Old Shax

General information
Standard Shax is the standard form of all Shax languages. It is based of French.

Vowels
¹- there is no distinction between  close-mid, mid, and open-mid is Shax

²- there is no distinction between open front, central, and back vowels

Alphabet

 * "C" is /k/ before "A", "O", and "U"
 * "G" is /dʒ/ before "I", "E", and "Y"
 * "H" is /ʔ/ before "A", "O", and "U"
 * "S" is /z/ before "A", "O", and "U"
 * ¹- /βʷ/ can be realized as /w/ (ṽu-), /wᵝ/ (ṽu), /ɥᵝ/ (ṽui), and /ɥ/ (ṽui).

Phonotactics

 * 1) Shax is a sandhi language: vowel sounds mix. This only happens with seperate morphemes and not with vowel clusters within 1 morpheme
 * 2) "R" is /r/ as the onset: anyother place it must be written as rr to be /r/
 * 3) "U" is /y/ when it is after a multisyllabic onset consonant

Tenses and Moods
The present participle acts as the gerund
 * Active
 * Statve
 * Indicative
 * Present
 * Past
 * Future
 * Subjuntive
 * Present
 * Past
 * Continuous
 * Indicative
 * Present
 * Past
 * Future
 * Subjuntive
 * Present
 * Past
 * Imperitive
 * Present
 * Infinitive
 * (Tensless)
 * Participle
 * Past
 * Non-Past
 * Passive
 * Stative
 * Indicative
 * Present
 * Past
 * Future
 * Subjuntive
 * Present
 * Past
 * Continuous
 * Indicative
 * Present
 * Past
 * Future
 * Subjuntive
 * Present
 * Past

Perfect Tenses
It is formed with the corresponding form of éstre' (never imperfect) and the past partciple

Verb Families
Italisized letter merge with the next vowel

Example text
English All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.