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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Calusto | |name = Calusto | ||
|altname = | |altname = Kalust | ||
|nativename = | |nativename = 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌞𐌔𐌕 | ||
|pronunciation = ka'lu:sto | |pronunciation = ka'lu:sto | ||
|familycolor = Conlang | |familycolor = Conlang | ||
|script1 = Ital | |script1 = Ital | ||
|script2 = Latn | |script2 = Copt | ||
|script3 = Latn | |||
|creator = User:Fox Saint-Just | |creator = User:Fox Saint-Just | ||
|created = 2017 | |created = 2017 | ||
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Calusto was created for a literary project, as an Indo-European language that was lost during the Roman expansion and later artificially reconstructed. Thus, despite having an alphabet derived from Old Italic script and a grammar influenced by Latin, Calusto's vocabulary includes a large amount of words common to the languages of the Silk Road, including Chinese. | Calusto was created for a literary project, as an Indo-European language that was lost during the Roman expansion and later artificially reconstructed. Thus, despite having an alphabet derived from Old Italic script and a grammar influenced by Latin, Calusto's vocabulary includes a large amount of words common to the languages of the Silk Road, including Chinese. It can be also written with Coptic alphabet. | ||
Its name derives from the word | Its name derives from the word 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌞 for "mist", making the meaning of Calusto close to "misty". | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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! ''Accusative'' | ! ''Accusative'' | ||
| 𐌔𐌖𐌍'''𐌏𐌍''' <br> syn'''on''' || 𐌔𐌖𐌍''' | | 𐌔𐌖𐌍'''𐌏𐌍''' <br> syn'''on''' || 𐌔𐌖𐌍'''𐌏𐌞𐌔''' <br> syn'''ous''' | ||
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! ''Genitive'' | ! ''Genitive'' | ||
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* Names ending in ''-is'', generally derived from Greek and/or Latin | * Names ending in ''-is'', generally derived from Greek and/or Latin | ||
* Despite its name, nouns and/or adjectives ending in ''-e'' or ''-i'' | * Despite its name, nouns and/or adjectives ending in ''-e'' or ''-i'' | ||
The paradigm is given for | * Nouns ending in ''-as'' or ''ā'' | ||
The paradigm is given for the first three cases, with the words 𐌂𐌅𐌄𐌓 ("beast"), 𐌐𐌔𐌖𐌗𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌔 ("psychosis") and 𐌑𐌉𐌂𐌓𐌉 ("fast") respectively. Note that several words belonging to this declension show an oblique stem, such as names ending in ''-ā'' (with the genitive singular ending in ''-atis''). | |||
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The | The '''-u''' declension includes neuter nouns and can be considered the descendant of the Indo-European u-stem. The paradigm is given for the word 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌞 ("human being"). | ||
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! !! Singular !! Plural | |||
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! ''Nominative'' | |||
| 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞''' <br> man'''u''' || 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌔''' <br> man'''us''' | |||
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! ''Accusative'' | |||
| 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌍''' <br> man'''un''' || 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌔''' <br> man'''us''' | |||
|- | |||
! ''Genitive'' | |||
| 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌅''' <br> man'''uv''' || 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌌''' <br> man'''um''' | |||
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! ''Dative'' | |||
| 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌉''' <br> man'''ui''' || 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌉𐌔''' <br> man'''uis''' | |||
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! ''Ablative'' | |||
| 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌉''' <br> man'''oui''' || 𐌌𐌀𐌍'''𐌞𐌉𐌔''' <br> man'''uis''' | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||