Shelowish

Stress, Tone, and Pitch

Pretty much like English. in the dictionary I will mark the words to show where the stress is.

Pluralization

One of something has no ending to show that it is singular.
More than one but less than 100 is -le.
More than 100 is -lse.
If something ends in a L, then it would be -ele and -else

Possession

For third person I won't use an equivalent of the 's, instead I will make it similar to our of, e.g. "the horse of Andrew." I will use pronouns and adjectives for first and second person. Here they are:

my	Niyith	mine	Niyith
your	Niyno	yours	Niynose
his	Niymi	his	Niymise
her	Niymei	hers	Niymeise
its	Niymil
our	Niykuse	ours	Niykususe
your	Niynou	yours	Niynouse
their	Niymar	theirs	Niymarse

Topic

The topic is the first noun in the sentence.The topic is the noun that the sentence is about.

Verb conjugation

Ith floo (I run)
No floo (you run)
Mi floo (he runs)
Mei floo (she runs)
Mil floo (it runs)
Kuse floo (we run)
Nou floo (you run)
Mar floo (they run)
Ith deh flooish (I am running)
No deh flooish (you are running)
Mi deh flooish (he is running)
Mei deh flooish (she is running)
Mil deh flooish (it is running)
Kuse dal flooish (we are running)
Nou dal flooish (you are running)
Mar dal flooish (they are running)
Ith flooab (I ran)
No flooab (you ran)
Mi flooab (he ran)
Mei flooab (she ran)
Mil flooab (it ran)
Kuse flooab (we ran)
Nou flooab (you ran)
Mar flooab (they ran)
Ith vhal flooish (I was running)
No vhal flooish (you were running)
Mi vhal flooish (he was running)
Mei vhal flooish (she was running)
Mil vhal flooish (it was running)
Kus vhel flooish (we were running)
Nou vhel flooish (you were running)
Mar vhel flooish (they were running)
Ith prash flooab (I have run)
No prash flooab (you have run)
Mi prash flooab (he has run)
Mei prash flooab (she has run)
Mil prash flooab (it has run)
Kuse prash flooab (we have run)
Nou prash flooab (you have run)
Mar prash flooab (they have run)
Ith prash zhaf flooish (I have been running)
No prash zhaf flooish (you have been running)
Mi prash zhaf flooish (he has been running)
Mei prash zhaf flooish (she has been running)
Mil prash zhaf flooish (it has been running)
Kuse prash zhaf flooish (we have been running)
Nou prash zhaf flooish (you have been running)|
Mar prash zhaf flooish (they have been running)
Ith qua floo (I will run)
No qua floo (you will run)
Mi qua floo (he will run)
Mei qua floo (she will run)
Mil qua floo (it will run)
Kuse quiz floo (we will run)
Nou quiz floo (you will run)
Mar quiz floo (they will run)
Ith deh mushish ran floo (I am going to run)
No deh mushish ran floo (you are going to run)
Mi deh mushish ran floo (he is going to run)
Mei deh mushish ran floo (she is going to run)
Mil deh mushish ran floo (it is going to run)
Kuse dal mushish ran floo (we are going to run)
Nou dal mushish ran floo (you are going to run)
Mar dal mushish ran floo (they are going to run)
Ith qua zha flooish (I will be running)
No qua zha flooish (you will be running)|
Mi qua zha flooish (he will be running)
Mei qua zha flooish (she will be running)
Mil qua zha flooish (it will be running)
Kuse quiz zha flooish (we will be running)
Nou quiz zha flooish (you will be running)
Mar quiz zha flooish (they will be running)
Ith qua prash flooab (I will have run)
No qua prash flooab (you will have run)
Mi qua prash flooab (he will have run)
Mei qua prash flooab (she will have run)
Mil qua prash flooab (it will have run)
Kuse quiz prash flooab (we will have run)
Nou quiz prash flooab (you will have run)
Mar quiz prash flooab (they will have run)
Ith qua prash zhaf flooish (I will have been running)
No qua prash zhaf flooish (you will have been running)
Mi qua prash zhaf flooish (he will have been running)
Mei qua prash zhaf flooish (she will have been running)
Mil qua prash zhaf flooish (it will have been running)
Kuse quiz prash zhaf flooish (we will have been running)
Nou quiz prash zhaf flooish (you will have been running)
Mar quiz prash zhaf flooish (they will have been running)
Ith quootv floo (I would run)
No quootv floo (you would run)
Mi quootv floo (he would run)
Mei quootv floo (she would run)
Mil quootv floo (it would run)
Kuse quooth floo (we would run)
Nou quooth floo (you would run)
Mar quooth floo (they would run)
Ith quootv zha flooish (I would be running)
No quootv zha flooish (you would be running)
Mi quootv zha flooish (he would be running)
Mei quootv zha flooish (she would be running)
Mil quootv zha flooish (it would be running)
Kuse quooth zha flooish (we would be running)
Nou quooth zha flooish (you would be running)
Mar quooth zha flooish (they would be running)
Ith quootv prash flooab (I would have run)
No quootv prash flooab (you would have run)
Mi quootv prash flooab (he would have run)
Mei quootv prash flooab (she would have run)
Mil quootv prash flooab (it would have run)
Kuse quooth prash flooab (we would have run)
Nou quooth prash flooab (you would have run)
Mar quooth prash flooab (they would have run)
Ith quootv prash zhaf flooish (I would have been running)
No quootv prash zhaf flooish (you would have been running)
Mi quootv prash zhaf flooish (he would have been running)
Mei quootv prash zhaf flooish (she would have been running)
Mil quootv prash zhaf flooish (it would have been running)
Kuse quooth prash zhaf flooish (we would have been running)
Nou quooth prash zhaf flooish (you would have been running)
Mar quooth prash zhaf flooish (they would have been running)

