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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
===ARticles===
===Articles===
Alfinu has both definite and indefinite articles. Both are inflected for number and gender, as well as case. The indefinite articles are derived from Latin ''ūnus'' and the definite articles are derived from Latin ''ipse'', similar to Sardinian but unlike all other Romance languages. The articles are also often shortened when followed by a word beginning in a vowel. The definite articles also combine with prepositions, similar to the Italian system.
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible collapsed" style="width: 520px; text-align: center;"
! colspan="7" | '''Definite articles'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width: 100px;" | Case !! colspan="3" | Singular !! colspan="3" | Plural
|-
! style="width: 70px;" | Masculine || style="width: 70px;" | Feminine || style="width: 70px;" | Neuter || style="width: 70px;" | Masculine || style="width: 70px;" | Feminine || style="width: 70px;" | Neuter
|-
! Nominative
| se || rowspan="2" | sa || rowspan="2" | su || si || se || rowspan="2" | sa
|-
! Accusative
| su || soi || sai
|-
! Genitive
| colspan="3" | si || sor || sar || sor
|-
! Dative
| colspan="3" | so || colspan="3" | sii
|-
|}
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible collapsed" style="width: 520px; text-align: center;"
! colspan="7" | '''Inefinite articles'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width: 100px;" | Case !! colspan="3" | Singular !! colspan="3" | Plural
|-
! style="width: 70px;" | Masculine || style="width: 70px;" | Feminine || style="width: 70px;" | Neuter || style="width: 70px;" | Masculine || style="width: 70px;" | Feminine || style="width: 70px;" | Neuter
|-
! Nominative
| rowspan="2" | unu || rowspan="2" | una || rowspan="2" | unu || uni || une || rowspan="2" | una
|-
! Accusative
| unoi || unai
|-
! Genitive
| colspan="3" | uni || unor || unar || unor
|-
! Dative
| colspan="3" | uno || colspan="3" | unii
|-
|}


===Nouns===
===Nouns===

Revision as of 23:49, 10 February 2014

Alfinu
Alfinu
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ˈalfinu]]
Created by–
Native speakers- (2014)
Early form
Old Alfinu (?)

Alfinu is a romance languages spoken in the Alps. It is a rather conservative language since it retains four cases and three genders, unlike most other Romance languages. Its phonology is also rather conservative - the most notable dinstinction is the lack of Romance palatalisations since only the first palatalisation applies (a feature shared with Sardinian) and vowel changes, but there are several peculiar phonological innovations. Another feature shared with Sardinian are the Alfinu definite articles: they are derived from Latin ipse rather than ille as it's the case with other Romance languages.

Background

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative f v s z (ʃ ʒ)?
Affricate t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Approximant j w
Trill r
Lateral app. l

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a

Phonotactics

Orthography

Grammar

Articles

Alfinu has both definite and indefinite articles. Both are inflected for number and gender, as well as case. The indefinite articles are derived from Latin ūnus and the definite articles are derived from Latin ipse, similar to Sardinian but unlike all other Romance languages. The articles are also often shortened when followed by a word beginning in a vowel. The definite articles also combine with prepositions, similar to the Italian system.

Nouns

Pronouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Morphology

Syntax

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