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Melanian is like English; it's based on Romance and Germanic languages. However, Melanian is also greatly influenced by Finnic-Ugric, Slovak, and Asian languages. At one point, it used to be intelligible with speakers of Germanic and Romance languages to some extent, but because of the influence of what seems like every language known to man and the evolution of the vocabulary, it is now less understood at first sight. One would need to really look into the language in order to see where the majority of the vocabulary came from.

The most common dialect of Melanian is Standard Melanian, but Brazilian Melanian and the Skandevi dialect is becoming popular among the current generation. A seemingly overwhelming characteristic about the Melanian language is the fact that it has more than twenty optional noun cases. However, although these are optional to use, they are mandatoriliy taught in schools. As said before, the language is influenced by many languages from different groups, such as the doubling of adjectives for emphasis (derived from Thai and Japanese), i.e. "ollanai tristi tristi!" (literally "don't be sad sad!"), "don't be so sad!". The noun cases were inspired by Finnish, and the particles derived from Japanese.

= Alphabet = The Melanian alphabet consists of 41 letters:

Aa, Ãã, Ąą, Ää, Bb, Бб, Cc, Ćć, Čč, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ęę, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Łł, Mm, Nn, Oo, Õõ, Öö, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ŗŗ, Ss, Tt, Ŧŧ, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Źź

Ęę: Shape your mouth into an "ee" shape (as if you were going to say "ee"), but instead say "oo".

Yy: Shape your mouth into an "oo" shape (as if you were going to say "oo"), but instead say "ee".

The Melanian alphabet makes distinctions between aspirated and unaspirated sounds, so unless you notice these in the English language, it would take time to adjust to the phonology.

= Grammar =

Pronouns
Pronouns vary according to number, gender, and age. The gender and age pronouns in accusative form are the same as they are in nominative form, and are optional to use.

Verb Conjugation
Verbs are conjugated according to person and time. There are five kinds of verbs:

A Verbs - end in two vowels with "a" being the final vowel; aa, ea, ia, oa, ua, etc. (i.e. rakkaa, to love).

B Verbs - end in one vowel (i.e. fala, to talk).

C Verbs - end with a consonant, but use "a" when conjugating (i.e. hör, to hear). Will be further explained.

D Verbs - end with a consonant, but use "e" when conjugating (i.e. seng, to sing). Will be further explained.

E Verbs - irregular verbs.

Gerund
A Verbs, remove the final "a" from the infinitive; B Verbs, do nothing. C and D Verbs, add the corresponding vowel. Then add "-ndo"

Ex: rakkaa -&gt; rakkando (singing)

fala -&gt; falando (talking)

hör -&gt; hörando (hearing)

seng -&gt; sengendo (sing

Present Tense
A Verbs, remove the final "a"; B Verbs, do nothing; C Verbs, add an "a" to the end of the infinitive; D Verbs, add an "e" to the end of the infinitive. Then add...

Ex: rakkaa -&gt; rakkan (I love) / rakkat (you love) / rakkau (he/she/it loves) / rakkammi (we love) / rakkatti (you [pl.] love) / rakkavi (they love)

fala -&gt; falan (I talk) / falat (you talk) / falau (he/she/it talks) / falammi (we talk) / falatti (you [pl] talk) / falavi (they talk)

hör -&gt; höran (I hear) / hörat (you hear) / hörau (he/she/it hears) / hörammi (we hear) / höratti (you [pl] hear) / höravi (they hear)

seng -&gt; sengen (I sing) / senget (you sing) / sengeu (he/she/it sings) / sengemmi (we sing) / sengetti (you [pl] sing) / sengevi (they sing)

Past Tense
Take the present tense and add..

Ex: rakkaa -&gt; rakkande (I loved) / rakkatte (you loved) / rakkaude (he/she/it loved) / rakkammie (we loved) / rakkattie (you [pl] loved) / rakkavie (they loved)

fala -&gt; falande (I talked) / falatte (you talked) / falaude (he/she/it talked) / falammie (we loved) / falattie (you [pl] loved) / falavie (they loved)

hör -&gt; hörande (I heard) / höratte (you heard) / höraude (he/she/it heard) / hörammie (we heard) / hörattie (you [pl] heard) / höravie (they heard)

seng -&gt; sengende (I sang) / sengette (you sang) / sengeude (he/she/it sang) / sengemmie (we sang) / sengettie (you [pl] sang) / sengevie (they sang)

Past Participle
A Verbs, remove the final two vowels of the infinitive; B Verbs, remove the final "a"; C and D Verbs, do nothing. Then add "-is".

Ex: kantis/falis/höris/sengis

Future Tense
Take present tense and add "-a".

Ex: rakkaa -&gt; rakkana (I will love) / rakkata (you will love) / rakkaua (he/she/it will love) / rakkammia (we will love) / rakkattia (you [pl] will love) / rakkavia (they will love)

fala -&gt; falana (I will talk) / falata (you will talk) / falaua (he/she/it will talk) / falammia (we will talk) / falattia (you [pl] will talk) / falavia (they will talk)

hör -&gt; hörana (I will hear) / hörata (you will hear) / höraua (he/she/it will hear) / hörammia (we will hear) / hörattia (you [pl] will hear) / höravia (they will hear)

seng -&gt; sengena (I will sing) / sengeta (you will sing) / sengeua (he/she/it will sing) / sengemmia (we will sing) / sengettia (you [pl] wll sing) / sengevia (they will sing)

Conditional Tense
Take present tense and add "-si"

Ex: rakkaa -&gt; rakkansi (I would love) / rakkatsi (you would love) / rakkausi (he/she/it would love) / rakkammisi (we would love) / rakkattisi (you [pl] would love) / rakkavisi (they would love)

fala -&gt; falansi (I would talk) / falatsi (you would talk) / falausi (he/she/it would talk) / falammisi (we would talk) / falattisi (you [pl] would talk) / falavisi (they would talk)

hör -&gt; höransi (I would hear) / höratsi (you would hear) / hörausi (he/she/it would hear) / hörammisi (we would hear) / hörattisi (you [pl] would hear) / höravisi (they would hear)

seng -&gt; sengensi (I would sing) / sengetsi (you would sing) / sengeusi (he/she/it would sing) / sengemmisi (we would sing) / sengettisi (you [pl] would sing) / sengevisi (they would sing)

Nouns and Noun Cases
There are 23 noun cases in Melanian (beats Finnish by 8). These are optional to use, but although learning them may be challenging for some, you can make colloquial Melanian easier by doing so. Also, the use of definite and indefinite articles is optional.

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