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, Comitative, Causal, Locative, Ablative, Sublative, Elative, Illative, Terminative and Temporal
| Function | Marking | English example | Francáes example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Subject of finite verb | N/A | "The cat eats" | Lu sha monzh |
| Accusative | Object of transitive verb | -u | "The cat eats rice" | Lu sha monzh riu |
| Vocative | Addressee | -an | "Hello, Jean!" | Búnzhu, Zhánan! |
| Dative | Indirect object; to | -a | "The cat eats rice under the table" | Lu sha monzh riu su lu tablá |
| Genitive | Possessor of noun; of | -du | "The leg of the table" | Lu zhomb lu tablódu |
| Instrumental | Means of performing a verb; using | -(ut)ili | "The cat eats rice using a fork" | Lu sha monzh riu fushétili |
| Comitative | Accompaniment to subject with | -av | "The cat walks with the food" | |
| Causal | The reason for a verb; for | -pu | "The cat walks to the kitchen for rice" | Lu sha mash lu kvísina rípu |
| Locative | General physical position; by | -pa | "The cat eats by the table" | Lu sha monzh lu tablópa |
| Ablative | Movement from; from | -dupvi | "The cat walks away from the table" | Lu sha mash lu tablódupvi |
| Sublative | Movement toward; toward | -ve | "The cat walks toward the table" | Lu sha mash lu tablóve |
| Elative | Movement from; out of | -duo | "The cat walks out of the kitchen" | Lu sha mash lu kvízinduo |
| Illative | Movement toward; into | -don | "The cat walks into the kitchen" | Lu sha mash lu kvízindon |
| Terminative | Limit of; until | -zhuska | "The cat has until noon to eat" | Lu sha a mídizhuska mónzhe |
| Temporal | Location of time; at | -on | "The cat eats at eleven" | Lu sha monzh únzon |