Draft:Sheetwum
Sheetwem (Sheetwem: /ɕi.tʰum/) is a Shidinido by Rachel1211. It is an agglutinative language and a 'worldlang', i.e. the vocabulary is from unrelated languages all over the world. The use of Shidinn radical is remained but dimished in Sheetwem.
Alphabet
There are 45 letters in Sheetwem. 43 of them are derived from the original Shidinn alphabets.
A大 Бb夕 B白 Cc亡 Dd刀 Σ幺 Ee巳 Ff下 Gg马 Hh九 i工 Jj丁 Kk反 Ll乙 Mm巾 Nn几 Γ兀 广 Oo口 Pp尸 Qq中 Rr尺 Ss乡 Tt七 ⊥上 Uu午 Vv以 Ww山 Xx乂 Yy丫 Zz之 一 又 了 千 与 厶 亻 月 廿 入 日 人 才 卜
| No. | Upper case | Lower case | Sino case | Pronunciation | Latin transcription | Substitute character | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | | 大 | /ɐ/ | a | a | |
| 2 | Б | b | 夕 | /p(o)/ | b | b | |
| 3 | B | | 白 | /kʷ(u)/ | gw | B | |
| 4 | C | c | 亡 | /kʷʰ(u)/ | kw | c | |
| 5 | | /f/ | /fo/ | 下 | 下从罩盖 | 宀冖穴立大广厂亠 | f |
| 6 | | /t/ | /tə/ | 寸 | 寸从土地 | 土 | d |
| 7 | | /tʰ/ | /tʰə/ | 七 | 七从病死 | 疒歹鬼老 | t |
| 8 | | /l/ | /lə/ | 乙 | 乙从猛力 | 力刀刂匕弓戈 | l |
| 9 | | /n/ | /nə/ | -{几}- | -{几}-从鸟隹 | 飞羽鸟 | n |
| 10 | | /w/ | /wu/ | 凹 | 凹从衣着 | 衤衣 | u |
| 11 | | /t͡s/ | /t͡sɹ̩/ | 己 | 己从行走 | 辶廴 | z |
| 12 | | /t͡sʰ/ | /t͡sʰɹ̩/ | 匚 | 匚从跃动 | 身艮走足疋彳亍 | c |
| 13 | | /ʐ~ɹ/ | /ʐɻ̩/ | 尺 | 尺从右部 | 攵页夂欠殳 | r |
| 14 | | /z/ | /zɹ̩/ | 卜 | 卜从神明[1] | 礻示龙 | H |
| 15 | | /s/ | /sɹ̩/ | 丂 | 丂从石基 | 石 | s |
| 16 | | /t͡ɕ/ | /t͡ɕi/ | 丁 | 丁从皮毛 | 皮毛骨心血齿 | j |
| 17 | | /t͡ɕʰ/ | /t͡ɕʰi/ | 中 | 中从交通 | 车舟爿片爻 | q |
| 18 | | /j/ | /ja/ | 丫 | 丫从花草 | 艹 | y |
| 19 | | /j/ | /ɰi/ | 工 | 工从言语 | 讠言 | i |
| 20 | | /ɕ/ | /ɕi/ | 力 | 力从阳气 | 火贝革灬 | x |
| 21 | | /k/ | /kə/ | -{呂}- | -{呂}-从牲畜 | 马牛羊鱼[2]犭豸犬豕 | g |
| 22 | | /kʰ/ | /kʰə/ | 反 | 反从昆虫 | 虫 | k |
| 23 | | /ɰ/ | /ɰjə/ | 丩 | 丩从网织 | 罒覀网酉皿田 | v |
| 24 | | /ŋ/ | /ŋə/ | -{从}- | -{从}-从金具 | 金钅耒矛瓦缶 | N |
| 25 | | /x/ | /xə/ | 九 | 九从禾谷 | 禾米谷韭非 | h |
| 26 | | /a/ | /a/ | 凡 | 凡从丝绸 | 纟糸 | a |
| 27 | | /æ/ | /æ/ | 廿 | 廿从心情 | 忄 | Y |
| 28 | | /e/ | /e/ | 巳 | 巳从肉体 | 肉月 | e |
| 29 | | /ei/ | /ei/ | 人 | 人从人类 | 亻人子 | V |
| 30 | | /i/ | /i/ | 幺 | 幺从水冰 | 氵冫[3]水 | E |
| 31 | | /ə/ | /ə/ | 一 | 一从地点 | 阝卩 | 1 |
| 32 | | /u/ | /ɥy/ | 女 | 女从族系 | 母女父男 | U |
| 33 | | /ou/ | /ou/ | 厶 | 厶从雨气 | 气雨云 | 6 |
| 34 | | /o/ | /o/ | 口 | 口从声响 | 口音 | o |
