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'''Jayus''' {{IPA|/ʒaˈjuʃ/}} is a [[colllang]] [[Sketchlang|sketch]] by [[User:Deathcat13|Sara]], Yunta and [[User:Fenhl|Labas]].
'''Jayus''' {{IPA|/ʒaˈjuʃ/}} is a [[colllang]] [[Sketchlang|sketch]] by [[User:Deathcat13|Sara]], Yunta and [[User:Fenhl|Labas]]. The language has been designed with 2 things in mind:
 
# It was to be a secret language, used only by the three members of its team.
# It was to be easily usable over phone or VoIP calls.
 
==Phoneme inventory==
 
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
!colspan=19 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Uvular ||colspan=2| Glottal
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || || || || || || || {{IPA|n}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || || {{IPA|d}} || || || || || || {{IPA|g}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || || || {{IPA|f}} || {{IPA|v}} || {{IPA|θ}} || {{IPA|ð}} || || || {{IPA|ʃ}} || {{IPA|ʒ}} || || || || || {{IPA|χ}} || {{IPA|ʁ}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}
|}
</div>
 
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
!colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|u}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || {{IPA|a}}
|}
</div>
 
===Syllable structure===
 
The structure of Jayus syllables can be described in pseudo-awkwords-code as:
 
* C={{IPA|b}}/{{IPA|d}}/{{IPA|ɡ}}/{{IPA|n}}/{{IPA|v}}/{{IPA|f}}/{{IPA|ð}}/{{IPA|θ}}/{{IPA|ʒ}}/{{IPA|ʃ}}/{{IPA|ʁ}}/{{IPA|χ}}/{{IPA|j}}/{{IPA|l}}
* N={{IPA|n}}/{{IPA|ʃ}}/{{IPA|l}}/{{IPA|f}}/{{IPA|θ}}/{{IPA|χ}}
* V={{IPA|a}}/{{IPA|i}}/{{IPA|u}}
 
==Grammar==
 
The basic word order is object-verb-subject. Adjectives are placed after the noun.
 
A notable feature of Jayus is its lack of first and second person pronouns. Since Jayus was originally intended as a secret language to only be spoken by the three members of its team, their names are never replaced by a pronoun, but frequently dropped. Someone who is involved with the Jayus language may choose a Jayus name for themself and enter it into the vocabulary. If someone does not have a Jayus name, they are always addressed by <Li> “he/she” and never by another name.
 
Jayus uses reduplication for multiple purposes. A word is always reduplicated in its entirety, except if its last syllable has a coda. For example, <Jani> becomes <Janijani>, but <Jayus> becomes <Jayujayus>.
 
* A reduplicated noun indicates plural.
* A reduplicated adjective indicates superlative.
 
==Morphology==
 
Every word in the vocabulary is a word root. There are several suffixes for word classes. The word root is normally used by itself, but the implied word class can be explicitly expressed using a suffix for added clarity.
 
==Vocabulary==
 
* Jani — hello
* Jayus — language
* Labas — [[User:Fenhl|Fenhl]]
* Li — ''3rd person singular pronoun'' he/she/it
* Lili — ''3rd person plural pronoun'' they
* Niza — good
* Nix — ''negative''
* Nuvu — bye
* Sa — yes
* Sasa — yes ''as a reply to a negative statement or question, like «si» in French or „doch“ in German''
* Sara — [[User:Deathcat13|Deathcat13]]
* Tu — big, large
* Yunta — Nina ''one of the team members''
 
===Suffixes===
 
''No suffixes have been defined yet.''


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Revision as of 06:33, 29 April 2012


Jayus
Pronounced: /ʒaˈjuʃ/
Timeline and Universe: here and now
Species: humans
Total speakers: 3
Writing system: syllabary
Genealogy: isolate
Typology
Basic word order: OVS
Credits
Creator: Sara, Yunta, Labas
Links
CALS

Jayus /ʒaˈjuʃ/ is a colllang sketch by Sara, Yunta and Labas. The language has been designed with 2 things in mind:

  1. It was to be a secret language, used only by the three members of its team.
  2. It was to be easily usable over phone or VoIP calls.

Phoneme inventory

Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal n
Plosive b d g
Fricative f v θ ð ʃ ʒ χ ʁ
Approximants j
Trill
Lateral Approximant l
Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
Near-high
High-mid
Mid
Low-mid
Near-low
Low a

Syllable structure

The structure of Jayus syllables can be described in pseudo-awkwords-code as:

  • C=b/d/ɡ/n/v/f/ð/θ/ʒ/ʃ/ʁ/χ/j/l
  • N=n/ʃ/l/f/θ/χ
  • V=a/i/u

Grammar

The basic word order is object-verb-subject. Adjectives are placed after the noun.

A notable feature of Jayus is its lack of first and second person pronouns. Since Jayus was originally intended as a secret language to only be spoken by the three members of its team, their names are never replaced by a pronoun, but frequently dropped. Someone who is involved with the Jayus language may choose a Jayus name for themself and enter it into the vocabulary. If someone does not have a Jayus name, they are always addressed by

  • “he/she” and never by another name. Jayus uses reduplication for multiple purposes. A word is always reduplicated in its entirety, except if its last syllable has a coda. For example, <Jani> becomes <Janijani>, but <Jayus> becomes <Jayujayus>.
    • A reduplicated noun indicates plural.
    • A reduplicated adjective indicates superlative.

    Morphology

    Every word in the vocabulary is a word root. There are several suffixes for word classes. The word root is normally used by itself, but the implied word class can be explicitly expressed using a suffix for added clarity.

    Vocabulary

    • Jani — hello
    • Jayus — language
    • Labas — Fenhl
    • Li — 3rd person singular pronoun he/she/it
    • Lili — 3rd person plural pronoun they
    • Niza — good
    • Nix — negative
    • Nuvu — bye
    • Sa — yes
    • Sasa — yes as a reply to a negative statement or question, like «si» in French or „doch“ in German
    • Sara — Deathcat13
    • Tu — big, large
    • Yunta — Nina one of the team members

    Suffixes

    No suffixes have been defined yet.

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