Reneonese

General information
Reneonese is the language of Reneon, a kingdom in western Andalucia. It is influenced by Spanish, but it is, apparantly, not very close to it.

Alphabet
A B C ' ' D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X

J, K, & Q is only used in loanwords

C can either be pronounced as k or s, depending on the vowel that follows.

G can either be pronounced as g or j, depending on the vowel that follows.

J is pronounced like y.

V is pronounced like w.

The sound sh is written as "Sh".

The sound th is written "TH".

There is an additional letter between C & D. It resembles C but it only makes the s sound & has a symbol below it that looks like a tiny "5". I don't know how to type that letter, so for now, it will be marked as ' '.

Phonotactics
Reneonese has the following diphthongs, ei, ai, & ao.

V cannot be followed by o or u. Similarly, J cannot be followed by e or i.

Grammar
Reneonese is very conservative.

Verbs
Verbs have 3 moods (indicative, imperative, & subjunctive), 2 numbers (singular & plural), three persons (first second & third), 6 tenses (present, imperfect, future, perfect, future perfect, & past).

The past tense form is borrowed from Spanish.

Mood & Voice
Imperative - -e

Indicative - -et

Subjunctive - -it

Active - ewet

Passive - eter

Nouns
Nouns have four cases (nominative, ablative, locative, & "special"), three genders (masculine, feminine, & neuter), two numbers (singular & plural). The special case can be used as an accusative, genitive, or dative case.

Personal Pronouns
unlike nouns, pronouns do not have cases. Pronouns have three genders, three persons, & two numbers.

Demonstative Prononus
There are three demonstratives, each have only three genders & two numbers.

Other Pronouns
Who - Gve

What - Gved

Itself - Ixon

Themselves - Ixa

That - Gva

Numerals
Cardinal - Una, Do, Tresa, Gvatro, Cingve, Sesa, seta, oto, nova, de' 'a.

Ordinal - Prima, Scunda, Thertia.

Adverbial - Sem, Be, Tre, Gvat.

Adjectives
Reneonese adjectives have the unusually feature of having moods. There are three moods, imperative, indicative, & subjunctive. It is generally believed that these moods are the result with contact with the Japanese. Adjectives also have three cases (nominative, ablative, & special), three genders, & two numbers, as well as a comparative & superlative form. Mood is incerted between the suffix & the root word.

Imperative - -ep-

Indicative - -et-

Subjunctive - -it-

The comparative & the superlative takes the form of a prefix.

Comparative - tai-

Superlative - no-

The Word Edena
The word edena means same.

Adverbs
Adverbs are identified by a prefix, -ere, at the end of adjectivies. The same Comparative & Superlative prefixes for adjectives are used for adverbs.

Syntax/Word Order
Reneonese is verb final, often being head final too. But for the most part, word order is free, though many speakers make SOV tendencies.

These word order features have been compared with Japanese.