Simplengva

Simplengva (Cimplengva or Facilengva in Simplengva) is meant to be a very simple language. It has 15 letters, no diacritics, conjugation only for person, declension only for number, and few synonyms.

Setting
Simplengva is the language spoken in the Roman colonies in the New World as of the latest government linguistic reforms.

Phonology
All letters except 'c', 'g', and 'v' are pronounced as they always are, all the time.

When 'c' is preceded by 't', it is pronounced /tʃ/. When it is not preceded by 't', it is pronounced /k/ if in front of 'o', 'a', or 'v', or pronounced /s/ if it precedes 'e' or 'i'.

When 'g' precedes 'i', it is pronounced /h/. In all other cases, it is pronounced /g/.

When 'v' begins a word, it is pronounced /b/. When it is placed between two consonants, it is pronounced /u/. When it is preceded by a consonant and precedes a vowel, it is pronounced /w/. When it precedes a consonant and is preceded by a vowel*, is surrounded by two vowels, or is the last letter in a word, it is pronounced /v/. When a 'v' follows another 'v', the second 'v' is pronounced /u/.

Phonotactics
Words cannot start with 'i'. Other than that, most anything (that can be humanly pronounced) goes.

Nouns
Nouns are declined for number. To show plurality, '-as' is added if the word ends in a consonant, or 's' is added if the word ends in a vowel.

Pronouns
There are six pronouns in Simplengva.

Verbs
Verbs are conjugated for person by adding a suffix to the verb.

Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and adverbs are always placed after the nouns or actions they describe.

To form an adverb from an adjective, precede the adjective with 'en' if it begins with a vowel or 'ene' if it begins with a consonant.

Showing time
There is no conjugated tense. To say when something happened, you can:


 * precede the sentence with
 * 'ante', the word for 'before' or 'past'
 * 'or', the word for 'now'
 * 'pos', the word for 'after' or 'future'


 * precede the verb with
 * 'enante' to show that the action happened in the past
 * 'est' to show that the performer of the verb is doing it in the present
 * 'va' to show that the performer of the action is going to do it.