| 35 | | /ɔ/ | /ɔ/ | 刀 | 刀从饮食 | 饣食 | L |
| 36 | | /ɑ̃/ | /ɑ̃/ | 日 | 日从耳目 | 目耳鼻 | O |
| 37 | | /æ̃/ | /æ̃/ | 又 | 又从竹节 | 𥫗竹 | 2 |
| 38 | | /ẽ/ | /ẽ/ | 正 | 正从手动 | 扌手 | 8 |
| 39 | | /õ/ | /õ/ | 了 | 了从玉石 | 王玉 | 3 |
Sheetwem extended letters: Єє for recording foreign languages only.
Phonology
There are 25 consonants, 13 vowels and 3 gliding tones in Sheetwem.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolar-Fricative | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | /p/ [b] | /t/ [d] | /ts/ [ds] | /tɕ/ [dj] | /k/ [g] |
| Aspirated | /pʰ/ [p] | /tʰ/ [t] | /tsʰ/ [ts] | /tɕʰ/ [tj] | /kʰ/ [k] |
| Fricative | /f/ [f] | /θ/ [th] | /s/ [s] | /ɕ/ [sj] | /x/ [h] |
| Approximant | /w/ [w] | /l/ [l] | /ɹ/ [zs] | /j/ [y] | /ʔ/ ['] |
| Nasal | /m/ [m] | /n/ [n] | /n͡z/ [nz] | /ɲ/ [nj] | /ŋ/ [ng] |
| Monophthong | /i/ [i] | /y/ [ui] | /ɨ~ɹˌ/ [q] | /u/ [u] | Diphthong | /əj/ [ey] | /uj/ [uy] | є /iw/ [iw] [4] | /əw/ [ow] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /e/ [e] | /ə/ [eo] | /o/ [o] | /oj/ [oy] | /ew/ [ew] | ||||||
| /ɐ/ [a] | /ɐj/ [ay] | /ɐw/ [aw] | ||||||||
Morphology
Words of Sheetwem are not based on Shidinn Hanzi but rather borrowed from unrelated language families around the world, and less commonly a-priori. Part of speech includes noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, and so on.
Radical
The Shidinn radicals (with phonetics changes) are partly selected as radicals of Sheetwem. e.g.
[bay-gu] "fish"
[a-da] "nature"
Syntax
Sample
Vocab
Pronouns
[ngwo] First person.
[na] Second person.
[ta] Third person.
- [-eng] Plural suffix.
Nouns
Nature
[ada] Nature. Heaven. [toy] Sky. [the] Earth. [komoy] Cosmos. [sun] Sun. [mun] Moon. [opto] Light.
Time
[sjibo] Date. [anwo] Morning. [sjiwo] Afternoon.
Marine
[baygu] Fish.
Plants
[wangku] Tree.
Eco
[dawde] earth. Soil.
Waters
[iyaw] Water. f [kafa] River.
Body Part
Opposition
fo [sjafo] Negative particle. Not.
Livestock
Agriculture
Sound
[ton] Voice.
Structure
Script
[kat'tjip] Alphabet. [we'nziana] A kind of ancient script for Sheetwem.
General
[wq] Belongings; things belong to sb. [dseondsq] | [dsqndsq] Existence.
Verbs
[wq'e] To have.
Transcription of foreign languages
English
See 希顶英语