Old Sirrese
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| Old Sirrese | |
|---|---|
| 銀人話 (sirratōdata) | |
| Pronunciation | [sir.ra.toː.da.ta] |
| Created by | Melinoë |
| Date | June 13th, 2026 |
| Native to | Manchurian Plain |
| Era | Spoken until the early 10th century, became Middle Sirrese. |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Proto-Chlesamnic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sirr-pro |
Old Sirrese (Also Classical Sirresic; 銀人話 (sirratōdata), /sir.ra.toː.da.ta/) was a Chlesamnic language spoken in the Manchurian plains until the early 10th century, when it became Middle Sirrese. Old Sirrese was mainly written in Chinese characters, but saw some use of the Old Uyghur script, as well as the Mongolian script late in its life.
Old Sirrese is of great interest to Chlesamnic linguists, as it is seemingly rather conservative in many aspects, compare reconstructed Proto-Chlesamnic *wánhas/*wánham to Old Sirrese *wanna, Ancient Tevvic vagga, Old Thadic wěnxę̌, and Old Low Polovic vǫžǫ.
Phonology
Consonants
| labial | alveolar | palatal | velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | ɲ | (ŋ) | |
| plosive | unvoiced | p | t | c | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | |
| fricative | unvoiced | s | ʃ | h | |
| voiced | z | ʒ | |||
| affricate | unvoiced | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | |||
| approximant | w | r, l | j | ||
Vowels
| front | back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | |
| high | i | iː | u | uː |
| mid | e | eː | o | oː |
| low | a | aː | ||