#collaborative language

The Periodic Table: http://mr-martian.github.io/Sajem_Tan/chem.html

If you wish to refer to chemical elements in a normal fashion, simply state the atomic number in base 10, followed by “-sut snac” (-sut = -th, snac = element).

Carbon = šensut snac = 6th element

Mercury = kükzneksut snac = 80th element

Oganesson = decthnöt decznek küksut snac = 118th element

Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Silicon, Calcium, Iron, Copper, Silver, Tin, and Gold also have unsystematic names which may be used interchangeably with their numeric names.

If you wish to refer to or address an element in an honorific or “ high-falutin' ” manner (thêvmê cesik xoksmâ Vithitvmê cesik), you can use base 6 instead, thus giving, for the elements above:

Carbon = xeksut snac = 6th element

Mercury = fëtföt xek fëtsut snac = 212th element

Oganesson = vykföt fëtxek fëtsut snac = 322th element

Elements numbered in base 6 are also a good way to do alchemy:

Æther: tytsut snac (the 0th element) - that which holds the others in place

Fire: döksut snac (the 1st element) - that which purifies

Water: fëtsut snac (the 2nd element) - that which douses

Earth: vyksut snac (the 3rd element) - that which dirties

Air: löcsut snac (the 4th element) - that which puts out

Love: rëcsut snac (the 5th element) - that which fuels

And the greatest element of all:

Honey: xeksut snac (the 6th element) - that which has no obvious relation to Fire

Names of groups of elements:

löc snacâ = the 4 elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air)

xüm snacâ = the many elements (those of the periodic table)

Sajem Tan text

Dûtšo düc Sajem Tan jo möm šyn [Sajem Tanvmê fmyvûkthnužê jiküfinšo] jam möšnem sacetum düc duâ jo Vithitkâm tanfê düc duâ. Mömvmê xexen xifemfê düc Vithit smâ femekfê mût. Žûžûmfê düc Vithit žo zyšenumjâk. Rovmê röfitâ navnycukmun Thethat Vithit sežüfendâ. [Sajem Tanvmê madam düdötšo] düm fûdet zanfê düc. Thethatvmê xidat navnyc [Madamvmê cesikâ zanfê düc] Divömvmê dönâ Vithit vöjamfê düc. Femekšo düc Thethat jo möm javem Thethat zenfê düc Vithit. Vûxümfê süt Thethat. Jiküfinšo düc zo Sajem Tanvmê fmyvûkthnužê. Madamfê süt Sajem Tan.

English text

As Common Honey was becoming bigger, the tribe decided they needed a new tribemember to keep track of it all; therefore, they called upon Bird. Bird contemplated this for a while but thought of no solutions. He decided that flying would help him. As he was flying, Bird noticed Wind, an ancient force who had watched our Common Honey’s creation, beneath his wings. Upon Wind's flowing trail, Thunder's echoes, the words of the past, were heard. Bird invited him to the tribe because he new much. Wind set to work immediately, keeping a record of how Common Honey was created. Our Common Honey finally had a history!

Sloppy gloss

big.DUR ancient.PST=IND therefore tribe know.abstract.things Common Honey-GEN make-GER-topic take.note.of new tribemember need ancient.PST=IND 3P therefore Bird-COM talk-DUR 3P. tribe-GEN problem overthink-DUR ancient.PST=IND Bird but know not. fly.along.smooth.path-DUR ancient.PST=IND Bird him REFL help-in.order.to. 3P-GEN wing-PL on-anti Wind Bird discover-PERF ancient.PST=IND. Common Honey-GEN history witness-CONT old force.of.nature be.DUR ancient.PST=IND. Wind-GEN tail on history-GEN word-PL be ancient.PST=IND Thunder-GEN rumble-GER-PL Bird hear-DUR ancient.PST=IND. know-CONT ancient.PST=IND Wind therefore tribe into Wind invite-DUR ancient.PST=IND Bird. work.hard ancient.PST=IND=begin Wind. take.note-DUR ancient.PST=IND 1S Common Honey-GEN make-GER-topic. history-DUR ancient.PST=IND.start Common Honey

(Mostly) correct IPA

See the lexicon for the correct translation of the brochure’s phrases.