Seret

== Seret ==
Obviously a WIP
Native to Alendora and Alendora's official language in the eastern region of the Western Continent, Seret, is a regional language with several dialects, generally spoken in the eastern region of the Western Continent. Seret is a gracious and polite language and known for its elegance and ability to communicate exacting descriptions and feelings. 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
Nasal 	Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Palatal	Velar 	Glottal
Nasal 	m 	n 	ɲ 	 	
Voiceless Plosive/Stop	p 	t 	k 	k 	
Voiced Plosive/Stop 	b 	d 	ɟ, g 	ɟ, g 	
Voiceless Affricate 	 	ts 	tɕ 	 	
Voiced Affricate 	 	dz 	dʑ 	 	
Voiceless Fricative 	f 	s 	ɕ 	x 	h
Voiced Fricative 	v 	c, z 	ʑ 	kh, gh	
Aproximate Central 	 	r 	j 	w 	
Approximate Lateral 	 	l 	ʎ 	 	
Trill 	 	ɾ, r 	 	 	
Semivowel 	w 	y 	 	 	
=== Vowels ===
 	Front	Mid	Back
Close 	i 	 	u
Close-Mid	e 	 	o
Mid 	 	ə 	
Open-Mid 	ɛ 	 	ɔ
Open 	 	a 	
==Grammar==
Nouns in Seret are practically the same as in English, however, when referring to persons, they are instead their own special type of noun and given special reverence and are not treated as other nouns. 
Seret allows for plural nouns in several ways--for example, let's use the word Aldan, or tree. Seret recognizes three different plural designations--some or few (of no specific number), lots or many (of no specific number), and a general plural with a known specific number. 
Plural Nouns 	Suffixes 	Suffixes 	Suffixes
Plural Nouns 	Some/few (of no specific number)	Lots/many (of no specific number)	Plural (with a known specific number)
General singular nouns simply add a suffix	-ir 	-irri 	-irci
Singular nouns ending with o become 	-or 	-oer 	-oro
Singular nouns ending with e become 	-ij 	-ire 	-ere
Singular nouns ending with a become 	-ifi 	-ira 	-arra
Singular nouns ending with i become 	-ici 	-iri 	-illi
Singular nouns ending with u become 	-ur 	-urri 	-urru
Singular nouns ending with z become 	-ej 	-ejzer 	-ez
Singular nouns ending with l become 	-lez 	-lezer 	-lle
For example, aldan (tree) could be aldanir (a few trees, of no specific number), aldanirri (many trees, of no specific number), and aldanirci (a known number of trees).
Using the example of sehall (house or familial group), it could be sehallez (a few houses of no specific number), sehallezer (lots of houses of no specific number), or sehallle (a known number of houses). 
When referring to persons, the following is the rule: 
Possessive prefixes and suffixes
Possessive	Prefix / Suffix 	Possessive	Prefix / Suffix
Your 	ej(a)- WORD 	Their 	a(n)- WORD -(e)d
His 	e(n)- WORD -(e)d	Its 	(e)jelle- WORD
Her 	a(n)- WORD -(a)m	You alls 	ef(fe) - WORD
Parenthesis are in the event the first and/or last letters are a consonant or vowel of a word, in which case a consonant/vowel is provided. 
Example: Your many trees of which there is no specific number can be written as ejaldanirri. 
For esteemed persons or groups, it is expected to use the word "cza" beforehand, so His (referring to the Grand Prince) many trees of which there is no specific number, can be written as cza enaldanirrid. 
=== Verbs ===
Verbs are conjugated to identify who does an action, and when an action is performed. 
General verb conjugation chart	General verb conjugation chart	General verb conjugation chart	General verb conjugation chart
Infininitive 	WORD-n 	 	
I x 	WORD 	 	
You x 	WORD-a 	 	
He/She/It x 	WORD-lla 	 	
We x 	WORD-z 	Formal we x 	replace last vowel
or add entirely, -elle
You (plural) x 	WORD-uz 	Formal you (plural) x 	replace last vowel 
or add entirely, -ean
They x 	WORD-ga 	Formal they x 	replace last vowel
or add entirely, -ege
The verb tijon (to walk) is simple--the chart becomes Tijo, Tijoa, Tijolla, Tijoz, Tijouz, Tijoga, Tijelle, Tijean, Tijege. However, with more difficult verbs, an apostrophe is added where consonants and verbs conflict. For example, the chart of the verb burrancz'n (to find--already an apostrophe is added to identify the infinitive form) would be Burrancz, Burrancza, Burrancz'lla, Burrancz'z, Burrancz'uz, Burrancz'ga, Burrancella, Burrancean, Burrancege. 
=== Tenses ===
In Seret, to communicate when an action takes place, words are placed after the root word, as below:
Tenses 	Tense applied following root word	Tenses 	Tense applied following root word
Past 	dille 	Past Progressive 	ema
Future 	adrer 	Near Past Progressive 	elia
Near Past 	dilne 	Present Progressive 	lli
Near Future 	adre 	Near Future Progressive	socz
Contemplative future 	aldi 	Future Progressive 	sei
Past Perfect 	dilcne 	Habitual Past 	jan
Near Past Perfect (has occurred very recently)	dilci 	Habitual Present 	jar
Near Future Perfect (will occur very soon) 	adci 	Habitual Future 	jei
Future Perfect 	aczi 	 	
Certain adjectives are used as a prefix with a hyphen, as below:
==Lexicon==
Word	Definitions	POS	Notes
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
==Translations==
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shanar and settled there.
Llegivi, anellederi hecz, aserellid ya hecz seretij manesed. Coulle mandeli zerised, burrancz'ga dille he sczitenne hace <Shinar> ya he.
They said to each other, "Come let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone and tar for mortar." 
Seret'ga dilcne amandelid, "Oesella llam, akcoddielle socz tczallire ye menelle ciwir." Eremege tczalle osocca erer dereccore ya itsca allye tczeil. 
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