Numbers

For most of its history, Shelowish had no numerals for its numbers. Instead it just used the words for the numbers. In 3613 RC, it adopted the first 9 letters (exepting GJ and NH) of its alphabet in the Common Language. That is, the 9 letters in the Common Language alphabet that made roughly the same sound as the first 9 in the Shelowish alphabet (exepting GJ and NH). These are: B, P, D, T, K, V, N, F, J. But it added a slash to the edge them so that 1 would be written B^\ in Shelowish, 2 would be P^\, 3 would be D^\, 4 would be T^\, and so on. Common Language speakers often add two slashes on both sides of the number for more clarity like this ^/B^\
On top of that, although Shelowish says multidigit numbers differently than the Common Language, it builds numerical numbers the same. Therefore, 1,849 is written B^\.F^\T^\J^\ but said "My miyl Zougjdingan" (one thousand eighthundred fortynine (The missing space and dash in eighthundred and fortynine show that those are said as one word in Shelowish)). For negative numbers, just add Vei- to the beginning, as in veifinanarn (-15)

Pronouns

	Query	That	This	Some	Every	No
Adjective	Pith	Kap	Roon	Fal	Mid	Beo
Person(dan)	Par	Kap	Roon	Faldan	Middan	Beodan
Place(zhin)	Pliq	Spriy	Kan	Falzhin	Midzhin	Beozhin
Thing(tingje)	Plet	Kap	Roon	Faltingje	Midplet	Boeplet
Time(liq)	Panse	Dun	Qal	Falpanse	Midliq	Boeliq
Way(man)	Priy	Tou		Falpriy
Reason	Pik

	Singular	Plural
First Person	Ith	Kus
Second Person	No	Nou
Third Person	Mi/Mei/Mil	Mar

Articles

Stray = the and ei = a

Questions

To form a question switch the subject and verb

Negations

Negate something by adding a particle at the end of a sentence: 'I like this not'. If the "not" refers only to the verb next to which it is placed, put it before the verb. If it refers to the whole sentence or clause put it after the verb. Not is Pal.

Conjunctions

For	Tran	Not only…but also	Pal eonly...Shrad jeissal
And	Malse	Whether..or	Jlan...don
Nor	Nok	So that	Jesal kap
But	Shrad	Such that	Mrat kap
Or	Don	As soon as	Dra azz dra
Yet	Kan	As well as	Dra seo dra
So	Jesal	Provided that	Maxouab kap
Also	Jeissal	Until	Eishal
Still	Theer	Unless	Dju
Too	Eoq	Since	Foozh
Only	Eonly	As if	Dra deo
However	Manital	Otherwise	Enoosiq
No less than	Beo baz vhear	In order that	Uon quiqk kap
Which	Pith	Than	Vhear
Where	Pliq	As	Dra
Who	Par	Either.. or	Doqta...don
After	Nanoua	Nevertheless	Beostraz
Because	Sou	Else	Tomaheo
Whoever	Parmeise	While	Zhamise
Though	Rammal	Till No sooner… than	Shal Beo azzan...vhear
If	Deo	Neither..nor	Noqta...nok
Till	Shal
Although	Rammishal

