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  1. A few /int/ anons have gotten together and created a language. Grammar is regular and vocabulary is derived from reconstructed Proto-Indo-European, Latin, Sanskrit, Greek, and Slavic terms.
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  3. Orthography & phonology:
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  5. http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/
  6.  
  7. Aa, Aa /a/
  8. Bb, Бб /b/
  9. Čč, Чч /tʃ/
  10. Dd, Дд /d/
  11. Ee, Ee /e/
  12. Ff, Фф /f/
  13. Gg, Гг /g/
  14. Hh, Хх /h/
  15. Ii, Ии /i/
  16. Jj, Jј /j/
  17. Kk, Кк /k/
  18. Ll, Лл /l/
  19. Mm, Mм /m/
  20. Nn, Hн /n/
  21. Oo, Oo /o/
  22. Pp, Пп /p/
  23. Rr, Pp /ɾ/
  24. Ss, Cc /s/
  25. Šš, Шш /ʃ/
  26. Tt, Tт /t/
  27. Uu, Уy /u/
  28. Vv, Bв /v/
  29. Ww, Ўў /w/
  30. Zz, Зз /z/
  31. Žž, Жж /ʒ/
  32.  
  33. The grammar is quite simple.
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  35. Things like tenses, cases, etc. are all expressed via suffix particles. They never change, no matter what the condition of the sentence is, so it isn't quite as grueling as learning different forms for every word.
  36.  
  37. For instance, our second person singular impersonal pronoun, "tu" can be modified into a genitive form by adding "-me."
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  39. "Ki ast tu-me nome?"
  40. What is you-possessive (your) name?
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  42. It does not vary by any personal pronoun and is used in the same way with all.
  43.  
  44. Man, man-me = I, my
  45. Tu, tu-me = Thou, thy/thine
  46. Le, le-me = He/she, his/her
  47.  
  48. Current particles are
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  50. -e (-je if the noun ends in a vowel) = possessive for non-personal pronouns, for instance "strateje ters" where "strate" means "army" and "ters" means "land/country" so "strateje ters" = "the country's army." Similar to the -e ending in Persian, e.g. "madar-e to" = "your mother". [Note: Also works for the English equivalent to "of" in some cases. "Amikeje manušiš" = "Friend of the people"]
  51. -me = possessive for personal pronouns, as explained above
  52. -do = "to" e.g. "Man ejmet manme domedo" ("I'm going to my house")
  53.  
  54. More particles will be added as needed, we are in the rough entry-level stages at the moment.
  55.  
  56. +Verbs
  57. All verbs except "ast" end in -et, and most verbs can be turned into a noun by dropping the final "t," for instance "ludet" (to free/liberate/save) becomes "lude" (freedom, liberation).
  58.  
  59. Verbs have their own particles which are prefixes and denote tense.
  60. pri- = past
  61. bu- = future
  62. no particle = present tense
  63.  
  64. "Man prijaknet pane." = "I ate the bread."
  65. "Tu bukrinamet nowi kowe." = "You will buy a new cow."
  66.  
  67. +Nouns
  68. Most, if not all nouns end in -e, so telling the difference right off the bat should be easy. Amike = friend, dome = house, Deiwe = God, dengwe = language, etc.
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  70. To make a noun plural, the -e is dropped off the end and -iš is added.
  71. Sword = klade; swords = kladiš
  72. Shoe = kerpe; shoes = kerpiš
  73. Food = paske; foods = paskiš
  74. etc.
  75.  
  76. +Adjectives
  77. All adjectives end in -i, and whether they precede the noun they're modifying is up to the speaker, but keep in mind context, situation, and how understandable it would be for the listener/reader when playing with word order.
  78.  
  79. New = nowi
  80. Beautiful = čajsi
  81. Stupid = malaki
  82. etc.
  83.  
  84. +Numbers
  85. One = Ojne
  86. Two = Dwau
  87. Three = Tri
  88. Four = Kwat
  89. Five = Penk
  90. Six = Sweks
  91. Seven = Sept
  92. Eight = Okt
  93. Nine = Newn
  94. Ten = Deken
  95. Eleven = Dekene ojn
  96. Twelve = Dekene dwau
  97. Thirteen = Dekene tri
  98. etc.
  99. Twenty = Dwid
  100. Thirty = Trid
  101. Forty = Kwatid
  102. Fifty = Penkid
  103. Sixty = Sweksid
  104. Seventy = Septid
  105. Eighty = Oktid
  106. Ninety = Newnid
  107. One-hundred = Kemtom
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