Fransáes
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Fransáes is a jokelang created by Caelen Selke-Minogue. It is intended to fix the French language because it sorely needs it. It fixes the abomination that is French spelling, and also changes the grammar to conform with the more intelligent languages of the world.
Phonology
Consonants
Consonants | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||
Plosive | p /p/ b /b/ | t /t/ d /d/ | k /k/ g /g/ | ||||
Fricative | f /f/ v /v/ | s /s/ z /z/ | sh /ʃ/ zh /ʒ/ | x /x/ | rh /ʁ/ | ||
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nn /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||
Tap/Flap | r /r/ | ||||||
Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ |
Vowels
Vowels | |||
---|---|---|---|
Front | Middle | Back | |
Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |
Close-mid | ae /e/ | ' /ə/ | ou /o/ |
Open-Mid | e /ɛ/ | o /ɔ/ | |
Open | a /a/ |
Stress is always denoted by an acute (´). If stress occurs on a sound represented by two letters it is put on the first letter.
Syllable Structure
- CV
- CCV
- CVC
- V
- CCVC
- VC
- CCCV
- CCVCC
- CCCVC
- VCC
- CCCVCC
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Fransáes has fourteen grammatical cases: Nominative, Accusative, Vocative, Dative, Genitive, Instrumental, Causal, Locative, Ablative, Sublative, Elative, Illative, Terminative and Temporal
Function | |
---|---|
Nominative | Subject of finite verb |
Accusative | Object of transitive verb |
Vocative | Addressee |
Dative | Indirect object; to |
Genitive | Possessor of noun; of |
Instrumental | Means of performing a verb; with |
Causal | The reason for a verb; for |
Locative | General physical position; by |
Ablative | Movement from; from |
Sublative | Movement toward; toward |
Elative | Movement from; out of |
Illative | Movement toward; into |
Terminative | Limit of; until |
Temporal | Location of time; at |