Eastern Seligamine

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Eastern Seligamine, or Arise Sirigamari beradan (pron. árše širgamári beradán), is a Pihaki language spoken in Eastern Seligam. Instead of changing vowels to indicate tenses, it uses particles placed after the verb (not necessarily immediately after): e for present, sa for future, ra (cognate to Ubnadck ena, was) for past, a for hypothetical. era (if) is not one of these particles, but is used similarly. Seligamine verbs still conjugate for person and number: ersi, erso, ersa, ersadi, ersabu, ersan. The passive is expressed by the suffix -and: ersandi, ersando, ersanda, ersandidi, ersandabo, ersandan.

Eastern Seligamine writing is a syllabary. A recent sound shift changed /s/ to /š/ and /t/ to /s/ or /d/, except in /st/ which remains unchanged and some other places. Spelling more often follows the old pronunciation.

Gari bora dera seresa seresadanda e, rigisiti ne berga, eresa akitani, deragisa igisiti beradan kereta, arisiti gari, beradandan, taridan e. Gāri bora dēra šerša šeršadanda e, rigšis ne berga, erša akitani, dēragša igšis beradan kerta, aršis gāri, beradandan, taridan e.