Modern Aquitanian

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-

Numerals

1. (xoo)ve /sɔ̃'ve/
2. qha /χa/
3. pazw /pa'ʒɨ̯/
4. veyw /ve'jɨ̯/
5. lusaa /lu'ʃɑ̃/
6. eexaa /ɛ̃'sɑ̃/
7. eteqho /ete'χo/
8. axitw /asi'tɨ̯/
9. xaazoxua /saʒo'suə/
10. oxua /o'suə/
11. oxua a-ve
12. oxua a-qha
13. oxua a-pazw
14. oxua a-veyw
15. oxua a-lusaa
16. oxua a-t-eexaa
17. oxua a-t-eteqho
18. oxua a-t-axitw
19. oxua a-xaazoxua
20. loqhaaxye /loχɑ̃'çe/