Adpositions

about = Finamar
above = Tenton
across = Gal
after = Mangje
against = Arsara
along = Osha
amid = Ax
among = Garff
around = Ajokoum
as = Dra
at = Bid
before = Vhex
behind = Jell
below = Oush
beneath = Arsh
beside = Instou
between = Intaz
beyond = Jigal
but = Shrad
by = Eithal
concerning = Flasish
considering = Ungeevish
despite = Djaf
down = Oumutt
during = Seeff
except = Tomarou
following = Garmazish
for = Tran
from = Gramse
in = Uon
inside = Uoniytv
into = Uonran
like = Ounusse
minus = Iysin
near = Frozh
next = Ara
of = Stou
off = Soreo
on = Quay
onto = Queadougje
opposite = Hyar
out = Oussa
outside = Oussaiytv
over = Vasee
past = Peh
per = Ints
plus = Aysin
regarding = Finnha
round = Jokoum
save = Usar
since = Foozh
than = Vhear
through = Zoual
till = Shal
to = Ran
toward = Ranal
under = Vhix
underneath = Vhikary
unlike = Usounusse
until = Eishal
up = Tooal
upon = Tooalquay
versus = Kama
via = Zou
with = Zamm
within = Zammuon
without = Zammquay

Transltion

Niyith quaz deh mushish ran koola. Translation

My brother is going to die.

Uon ei jou uon stray eizh, spriy ei hobbit treiab. Ei huony, tiyarnal, marsy jou, zamm stray totle stou vharmle malse ein ouzharnal reet tuotab pal, nok kan ein eizharnal, blaz, grivarnal jou zamm beoplet uon mil ran iyth quay don ran arff: mil ei hobbjou vhal, malse kap halagjy quash. Translation

In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Writing System

The alphabet, from left to right, top to bottom, is prononced like this: Bay, Pay, Day, Tay, Kay, Jay, Vay, Nay, Nonay, Fay, Yay, Kar, Ar, Kayon, Say, Zay, Zhay, Tvay(as in they), Lay, Lhay, May, Shay, Thay, Djay, Gay, Hay, A, E, I, O, U, Eiz.
A : looks and is used in the same way
A , is written as .
A . is written as ·
A ? is written as Ϩ
A ! is written as |
( ) are written as ⌠ ⌡
" " are witten Ꞌ Ꞌ

Geographical Distribution

It is spoken primarily in the WS¹ and ES² regions. It is spoken by the elves of those regions, but it is known by a number of human Hazelandics. It is also used somewhat in the NC³ region.

Phonology

B (as in bat)
D (as in did)
DJ (with lips rounded)
F (as in family (or the v sound at end of words(as in of)))
G ( as in garden)
GJ (as in age)
H (as in huge)
J (as in you)
K (as in kite)
L (as in large)
LH (no voice)
M (as in mom)
N (as in nasty)
NH (as in britannia(being the "nia"))
P (as in pat)
Q (used as the k)
R (more breathy than the English R)
S (as in saw)
SH (as in she)
T (as in time)
TH (as in thin)
TV (as in clothes)
V (as in van)
Z (as in zebra)
ZH (as in azure)

A (as in apple)
A or O (as in option)
AY or EA (as in ate)
E (as in elephant(spelled EH at the end of words))
EE or Y or EI (as in eat)
EO (as in open)
I or IY (as in mine or, I only, as in it)
OO or OU (as in room)
U (as in umber (spelled UH at the end of words))
UO (as in the french lune)

Morphology

Noun suffixes:

Suffix	Meaning \| English example
-ar	state or quality \| privacy, fallacy, delicacy
-on	act or process of \| refusal, recital, rebuttal
-eare	state or quality of \| maintenance, eminence, assurance
-rom	place or state of being \| freedom, kingdom, boredom
-om	one who \| trainer, protector, narrator
-lile	doctrine, belief \| communism, narcissism, skepticism
-len	one who \| chemist, narcissist, plagiarist
-mery	quality of \| inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity
-erd	condition of \| argument, endorsement, punishment
-mal	state of being \| heaviness, sadness, rudeness, testiness
-san	position held (honored) \| fellowship, ownership, kinship, internship
-sarn	position held (dishonored) \| concession, transition, abbreviation

Verb suffixes:

Suffix	Meaning \| English example
-azhle	make or become \| terrify, satisfy, rectify, exemplify
-ans	become \| enlighten, awaken, strengthen
-sal	become \| civilize, humanize, socialize, valorize

Adjective suffixes:

Suffix	Meaning \| English example
-erle	capable of being \| edible, presentable, abominable, credible
-ah	pertaining to \| regional, grammatical, emotional, coastal
-nins	reminiscent of \| picturesque, statuesque, burlesque
-onn	notable for \| fanciful, resentful, woeful, doubtful
-ily	characterized by \| nutritious, portentous, studious
-qon	having the quality of \| fiendish, childish, snobbish
-oule	having the nature of \| creative, punitive, divisive, decisive
-nar	without \| endless, ageless, lawless, effortless
-arnal	characterized by \| sleazy, hasty, greasy, nerdy, smelly

