Oriente

Oriente is a language in an alternate world where the Roman Empire never split into East and West and was never fully conquered by barbarians, spoken by people in Southeastern Germania, mostly in Austro-Germania. It was formed as a lingua franca between the many Celtic towns that mixed their own tribal languages with Latin.

Phonology

Orthography

Oriente uses 24 Latin letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, and Z.

Grammar

Oriente's grammar is generally considered an Eastern simplification of Latin.

Nouns

Oriente has 2 genders (Common and Neuter), 4 cases (Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative), and 2 numbers (singular and plural).

The Common Gender

	Decl. 1	pl	Decl. 2	pl	Decl. 3	pl
Nominative	lupa	lupae	patre	patres	vir	virs
Genitive	lupae	luparum	patris	paterum	virei	virum
Accusative	lupem	lupes	patrem	patres	virem	virs
Dative	lupae	lupis	patri	patribus	viri	viribus

The Neuter Gender

	o-stem	pl	u-stem	pl
Nominative	servo	servos	bellum	bellua
Genitive	servi	servorum	belli	bellurum
Accusative	servo	servos	bellum	bellua
Dative	servo	servis	bellum	bellis

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns
	1st sg	1st pl	2nd sg	2nd pl	3rd sg (common)	(feminine^[1])	(neuter)	3rd pl	indefinite
Nominative	iho	ni	ti	vi	is	ea	id	si	one
Genitive	mi-^[2]	nostr-	tu-	vostr-	i-	i-	i-	si-	onis
Accusative	me	nos	te	vos	iem	eam	id	sios	onem
Dative	mihi	nis	tibi	vis	ii	eae	id	siis	oni

Demonstratives
	singular	plural
Proximal	hoc	haec
Medial	das	dies
Distal	dos	dies

Adjectives

Normal Adjective Declensions
	Common sg	Common pl	Neuter sg	Neuter pl
Nominative	prime	primes	primo/um^[3]	primos
Genitive	primis	primerum	primi	primorum
Accusative	primem	primes	primo/um	primos
Dative	primi	primibus	primo/um	primis

Articles

Definite Article
	Common sg	Common pl	Neuter sg	Neuter pl
Nominative	die	dies	dio/um	dios
Genitive	deis	dierum	dei	diorum
Accusative	diem	dies	dio/um	dios
Dative	dei	deis	dio/um	deis

Indefinite Article
	Common sg	Neuter sg	pl
Nominative	ine	inum	⸺
Genitive	⸺	⸺	⸺
Accusative	inem	inum	⸺
Dative	ini	inum	⸺

^ "Feminine" pronouns can only refer to female people, or sometimes female animals
^ Genitive pronouns act as adjectives, declining for their head nouns in the same way
^ These three forms decline based on type of Neuter noun (stem)

[1] "Feminine" pronouns can only refer to female people, or sometimes female animals

[2] Genitive pronouns act as adjectives, declining for their head nouns in the same way

[3] These three forms decline based on type of Neuter noun (stem)

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