Siangwaanian

In-universe history
Siangwaanian (Siāng waanʟ bunʟ) is a language spoken by the people of Siangwaan, a republic located to the northeast of Vozolaz at the eastern coast of the continent of Palkyras.

It has its own dialects: for example, in the eastern dialects, the sound bl can replace l and b, and the western dialects sometimes replace m and b with a v.

External history
HorsesDrivingVans created Siangwaanian at around 2017 as a language for the setting of Unicorn Farmhand. As the setting was supposed to be based on Hong Kong popular culture, he based the Siangwaanian language on Cantonese Chinese.

Tones

 * a - middle tone [ā, a˧]
 * á - rising tone [ǎ, a˧˥]
 * ā - high tone, long vowel in foreign languages [á, a˥]; [aː]
 * à - falling tone [â, a˥˩]
 * aʟ - low tone [à, a˩]

Pronunciation notes
bp, dzh, dt, f, gk, kh, lh, ô, q, r, rh, ssh, v, and zh are used in foreign words and names.
 * aa - [ɐ]
 * b - [p]
 * bp - [b], also spelled as b
 * ch - [t͡sʰ~t͡ɕʰ]; [t͡ʂ] in loanwords
 * d - [t]
 * dt - [d], also spelled as d
 * dzh - [d͡ʑ] in loanwords
 * eu - [ø]
 * ew - [eu] (e-u becomes this)
 * g - [k]
 * gk - [g], also spelled as g
 * k - [kʰ], [-k]
 * ng - [ŋ]
 * p - [pʰ], [-p]
 * sh - [ɕ]
 * t - [tʰ], [-t]
 * ü - [y]
 * y - [j]
 * z - [t͡s]; [z], [-s] in Vozonid loanwords
 * ź - [z] in loanwords
 * a - middle tone
 * á - rising tone
 * ā - high tone, long vowel in foreign languages
 * à - falling tone
 * aʟ - low tone

Phonotactics
CwVC/CuVC, CiVC, CVV, CiVo, CwVi/CuVi

Pronouns
-yā - plural
 * mó - I, me
 * naa - thou, thee
 * kúi - he/she/it, him/her/it
 * móyā - we, us
 * naayā - you all, ye all
 * touʟ - they, them

-yē is used as a genitive for pronouns and words, but it becomes -mē in mó

Verbs

 * ... zó - had finished
 * ... gwo - done before
 * ... sái - all done
 * ... gáan - (continuous)
 * ... há - still doing to now
 * ... hōi - usually does


 * ... héi séung lèi - started to do
 * kiew ... - will do

Other verbal aspects

 * ... mouʟ - did not do (after a verbal aspect)
 * -mauʟ - have not done
 * ... de - by someone, (passive, after a verbal aspect)
 * néng ... - can, able to do
 * néng ... -mauʟ, ... néngmauʟ - cannot

Location

 * sheungʟ - up
 * yèuk - right
 * hià - down
 * zák - left
 * bok - north
 * dōng - east
 * namʟ - south
 * sèi - west
 * mien - direction
 * héung - towards
 * hongʟ - from
 * zoī - at, in
 * wài - out
 * nou - through
 * de mien - ahead
 * tāa - against
 * hàau mien - behind
 * hià mien - under
 * sheungʟ mien - over

Amount

 * ... máo - a certain ...
 * dāi - great
 * luén - medium
 * yǖt - small
 * gáan - almost

Time

 * chàm - previous
 * gāk leiʟ - next

Question words

 * -ngaa - (interrogative)
 * dí, māat yeʟ - what
 * bēn gó - who
 * bēn douʟ - where
 * gái shi - when
 * dím gáai - why
 * dím ... - how
 * dím shaakʟ - how much
 * ... lúi māi - is ... or not?
 * X Y mouʟ Y? - is X Y?
 * X Y meiʟ - has X Y or not?

Others

 * ei niè - this
 * mán niè - that
 * gei - as
 * yāt chái - together
 * gōn chái - with (someone)
 * yòng - with/using (something)
 * dà ... - very

Verbs

 * zōk - to do
 * āau - to have
 * yēw - to want
 * ngāi - to like
 * shēng - to become, to be
 * lúi - is, am, to be

Directions

 * sheungʟ - up
 * yèuk - right
 * hià - down
 * zák - left
 * bok - north
 * dōng - east
 * namʟ - south
 * sèi - west

Others

 * shái - yes
 * bāat - no, not
 * zān haiʟ - truly
 * chòngmaai - never

Greetings

 * ket shō (doʟ naa) - hello
 * míng sāan - welcome
 * zan ché - please
 * shó yē lúi ngāa - how are you
 * mó lúi ong - I am fine
 * mó lúi bāat ong - I am not fine
 * tāng zó - thank you
 * dí naa mē luan ngāa - what is your name
 * mómē luan X - my name is X
 * shengʟ ngōn - good morning (before 6 am/sunrise
 * cháo ngōn - good morning (6 am/sunrise and after)
 * hán ngōn - good afternoon
 * ban ngōn - good evening
 * yāt ngōn - good night
 * cha giēn - goodbye
 * tói naa lēi - see you again

Lexicon
See also: Siangwaanian glossary
 * bān ngōn - good evening
 * bāat - no, not
 * dá - one
 * dálōk - independent, sovereign
 * daʟ-kiāo nuè - unicorn, horse with one horn
 * dí - what
 * ei - yellow