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Oriente is a language in an alternate world where the Roman Empire never split into East and West and was never fully conquered by barbarians, spoken by people in Southeastern Germania, mostly in Austro-Germania. It was formed as a lingua franca between the many Celtic towns that mixed their own tribal languages with Latin.

Phonology

Orthography

Oriente uses 24 Latin letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, and X.

Grammar

Oriente's grammar is generally considered an Eastern simplification of Latin.

Nouns

Oriente has 2 genders (Common and Neuter), 4 cases (Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative), and 2 numbers (singular and plural).

The Common Gender

Declension 1 pl Declension 2 pl Declension 3 pl
Nominative lupa lupae patre patres vir virs
Genitive lupae luparum patris paterum virei virum
Accusative lupem lupes patrem patres virem virs
Dative lupae lupis patri patribus viri viribus

The Neuter Gender

o-stem pl u-stem pl
Nominative servo servos bellum bellua
Genitive servi servorum belli bellurum
Accusative servo servos bellum bellua
Dative servo servis bellum bellis