' q' θ s ʃ ç h r ʁ m ɱ n ŋ/
  • <t k q p ph th kh ' p' t' k' q' f s z c h rr r mn m n ng>
• /ɑ e i u/
  • <a e i u>
• /ɑ~ i~ u~/
  • <aa ii uu>
• Phonological Constraints:
  • (C)V

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