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 and (slightly) exaggerate polysynthetic analyses of French
plee: brick
paxìlyw: monarch
uakee: hyacinth
thadaa: arena
eetemixyoo: intermission (from 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
- (xoo)ve /sɔ̃'ve/
- plaa /plɑ̃/
- pazw /pa'ʒɨ̯/
- veyw /ve'jɨ̯/
- lusaa /lu'ʃɑ̃/
- eexaa /ɛ̃'sɑ̃/
- etemo /ete'mo/
- axitw /asi'tɨ̯/
- xaazoxua /saʒo'suə/
- oxua /o'suə/
- oxua a-ve
- oxua a-plaa
- oxua a-pazw
- oxua a-veyw
- oxua a-lusaa
- oxua a-t-eexaa
- oxua a-t-etemo
- oxua a-t-axitw
- oxua a-xaazoxua
- loqhaaxye /loχɑ̃'çe/