Nomidian

General Informaiton
This is a romlang with Spanish and Romanian influences in terms of making the phonology. The grammar is aimed to reflect the French method. It is set in rural Switzerland where is takes many German influences (with loans coming in from Old High German).

'''Constantly in development. It may change significantly. '''

Consonants
Any consonant may be geminate except {ŋ z}

Vowel
All vowels are long in closed syllables

Stress

 * Bisyllabic - ultimate
 * Bisyllabic, initial closed - penultimate
 * Multisyllabic, open - penultimate
 * Multisyllabic, near-penult closed - on the closed syllable
 * Ending in [CVn], [j_] - ultimate

Alphabet
{B D G S Z V W} are devoiced finally 1 - Before a vowel 2 - After a vowel 3 - Intervocalically 4 - Open, unstressed 5 - Before I, J, E 6 - unstressed, open, initial/final syllable; not before a vowel

Digraphs and Diacritics Stress
 * Gnj gnj - [ɲ]
 * Llj llj - [ʎ]
 * Jl jl - [ʎ]
 * Ss ss - [sː]
 * Sc sc, Sch sch - [ʃː]; sc before A, O, U, or Y and sch before I, E, J, or nothing
 * double written = geminate
 * À à - [ɪ], [ə] finally/initially
 * È è - [ə]
 * Ù ù - [ʊ]
 * Ii ii - [ɪi]
 * Ai ai - [ɛ]
 * Ei ei - [ɛ]
 * Au au - [aʊ]
 * Ô ô - [ɒ]
 * On on, En en, An an - {ɔ̃ ɛ̃ ã} or {ɔ̃n ɛ̃n ãn} intervocalically
 * Ch ch, Gh gh - [k], [g] before I, J, E
 * Cj cj, Gj gj - [ts], [dʒ] before anything but {i j}
 * _h - long vowel by making a pseudo-closed syllable

The written stress is put penultimate with an acute put when it is not.

Verbial
Example verbs: dāre, vidēre, facere, dīcere, esse, habēre, venīre, agere, iubere, crēdere, dēbēre, vīvere, amāre

History

The future was developed from the old paraphrastic phrase of infinitive + habēre where they coalesced to become the future tense (only in the indicative). The perfects were replaced by the paraphrastic of habēre + past participle (habēre being in the preset or imperfect for the perfect and pluperfect respectivally). The subjunctive follows this same principle in the perfect. The conditional is an advanced form of the future where habēre is in the subjunctive imperfect tense in the infinitive + habēre construction (the perfect is formed with aí, aín in the conditional and the past pariticiple). The present participle is directly from the latin present participle, but the past is from the Latin perfect infinitive and the perfect passive infinitive.

Dāre Habēre

Sound Changes
Legend:  V = vowel | C = consonant | I = {i j}, palatalized consonant | N = {m n ŋ} | acute/grave = stressed / unstressed | O = open syllable | Ɵ = closed syllable | $ = syllable | Ọ̇ = before or after | A = alveolar | V = velar | Ob = obstruent

/e o eʲ oʲ/ will equal [ɛ ɔ e o] respectivally --Grammar: Loss of passive. Replaced by intransitive verb and prepositional phrase. Futher explained in Verbs. Regularization of most nouns except common ones. Form simplification and moderate regularization of verbs. Deponent verbs from latin become active, but required to be reflexive. --Sound Changes: h > ∅ V: > V y > u w > v / V_V V̀ > ∅ / intertonic {ɪ eʲ}, {ʊ oʲ} > i , u aɪ > i {s t m} > ∅ / _# V{n m} > Ṽ ! _#, _N , _V {k g} > {ts dʒ} / _{i e} s > z / V_V IC, CI > ICʲ CʲI sts > s: ŋn > ɲ / V_V ! _i > nʲ: sk, ks > ʃ: s > z / #_, _# -new stress- t > ts / _I r > ∅ / _#, V_V̀ V{i e} > Vj {e o} > {i u} / _# Cʲ > Cj ! _i, _# {p t k} > {b d g} / V_V̀ a > e / Ọ̇I ! $́ tʲ > ts / _# j > ʝ / #_V lj > ʎ ; l > ʎ / I_# nʲ > ɲ ! _# > n ts > s: / $̀_#, #_ {b d g} > {v ð ʒ} / V_V {l r} > ∅ / V_V̀ {i a e} > ɪ / #Ò ; {o u} > ʊ / #Ò ; {a e} > ə / ( ( Ò_#, Ò#_ ) ! _C ) ʝ > ʒ {in ĩn} > {eɲ ẽɲ} ; ũn > ɔ̃n ɲ > ( n / _A ), ( ŋ / _V ) ! _j {nr lr rl} > r: e > je / #_, Ɵ́ o > ɒ / #_, Ɵ́ V̀ > ∅ / _# ! bisyllabic, post-stress èr > ɪi ; ér > jar Vé > Ví r > ∅ / _# o > u / $̀ Cw > C z > dz / $́_, #_ i > ɪi / _#, ̩O ù > ∅ / _# Cʲ > C {t d j} > ∅ / _# {v ð} > ∅ / V_V °°°°°°°°°°°{ɔu ɪV èV ʏ Və aeá au} > {u: jV jV ʊ V ia ɔ} C [+voice] > C [-voice] / Ob V́ > V: / Ɵ ! intertonic, nasal , _C: --New Stress Stress is moved from the penultimate or antepenultimate to another in various situations: •Bisyllabic - ultimate •Bisyllabic, initial closed - penultimate •Multisyllabic, open - penultimate •Multisyllabic, near-penult closed - on the closed syllable •Ending in [CVn], [j_] - ultimate prepositions and articles are intrinsically unstressed tɔtu ɔmnɛs naskunt libɛri ɛt parɛs diŋnitat ɛt jurɛ, sunt da ratjɔnis ɛt kɔnskjɛntjaı, ɛt adʒɛndu ıntɛr spiritu dɛ fratɛrnitat

tɔtu ɔmnɛ naskun liberi ɛ parɛ diŋnita ɛ jurɛ, sun da ratjɔni ɛ kɔnstsjɛ̃ti, ɛ adʒɛndu intɛr spiritu dɛ fratɛrnita

tɔtu ɔmnɛ naʃːun libɛj ɛ paj dinːʲita ɛ juj, sun da ratsjɔnʲi ɛ kɔ̃sːjɛ̃tʲ, ɛ adʒɛ̃du ĩtɛ spʲirʲitu dɛ fratɛrnʲitʲa

tɔdu ɔmnɛ naʃːun libɛj ɛ paj in dʲinʲitjɛ ɛ ʝu, sun dɛ ratsjɔnʲi ɛ kɔ̃sːjɛ̃ts, ɛ adʒɛ̃du in spʲirʲitju dɛ fratɛrnʲitjɛ

tu: ɒ́mnɪi naʃːún ljɛ́ jɛ pa jɛn dʲɪnɪitjɛ́ jɛ ʒu, zún dɛ ratsjɔ́n jɛ kɔ̃sːjɛ̃s, jɛ adʒɛ̃ jɛn spʲirʲit dɛ frɪtaːrnɪitjɛ́

tou hômnii nascun lié ie pa ien dinitié ie ju, sun de ración ie conssiéns, ie agen ie spirit de fritarniitié

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