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Fragment of a new language

From:Sylvia Sotomayor <sylvia1@...>
Date:Sunday, April 18, 1999, 1:56
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New language discovered by Sylvia Sotomayor and Adam Walker, given the na=
me
"Seldm=94, of which, unfortunately, only exists the following list of num=
ber
terms:

1   am
2   mam
3   te
4   tjam
5   no
6   nom
7   pes
8   pesm
9   ste
10  nono
11  kad
12  kadm
13  bek
14  bekm
15  teleno
16  stjam
17  gos
18  gosm
19  za
20  zam
21  telepes
22  kadkad
23  dez
24  dezm
25  sno
26  bekbek
27  teleste
28  bebekm
29  mal
30  malm

Phonology:
voiced and voiceless stops: p,b t,d k,g
one instance of palatalized stop: tj
sibilants: s,z
syllabic nasal: m
nasals: m, n
liquid: l
vowels: e, a, o

Morphemes:
am,-m          1; as a suffix, =91plus one=92
bek              13
dez              23
gos              17
kad              11
mal              29
no                5
pes              7
s-                 square of the number
te                 3
tele-             tripling of the number
za                19
reduplication and partial reduplication. is the equivalent of doubling th=
e
number.


Sylvia Sotomayor
sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/

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<font size=3D4>New language discovered by Sylvia Sotomayor and Adam Walke=
r,
given the name &quot;Seldm=94, of which, unfortunately, only exists the
following list of number terms:<br>
<br>
1&nbsp;&nbsp; am<br>
2&nbsp;&nbsp; mam<br>
3&nbsp;&nbsp; te<br>
4&nbsp;&nbsp; tjam<br>
5&nbsp;&nbsp; no<br>
6&nbsp;&nbsp; nom<br>
7&nbsp;&nbsp; pes<br>
8&nbsp;&nbsp; pesm<br>
9&nbsp;&nbsp; ste<br>
10&nbsp; nono<br>
11&nbsp; kad<br>
12&nbsp; kadm<br>
13&nbsp; bek<br>
14&nbsp; bekm<br>
15&nbsp; teleno<br>
16&nbsp; stjam<br>
17&nbsp; gos<br>
18&nbsp; gosm<br>
19&nbsp; za<br>
20&nbsp; zam<br>
21&nbsp; telepes<br>
22&nbsp; kadkad<br>
23&nbsp; dez<br>
24&nbsp; dezm<br>
25&nbsp; sno<br>
26&nbsp; bekbek<br>
27&nbsp; teleste<br>
28&nbsp; bebekm<br>
29&nbsp; mal<br>
30&nbsp; malm<br>
<br>
Phonology:<br>
voiced and voiceless stops: p,b t,d k,g<br>
one instance of palatalized stop: tj<br>
sibilants: s,z<br>
syllabic nasal: m<br>
nasals: m, n<br>
liquid: l<br>
vowels: e, a, o<br>
<br>
Morphemes:<br>
am,-m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1; as a
suffix, =91plus one=92<br>
bek&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;
13<br>
dez&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;
23<br>
gos&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;
17<br>
kad&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;
11<br>
mal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;
29<br>
no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5<br>
pes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;
7<br>
s-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
square of the number<br>
te&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
3<br>
tele-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;
tripling of the number<br>
za&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
19<br>
reduplication and partial reduplication. is the equivalent of doubling
the number.<br>
<br>
</font><br>
<div>Sylvia Sotomayor</div>
<div>sylvia1@ix.netcom.com</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://=
pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/</a></div>
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