Siye
Siye
| Siye | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | ['ʃi.je] |
| Timeline and Universe: | Earth Jungle Lord (EJL) |
| Species: | Martian Hominin |
| Spoken: | Mars |
| Total speakers: | 19,000,000 |
| Writing system: | Native Syllabary |
| Genealogy: | Thide Tide Tiye Siye |
| Typology: | |
| Morphology: | Agglutinative |
| Morphosyntax: | Split Ergative |
| Word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Linguarum Magister |
| Created: | 2012 |
Description
Siye is one of the two major languages, along with Ulok, of the Martian Equator, It is spoken by nineteen million people in the Valley of the River. The Guild of Scholars estimates that there are twenty million speakers, but the Terrestrial conservative estimate separates one million speakers whose inclusion within the Simakim is more political than linguistic.
'Simakim', a key concept in linguistic and political thought, means 'area where the Siye language is spoken.' The Simakim is defined by the presence of a Siye-speaker with immovable property. If the Simayam (Siye speaker) is bilingual, the Siye portion is dominant under Siye law.
The Valley is a federation of city states and autonomous regions whose only unifying government is the Guild of Scholars, a body of grammarians based in the Central Province which regulates the grammar of Siye and therefore the validity of contracts. The Valley is divided into provinces, but unless there is need for military action, provinces are more geographical descriptions than political unities. The only permanent militia is maintained by the Far Western Province, which borders the Ulok-speaking Kingdom of Nesa.
