Shimehi [SHIM]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Shimehi
ᙕᘊᐧᗅ ᐧᙊᘣᗚᗕ ᐧᐁᐧᙔᘁᐧᗒᗰᐣ ᐊᐸᐟᑋᗅᙢᐣ !
Shiméxee dzeilíkhwá ooshóok'wéigin ahagx'itsin!
/ʃɪ̀mɛ́xì: t͡sè:ɬɪ́χʷʌ́ ù:ʃú:kʼʷé:kɪ̀n ʌ̀hʌ̀kxʼɪ̀t͡sʰɪ̀n/
Shimehi 3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.GENGenitive (case)
possessive-leaf-ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument 3SIThird person singular inanimate (person)
it.ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument-on-net-fellow-PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.STATStative (case)
attribute assignment 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you).ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument-to-welcome-PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.STATStative (case)
attribute assignment
Welcome to the Shimehi language web-page!
An ungodly mess of a language. Phonology inspired by Na-Dene/Wakashan languages, and grammar by Northwestern Caucasian languages.
Dictionary located outside of CWS here
Features:
- Polysynthetic ergative-absolutive clusterfuck
- Nouns are quite scantily inflected; only four cases: ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument, ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent, INSTRInstrumental (case)
'with' 'using', and ADVAdverbial
e.g. English '-ly', as well as two numbers.
- This contrasts with four cases in pronouns: ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument, ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent, GENGenitive (case)
possessive, and DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location.
- Dynamic-stative distinction in verbs, with two separate inflection paradigms.
- The verb can take up to 13 grammatical affixes...
- Directionality and adverbs can be indicated on verbs.
- Kinda stupid purist derivation, i.e. ᐧᗉ ᐧᐁᐧᑐᑋᗚᐧᘓᐟᗑ "planet" (lit. "the sun, it goes around it")
- Written in a modified version of Déné Syllabics, more information here
1,000th word - ᐃᒼᙓᐟ "ladybug" - 4/25/21!
neither speaker nor addressee.GENGenitive (case)
possessive-leaf-ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument 3SIThird person singular inanimate (person)
it.ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument-on-net-fellow-PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.STATStative (case)
attribute assignment 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you).ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument-to-welcome-PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.STATStative (case)
attribute assignment
An ungodly mess of a language. Phonology inspired by Na-Dene/Wakashan languages, and grammar by Northwestern Caucasian languages.
Dictionary located outside of CWS here
Features:
- Polysynthetic ergative-absolutive clusterfuck
- Nouns are quite scantily inflected; only four cases: ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument, ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent, INSTRInstrumental (case)
'with' 'using', and ADVAdverbial
e.g. English '-ly', as well as two numbers.
- This contrasts with four cases in pronouns: ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument, ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent, GENGenitive (case)
possessive, and DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location.
- Dynamic-stative distinction in verbs, with two separate inflection paradigms.
- The verb can take up to 13 grammatical affixes...
- Directionality and adverbs can be indicated on verbs.
- Kinda stupid purist derivation, i.e. ᐧᗉ ᐧᐁᐧᑐᑋᗚᐧᘓᐟᗑ "planet" (lit. "the sun, it goes around it")
- Written in a modified version of Déné Syllabics, more information here
1,000th word - ᐃᒼᙓᐟ "ladybug" - 4/25/21!
Sound samples in Shimehi
Some sound samples of Shimehi. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
ᐟᗕᙙᐣ ᘳᐧᙊᐧᙎ ᐧᐁᐧᙀᐧᘓᙣᘣ .
Great hope can come from small sacrifices.
Great hope can come from small sacrifices.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | t tʼ tʰ | k kʼ kʼʷ kʷ kʰ kʰʷ | q qʼ qʼʷ qʷ qʰ qʰʷ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | s sʼ | ʃ | x xʼ xʼʷ xʷ | χ χʼ χʼʷ χʷ | h hʷ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ t͡sʰ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ t͡ʃʰ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ t͡ɬʰ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ ɬʼ | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | í: ì: | ú: ù: | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ́ ɪ̀ | ʊ́ ʊ̀ | ||||||
| Close-mid | é: è: | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ́ ɛ̀ | ʌ́ ʌ̀ | ||||||
| Open | á: à: | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Shimehi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ShimehiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ./ʔ/ | a/ʌ̀/ | á/ʌ́/ | aa/à:/ | áa/á:/ | ch/t͡ʃʰ/ | ch'/t͡ʃʼ/ | d/t/ | dl/t͡ɬ/ | dz/t͡s/ |
| e/ɛ̀/ | é/ɛ́/ | ee/ì:/ | ée/í:/ | éi/é:/ | ei/è:/ | g/k/ | gw/kʷ/ | h/h/ | hw/hʷ/ |
| i/ɪ̀/ | í/ɪ́/ | j/t͡ʃ/ | k/kʰ/ | k'/kʼ/ | k'w/kʼʷ/ | kh/χ/ | kh'/χʼ/ | kh'w/χʼʷ/ | khw/χʷ/ |
| kw/kʰʷ/ | l/ɬ/ | l'/ɬʼ/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | óo/ú:/ | oo/ù:/ | q/q/ | q'/qʼ/ | q'w/qʼʷ/ |
| qh/qʰ/ | qhw/qʰʷ/ | qw/qʷ/ | s/s/ | s'/sʼ/ | sh/ʃ/ | t/tʰ/ | t'/tʼ/ | tl/t͡ɬʰ/ | tl'/t͡ɬʼ/ |
| ts/t͡sʰ/ | ts'/t͡sʼ/ | ú/ʊ́/ | u/ʊ̀/ | w/w/ | x/x/ | x'/xʼ/ | x'w/xʼʷ/ | xw/xʷ/ | y/j/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
