Fronceirnon

Setting
Fronceirnon (Le Fronceirnais) is the language of the Fronceirnons, the inhabitants of Fronceirnonia (NationStates). It is a reletively uninflected language though there is quite a bit of 'fussy' grammar and 7 conjugations of verbs (including a conjugation of irregular verbs. The 'governing body' is L'Institute Fronceirnaise (lit: The Fronceirnon Academy). There is only one declension of nouns and there are no case inflections. There are definate and indefinate articles and two genders. There is adjective agreement

Phonology
The Fronceirnon alphabet includes all the letters used in English as well as some diacriticated letters (which do not constitute seperate letters). The diacratics are:

à, â, é è ê ë ç î ï ô ó ù û ç is known as a cedilla (une cedilla) and is used to indicate an /s/ sound before broad vowels

Consonants have the same names and pronunciations as in English.

Vowels have the same names as in English

Here is a pronunciation guide for vowels: Here is a guide for diacritics:

Phonotactics
There are several phonotactic rules in Fronceirnon. One example is shown by the articles.

Une (pronounced: oon) = a (feminine singular)

a = a (masculine singular)

Before vowel sounds 'a' becomes 'an'. Such a rule is unnecessary for 'une' as it is pronounced the same regardless of the following sound.

Elision is used for the definate articles.

Le (leuh) = the (masculine singular)

La = the (feminine singular)

Les (lay) = the (plural)

Before a vowel sound 'Le' and 'La' become L'. Before a vowel 'les' is pronounced 'lays' however the spelling doesn't change.

Verbs
There are 7 conjugations of verbs in Fronceirnon. It is instantly obvious which conjugation each verb is by looking at its infinitive; They are as follows:

Nat verbs (eg nat zùr = to eat)

-em verbs (eg inwôrnem = to investigate)

-à verbs (armanà = to wear)

-ir verbs (finir = to finish)

-re verbs (vendre = to sell)

-ése verbs (finalése = to finalise)

-é verbs (also known as 'les verbs irregulier') (été = to be)

Tables can be found at Fronceirnon Verbs