Seyzhú (/sejˈʒʊ/)

Geographical Distribution

Spoken throughout the eastern side of West Jyalb

Phonology

Consonant inventory: b bʲ d dʲ f fʲ g j k l lʲ m mʲ n nʲ p pʲ r rʲ s sʲ t tʲ v vʲ x z zʲ ɕː ʂ ʂː ʐ ʐː ʦ ʨ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m mʲ		n nʲ
Stop	p b pʲ bʲ		d t dʲ tʲ				k g
Affricate			ʦ		ʨ
Fricative		v vʲ f fʲ	s z sʲ zʲ	ʐ ʂ ʂː ʐː	ɕː		x
Approximant						j
Trill			r rʲ
Lateral approximant			lʲ l

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: advanced ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʨ	ch
x	kh
ʐ	zh
ʂ	sh
ʦ	ts
ʲ
ɕː	shch

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Noun affixes

Singular	No affix khasl /xasl/ dog
Plural	Prefix u- ukhasl /ˈuxasl/ dogs
Paucal	Prefix i- ikhasl /ˈixasl/ few dogs

Adjective affixes

Definite	No affix net /nʲetʲ/ (the) big (dog)
Indefinite	Suffix -e nete /ˈnʲetʲe/ (a/some) big (dog)

Verb affixes

Singular	No affix nruzm /nruzm/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn
Plural	Reduplicate last part of last syllable nruzmuzm /ˈnruzmuzm/ (we/you all/they) learn
Paucal	If starts with vowel: Prefix skr- Else: Prefix skre- skrenruzm /ˈskrenruzm/ learn

Numbers

Seyzhú has a base-10 number system:
1 - tsvu
2 - vzgle
3 - fibl
4 - mni
5 - pli
6 - la
7 - dvilm
8 - fsko
9 - vzdut
10 - shta
100 - apkush
1000 - ipri

Morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix fi-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix nʲ-
Else: Prefix nʲa-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix i-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix kve-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix spʲ-
Else: Prefix spʲa-
Noun to verb = Prefix mu-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix asp-
Else: Prefix aspa-
Tending to = Prefix i-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix sʲlʲo-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix zv-
Else: Prefix zvo-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix spʲi-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pi-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix fpr-
Else: Prefix fpra-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix pl-
Else: Prefix pla-

Dictionary

1805 Words.

Spoken by

• West Jyalben