Saitlaa language

Saitlaa
Saitlaa 사잍쨔
Pronunciation	/ˈsa.itlaː/
Spoken in	Samarkainia
Total speakers	—
Language family	Isolate Saitlaa;
Writing system	Latin, alternative Hangeul
Official status
Official language in	None
Recognised minority language in	Samarkainia
Regulated by	Samarkainian Linguistic Centre, Esolténnea
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	–
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Saitlaa, in the native scipt also spelled as 사잍쨔, is a minority language on Alléteþ, in Samarkainia. It is a language isolate and no connections to other languages have been successfully proved yet. The language also has its own ancient script called Püikjaš (픠깠).

Geographical distribution

Dialects

History

Phonology

Sailtaa vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Back
	Front				Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i		y				u	u:
Close-mid	e	e:	ø	ø:			o	o:
Mid					ə
Open-mid							ɔ	ɔ:
Near-open	æ	æ:
Open					a	a:

Sailtaa consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m	n			ŋ
Nasal	Palatalized		nʲ
Plosive	Plain	p	t d			k ɡ
Plosive	Palatalized	pʲ	tʲ			kʲ
Fricative			s	ʃ		x
Affricate				ʧ
Approximant					j	w
Flap or tap			ɾ
Lateral approximant	Plain		l
Lateral approximant	Palatalized		lʲ

Diphthongs and syllable-final consonantal combinations

Diphthongs: There are three diphthongs: /oi/, /ui/ and /yi/, written as <oi>, <ui> and <üi>.

Syllable-final consonantal combinations:

Nasal: /ŋk/ written as <nħ>
Plosives:
- /ps/ written as <bs>
- /ks/ written as <gs>
Approximant:
- /wp/ written as <lb>
- /ws/ written as <ls>
Lateral approximant:
- /ln/ written as <lm>
- /lt/ written as <lt>
- /lp/ written as <lp>
- /lk/ written as <lħ>

Writing system

Latinisation

Sailtaa vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Back
	Front				Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i		ü				u	uu
Close-mid	e	ee	ö	öö			o	oo
Mid					ë
Open-mid							å	åå
Near-open	ä	ää
Open					a	aa

Sailtaa consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m	n			ng
Nasal	Palatalized		nj
Plosive	Plain	p	t d			k ɡ
Plosive	Palatalized	pj	tj			kj
Fricative			s	š		h
Affricate				č
Approximant					j	(l)
Flap or tap			ɾ
Lateral approximant	Plain		l
Lateral approximant	Palatalized		lj

Püikjaš

Sailtaa vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Back
	Front				Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	이		으				우	유
Close-mid	에	예	어	여			오	요
Mid					웨
Open-mid							와	워
Near-open	애	얘
Open					아	야

Sailtaa consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	ㅁ	ㄴ			ㅇ
Nasal	Palatalized		ㄵ
Plosive	Plain	ㅍ	ㅌ ㄷ			ㅋ ㄱ
Plosive	Palatalized	ㅃ	ㄸ			ㄲ
Fricative			ㅅ	ㅆ		h
Affricate				ㅊ
Approximant					ㅈ	(ㄹ)
Flap or tap			ㄹ
Lateral approximant	Plain		ㄹ/ㅉ
Lateral approximant	Palatalized		ㄺ

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns in Saitlaa are marked for genders, numbers and cases.

Gender

There are three genders, each recognised by the final letter of a noun:

Animate nouns: -č, -d, -g, -m, -ls, -lt
Inanimate nouns: -k, -l, -o, -š, -lħ
Neuter/common gender: -a, -aa, -oi, -ue

Number

There are three nominal numbers in Saitlaa, singular, dual and plural. Singular is unmarked, the other two numbers are marked by a particle which is placed after the noun it modifies.

Dual particle: üing
Plural particle: oing

Case

Nouns in Saitlaa are declined for six cases in one declension. Cases are marked by particles that precede the noun.

Nominative: unmarked
Genitive: nong
Dative: küng
Accusative: ring
Locative: heng
Oblique: pång

The nominative case is unmarked when the noun the subject of the sentence, when it is not, the noun in the nominative case is marked by the particle ööng.

Adjectives

Adjectives in Saitlaa end on either -nħ or -anħ. They are placed after the noun they modify. When the noun is declined, the noun and the modifying adjective (or adjectives) is connected with the noun by the particle ääng.

Pronouns

Personal pronouns:

Person	Gender	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st		rag	reg	råg
2nd	animate	tag	teg	tåg
2nd	inanimate	lag	leg	låg
3rd	animate	mag	meg	måg
	inanimate	nag	neg	någ
	neuter	šag	šeg	šåg

Verbs

Verbs in Saitlaa are conjugated for three moods, three tenses and two aspects. These verbal modifiers are marked by particles and are placed after the verb in this order: verb - aspect - mood - tense - subject.

Verbs end on -b, -p or -s.

Moods:

Infinitive: ëng
Conditional: öng
Imperative: ba/pa

Tenses:

Present: säng
Past: song
Future: söng

Aspects:

Perfective: geng
Imperfective: eng

When negated, the particle ang is placed before the verb.

Example

Latinisaton: Mag hois säng geng küj pång düit čääg juikjelt läng ring öls rag läng räj pång teelbo räg läng pjälħ.
Püikjaš: 막 호엇 생 겡 킂 퐝 딑 첑 쥐껥 쨍 링 엀 락 쨍 랮 퐝 톏오 랙 쨍 뺋.
English: Neighbour's boy hit my dog with a stick on our yard yesterday.