Mértéetä

General information
The Mertenessian Language (Mértéetä  /møi̯ʀ.tɪi̯.'ɪ.tä/) is the language spoken by Merts People (Mérten  /'møi̯ʀ.tɪn/), who live in the western part of the continent Saykoran, planei (to be decided). It is also the official language of the Mertenessian Federal Republic  (Mérténeccià Watýoteńpòvritä).

Classification

 * Saykoran-Napiennia Family
 * West-Saykoran Languages
 * Metza Languages
 * Mertenessian Language

Alphabet
There are two types of alphabets in Mertenessian Language: Latin Script and Mertenessian Traditional Alphabet. Both of them are the official writing system of Mértéetä.

There are 38 letters in the Mertenessian Alphabet.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'acute accent', it indicates that the semivowel /i̯/ is after the vowel.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'grave accent', it indicates that the semivowel /i̯/ is before the vowel.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'circumflex', it indicates that the semivowel /u̯/ is after the vowel.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'caron', it indicates that the semivowel /u̯/ is before the vowel.

Syntax
The syntax in Mértéetä is usually SVO, but there can be exceptions.

Genders
There are four genders in Mértéetä - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter and No-gender. However, unlike French, German, Spanish, Italian and Latin, the genders are only for living objects. Living objects can only use Masculine, Feminine and Neuter; non-living object can only use no-gender.

Articles

 * The plural of the indefinite article is icten.
 * The plural of the definite article is den.

Nouns
There are four cases of nouns in Mértéetä - Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive. Using the singular, neuter forms of the word hifàt (person), which belongs to the first declension:


 * hifàt (nominative) '(the) person' [as a subject or direct object in SVO]
 * hifàteh (accusative) '(the) person' [as a direct object]
 * àhifàt (dative) 'to / for (the) person' [as an indirect object]
 * hifàté (genitive) '(the) person's' [as a possessor]

There are two grammatical declensions in Mértéetä - first declensons and second declension, consists of nouns ending in consonant & e, and other vowels.

First Declension
First declension nouns end in consonants and e.