Chuykong

Etymology: From Portuguese se (if).

conjunction

If, introduces a conditional followed.

Glosses: if (p, Conditional particle.)

Notes: Always follows the structure si (cause), (event).

Chuykong

Etymology: From English 'see'.

verb

To see.

Glosses: to see (v, To perceive through sight.)

Notes: Synonym: fey

Gorgian

Etymology: Cf. Italian si. The usage of si as a first person plural pronoun reflects a feature found in Tuscan dialects (although the clusivity distinction is an innovation of Gorgian).

Notes: In both of its usages (as a pure reflexive pronoun or as an inclusive first person pronoun), si alternates with s in the same way me and m do (consult the entries of those pronouns for more information).

pronoun

Reflexive third pronoun.

Glosses: REFL, reflexive (p, Reflexive voice mark.)

Inflection: Gorgian pronouns (click to expand)

		Full form	Contracted form	Possessive
1s, I		me	m	mi
2s, you		te	t	tu
3s	M, he	lu		su
	F, she	le
Reflexive		si	s
1p, we	INCL			ppìu, nos
	EXCL	noe	ne	nos
2p, you (PL)		uoe	uo	os
3p, they		lo

Notes: Replaces oblique instances of lu (he) and le (she) in reflexive contexts. May also replaced plural lo (they), although this is optional.

pronoun

Inclusive first person pronoun, we (including you).

Glosses: we, 1p.INCL (prn, We, including you. Inclusive plural first person pronoun.)

Inflection: Gorgian pronouns (click to expand)

		Full form	Contracted form	Possessive
1s, I		me	m	mi
2s, you		te	t	tu
3s	M, he	lu		su
	F, she	le
Reflexive		si	s
1p, we	INCL			ppìu, nos
	EXCL	noe	ne	nos
2p, you (PL)		uoe	uo	os
3p, they		lo

Derivations and descendants: (click to expand)

Middle Voh

Etymology: from Ancient Voh s'i.

determiner

Singular definite determiner.

Glosses: SG (p, Singular number marker.) the (art, Definite article.)

Notes: Plural definite nouns are marked with nki instead.

Older Kraliy

particle

Renarrative particle: indicates that the following verb is something someone else said.

Glosses: INDIRECT (p, Indirect speech)

Sample usage:

si ləs sɨˈtləp pjəˈlɐː ɐ kuˈnuːn pusuːˈlɐːt ɐ ˈpɨːmɐ, ˈɐtwɐju.

On a hill, a sheep that had no wool saw horses,

Sohosi

Etymology: From an earlier *ti, forming a pair with ta (that). Inspired by Indo-European words like English 'this' and 'that'.

Notes: In Sohosi writing: An upwards triangle rising from the bottom line to around the middle line. The triangle is decorated in Sohosi Hieroglyphs but plain in Sohosi Demotic.

pronoun

This one.

Glosses: this one (prn, Proximal pronoun, the one over here.)

suffix

This, proximal determiner.

Glosses: this (det, Proximal determiner; the one over here.)

Tengoko

Etymology: Unrelated to si as an interrogative particle.

Notes:

In Kar writing: a compositon of na in the left half and ngo on top of yi in the right half.

Notice that this glyph differs from the one used for the interrogative particle si.

noun

Clan, family (obsolete by early classical period), ethnic group.

Glosses: clan (n, Group of people with a shared ancestry.) ethnic group (n, Group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of national, cultural, or religious grounds.) family (n, Related individuals.)

Inflection: Tengoko noun (click to expand)

Most common nominal forms:

	No explicit number		Explicit singular		Explicit plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	si	siir	sinu	sinuir	sia	siair
Possessive	si e	siir e	sinu e	sinuir e	sia e	siair e
	o si	o siir	o sinu	o sinuir	o sia	o siair
Genitive	siar	siirar	sinuar	sinuirar	siaar	siairar
Dative	sier	siirer	sinuer	sinuirer	siaer	siairer
Locative	siim	siirim	sinuim	sinuirim	siaim	siairim
Instrumental	siwi	siirwi	sinuwi	sinuirwi	siawi	siairwi

Notes: Often used by the different peoples that descended from the original Tengoko speaking communities (see also Tengesia).

Derivations and descendants: (click to expand)

Tengoko

Etymology: Probably inspired (extrafictionally) by Esperanto cxu and Polish czy. Unrelated (both intra- and extrafctionally) to the Tengoko noun si meaning 'ethnic group'.

Notes:

In Kar writing: a vertical composition of yi and mo. Those are also the typical answers to a polar question.

Notice that this glyph differs from the one used for the noun si.

particle

Interrogative particle.

Glosses: INT (p, Interrogative, marks a sentence as a question (especially a polar 'yes/no' question).)

pronoun

What, interrogative pronoun.

Glosses: what (prn, Interrogative pronoun.)

Yonan

Etymology: from Middle Irona sie.

article

The, plural definite article.

Glosses: the (art, Definite article.)

Notes: Contracts to s' before vowels. Singular counterpart nɛ.

Sample usage:

S'ɛ̃yɛná ru si yəwhé musɛn?

Do the women see the men?

Derivations and descendants: (click to expand)

Sohosi

A priori - [Other a priori languages]

An a priori language with a very simple phonology and an analytical grammar. Although the language originally had no phonemic tones, Sohosi was later reformed to be tonal in order to expand its very limited root set.

Sohosi's most notable feature is its logographic writing system which comes in two variations: a more complex 'Hieroglyphic' script and a simplified version deemed 'Demotic' (after Egyptian Demotic).

See more: Sohosi wordlist (12 words).