Sheyan [SHYN]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sheyan
Mostly a priori, although it does have Korean influences.
Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Main word order: Subject Object Verb (Prepositional phrase). "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary [the] door opened with [a] key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: Postpositions
Articles: Sheyan has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.
Word initial consonants: h, hj, j, k, kj, kw, kʰ, m, mj, mw, n, nj, p, pj, pʰ, pʰj, s, t, tʰ, w, ɾ, ʨ, ʨʰ, ʨʰw
Mid-word consonants: d, h, hj, j, k, kk, kkj, kpj, kpʰ, ks, kt, kw, kʨ, kʰ, m, md, mh, mj, mm, mn, mnj, mp, mpʰj, ms, mt, mɡ, mʨ, mʨʰ, n, nd, nh, nj, nk, nm, nmj, nn, np, ns, nt, ntʰ, nɡ, nɡj, nʨ, nʨʰ, p, pj, pk, ps, pt, pʨ, pʨʰ, pʰ, pʰj, s, t, tk, tt, tʨ, tʨʰ, tʰ, w, ŋ, ŋd, ŋh, ŋhj, ŋj, ŋk, ŋm, ŋmj, ŋn, ŋp, ŋpʰ, ŋpʰj, ŋs, ŋɡ, ŋɡj, ŋʨʰ, ɡ, ɡj, ɡw, ɭd, ɭk, ɭm, ɭp, ɭpʰ, ɭpʰj, ɭs, ɭt, ɭtʰ, ɭɡ, ɭɡj, ɭɡw, ɭɭ, ɾ, ɾh, ɾj, ɾw, ʨ, ʨʰ
Word final consonants: k, m, n, p, t, ŋ, ɭ
Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Main word order: Subject Object Verb (Prepositional phrase). "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary [the] door opened with [a] key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: Postpositions
Articles: Sheyan has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.
Word initial consonants: h, hj, j, k, kj, kw, kʰ, m, mj, mw, n, nj, p, pj, pʰ, pʰj, s, t, tʰ, w, ɾ, ʨ, ʨʰ, ʨʰw
Mid-word consonants: d, h, hj, j, k, kk, kkj, kpj, kpʰ, ks, kt, kw, kʨ, kʰ, m, md, mh, mj, mm, mn, mnj, mp, mpʰj, ms, mt, mɡ, mʨ, mʨʰ, n, nd, nh, nj, nk, nm, nmj, nn, np, ns, nt, ntʰ, nɡ, nɡj, nʨ, nʨʰ, p, pj, pk, ps, pt, pʨ, pʨʰ, pʰ, pʰj, s, t, tk, tt, tʨ, tʨʰ, tʰ, w, ŋ, ŋd, ŋh, ŋhj, ŋj, ŋk, ŋm, ŋmj, ŋn, ŋp, ŋpʰ, ŋpʰj, ŋs, ŋɡ, ŋɡj, ŋʨʰ, ɡ, ɡj, ɡw, ɭd, ɭk, ɭm, ɭp, ɭpʰ, ɭpʰj, ɭs, ɭt, ɭtʰ, ɭɡ, ɭɡj, ɭɡw, ɭɭ, ɾ, ɾh, ɾj, ɾw, ʨ, ʨʰ
Word final consonants: k, m, n, p, t, ŋ, ɭ
Sample of Sheyan[view] keoma kwut yeomda kakso ama tapoeu chae.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.[view all texts]
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ɭ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | y | ɯ ɯ: | u u: |
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ʌ | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sheyan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SheyanOrthography | |||||||||||
| a/a/, /a:/ | ae/ɛ/, /ɛ:/ | b/b/ | ch/t͡ɕʰ/, /t͡ɕ/ | d/d/ | e/e:/, /e/ | eo/ʌ/ | eu/ɯ:/, /ɯ/ | g/g/ | h/h/ | i/i/, /i:/ | j/j/ |
| k/kʰ/, /k/ | l/ɭ/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | ng/ŋ/ | o/o/, /o:/ | p/p/, /pʰ/ | r/ɾ/ | s/s/ | t/t/, /tʰ/ | u/u:/, /u/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||||
