Verdunian

Overview

Setting
The language Verdunian, or La lengûa Verdunîa, is a language that I've started to create to see how it is to create my own language. The language is influenced by the Romance languages, especially French and Italian.

Basic Grammar
Here are some grammar:

The Alphabet (L'Alphabet)
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

The language also uses the letters: Â Ê Î Ô Û Á É Í Ó Ú

A "^" over the vowel means it's a long vowel and a "´" over the vowel means that the stress is on that vowel.

Vowels
a as in bus

e as in bed or as in Cat

i as in sit

o as in cool

u as in pull

ai as in sat

eau as in saw

eu as the French pronounciation

ue as the French pronounciation

au as the French pronounciation

Consonants
b as in big [be]

c before e and i as in child and before a, o and u as in camera [che]

d as in do [de]

f as in foot [ef]

g before e and i as in young and before a, o and u as in grass [ge]

h as in hair [acha]

j as in azure [zhi]

k as in come [ka]

l as in large [el]

m as in mouse [em]

n as in not [en]

p as in pig [pe]

q as in quarter [qu]

r as in rat only further more in the front of the mouth [er]

s as in miss [es]

t as in tea [te]

v as in live [ve]

w as in winner [duble ve]

x as in axe [ix]

y as in young or as in sit [igrek]

z as in zone [zeta]

Articles
In Verdunian have nouns gender. There are two genders, masculine and feminine. The two genders have different words for "one". And those are "un" for masculine and "una" for feminine. For example:

Un mezônne - A house

Una animale - An animal

They also have different words for definite articles, "le for masculine and "la" for feminine. Most of the nouns that ends with a vowel is a feminine word and most of the words that end with a consonant is a masculine word. For example:

Le mezônne - The house

La animale - The animal

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