Shilahite (Shīlahīyat; Square Script: שילהית) is a comstructed language.
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Shilahite Shīlahīyat; שילהית | |||
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Type | |||
Analytic, with Construct case | |||
Alignment | |||
Nominative/Accusative | |||
Head direction | |||
Tonal | |||
Yes | |||
Declensions | |||
Yes | |||
Conjugations | |||
Yes | |||
Genders | |||
No | |||
Nouns decline according to... | |||
Case | Number | ||
Definiteness | Gender | ||
Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
Voice | Mood | ||
Person | Number | ||
Tense | Aspect |
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Plosive | p b | t d | ʈ | k g | q | ʔ | ||||
Fricative | f | s z | ʃ | ʂ | x | ħ | ||||
Affricate | ʈʂ | |||||||||
Approximant | w | l | j | ʕ | ||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels[]
Only vowels with mater lectionis (י ,ו) are notated Square Script, but all vowels are written in Latin notation. Long vowels, ā ī ū, are simply longer in duration than their short counterparts, a i u. Here the alif is used as a null consonant.
KARI |
Square Script |
Example |
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a | א | land/long |
ā | א | par |
i | א | hit |
ai | אי | say |
ī | אי | feed |
u | א | shoot |
au | או | fowl |
ū | או | cool |
Alphabet[]
Square Script / Name | KARI / Name | IPA |
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א/אלף | - / alif | /ʔ/ |
ב / בית | b / bīt | /b/ |
ג / גמל | g / giml | /g/ |
ד / דלה | d / dalêh | /d/ |
ה / הא | h / hā | /h/ |
ו / וה | w / wêh | /w/ |
ז / זין | z / zīn | /z/ |
ח / חם | hh / hham | /ħ/ |
ט / טה | th / thêh | /ʈ/ |
י / יד | y / yad | /j/ |
כ ך / כף | k / kip | /k/ |
ל / למד | l / limd | /l/ |
מ ם / מים | m / mīm | /m/ |
נ ן / נון | n / nūn | /n/ |
ס / סמך | s / simk | /ʂ/ |
ע / עין | ' / 'īn | /ʕ/ |
פ ף / פה | p, f / fêh | /p/, /f/ |
צ ץ / צד | s / sad | /ʈʂ/ |
ק / קה | q / qêh | /q/ |
ר / רין | r / rīn | /r/ |
ש / שן | s, sh / shan | /s/, /ʃ/ |
ת / תוא | t / tawā | /t/ |
The consonants ע ח ק ט ס צ are emphatic consonants.
Registers[]
The Shilahite language consists of a spectrum of registers, with High Shilahite (HS) ('alīyêh; עליה) as the higher tier and Shilahite Vulgate (SV) (melwefīyat; מלופית) as the basolect. High Shilahite is used in formal contexts, such as in the media and while giving speeches - while Shilahite Vulgate is employed in other contexts. For example, the HS term for a wife is b'alt בעלת "lady" rather than the SV zawgat זוגת "spouse" (lit. pair). The following are the recognised dialects by RCSL:
- Royal Shilahite. Used during communication with the King. Quadrilateral roots are more common, such as behechel בהצל in place of akel אכל (eat), and pronouns are based on the word shaq שק i.e. shaqayi שקי (me).
- Mesolect Register. The lower form of High Shilahite, it uses the specialized HS vocabulary without quadrilateral roots and special pronouns present in the Royal register.
- Standard Speech. Used for day to day communication, Standard Speech is based on accurate pronunciation of the emphatic consonants and intonation.
- Dialect. Intonation is not present and emphatic consonants are not pronounced.
Grammar[]
Gender | Cases | Numbers | Tenses | Persons | Moods | Voices | Aspects | |
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Verb | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Nouns | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Adjectives | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Numbers | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Participles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Adverb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Pronouns | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Adpositions | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Article | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Particle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nouns[]
Nouns decline in four forms:
- Absolute. The base form of a noun. anyesh אניש, man.
- Construct. The form of a noun illustrating belonging. anyesh-i-Sadqi אניש-צדק, man of righteousness.
- Emphatic. The definite form of a noun. anyeshawa אנישו, the man
- Vocative. The address form of a noun. yā anyeshā! יא אנישא, O man!
For the absolute case, the ending u is used when it is being described by an attribute. Therefore, "the holy man", אניש קדושו, is anyeshu qudūsawa, not anyesh qudūsawa .
Definite article[]
Definiteness in Shilahite is marked by the "wêh" suffix "(wêh sawfī; וה סופי)" and th particle "yā". Thee suffix "wah" is attached to the end of a noun to mark definiteness in general, while "yā" performs a variety of functions:
- Marks uniqueness: yā Ilêhwa יא אלהו (the) God
- Definiteness of a construct noun: yā taurat i Dawlatū יא תורת דולתו the taurat of the State
- A particle for address: yā Alāhā אלהא יא O God!
yā is used as a definite marker only when weh is a suffix at the end of a phrase. The weh suffix is gender declinable, which distinguishes Shilahite from other Semitic languages. The following is the declension for the word zaug 'ז'וג, "spouse".
zawg זוג | Masculine | Feminine |
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Singular | zawgawa זוגו
the husband |
zawgatū זוגתו
the wife |
Plural | zawgaywa זוגיו
the husbands |
zawgāwatū זוגותו
the wives |
The word Alêh אלה, "God" is an irregular noun which declines as such: Alāhu (Alêh) אלה, Alāhā אלהא, Ilêhwa אלהו, Ilêhi אלה.
