PHONOLOGY:
/p b t d k g/ <p b t d c/ch/qu g>
/m n ɲ/ <m n/nh n>
/f v s ʃ ʒ x/ <f v s/sh/z/zh s/c/ç z/j/g x>
/ʀ/ <r>
/l/<l/lh>
/j/ <l>
/i y u/ <i u ou>
/e o/ <e/é o>
/a/ <è/a>
All vowels can be nasalized, and this is shown by being followed by a <n>
<c s n l g z > are pronounced /ʃ ʃ ɲ j ʒ ʒ/ before <i e è>. The spellings with an h following are used when they proceed these vowels but are pronounced in their normal way.
<h> exists in the orthography, but is silient.
All consonants are pronounced siliently word-finally except <f c r l x m>, unless there is a silient <e> after them. <é> is used when there is a /Ce/ sequence word-finally. <ë>is used when there is silient <e> that palatalizes a <c s n l g>.
SOUND CHANGES FROM LATIN:
/k g s z n l/>/t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ʃ ʒ ɲ ʎ/ _i _ɪ _e _ɛ
/z/>/s/
/w/>/v/
/kʷ gʷ/> /k g/
/u/>/y/
/ʊ o:/> /u/
/ɔ/>/o/
/ɪ/>/i/
/h/>∅
/pt kt/> /t/
/ŋn/>/ɲ/
/j/>/ʒ/
/ks/>/xs/>/x/
Word final consonants except /m k t͡ʃ f r l ʎ x n/>∅
word finally /e/>/ə/>∅
/t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/>/ʃ ʒ/
/ʎ/>/j/
/Vn/>/Ṽ/
/ɛ/>/a/
/r/>/ʀ/
Numbers 1-10:
<un> /ỹ/
<du> /dy/
<très> <tra>
<quate> /kat/
<cinq> /ʃĩk/
<sèx> /ʃax/
<sèt> /ʃa/
<ot> /o/
<nove> /nov/
<dèsë> /daʃ/
NOUNS:
Nouns have two gender, Masculine and Feminine, two cases (though only in definite nouns), Nominative and Oblique, and two numbers, singular and plural (distinguished in the spoken language only by the articles).
Most of the Nominative morphology happens on the article, though a silent <s> is appended to plurals.
Articles are required with most non-definite nouns.
The indefinite article:
MASC.: Un
FEM: Une
PLR:Pars
Examples:
Un hom
"A man"
Une fèmin
"A woman"
Pars homs
"Some men"
Definite article:
MASC NOM: El
MASC OBL: Elo
FEM NOM: La
FEM OBL: Lo
PLR NOM: Li
PLR OBL: Lo
Examples:
El hom
"The man"
La fèmin
"The woman"
Li homs
"The men"
Pronouns:
Pronouns have two extra cases, Dative and Genitive:
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/YUwmkFN.png)
(Chart made by Thrice Xandvii of the CBB)
THE INDICATIVE ACTIVE VERB:
The Active Indicative has four tenses: Present, Past perfect (Simple past), Past imperfect, and Future. It also conjugates for person and number.
Conjugation of very common irregular verb "Ese" "To be"/the copula:
![Image](http://i66.tinypic.com/18g3m0.png)
Active indicative conjugation of regular -er verb "Haber" "To have":
![Image](http://i63.tinypic.com/10fub6r.png)
An example sentence
El Dugë Negë ediferat Lo Mason de Negë en La Vil.
El Dugë Negë edif-erat Lo Mason de Negë en La Vil
DEF.MASC.NOM duke black build-PST.3P DEF.FEM.OBL summer.home of black in DEF.FEM Vil
"The Black Duke built the Black Mansion in Vil."