Plevian

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

Plevian
sa dengua pleviana
Pronunciation[sa ˈdeŋɡwa pleˈvjana]
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Early forms
Old Latin
  • Old Plevian

Introduction

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⟩
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⟩
otherwise tʃi
cj before a consonant; word-finally
d everywhere d
dz everywhere dz
e everywhere e
f everywhere f
g before ⟨e⟩, ⟨y⟩, or vocalic ⟨i⟩
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⟩
otherwise ɡ
gj before a consonant; word-finally
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
voiced dz
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.

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

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

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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