Ælfynasc

(NOT COMPLETE YET) Ælfynasc is a fantasy language created for a race of elves. It is a VSO language and is based loosly on a combination of Old English and Welsh (also a few other Celtic languages). It both declines and conjugates. Ælfynasc has two genders, earthly and heavenly.

Phonotactics
W and Y represent consonents when infront of a vowel, otherwise they represent vowels. E represents /ɑ/ when ending a word, but otherwise /e/. The diphthongs are ay, ey, au, oy, and uy.

Basic Grammar
Verbs:

The tense of a verb is determined by its auxiliary article. The article are respectively listed as such: Present-> ar, Imerfect-> eyr, Perfect-> yr, Future-> or, subjunctive-> eor. The passive articles are ap, eyp, yp, op, and eop. Infinative verbs have no auxiliary articles but end in -en (or passive eb). Verbs also inflect for person:

Here is an example of a verb; the word chæren "to love"

Gerunds are formed by adding no ending to the verb and using the definate article "na".

Pronouns:

Nouns:

There are two articles in ælfynasc, the definate and the indefinate. The definate article is Na and the indefinate is Ho. Nouns decline for case and number. The five cases are Nominative (also used for prepositions and vocatives), Genitive, Accusative, Dative and Instrumental. There are also two genders, Earthly and Heavenly.

Singular:

Plural:

Adjectives:

Adjectives agree with nouns in case, number, and gender. They are declined as follows:

Singular:

Plural:

Adverbs:

Adverbs can be derived from adjectives by adding the ending: -och

Numerals:

(ordinal numbers are formed by adding adjective suffixes; letters in parentheses are only shown when ordinal)

0. nædd

1. na

2. cw(n)

3. dden

4. hwr

5. hædd

6. ceyn

7. fowr

8. gwa(l)

9. ffeyn

10. sca

11. yæd

12. orsc

13. ddesca

14. hwrsca

15. hædsca

16. ceysca

17. fowsca

18. gwasca

19. ffeysca

20. cwnya

21. cwnya na

30. ddenya

40. hwrya

50. hæddya

60. ceynya

70. fowrya

80. gwalya

90. ffeynya

100. choren

200. cwchor

201. cwchor na

1000. fyor

2000. cwfyor

2001. cwfyor na