Modern Aquitanian

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Modern Aquitanian (xa'Akitee /saʔaki'tɛ̃/) is spoken in western France in Lõis, and despite the name, it's a language isolate unrelated to Basque. Its phonology and grammar shaped the evolution of Modern Standard French.

History

The origins of Modern Aquitanian are shrouded in mystery; it's a common belief among non-linguists that Modern Aquitanian is a remnant of the earliest languages spoken in Europe, before the Indo-European invasion.

Todo

Relex polysynthetic analyses of French

Syntax

Modern Aquitanian is agglutinating and head-initial, and features an Austronesian-style alignment system which is atypical of European languages.

Cases:

  • direct: honorific ta-, non-honorific unmarked
  • indirect: honorific khu-, non-honorific vi-
  • genitive: honorific xa-, non-honorific mw-
  • oblique: la-
  • lative: va-
  • locative: the-
  • ablative: xee-
  • comitative: za-
  • abessive: voo-