Sezu, the language of the Rundunen

Natively known as: 'sezu /ˈsezu/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
me fos wǔnt hus rochh ast me wrossa rochh revivef kǔnt tros ref
Pronunciation: /me fos wynt hus roch ast me ˈwrossa roch ˈrevivef kynt tros ref/
Sezu word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h k l m n p q r s t v w x z

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b p		d t	c	k g	q
Fricative		f v	s z		x		h
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y

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

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ǔ
c	ch
x	kh

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Grammar

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

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	No affix orn /orn/ boy	Suffix -est ornest /ˈornest/ boys
Feminine	No affix shuvorn /ˈshuvorn/ girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nni Else: Suffix -unni shuvornunni /ˈshuvorˌnunni/ girls
Neuter	No affix kuǔ /ˈkuy/ dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ch Else: Suffix -och kuǔchh /ˈkuych/ dogs

Articles

Sezu has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

1st singular	chaz /caz/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	da /da/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	fos /fos/ he, him, his,
3rd singular fem	a /a/ she, her, hers,
3rd singular neuter	u /u/ it (neut), its (neut)
1st plural inclusive	brett /brett/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	hall /hall/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	e /e/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	de /de/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	bund /bund/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
3rd plural neuter	wru /wru/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	feln /feln/ my
2nd singular	des /des/ your
3rd singular masc	rochh /roch/ his
3rd singular fem	rent /rent/ her
3rd singular neuter	dochh /doch/ his, her, its (neut)
1st plural inclusive	ri /ri/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	fe /fe/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	well /well/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	fent /fent/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	ren /ren/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	hant /hant/ their (neut)

Verbs

1st person

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nd Else: Suffix -und wrizund /ˈwrizund/ (I (masc)/we (masc)) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -iz wriziz /ˈwriziz/ (I (fem)/we (fem)) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -az wrizaz /ˈwrizaz/ (I (neut)/we (neut)) learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -un wrizun /ˈwrizun/ (I (masc)/we (masc)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -qy Else: Suffix -eqy wrizeqǔ /ˈwrizeqy/ (I (fem)/we (fem)) learned	Suffix -u wrizu /ˈwrizu/ (I (neut)/we (neut)) learned
Future	Suffix -un wrizun /ˈwrizun/ (I (masc)/we (masc)) will learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ll Else: Suffix -oll wrizoll /ˈwrizoll/ (I (fem)/we (fem)) will learn	Suffix -y wrizǔ /ˈwrizy/ (I (neut)/we (neut)) will learn

2nd person

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Present	Suffix -ett wrizett /ˈwrizett/ (you (masc)/you all (masc)) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ll Else: Suffix -yll wrizǔll /ˈwrizyll/ (you (fem)/you all (fem)) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nd Else: Suffix -end wrizend /ˈwrizend/ (you (neut)/you all (neut)) learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -spo Else: Suffix -ospo wrizospo /ˈwrizospo/ (you (masc)/you all (masc)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -od wrizod /ˈwrizod/ (you (fem)/you all (fem)) learned	Suffix -ent wrizent /ˈwrizent/ (you (neut)/you all (neut)) learned
Future	Suffix -ich wrizichh /ˈwrizich/ (you (masc)/you all (masc)) will learn	Suffix -i wrizi /ˈwrizi/ (you (fem)/you all (fem)) will learn	Suffix -yn wrizǔn /ˈwrizyn/ (you (neut)/you all (neut)) will learn

3rd person

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -oz wrizoz /ˈwrizoz/ (he/they (masc)) learn(s)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -us wrizus /ˈwrizus/ (she/they (fem)) learn(s)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -ul wrizul /ˈwrizul/ (it (neut)/they (neut)) learn(s)
Past	Suffix -a wriza /ˈwriza/ (he/they (masc)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -en wrizen /ˈwrizen/ (she/they (fem)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nt Else: Suffix -int wrizint /ˈwrizint/ (it (neut)/they (neut)) learned
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ssu Else: Suffix -assu wrizassu /ˈwrizassu/ (he/they (masc)) will learn	Suffix -e wrize /ˈwrize/ (she/they (fem)) will learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lla Else: Suffix -illa wrizilla /ˈwrizilla/ (it (neut)/they (neut)) will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Sezu uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: des - des wriz /des wriz/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Sezu uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: za - za wriz /za wriz/ learns

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Sezu uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Suffix -u wrizu /ˈwrizu/ have learned

Numbers

Sezu has a base-20 number system:
1 - run
2 - chren
3 - hǔs
4 - ra
5 - fen
6 - ent
7 - fachh
8 - brant
9 - chatt
10 - sed
11 - brun
12 - ǔ
13 - wrǔ
14 - chre
15 - wǔ
16 - bro
17 - rǔst
18 - dechon
19 - bu
20 - wengu
400 - tren
8000 - chǔba

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -uf
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -as
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -as
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -spe
Else: Suffix -ospe
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -es
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -od
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -i
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nthi
Else: Suffix -unthi
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -un
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nd
Else: Suffix -ynd
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -od
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nt
Else: Suffix -unt
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -in
Augmentative = Suffix -u

Dictionary

3062 Words.