eseesa

Eseesa is a constructed language created for speculative fiction and linguistic experimentation. It is described as the native tongue of the fictional Eseeni people and has circulated in conlang communities as a distinct system. The language emphasizes regularity and learnability, while providing typological variety to illustrate common linguistic phenomena.

Phonology and morphology: The phoneme inventory includes five vowels and around eighteen consonants, with contrasts such as p/b, t/d, k/g, s/z, and a rhotic r. Syllables typically follow CV or CVC patterns. The language is primarily analytic, with verbs taking a set of agglutinative suffixes to express tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality. The default word order is SVO, adjectives precede nouns, and nouns take postpositional clitics for case and number. Plurals are usually marked with a suffix such as -en or indicated by context.

Writing system: Eseesa uses a Latin-based alphabet with diacritics indicating vowel length or stress. In-world inscriptions sometimes preserve a separate paleographic tradition.

Lexicon and usage: The vocabulary covers core domains—family, nature, daily life—with roots designed to support productive compounding. In fan communities, learners create glossaries, example texts, and short translations to illustrate usage.

History and status: Developed in the early 21st century as a synthetic language, eseesa does not have an official spoken community beyond its fictional universe; however, it is studied as a case example in conlang design and used as a resource for hobbyists and writers.