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*Senjecas is an Ursprache spoken in the homeland of Sefdaania (seven-river-land). Sefdaania was located in what is now eastern Europe stretching from the advancing or receding glacier in the north to the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, and the Balkan Mountains in the south; from the Carpathian Mountains and the forests of Central Europe on the west to the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, and the Caspian Sea on the east.
*Senjecas is an Ursprache spoken in the homeland of Sefdaania (seven-river-land). Sefdaania was located in what is now eastern Europe stretching from the advancing or receding glacier in the north to the [[Wikipedia:Caspian Sea|Caspian Sea]], the [[Wikipedia:Caucasus Mountains|Caucasus Mountains, the [[Wikipedia:Pontic Mountains|Pontic Mountains]] and the [[Wikipedia:Balkan Mountains|Balkan Mountains]] in the south; from the [[Wikipedia:Vistula|Vistula River]], the [[Wikipedia:Carpathian Mountains|Carpathian Mountains]] and the Balkan Mountains on the west to the [[Wikipedia:Ural Mountains|Ural Mountains]], the [[Wikipedia:Ural (River)|Ural River]], and the Caspian Sea on the east.


*Sefdaania means ''seven rivers'' and refers to the seven major rivers that flow through the land and empty into the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. From west to east these are the Danube, the Dniester, the Southern Bug, the Dnieper, the Don, the Volga, and the Ural.
*Sefdaania means ''seven rivers'' and refers to the seven major rivers that flow through the land and empty into the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. From west to east these are the [[Wikipedia:Danube|Danube]], the [[Wikipedia:Dniester|Dniester]], the [[Wikipedia:Southern Bug|Boh River]], the [[Wikipedia:Dnieper|Dnieper]], the [[Wikipedia:Don (River)|Don]], the [[Wikipedia:Volga|Volga]], and the [[Wikipedia:Ural (River)|Ural]].
*The language is now extinct.
*The language is now extinct.


*The language is being created (since c.1975) by Charles Brickner as a pre-PIE language for a fantasy culture. It is a somewhat [[Wikipedia:Nostratic languages|Nostratic language]], based mainly on PIE grammar and vocabulary, with a smattering of Proto-Altaic, Proto-Basque, Proto-Dravidian, Proto-Eskimo, Proto-Kartvelian, Proto-Uralic, Etruscan and Hittite to fill in the blanks, and some created words when the preceding do not supply.
*The language is being created (since c.1975) by Charles Brickner as a pre-PIE language for a fantasy culture. It is an ''a posteriori'' language, based mainly on PIE grammar and vocabulary, with a smattering of Proto-Altaic, Proto-Basque, Proto-Dravidian, Proto-Eskimo, Proto-Kartvelian, Proto-Uralic, Etruscan and Hittite to fill in the blanks, and some words of my own invention when the preceding do not supply.


*Contents
*Contents
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::[[Senjecas dictionary|Dictionary]] (a-ż in separate files, polysemy, Swadesh list)
::[[Senjecas dictionary|Dictionary]] (a-ż in separate files, polysemy, Swadesh list)
::[[Senjecas dictionaries|Dictionaries]] (various thematic dictionaries)
::[[Senjecas dictionaries|Dictionaries]] (various thematic dictionaries)
::[[Senjecas Domain|Domain]]
::[[Senjecas grammar|Grammar]]
::[[Senjecas grammar|Grammar]]
:::[[Senjecas Glossing Abbreviations|Glossing Abbreviations]]
:::[[Senjecas Glossing Abbreviations|Glossing Abbreviations]]
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:[[Senjecas Conculture|Conculture]]
:[[Senjecas Conculture|Conculture]]
::[[Sefdaanian Ethnography|Ethnography]]
::[[Sefdaanian Ethnography|Ethnography]]
::[[Sefdaanian Tables|Tables]]

Revision as of 07:59, 24 November 2020


Senjecas
Pronounced: /sen'jekas/
Timeline and Universe: Eastern Europe in the Pleistocene
Species: The Six Loquent Peoples
  • Ethran
  • Pyran
  • Hydoran
  • Human
  • Xylan
  • Lithan
Spoken: Sefdaania
Total speakers: Extinct
Writing system: 3 scripts
  • block
  • cursive
  • brush
several modern alphabets and syllabaries adapted
Genealogy: Ursprache
Typology
Morphological type: Fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Basic word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: Charlie Brickner
Created: ongoing since 1975
  • Sefdaania means seven rivers and refers to the seven major rivers that flow through the land and empty into the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. From west to east these are the Danube, the Dniester, the Boh River, the Dnieper, the Don, the Volga, and the Ural.
  • The language is now extinct.
  • The language is being created (since c.1975) by Charles Brickner as a pre-PIE language for a fantasy culture. It is an a posteriori language, based mainly on PIE grammar and vocabulary, with a smattering of Proto-Altaic, Proto-Basque, Proto-Dravidian, Proto-Eskimo, Proto-Kartvelian, Proto-Uralic, Etruscan and Hittite to fill in the blanks, and some words of my own invention when the preceding do not supply.
  • Contents
Conlang
Dictionary (a-ż in separate files, polysemy, Swadesh list)
Dictionaries (various thematic dictionaries)
Domain
Grammar
Glossing Abbreviations
Phonology
Inflection
Syntax
Word formation
Orthographies
Appendices
Phrasebook
Translations
Conculture
Ethnography