Common prefixes:

Prefix	Meaning \| English example
ra-	before, earlier, in front of \| antecedent, antedate, antemeridian, anterior
arei-	against, opposite of \| anticlimax. antiaircraft, antiseptic, antibody
elo-	self, same \| autopilot, autobiography, automobile, autofocus
sanal-	around, about \| circumvent, circumnavigate, circumscribe
da-	with, together \| co-pilot, co-worker, co-exist, co-author
ras-	together, with \| companion, commingle, contact, concentrate
man-	against, opposite \| contradict, contrast, contrary, controversy
zee-	down, off, away from \| devalue, deactivate, debug, degrade, deduce
dos-	not, apart, away \| disappear, disagreeable, disbar, dissect
sin-	put into, cover with \| enclose, entangle, enslave, encase
mad-	out of, from, former \| extract, exhale, excavate, ex-president
qarka-	beyond, outside, more than \| extracurricular, extramarital, extravagant
naro-	same, alike \| homonym, homophone, homeostasis
slaro-	over, more, beyond \| hyperactive, hypersensitive, hypercritical
ar-	not, without \| illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible
la-	in, into \| insert, inspection, infiltrate
mal-	between, among \| intersect, interstellar, intervene, interpenetrate
kuns-	within, inside \| intravenous, intragalactic, introvert
gargj-	large, prominent \| macroeconomics, macrostructure, macrocosm
gergj-	very small \| microscope, microcosm, microbe
zen-	one, single, alone \| microscope, microcosm, microbe
dod-	not, without \| microscope, microcosm, microbe
janzi-	all, every \| omnivorous, omniscient, omnidirectional
zan-	after, behind \| postmortem, posterior, postscript, postoperative
zar-	before, forward \| precede, predict, project, prologue
lun-	under, lower \| submarine, subsidiary, substandard
onn-	same time, together \| symmetry, symposium, synchronize, synapse
tar-	across, beyond, through \| transmit, transaction, translation, transfer
wekkes-	three, every third \| tricycle, trimester, triangle, triathlon
us-	not, lacking, opposite of \| unfinished, unskilled, ungraceful, unfriendly
mees-	one, single \| unicorn, unicellular, unicycle, unilateral
lan-	to the top or north, higher/better \| upbeat, updo, upgrade, upload, uphill, upstage, upscale, up-tempo

Augmentatives, diminutives and honorifics

Augmentative, diminutive or honorific	Meaning	Prefix or suffix
lu-	Great, male	prefix
lasa-	Great, female	prefix
iyl-	Big, large	prefix
-il	Tiny, small	suffix
-ot	Pour or not wealthy	suffix
-az	Pour or not wealthy (with scorn, considered somewhat vulgar)	suffix

Syntax

The order of a sentence is SOV (subject-object-verb).

Phonetics

Blended sounds D+R, F+L, F+R, G+L, J+L, M+R, P+L, P+R, Q+U, S+K, S+L, S+M, S+N, S+P, S+P+L, S+P+R, S+R, S+T, S+T+R, SH+R, T+R, V+H (sounds like the w), End of word sounds B, D, F (It has the V sound. To keep the F sound on the end of words it has to be doubled), GJ (It has to have an e on the end), K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S (followed by E), SH, T, TH, TV, V, Z. Beginning of word sounds B, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, LH, M, N, P, Q, R, S, SH, T, TH, TV, V, Z, ZH.

Tenses

Verbs don't reflect nouns. Shelowish has copulas. A copula is something which links the subject with everything else relating to that subject.

Adjective Order

Adjectives come before the noun. The adjective "claze" (nice) turns into "clazan" (nicer) then into "cazal" (almost the nicest) then into "clazar" (nicest). Adjectives don't change into adverbs. For a adverb just use a adjective. An example: the sentence 'the bad written book' is wrong in English, you'd say 'the badly written book', but you can still understand the first sentence.

¹West Shelow.
²East Shelow.
³North Corania

Dictionary

329 Words.

Common Phrases

On a bears back

In a precarious situation

Common Female Names

Roshya
Vaneola
Lamtora
Felorna
Zestary
Almeda
Lazzyar
Tefeisy
Nithreol
Siray

Common Male Names

Qildor
Castein
Vestan
Filvendor
Eirendyl
Sanef
Gormon
Elred
Aylmar
Hagluon

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