Verbs[]
Syntax[]
Vocabulary[]
No. | English | Shilahite |
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1 | I | anā אנא |
2 | you (singular) | — |
3 | he | hawā הוא |
4 | we | nukhūn נחון |
5 | you (plural) | āt את (m) atī אתי (f) |
6 | they | — |
7 | this | — |
8 | that | — |
9 | here | — |
10 | there | — |
11 | who | — |
12 | what | — |
13 | where | — |
14 | when | — |
15 | how | — |
16 | not | lēh לה |
17 | all | kel כל |
18 | many | — |
19 | some | — |
20 | few | — |
21 | other | — |
22 | one | — |
23 | two | — |
24 | three | — |
25 | four | — |
26 | five | — |
27 | big | — |
28 | long | — |
29 | wide | — |
30 | thick | — |
31 | heavy | kebwed כבוד |
32 | small | — |
33 | short | — |
34 | narrow | — |
35 | thin | — |
36 | woman | īwesht איושת |
37 | man (adult male) | ayūsh איוש |
38 | man (human being) | — |
39 | child | wald ולד |
40 | wife | dawdat דודת |
41 | husband | dawd דוד |
42 | mother | im אם |
43 | father | abwêh אבוה |
44 | animal | khaywat חיות |
45 | fish | dāg דג |
46 | bird | chfīr צפיר |
47 | dog | kilb כלב |
48 | louse | — |
49 | snake | — |
50 | worm | — |
51 | tree | 'ich עץ |
52 | forest | — |
53 | stick | — |
54 | fruit | fernēh פרנה |
55 | seed | — |
56 | leaf | — |
57 | root | — |
58 | bark | — |
59 | flower | — |
60 | grass | — |
61 | rope | — |
62 | skin | — |
63 | meat | — |
64 | blood | dām דם |
65 | bone | chalā צלא |
66 | fat | — |
67 | egg | — |
68 | horn | — |
69 | tail | — |
70 | feather | — |
71 | hair | — |
72 | head | ra'sh ראש |
73 | ear | azun אזן |
74 | eye | 'īn עין |
75 | nose | — |
76 | mouth | afēh אפה |
77 | tooth | shin שן |
78 | tongue | spat שפת |
79 | fingernail | qerneb קרנב |
80 | foot | rugl רגל |
81 | leg | — |
82 | knee | — |
83 | hand | yid יד |
84 | wing | — |
85 | belly | shawd שוד |
86 | guts | — |
87 | neck | — |
88 | back | — |
89 | breast | — |
90 | heart | alb אלב |
91 | liver | — |
92 | drink | — |
93 | eat | akel אכל |
94 | bite | — |
95 | suck | — |
96 | spit | — |
97 | vomit | — |
98 | blow | — |
99 | breathe | nefesh נפש |
100 | laugh | — |
101 | see | — |
102 | hear | azen אזן |
103 | know | wedi' ודע |
104 | think | — |
105 | smell | — |
106 | fear | — |
107 | sleep | — |
108 | live | khayeh חיה |
109 | die | mūt מות |
110 | kill | kwechel קצל |
111 | fight | — |
112 | hunt | — |
113 | hit | — |
114 | cut | — |
115 | split | — |
116 | stab | — |
117 | scratch | — |
118 | dig | — |
119 | swim | — |
120 | fly | — |
121 | walk | — |
122 | come | — |
123 | lie | — |
124 | sit | weseb ושב |
125 | stand | 'imed עמד |
126 | turn | — |
127 | fall | — |
128 | give | deten דתן |
129 | hold | — |
130 | squeeze | — |
131 | rub | — |
132 | wash | — |
133 | wipe | — |
134 | pull | — |
135 | push | — |
136 | throw | — |
137 | tie | — |
138 | sew | — |
139 | count | — |
140 | say | amer אמר |
141 | sing | — |
142 | play | — |
143 | float | — |
144 | flow | — |
145 | freeze | — |
146 | swell | — |
147 | sun | shafs שפש |
148 | moon | warkh ורח |
149 | star | kakū ככו |
150 | water | mā מא |
151 | rain | — |
152 | river | nakhur נחר |
153 | lake | — |
154 | sea | yim ים |
155 | salt | milkh מלח |
156 | stone | chaur צור |
157 | sand | — |
158 | dust | — |
159 | earth | arch ארץ |
160 | cloud | — |
161 | fog | — |
162 | sky | — |
163 | wind | rwakht רוחת |
164 | snow | — |
165 | ice | — |
166 | smoke | — |
167 | fire | — |
168 | ash | — |
169 | burn | — |
170 | road | — |
171 | mountain | — |
172 | red | — |
173 | green | — |
174 | yellow | — |
175 | white | abyed אביד |
176 | black | — |
177 | night | layl ליל |
178 | day | yawm יום |
179 | year | shanwêh שנוה |
180 | warm | — |
181 | cold | — |
182 | full | — |
183 | new | — |
184 | old | zqīn זקין |
185 | good | — |
186 | bad | — |
187 | rotten | — |
188 | dirty | — |
189 | straight | — |
190 | round | — |
191 | sharp | — |
192 | dull | — |
193 | smooth | — |
194 | wet | — |
195 | dry | — |
196 | correct | — |
197 | near | — |
198 | far | — |
199 | right | — |
200 | left | — |
201 | at | b ב |
202 | in | — |
203 | with | akhul אחל |
204 | and | w ו |
205 | if | f פ |
206 | because | — |
207 | name | asm אשם |