Sishami

Sishami
Created by	Melinoë
Date	June 9th, 2026
Native to	Armenia: Lori, Tavush Georgia: Kvemo Kartli Azerbaijan: Gazakh, Aghstafa, Tovuz
Ethnicity	Sishamis
Language family	Indo-European Para-Germanic Chlesamnic High Polovic languages Sishami
Early forms	Proto-Chlesamnic Old Thadic Sishami
Writing systems	Armenian Georgian Latin

Sishami is a Chlesamnic language of the High Polovic branch spoken at the intersection of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, though it is entirely unintelligible with Caucasian Polovic.

Etymology

The English name is from Ottoman Turkish /sɯʃɑ(ː)ˈmɯd͡ʒɑ/, from /sɯʃɑ(ː)ˈmɯ/, from Persian /siʃaːˈmiː/, which is from Old Sishami Օսըշահմմը (Ōsëšahmmë), which is a compound of օսըմ (ōsëm) ("lip") + -(ը)շահմ (-(ë)šahm) (abstract noun affix)+ -մը (-më) ("our").

Phonology

Consonants

		labial	alveolar	palatal	velar
nasal		m ⟨մ⟩	n ⟨ն⟩
stop	unvoiced	p ⟨պ⟩	t ⟨տ⟩	t͡ʃ ⟨ճ⟩	k ⟨ի⟩
	aspirated	pʰ ⟨փ⟩	tʰ ⟨թ⟩	t͡ʃʰ ⟨չ⟩	kʰ ⟨ք⟩
	voiced	b ⟨բ⟩	d ⟨դ⟩	d͡ʒ ⟨ջ⟩	g ⟨գ⟩
fricative	unvoiced	f ⟨ֆ⟩	s ⟨ս⟩	ʃ ⟨շ⟩	x ⟨խ⟩
	voiced	v ⟨վ⟩	z ⟨զ⟩	ʒ ⟨ժ⟩	ɣ ⟨ղ⟩
approximant			l ⟨լ⟩	j ⟨յ⟩
trill			r ⟨ռ⟩
tap			ɾ ⟨ր⟩

Vowels

	front				central		back
	unround		round
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i ⟨ի⟩	iː ⟨իհ⟩	y ⟨իւ⟩	yː ⟨իւհ⟩			u ⟨ու⟩	uː ⟨ուհ⟩
Mid-high	e ⟨է⟩	eː ⟨էհ⟩	ø ⟨էւ⟩	øː ⟨էւհ⟩	ə ⟨ը⟩	əː ⟨ըհ⟩	o ⟨օ⟩	oː ⟨օհ⟩
Mid-low	ɛ ⟨ե⟩	ɛː ⟨եհ⟩	œ ⟨եւ⟩	œː ⟨եւհ⟩			ɔ ⟨ո⟩	ɔː ⟨ոհ⟩
Low							ɑ ⟨ա⟩	ɑː ⟨ահ⟩

Morphology

Nouns

Sishami nouns decline on several categories, those being case, number, possessor, and (some nouns) animacy.

ə-stem, animate endings

	singular	plural
nominative	֊ը -ë	֊ընե -ëne
accusative	֊ըմ -ëm	֊ընեմ -ënem
allative	֊ըհռ -ëhṙ	֊ընեհռ -ënehṙ
genitive	֊ուտ -owt	֊ընիւտ -ëniwt
ablative	֊իճ -ič	֊ընայճ -ënayč
dative	֊ըհ -ëh	֊ընեհ -ëneh
instrumental	֊ու -ow	֊ընիւ -ëniw
comitative	֊ոմ -om	֊ընեւմ -ënewm

ə-stem, animate

	վիլֆը (vilfë)		ը (ë)		ը (ë)
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	վիլֆը vilfë	վիլֆընե vilfëne	֊ը -ë	֊ընե -ëne	֊ը -ë	֊ընե -ëne
accusative	վիլֆըմ vilfëm	վիլֆընեմ vilfënem	֊ըմ -ëm	֊ընեմ -ënem	֊ըմ -ëm	֊ընեմ -ënem
allative	վիլֆըհռ vilfëhṙ	վիլֆընեհռ vilfënehṙ	֊ըհռ -ëhṙ	֊ընեհռ -ënehṙ	֊ըհռ -ëhṙ	֊ընեհռ -ënehṙ
genitive	վիլֆուտ vilfowt	վիլֆընիւտ vilfëniwt	֊ուտ -owt	֊ընիւտ -ëniwt	֊ուտ -owt	֊ընիւտ -ëniwt
ablative	վիլֆիճ vilfič	վիլֆընայճ vilfënayč	֊իճ -ič	֊ընայճ -ënayč	֊իճ -ič	֊ընայճ -ënayč
dative	վիլֆըհ vilfëh	վիլֆընեհ vilfëneh	֊ըհ -ëh	֊ընեհ -ëneh	֊ըհ -ëh	֊ընեհ -ëneh
instrumental	վիլֆու vilfow	վիլֆընիւ vilfëniw	֊ու -ow	֊ընիւ -ëniw	֊ու -ow	֊ընիւ -ëniw
comitative	վիլֆոմ vilfom	վիլֆընեւմ vilfënewm	֊ոմ -om	֊ընեւմ -ënewm	֊ոմ -om	֊ընեւմ -ënewm