Sïsang

સિસઙ્ /si.sɑŋ/ [ʃi.sɑŋ], romanized as Sïsang. An experimental and personal conlang, designed for the verbal description of art. Phonology and grammar are a priori, alphabet is Gujarati, lexicon is adapted from Mandarin Chinese.

Allophones
These are the allophones of close vowels that appear in front of other vowels, and/or syllable initially.

/i/ - [j]

/y/ - [ɥ]

/ɯ/ - [ɰ]

/u/ - [w]

Other allophones:

/si/ - [ʃi]

/zi/ - [ʒi]

/tsi/ - [tʃi]

/dzi/ - [dʒi]

Phonotactics
CV(V)(N), where C can be any consonant, including an approximant (see Allophones, above). No two identical vowels can be next to each other in a syllable. In cases where two approximants land next to each other, for example if the syllable starts with a close vowel (which turns into an approximant syllable-initially), and is followed by a close vowel and another vowel (the former turns into an approximant before the latter vowel), a schwa is inserted between the two approximants (romanized as an apostrophe, but not represented in standard orthography). The same happens if two nasals come together, such as at a syllable boundary.

Tone
There are three contour tones, a rising tone, a falling tone, and a flat tone.

Writing System
The inherent vowel is /a/, romanized as 'ä'. The two rows of vowel letters in this table represent vowel markings and independent letters, in that order. > is a falling tone, < is rising, in the alphabet or orthography. They always fall after the syllable.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This conlang, being a work in progress, does not yet have a use for the phonemes /v m̊ n̊ ŋ̊ ɶ/ or an independent /z/. These gaps will be filled, but they won't be discarded, because they may come in handy.

Morphosyntax
There are two types of word in Sïsang: the noun, and the predicate. They are formed as follows:

Noun: Describe the noun by a set of adjectives. Choose the adjectives based on how specifically you need to describe the noun. Cut superfluous adjectives if possible. Any case, mood, number, or any other kind of grammatical modifier is treated as an adjective, just as necessary as any other. Nouns do not have roots.

Predicate: Unlike a noun, predicates do have roots. The root of a predicate is always a variation on the verb root for 'to be', or 'to become'. The predicate is head initial, so all adverbs and grammatical markers (tense, number, &c) are suffixed.

Reduplication of any modifier is for emphasis and exaggeration.

Syntax
In a sentence that another language would interpret as being transitive, such as "Jim eats an orange", Sïsang would restructure it to be intransitive, usually in a way that resembles passive voice: "Orange movedintojim"

The word order is Noun-predicate.

Lexicon
The lexicon is composed of a relatively small number of mono-morphemic, usually monosyllabic words which can be agglutinated to form larger ones.

Verbs:
Present tense of 'to be' (is, are): ïou< ઇૌઉ<

Present tense of 'to become' (becomes): bïän> બિઅન્>

Numbers (base-6):
number: sïu> થિઉ>

0: dïng< દિઙ્<

1: ïï ઇિ

2: ii> ઈી>

3: sän થન્

4: si> થી>

5: uu< ઊૂ<

10: ïïdïng< ઈીદિઙ્<

11: ïïïï ઈીઈી

100: ïïdïng થ>

Red: khong< ખૌ<

Green: dü> દુ>

Blue: dän< દન્<

White, bright, shining: bäï< બઇ<

Black, dark, dim: khäï ખઇ

Spatial attributes:
Space: dzïän દ્ધિઅન્

Big: dä> દ>

Small: sïo< થિઔ<

Forward, future tense marker: tsïän< ત્થિઅન<

Backward, past tense marker: dï> દિ>

Left: zuo< ધૂઔ<

Right: ïou> ઇૌઊ>

Up, high: sang> થાઙ્>

Down, low: sïä> થિઅ>

Near: dzïn> દ્ધિન્>

Far: y'wän< ઇૂઅન્<

Time:
Time: si< થી<

Fast: sïun> થિઊન્>

Slow: män> મન્>