Senjecas linguistics

Pronunciation table

p	b	f	v	ɱ	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			c	ᵶ	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ᵹ	h	ȝ			š	ṡ			i	e	a	ɵ	o	u			ı	ɛ	y
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̊/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

• cpd = a compound of two or more roots, e.g., ðę́a, in place of, + fę̋to, noun = ðęfę̋to, pronoun.
• drv = a word derived from a root, e.g., sa̋ɱo, word, < sa̋ɱa, t.v. speak.
• fix = a word formed from a root and an affix, e.g., kı̋a, t.v. do + -lu , verbal agentive suffix = kı̋lu, subject.
• pol = a word with a different, but related sense to an original word, e.g., te̋na, tense < te̋na, time.
• These words are not numbered, as only original roots are numbered.
• Words in red indicate a feature that does not occur in Senjecas.

Punctuation - bőta

• cpd boþᵶę̋no, punctuation mark.
• cpd düobőto, colon.
• cpd fástosɱı̨̋o, clause hyphen (—).
• cpd küilbőto, period (:).
• cpd meþbőto, question mark.
• cpd ɱįbőto, interpunct (·).
• cpd pulbőto, hyphen (–).
• cpd tirbőto, paragraph end (⋮).
• cpd ᵶąrbőto, exclamation point.
• cpd ᵶóxdüobőto, semicolon.

Affixes - evse̋gos

• cpd ense̋go, infix.
• cpd nÿofse̋go, prefix.
• cpd pose̋go, suffix.
• cpd þolse̋go, circumfix.
• cpd fasa̋ɱo, clitic.

Parts of speech - saɱfą̋ȝos

• cpd ðęfę̋to, pronoun.
• pol fę̋to, noun, substantive. al̨ux~, mass noun. altaᵹ~, abstract noun. lez~, collective noun. lux~, count noun. ɱex~, concrete noun. koin~, common noun. süęð~, proper noun.
• cpd fęþga̋nlo, adjective.

süę̋ðɱo, adj. attributive.

ɱa̋iþo, adj. predicative.

• cpd ȝǫrsa̋ɱo, expletive.
• cpd ȝovsa̋ɱo, adposition.

ensa̋ɱo, inposition.

nÿofsa̋ɱo, preposition.

posa̋ɱo, postposition.

þolsa̋ɱo, circumposition.

• 001 ką̋to, verb. as~, transitive verb. alas~, intransitive verb. ᵹeð~, copula. ręᵹ~, auxiliary verb.
• cpd kąþfę̋to, supine.
• cpd ką́þgansa̋ɱo, participle. ki~ , active participle. pę~, passive participle.
• cpd kąþga̋nlo, adverb.
• cpd ɱįsa̋ɱko, disjunctive particle.
• cpd ᵹeðsa̋ɱo, conjunction.
• cpd sa̋ɱko, particle.
• cpd tevsa̋ɱo, article.

tősi, adj. definite.

altősi, adj. indefinite.

• cpd rexsa̋ɱo, determiner.

Grammar - ȝexrę̋ȝos

• cpd a̋caþo, object.
• cpd alkı̋lu, adj. null-subject.
• pol de̋ici, adj. demonstrative.
• cpd ðę́fętőȝanti, adj. prodrop.
• pol fa̋si, adj. subordinate, dependent. ~tőso, clause.
• pol fűlo, root.
• fix güe̋nɱi, adj. feminine.
• pol ȝőv|ta, apposition. -sa̋ɱo, appositive. -sa̋ɱi, adj. appositive.
• fix kı̋|lu, subject. -si, adj. indicative.
• pol lűka, number. sem~, adj. singular. mę~, adj. plural.
• fix ɱe̋xɱi, adj. neuter.
• fix ɱı̨̋rɱi, adj. masculine.
• pol ðe̋ra, mood. ęv~, imperative mood. fęþ~, infinitive. ȝeþ, relative mood. kis~, indicative mood. alne̋s~, subjunctive mood.
• pol ne̋uda, case. ðę~, dative case. fęþ~, nominative case. haɱ~, vocative case. ȝą~, accusative case.
• pol nǫ̋a, aspect. álþux~, imperfective aspect. av~, prospective aspect. en̨ǫ̋a, inclinational aspect. f̣ųð~, causative aspect. ~nǫ̋a, progressive/continuous aspect. ɱes~, desiderative aspect. nev~, recent perfective aspect. sęr~, frequentative aspect. süeð~, habitual aspect. toð~, inceptive aspect. þux~, perfective aspect. vųm~, debitive aspect.
• pol pą̋sa, voice. ki~, active voice. pę~, passive voice.
• pol te̋na, tense. im~, present imperfective tense. fes~, past imperfective tense. pos~, future imperfective tense. ímþux~, present perfect tense. fésþux~, past perfect tense. pósþux~, future perfect tense.

Manner of articulation - süenmǫ̋da

• cpd cisüe̋no, sibilant.
• cpd cusüe̋no, trill.
• cpd d̬ífemsüe̋no, bilabial.
• cpd femsüe̋n|o, labial. -kı̋ra, labialization.
• cpd ȝovsüe̋no, approximant.
• cpd keðsüe̋no, guttural.
• pol mǫ̋v|a, t.v. lenite. -ra, lenition.
• cpd nas̨üe̋no, nasal.
• cpd muiþsüe̋no, alveolar.
• cpd paxsüe̋no, stop, plosive, occlusive.
• cpd páxtirsüe̋no, affricate.
• cpd pįlsüe̋no, tap, flap.
• cpd rįsüe̋no, dental.
• cpd sersüe̋no, sonorant.
• cpd tįrsüe̋no, fricative, spirant.
• cpd vainsüe̋n|o, palatal. -kı̋ra, palatalization.

Syntax - tosbÿőra

• 002 tőso, sentence. meþ~, interrogative sentence.
• pol ɱa̋iþi, adj. predicate, predicative.
• cpd ɱı̨̋o ȝe̋xo, absolute construction.

Accent - süenǫ̋nta

• cpd süenᵶę̋no, accent mark. dáᵹ~, secondary accent mark [double acute]. rę́ð~, primary accent mark [acute].
• fix ke̋ᵹko, ogonek.
• cpd ręzne̋uo, macron.

Phonology - süensą̋ra

• süen|ha̋ȝa, syncope. -ɱǫ̋ga, epenthesis. -őȝa, elision.

Miscellany - kaþı̋ȝa

• cpd boðsüe̋no, consonant.
• cpd cÿųsüe̋no, vowel.
• cpd düisüe̋no, diphthong.
• cpd rųnı̋da, alphabet.
• drv sa̋ɱ|o, word. -dı̋la, semantics. -ı̋da, word order. -me̋lo, syllable. -süensa̋ra, phonetics. -zinsą̋ra, morphology.
• 003 sų̋|a, 1. t.v. decline, inflect, conjugate. 2. i.v. inflect, conjugate. -ra, declension, inflection, conjugation.
• pol sų̋þra, deixis.
• cpd süen|lę̋pa, intonation. -mesą̋ra, prosody. se̋mo, phoneme.
• pol tą̋ȝa t.v., parse.

Sound chart - süenrı̨̋nmo

• cpd feműko, first row of graphemes (labials).
• cpd rįsűko, second row of graphemes (dentals).
• cpd muiþűko, third row of graphemes (alveolars).
• cpd vainűko, fourth row of graphemes (palatals).
• cpd cÿųsüe̋nűko, fifth row of graphemes (vowels).