Cenoji

Cenoji
Spoken in:	Njetoluhi, by the Sea Elves
Timeline/Universe:	unknown
Total speakers:	~3 000, distributed in clans of about 20 people.
Genealogical classification:	Njetoluhi Elfin Sea Races Eastern Coast Cenoji
Created by:
Eosp	2006

Phonology

The vowels [a], [e], [i], [o], and [u] are pronounced /{/, /e/, /i/, /2/, and /y/, respectively. [i] is pronounced /I/ if directly preceded by the letter [j].

The consonants are [c], [f], [h], [j], [l], [m], [n], [s], [t]. All of these are pronounced like their lower-case X-SAMPA counterparts, except for the following:

• [c] = /s/
• [s] = /S/
• [t] = /T/

All of the consonants except [j] and [s] can be followed by [j] to make a cluster. Example: [lju] is pronounced /'ljy/.

The syllable structure is <CV>. C is a consonant (or cluster) and V is a vowel.

A small pause is placed between grammatical inflections and roots. This is optional but helps when dealing with large words.

There are three tones:

• low flat, unmarked
• high flat, doubled vowel
• high falling, marked with an acute accent over the vowel

Grammar

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Each major word contains three parts:

• a root, which captures the main idea of the concept.
• a sense of the root. For example, "teach" and "student" would have the same root but different senses--one being "the act of causing this to happen" and the other being "the receiver of this action."
• other markers, such as cases (nouns) or tense markers (verbs).

Cases

Cases can be stacked; for example, recursion (the subject also being the object) is indicated by using the nominative and the accusative.

• nominative, indicating the subject of the sentence.
• accusative, indicating the object of the sentence.
• constructive, indicating an object that helped the action occur.
• obstructive, indicating an object that hindered the action.
• descriptive, indicating a property of another object. (This serves as the genitive, temporal, dative, etc. cases. It also serves as a means for adjectives.)

Root Senses

Each of these is explained using education as an example.

• conceptual: the concept expressed by the root. (learning)
• location: the location where the action expressed by the root happens. (school)
• causative verb: a verb causing the root to happen. (to teach)
• receptive verb: the result of the root. (to learn)
• causative object: an object causing the root to happen. (teacher)
• receptive object: someone who results from the action. (student)