Fransáes
Fransáes is a jokelang created by Caelen Selke-Minogue. It is intended to fix the French language because it sorely needs it. It fixes the abomination that is French spelling, and also changes the grammar to conform with the more intelligent languages of the world.
Phonology
Consonants
| Consonants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||
| Plosive | p /p/ b /b/ | t /t/ d /d/ | k /k/ g /g/ | ||||
| Fricative | f /f/ v /v/ | s /s/ z /z/ | sh /ʃ/ zh /ʒ/ | x /x/ | rh /ʁ/ | ||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nn /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||
| Tap/Flap | r /r/ | ||||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | |||||
Vowels
| Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Middle | Back | |
| Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |
| Close-mid | ae /e/ | ' /ə/ | ou /o/ |
| Open-Mid | e /ɛ/ | o /ɔ/ | |
| Open | a /a/ | ||
Stress is always denoted by an acute (´). If stress occurs on a sound represented by two letters it is put on the first letter.
Syllable Structure
- CV
- CCV
- CVC
- V
- CCVC
- VC
- CCCV
- CCVCC
- CCCVC
- VCC
- CCCVCC
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Fransáes has fourteen grammatical cases: Nominative, Accusative, Vocative, Dative, Genitive, Instrumental, Causal, Locative, Ablative, Sublative, Elative, Illative, Terminative and Temporal
| Function | Marking | English example | Francáes example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Subject of finite verb | N/A | "The cat ate" | Lu sha mónzh |
| Accusative | Object of transitive verb | -u | "The cat ate rice" | |
| Vocative | Addressee | -an | "Hello, Kat!" | |
| Dative | Indirect object; to | -a | "The cat ate rice under the table" | |
| Genitive | Possessor of noun; of | -de | "The leg of the table" | |
| Instrumental | Means of performing a verb; with | -ave | "The cat ate rice with a fork" | |
| Causal | The reason for a verb; for | -pu | "The cat went to the kitchen for rice" | |
| Locative | General physical position; by | -pa | "The cat ate by the table" | |
| Ablative | Movement from; from | -dupwi | "The cat walked away from the table" | |
| Sublative | Movement toward; toward | -ve | "The cat walked toward the table" | |
| Elative | Movement from; out of | -duö | "The cat walked out of the kitchen" | |
| Illative | Movement toward; into | -don | "The cat walked into the kitchen" | |
| Terminative | Limit of; until | -zhuska | "The cat had until noon to eat" | |
| Temporal | Location of time; at | -on | "The cat ate at eleven" |