Delisean

Background
Delisean, is an indigenous language spoken in Spain, of the Delta-Mevevta family, as Meula and Kabean.

Nouns
Originally, the dual form was made with -a and the plural with -eth, but the dual form became used for general plural except for commonly dual nouns, which also have lost its dual in the modern language. Modern nouns can have a dual form adding the prefix i-, ik- (for accusative), or ü- (for dative) to the plural form. The prefix on the plural noun derives from the old oblique particle of a singular conjugation of a plural word, and the dual nouns retained are still conjugated as singular in the modern language.

The nominative case is the subject of a sentence, the accusative marks the direct object and the dative the indirect object. The causative takes prepositions and is the agent of intransitive verbs when placed before the verb, it also makes the nominal predicative after the verb. The adverbial case acts as an adjective before a noun, which is also used instead of an predicative adjective, and as an adverb before a verb. It also indicates possession. The pronouns have a reflexive form, used as a direct object when the object is the same. This table shows the types of regular nouns. Words with such nominative endings will have these declinations for singular. The plural is a different declination shown on the last line. The declinations 10 and 12 are only used as plural. There are a few irregular nouns, most have their own patterns. Some words ending on s do not take the first declination but are irregular instead. Same for words ending on x.

Examples of irregular nouns
Irregular -x: Polysyllabic nouns ending on -x simply lose the -x for plural and some singular cases, and decline as a noun ending on its vowel. Defective -x: Only for single-syllable nouns. /x/ becomes /h/ intervocallicaly. Acc. sg. and Adv. sg. are iregular.

Adjectives
Adjectives agree to case and number and are placed before their nouns. When a noun is dual the adjective remains singular. The adverbial case can be used for making adjectives out of nouns.

Adverbs
Adverbs are placed before the verb. Adverbs from adjectives are made from their adverbial case. The case is also used for nouns meaning the action was done using the noun. For example, "to walk (qerom) with shoes (hadar)" would be "hadarete qerom"