Alfinu

Alfinu
Alfinu
Pronunciation	[[Help:IPA|ˈalfinu]]
Created by	–
Native speakers	- (2014)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Alfinu
Early form	Old Alfinu (?)

Alfinu is a romance languages spoken in the Alps. It is a rather conservative language since it retains four cases and three genders, unlike most other Romance languages. Its phonology is also rather conservative - the most notable dinstinction is the lack of Romance palatalisations since only the first palatalisation applies (a feature shared with Sardinian) and vowel changes, but there are several peculiar phonological innovations. Another feature shared with Sardinian are the Alfinu definite articles: they are derived from Latin ipse rather than ille as it's the case with other Romance languages.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p b		t d			k g
Fricative		f v	s z	(ʃ ʒ)?
Affricate			t͡s d͡z	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Approximant					j	w
Trill			r
Lateral app.			l

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open	a

Grammar

Articles

Alfinu has both definite and indefinite articles. Both are inflected for number and gender, as well as case. The indefinite articles are derived from Latin ūnus and the definite articles are derived from Latin ipse, similar to Sardinian but unlike all other Romance languages. The articles are also often shortened when followed by a word beginning in a vowel. The definite articles also combine with prepositions, similar to the Italian system.

Definite articles
Case	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	se	sa	su	si	se	sa
Accusative	su			soi	sai
Genitive	si			sor	sar	sor
Dative	so			sii

Inefinite articles
Case	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unu	una	unu	uni	une	una
Accusative				unoi	unai
Genitive	uni			unor	unar	unor
Dative	uno			unii