Sazai language

Sazai
Sasai
Päl Sasäï
Pronunciation	/pɑl sasɑɪ/
Ethnicity	Sazaian
Language family	Mablani Zofzafian Sazaian Sazai
Writing system	Sazai Script

Sazai is a Mablani language located on the west coast of Mablagia.

Phonology

Sazai phonology is as follows, with romanization in parenthesis.

Bilabial

Labio- dental

Dental

Alveolar

Post- Alveolar

Palatal

Labio- velar

Velar

Glottal

Nasal

m (m)

n (n)

ŋ (ń)

Plosive

p (p)

b (b)

t (t)

d (d)

k (k) kʲ (k')

Fricative

f (f) fʲ (f')

v (v) vʲ (v')

θ (þ)

ð (ð)

s (s) sʲ (s')

z (z) zʲ (z')

ʃ (š)

ɣ (g)

h (h)

Lateral approximant

l (l) lʲ (l')

Approximant

j (j)

ʍ (ẃ)

w (w) wʲ (w')

	Front		Near- front		Central		Back
Close	i (i) ĩ (ĩ)	y (ü) ỹ (ü̃)						u (u) ũ (ũ)
Near-close			ɪ (ï) ɪ̃ (ï̃)
Close-mid	e (e) ẽ (ẽ)							o (o) õ (õ)
Mid					ə (ă) ə̃ (ẵ)
Open-mid	ɛ (é) ɛ̃ (é̃)						ʌ (ó) ʌ̃ (ó̃)
Near-open					ɐ (â) ɐ̃ (ẫ)
Open	a (a) ã (ã)						ɑ (ä) ɑ̃ (ä̃)

Grammar

Sazai is a fusional language, with some agglutanitive elements. There are 4 persons for verbs, and all except for 4th person can be dual or plural. Person, time, and number are all required to be added to verbs, making pronouns mainly used to emphasize a point.