Sheorekan

Natively known as: sheorekan /ˈʃʌɾekan/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
bu a an reubeung zen lagyai bu an wiza beon zhinqiu aing bong
Pronunciation: /bu a an ˈɾɯbɯŋ zen ˈlagjaɪ̯ bu an ˈwiza bʌn ˈʒinʧiu aɪ̯ŋ boŋ/
Sheorekan word order: and he his hat holding stood and his wet face the wind to turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k l m n p s t w z ŋ ɾ ʃ ʒ ʤ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n			ŋ
Stop	p b	t d			k g
Affricate			ʧ ʤ
Fricative		s z	ʃ ʒ			h
Approximant				j
Tap		ɾ
Lateral approximant		l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a aɪ̯ e eɪ̯ i o oʊ̯ u ɯ ʌ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ eɪ̯ oʊ̯

	Front	Back
High	i	ɯ u
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid		ʌ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Sound changes (in order of application):

• s → ʃ / _i
• ʧ → ʧi / _a
• hua → hwa

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʧj	qi
ʧa	qia
ʧ	q
j	y
ɾ	r
ɯi	ui
ɯ	eu
ʤ	j
ŋ	ng
ʃi	si
ʃ	sh
u	wu / #_
ʒ	zh
oʊ̯	ou
aɪ̯	ai
eɪ̯	ae
ʌ	eo
ua	wa
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Object (Prepositional phrase) Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary the door with a key opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

Nouns have four cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.

Masculine

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	No affix zho /ʒo/ man (when doing the verb)	Suffix -eŋ zhoeng /ˈʒoeŋ/ men (when doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -eŋ zhong /ʒoŋ/ (verb done to) man	Suffix -en zhoen /ˈʒoen/ (verb done to) men
Genitive	Suffix -ol zhool /ˈʒool/ manʼs	Suffix -ʌŋ zhoeong /ˈʒoʌŋ/ menʼs
Dative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -eɪ̯l zhol /ʒol/ to (the/a) man	Suffix -a zhoa /ˈʒoa/ to (the/some) men

Feminine

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	No affix lou /loʊ̯/ woman (when doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -en loun /loʊ̯n/ women (when doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -un loun /loʊ̯n/ (verb done to) woman	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -an loun /loʊ̯n/ (verb done to) women
Genitive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -ol loul /loʊ̯l/ womanʼs	Suffix -aɪ̯ lowai /ˈloʊ̯aɪ̯/ womenʼs
Dative	Suffix -il louil /ˈloʊ̯il/ to (the/a) woman	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -al loul /loʊ̯l/ to (the/some) women

Neuter

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	No affix zeong /zʌŋ/ dog (when doing the verb)	Suffix -oʊ̯ zeongou /ˈzʌŋoʊ̯/ dogs (when doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -in zeongin /ˈzʌŋin/ (verb done to) dog	Suffix -i zeongi /ˈzʌŋi/ (verb done to) dogs
Genitive	Suffix -aŋ zeongang /ˈzʌŋaŋ/ dogʼs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -oʊ̯ŋ zeongoung /ˈzʌŋoʊ̯ŋ/ dogsʼ
Dative	Suffix -e zeonge /ˈzʌŋe/ to (the/a) dog	Suffix -al zeongal /ˈzʌŋal/ to (the/some) dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	peo /pʌ/ the	lae /leɪ̯/ a
Plural	oun /oʊ̯n/ the	naing /naɪ̯ŋ/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’
• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	wung /uŋ/ I	gun /gun/ me	wu /u/ mine	teu /tɯ/ to me
2nd singular	su /su/ you	sun /sun/ you	hwaing /hwaɪ̯ŋ/ yours	le /le/ to you
3rd singular masc	a /a/ he	je /ʤe/ him	pu /pu/ his	shai /ʃaɪ̯/ to him
3rd singular fem	hwaen /hweɪ̯n/ she	be /be/ her	ta /ta/ hers	zha /ʒa/ to her
3rd singular neuter	naen /neɪ̯n/ it	me /me/ it	lain /laɪ̯n/ its	ryou /ɾjoʊ̯/ to it
1st plural	hae /heɪ̯/ we	neo /nʌ/ us	hai /haɪ̯/ ours	man /man/ to us
2nd plural	za /za/ you all	ou /oʊ̯/ you all	la /la/ yours (pl)	hwe /hwe/ to you all
3rd plural masc	si /ʃi/ they (masc)	di /di/ them (masc)	to /to/ theirs (masc)	keong /kʌŋ/ to them (masc)
3rd plural fem	we /we/ they (fem)	rong /ɾoŋ/ them (fem)	dael /deɪ̯l/ theirs (fem)	ae /eɪ̯/ to them (fem)
3rd plural neuter	ai /aɪ̯/ they (neut)	gol /gol/ them (neut)	yeo /jʌ/ theirs (neut)	ding /diŋ/ to them (neut)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	rou /ɾoʊ̯/ my
2nd singular	lae /leɪ̯/ your
3rd singular masc	an /an/ his
3rd singular fem	kang /kaŋ/ her
3rd singular neuter	sa /sa/ its
1st plural	ae /eɪ̯/ our
2nd plural	gal /gal/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	teong /tʌŋ/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	pa /pa/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	ku /ku/ their (neut)

Verbs

Present	No affix nai /naɪ̯/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -al nail /naɪ̯l/ learned
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -eŋ naing /naɪ̯ŋ/ will learn

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Sheorekan uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Suffix -ʌn naieon /ˈnaɪ̯ʌn/ have learned

Numbers

Sheorekan has a base-10 number system:
1 - dae
2 - leo
3 - din
4 - an
5 - en
6 - ha
7 - eul
8 - wukying
9 - gi
10 - onwal
Hundred - ki
Thousand - zhe

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -e
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -un
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -en
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -an
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ
Else: Suffix -iŋ
Noun to verb = Suffix -ɯŋ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -a
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -en
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ol
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ul
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -eɪ̯
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -al
Diminutive = Suffix -el
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -eɪ̯l

Dictionary

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