Shènjoǔjyaùrish/Bullywug

a language spoken by most bullywugs and hadozee.

Natively known as: shènjoǔjyaùr /ˈʂə˨˩˦nʨou̯˧˥ʨjau̯˨˩˦ʐ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
oǔ ī hō peishǒng ī sǎ oǔ ǎ ī on gèng ōr shèng
Pronunciation: /ou̯˧˥ i˥ xo˥ ˈpʰei̯˧ʂo˧˥ŋ i˥ sɛ˧˥ ou̯˧˥ a˧˥ i˥ o˧n kə˨˩˦ŋ ʊ˥ʐ ʂə˨˩˦ŋ/
Shènjoǔjyaùrish word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: f j k kʰ l m n p pʰ s t tʰ w x ŋ ɥ ʂ ʂʰ ʈ ʐ ʦ ʦʰ ʨ ʨʰ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n				ŋ
Stop	p pʰ		t tʰ	ʈ			k kʰ
Affricate			ʦ ʦʰ		ʨ ʨʰ
Fricative		f	s	ʂ ʂʰ ʐ			x
Approximant						j
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-palatal	Labial-velar
Approximant	ɥ	w

Vowel inventory: a ai̯ au̯ ei̯ i o ou̯ u y ə ɛ ɤ ʊ
Diphthongs: ai̯ au̯ ei̯ ou̯ ?
Tones: ˧ ˥ ˧˥ ˨˩˦ ˥˩

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y		u
Near-high			ʊ
High-mid			ɤ o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
w	u / C_
p	b / !_ʰ
k	g / !_ʰ
t	d / !_ʰ
ʨʰ	q
ʦʰ	c
ʈʂʰ	ch
ʈʂ	zh
ʦ	z
ʐ	r
ʰ
ŋk	nk
ŋ	ng
x	h
ʂ	sh
ɤ	e
ə	e
ʊ	o
y	ü / C_
y	yu
j	y
ʨ	j
ɛ	a
˥˩	̂
˧˥	̌
˨˩˦	̀
˥	̄
˧
̯

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Grammar

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

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix cü /ʦʰy˧/ the dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʐ- Else: Prefix ʐou̯˨˩˦- roùcü /ˈʐou̯˨˩˦ʦʰy˧/ the dogs
Indefinite	Prefix tʰə˧- tecü /ˈtʰə˧ʦʰy˧/ a dog	Prefix ʈʂei̯˧- zheicü /ˈʈʂei̯˧ʦʰy˧/ some dogs

Articles

Shènjoǔjyaùrish encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	au /au̯˧/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	rǎr /ʐa˧˥ʐ/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	ī /i˥/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	wa /wɛ˧/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	zhû /ʈʂu˥˩/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	zhuau /ʈʂwau̯˧/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	wǚ /wy˧˥/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	au /au̯˧/ my
2nd singular	rǎr /ʐa˧˥ʐ/ your
3rd singular masc	ī /i˥/ his
3rd singular fem	wa /wɛ˧/ her
1st plural	zhû /ʈʂu˥˩/ our
2nd plural	zhuau /ʈʂwau̯˧/ your (pl)
3rd plural	wǚ /wy˧˥/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Remote past
1st person	Prefix ʐɤ˨˩˦- rèkǐ /ˈʐɤ˨˩˦kʰi˧˥/ (I/we) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʈʂʰw- Else: Prefix ʈʂʰwa˥˩- chuâkǐ /ˈʈʂʰwa˥˩kʰi˧˥/ (I/we) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʈʂ- Else: Prefix ʈʂi˥˩- zhîkǐ /ˈʈʂi˥˩kʰi˧˥/ (I/we) learn (long ago)
2nd person	Prefix nə˥- nēkǐ /ˈnə˥kʰi˧˥/ (you/you all) learn	Prefix i˧- ikǐ /ˈi˧kʰi˧˥/ (you/you all) learned	Prefix ʂau̯˨˩˦- shaùkǐ /ˈʂau̯˨˩˦kʰi˧˥/ (you/you all) learn (long ago)
3rd person	Prefix pʰa˧- pakǐ /ˈpʰa˧kʰi˧˥/ (he/she/it/they) learn(s)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʨ- Else: Prefix ʨai̯˨˩˦- jaìkǐ /ˈʨai̯˨˩˦kʰi˧˥/ (he/she/it/they) learned	Prefix ai̯˥˩- aîkǐ /ˈai̯˥˩kʰi˧˥/ (he/she/it/they) learn (long ago)

Shènjoǔjyaùrish uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ʈʂei̯˧ - zhei kǐ /ʈʂei̯˧ kʰi˧˥/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Shènjoǔjyaùrish uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: ʈʂʰʊ˧ - cho kǐ /ʈʂʰʊ˧ kʰi˧˥/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Shènjoǔjyaùrish uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix so˥- sōkǐ /ˈso˥kʰi˧˥/ learns

Numbers

Shènjoǔjyaùrish has a base-10 number system:
1 - è
2 - caù
3 - zhêng
4 - zhau
5 - fang
6 - sē
7 - a
8 - ǐ
9 - hǖ
10 - teǐ
100 - jaing
1000 - meyā

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -o˨˩˦ŋ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɤ˧˥ŋ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʂ-
Else: Prefix ʂɤ˧-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix wai̯˧-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ai̯˧
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ
Else: Suffix -ʊ˨˩˦ʐ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lɛ˨˩˦-
Tending to = Suffix -i˧˥ʐ
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʈʂʰ-
Else: Prefix ʈʂʰau̯˥-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɛ˧˥
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʈʂ-
Else: Prefix ʈʂou̯˧-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -u˥˩ŋ
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ
Else: Suffix -ou̯˧ʐ
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ
Else: Suffix -ou̯˥ʐ

Dictionary

3016 Words.

Spoken by

• Bullywugs
• Hadozee