Dialects

Many dialects and sister languages of Sajem Tan exist. On this page, you will be able to read about them all.

Sajem Gavmötëc
Sajem Gavmötëc is a sister language of Sajem Tan created by Snym (Cloud). It is spoken in the region of Gavmöt, and it has been significantly influenced by the Gavmöt languages, such as B'arthedhom.

Grammar
In Sajem Gavmötëc, there are four grammatical genders, or animacies: faunal, floral, lithic, aerial, and neutral.

Sajem Gavmötëc has OSV word order, and the same case system as Sajem Tan except that the accusative is marked with the prefix ëlto-.

Ţeţat Tan
Ţeţat Tan is a dialect (or possibly a sister language) created by Ţeţat (Wind). One of its defining features is vowel harmony. It also has far less influence from Xanzite.

Grammar
Verb conjugation in Ţeţat Tan is very different from how it is in standard Sajem Tan.

Ţeţat Tan has a type of vowel harmony called "roundness harmony". The vowel harmony pairs in Ţeţat Tan are i/y, e/ø, ə/u, and a/o.

Tözen Tan
Tözen Tan is a dialect of Sajem Tan created by Tözen(Fog). It is the dialect spoken by the Foglodytes. It differs only slightly from Sajem Tan phonologically, but grammatical changes are more noticeable.

Phonology
The phonological development of Tözen Tan mainly concerns the vowels. The vowel invetory and their development from those of Sajem Tan can be seen in the gallery below. Further information can be found here.

Zhizlik Tan
This dialect was created by Žirik (Fish). It is based on how an English speaker would pronounce the Old Orthography of Sajem Tan on sight. In that way, it is similar to Pleb Tan (see below).