Bellish

Background information
This language was devised by Bertran, the leader of the mercenary band known as the "Rising Sun Company", which played a significant combat role in Mediterranean medieval warfare during the 1300's. Recruiting troops of different backgrounds, who spoke a myriad number of languages ranging from Portuguese to Italian, Bertran faced a dilemma when attempting to communicate to all his warriors at the same time. As a result, he devised the Bellish language and taught it to every member of the mercenary company. The Bellish language is known to be clear and concise, allowing Bertran to give quick commands to his troops more effectively. It follows the SVO order and lacks a "to be" verb. Also, most words are one syllable and the verb tenses are often determined through context.

Phonology
The Bellish language utilizes a Latin alphabet, without the capital letters (with the possible exception of J).

Alphabet
a à b c d e è f g h i ì j J l m n o ò p q r s t u ù v w x y z

Phonotactics
ao ui eo ua ng rr gn

Nouns
Nouns in Bellish have no grammatical number, gender, and definite articles. There is only one indefinite article, um, meaning "a".

Personal Pronouns
Pronouns in the third person are used with deictics (this, that). For example, when referring to a man, the English "he" would translate to es om (this man) or en om (that man), depending on the distance from the speaker. The same applies for the feminine and the plural. In this case, when referring to a girl, the English "she" would translate to es nya (this girl) or en nya (that girl), again depending on the distance from the speaker.

Reflexive Pronoun
There is also a reflexive pronoun, se, meaning "self". See example below:

Verbs
Since Bellish is a non-inflective language, verbs do not conjugate. Often, the verb tense is determined through context. For example, yo ve could be translated to "I see", "I saw", or "I will see" depending on the context.

Progressive Aspect
However, verbs can be placed in a certain pattern to denote progressive action. The pattern is shown below:

In this case, yo fa gan could also mean "I was winning" or "I will be winning", depending on context.

Passive Voice
Verbs in the passive voice adhere to another pattern, as demonstrated below:

Bertran Quotes
Surrender? What's that? I only know two outcomes. Victory or death! You call this loot. I call this income.

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