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=== Nouns ===
=== Nouns ===
Nouns do not inflect for case, but do have number distinction, and in some cases natural gender.
Nouns do not inflect for case, but do have number distinction, and in some cases natural gender.
=== Pronouns ===
===Pronouns===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Non-clitic personal pronouns
|-
!!! Nominative !! Possessive<sup>1</sup> !! Accusative !! Dative !! Prepositional
|-
| 1st person sg || eu || mio || me || mi || mi
|-
| 1st person pl || nos || nosto || nos || nosis || noso
|-
| 2nd person sg || tu/vos<sup>2</sup> || tio/vosto || te/vos || ti/vosi || ti/voso
|-
| 2nd person pl || vosos/vosas<sup>3</sup> || vosto || vosos/vosas || vosis || voso
|-
| 3rd person sg || e/éa/o || so || e/éa/o, se<sup>4</sup> || i, si<sup>4</sup> || e/éa/o, si<sup>4</sup>
|-
| 3rd person pl || éos/éas<sup>3</sup> || lio || los/las, se<sup>4</sup> || is, si<sup>4</sup> || eso, si<sup>4</sup>
|}
<sup>1</sup>Non-clitic possessive pronouns inflect like adjectives. Example: mio fil = my son, fila mia = my daughter, mios filos = my children
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<sup>2</sup>T-V distinction is only expressed in the singular.
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<sup>3</sup>In these cases, distinction is made between the masculine plural and feminine plural. Masculine is used to refer to any group that is not completely feminine.
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<sup>4</sup>Reflexive
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Enclitic pronouns
|-
!!! Subject !! Possessive !! Object<sup>1</sup>
|-
| 1st person sg || mi || mi || me, m'
|-
| 1st person pl || ni || nu || nos
|-
| 2nd person sg || ti || ti || te, t'
|-
| 2nd person pl || vi || vu || vos
|-
| 3rd person sg || - || si || i
|-
| 3rd person pl || - || li || los, l'
|}
<sup>1</sup>Direct object with non-dative arguments, but always indirect in dative arguments. Object clitics are proclitics.
 
=== Adjectives ===
=== Adjectives ===
=== Determiners ===
=== Determiners ===

Latest revision as of 14:47, 13 June 2025

Introduction

Designed to be like an evolved and collapsed Pan-Romance language in ~2200s. Anyone can add to or help!

Phonology

Again, designed to have evolved from a simple, easy sound system that slowly collapsed into something more colloquial and complex.

Vowel inventory

Unstressed medial
Close-mid ɪ {i} ʊ {u}
Mid ə {e} ɤ {ö}
Open-mid ɐ {a}
Stressed medial/initial/final
Close-mid ɪ~i {i} u {u}
Mid e {e/é} ɔ {o}
Open-mid ɐ {a}

Consonant inventory

Syllable structure

Stress

Stress generally rests on the vowel before the final consonant.

Orthography

Phonotactics

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns do not inflect for case, but do have number distinction, and in some cases natural gender.

Pronouns

Non-clitic personal pronouns
Nominative Possessive1 Accusative Dative Prepositional
1st person sg eu mio me mi mi
1st person pl nos nosto nos nosis noso
2nd person sg tu/vos2 tio/vosto te/vos ti/vosi ti/voso
2nd person pl vosos/vosas3 vosto vosos/vosas vosis voso
3rd person sg e/éa/o so e/éa/o, se4 i, si4 e/éa/o, si4
3rd person pl éos/éas3 lio los/las, se4 is, si4 eso, si4

1Non-clitic possessive pronouns inflect like adjectives. Example: mio fil = my son, fila mia = my daughter, mios filos = my children
2T-V distinction is only expressed in the singular.
3In these cases, distinction is made between the masculine plural and feminine plural. Masculine is used to refer to any group that is not completely feminine.
4Reflexive

Enclitic pronouns
Subject Possessive Object1
1st person sg mi mi me, m'
1st person pl ni nu nos
2nd person sg ti ti te, t'
2nd person pl vi vu vos
3rd person sg - si i
3rd person pl - li los, l'

1Direct object with non-dative arguments, but always indirect in dative arguments. Object clitics are proclitics.

Adjectives

Determiners

Since nouns do not inflect for case, this job is up to determiners, mainly the articles.

The definite article
Case sg pl
NOM-ACC le/la/lo los/las
GENITIVE del/dela/delo delos/delas
DATIVE alle/alla/allo allos/allas
ABLATIVE dil/dila/dilo dilos/dilas
LOCATIVE nel/na/no nelos/nelas
The indefinite article
Case sg pl
NOM-ACC un/una/uno unos/unas
GENITIVE don/dona/dono donos/donas
DATIVE an/ana/ano anos/anas
ABLATIVE dun/duna/duno dunos/dunas
LOCATIVE en/ena/eno enos/enas

Verbs

Adverbs

Derivational morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts