Euro

Euro /yɐ̯ʁo/ is a future dialect of English /ingliʃ/ spoken around the year 2300. It developed by pidginization under the influence of the languages of the European Union, especially French and German, and under constant hypercorrection by the "Received Pronunciation" from British English. Its grammar is more agglutinative than that of modern English, which tends to be more isolating.

Writing System
Although the phonetic rules and structure of the language have changed, it follows forms of writing with minimal changes from 21st century English.

Verbs
One of the major innovations in Euro is the complex polypersonal verb. Perfect: have, has, have ; had; will have + past participle

Continuous: are, is, am; was, were ; will be +present participle

PC: have, has, have ; had; will have + future participle

Perfect participle: having + past participle

Auxiliaries
Pronominal preffixes and suffixes

Consonants

 * Merging of /n/ and /ŋ/: RP /ŋ > EU /ng/
 * Uvularization of /r/: RP /r/ > EU /ʁ/
 * Deletion of /h/: RP /h/ > EU ∅
 * Development of affricates from dentals: RP /θ/ > EU /ts/; RP /ð/ > EU /dz/
 * Merging of semivowels and fricatives: RP /j/ > EU /ʒ/; RP /w/ > EU /v/

Vowels and diphthongs
Note: The order of vowel changes is critical in predicting pronunciation.


 * 1) Loss of length in long vowels, the distinction by vowel quality is maintained: RP /iː/ > /i/; RP /uː/ > /u/; RP /ɜː/ > /ɜ/; RP /ɔː/ > /ɔ/; RP /ɑː/ > /ɑ/
 * 2) Merging of /i/ and RP /ɪ/: RP /ɪ/ > /i/; This change also affects diphthongs: RP /eɪ/ > /ei/; RP /ɔɪ/ > /ɔi/; RP /aɪ/ > /ai/
 * 3) Merging of /u/ and RP /ʊ/: RP /ʊ/ > /u/; This change also affects diphthongs: RP /əʊ/ > /əu/; RP /aʊ/ > /au/
 * 4) Diphthongs with schwa RP /Və/ are analysed as falling diphthongs with /a/: RP /ɪə/ > /iɐ̯/; RP /ʊə/ > /uɐ̯/; RP /eə/ > /eɐ̯/
 * 5) Opening of the vowel RP /e/ in all positions: RP /e/ > /ɛ/; RP /eə/ > /ɛa/; RP /eɪ/ > /ɛi/
 * 6) Collapse and merging of open vowels in /a/: RP /æ/, /ʌ/, /ɑ/ > /a/
 * 7) Conservation of RP /ɒ/
 * 8) Monophthongation of diphthongs to form mid vowels: RP /əʊ/ > /o/; RP /eɪ/ > /e/; RP /ɔɪ/ > /ø/
 * 9) Development of close front rounded vowel /y/: RP /juː/, /jʊ/ > /y/
 * 10) Merging of RP /ə/ and RP /ɜː/ in EU /œ/.

Influence of spelling on sound changes

 * Restoration of the r in every position where it is written, which makes Euro in a rotic dialect.

Personal Pronouns
The English pronominal system collapsed and was joined by the innovative polypersonal verb. The only pronouns that remain as free forms derive from accusative and possessives.

rrepositions and nominal cases
above /œbav/

against /œgɛnst/

around /œʁau̯nd/

at /at/

because of /bikɒzɒv/

behind /biai̯nd/

between /bitwin/

despite /dispai̯t/

during /dyɐ̯ʁing/

for /fɔʁ/

from /fʁɒm/

in /in/

in front of /infʁantɒv/

inside /insai̯d/

on /ɒn/

outside /au̯tsai̯d/

since /sins/

with /vidz/

without /vidzau̯t/

Prepositional adverbs
about

according to

across

after

along

among

as for

before

by

close to

down

except

far from

in front

instead of

into

near to

next to

opposite

outside of

through

towards

under

underneath

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