Plevian

Plevian (native: pleviano, sa dengua pleviana) is an Italic language descended from Old Latin.

Plevian
sa dengua pleviana
Pronunciation	[sa ˈdeŋɡwa pleˈvjana]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Romance Plevian
Early forms	Old Latin Old Plevian

Phonology

Orthography

Plevian orthography

Grapheme	Environment	IPA	Remarks
a	everywhere	a
b	everywhere	b	May be pronounced [β] between vowels
c	before ⟨e⟩, ⟨y⟩, or vocalic ⟨i⟩	tʃ
	before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, or ⟨u⟩; before a consonant; word-finally	k
ch	before ⟨e⟩, ⟨i⟩, or ⟨y⟩	k
ci	before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, ⟨u⟩, or ⟨e⟩	tʃ
	otherwise	tʃi
cj	before a consonant; word-finally	tʃ
d	everywhere	d
dz	everywhere	dz
e	everywhere	e
f	everywhere	f
g	before ⟨e⟩, ⟨y⟩, or vocalic ⟨i⟩	dʒ
	before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, or ⟨u⟩; before a consonant; word-finally	ɡ
gh	before ⟨e⟩, ⟨i⟩, or ⟨y⟩	ɡ
gi	before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, ⟨u⟩, or ⟨e⟩	dʒ
	otherwise	ɡ
gj	before a consonant; word-finally	dʒ
h	all	χ
i	before vowels	j
	otherwise	i
j	everywhere	j
k	in loanwords	k
l	everywhere	l
li	before vowels	ʎ
	otherwise	li
m	everywhere	m
n	everywhere	n
ni	before vowels	ɲ
	otherwise	ni
o	everywhere	o
p	everywhere	p
qu	everywhere	kw
r	everywhere	r
s	between vowels; before voiced consonants	z
	otherwise	s
t	everywhere	t
u	before vowels	w
	otherwise	u
v	everywhere	v
w	in loanwords	ɡw
x	before vowels; before voiced consonants	ʒ
	otherwise	ʃ
y	in loanwords before vowels	j
	in loanwords otherwise	i
z	everywhere	ts

Consonants

Plevian consonant phonemes

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar/ Palatal	Velar/ Guttural
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	(ŋ)
Stop	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		ts	tʃ
	voiced		dz	dʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ	χ
	voiced	v	(z)	(ʒ)
Approximant				j	w
Lateral			l	ʎ
Trill			r

Vowels

Plevian monophthong vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

In addition to the monopthongs above, the following diphthongs are possible:

• Rising: ia, ie, io, iu, ua, ue, uo, ui
• Falling: ai, ei, oi, au, eu, ou

The most common diphthongs are ia, ua, ue, and io. Additionally, ui is common after /k/ and /ɡ/. The remaining diphthongs are rare.

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns may be masculine or feminine.

Nouns are pluralized in -x. After a consonant, this ending becomes -ex.

Adjectives

Adjectives agree with the noun they govern in gender and number.

Adjectives whose masculine forms end in -o are feminized in -a. Otherwise, the masculine and feminine forms are identical.

Like nouns, adjectives are pluralized in -(e)x.

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Person/ Number	Subject	Object	Possessive
			Weak	Strong
1S	mu	me	mo	miaxxo
2S	tu	te	to	tiaxxo
3SM	gio	gio	gio	giuaxxo
3SF	gia	gia	gia	giaxxo
3R	su	se	so	siaxxo
1P	nox	nox	nox	nuastro
2P	gox	gox	gox	guastro
3PM	giox	giox	giox	goro
3PF	giax	giax	giax	giaro