Ælfynasc

Setting
Ælfynasc is the mythical language of elves that live in the forests of Britain. It is rumored that Welsh and English have exchanged words from Ælfynasc.

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, Pluperfect->æhyr, 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). To form a yes/no question add the vowel "-w" to the end of the article. Thus ar would become arw. 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". Gerunds without the definate article forms the supine.

The active participle ending is -yg- with an adjective ending and the passive participle is -ydd-.

Infinitives take the ending -ehy or, if plural, ehyn.

Copula:

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. The first letter of every noun and pronoun is capitalized (and nothing else is, not ever the first word of a sentence).

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

Comparatives and Superlatives:

More: Mogh

Most: Mowr

Less: Læ

Least: Laf

As/Than: Heyn

Interogatives:

Who/Which: Hwy

Whose: Hwys

What: Hwydd

When: Hwæn

Where: Hweyl

Why: Hwom

How: Hwaf

How Much: Hwayf

Yes/No: -w

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

Prepositions:

Prepositions can be made into verbs by adding a verb article