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Revision as of 08:47, 12 September 2023

Sazai
Sasai
Päl Sasäï
Pronunciation/pɑl sasɑɪ/
EthnicitySazaian
Mablani
  • Zofzafian
    • Sazaian
      • Sazai
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 (į) y (ü) ỹ (ų̈) u (u) ũ (ų)
Near-close ɪ (ï) ɪ̃ (į̈)
Close-mid e (e) ẽ (ę) o (o) õ (ǫ)
Mid ə (ă) ə̃ (ą̆)
Open-mid ɛ (é) ɛ̃ (ę́) ʌ (ó) ʌ̃ (ǫ́)
Near-open ɐ (â) ɐ̃ (ą̂)
Open a (a) ã (ą) ɑ (ä) ɑ̃ (ą̈)

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.