Len Lango de Ásinaro

Setting
Asinarian (Len Lango de Ásinaro (Asinara's Language)) is spoken on an island off the northwestern coast of Sardinia in the Mediterranian Sea. It has influences from French, Spanish, and other Romance languages, it also has influences from Turkish, Arabic, and German. This island is called Len Izlo de Ásinaro in Corcian. about 500 people speak Asinarian. Much of its noun declension comes from French, Spanish and Italian.

Phonology
The Phonology of Asinaran is a combination of French, German, Italian, and Spanish with a few Corsican influences, too.

Phonotactics
1. C in front of a vowel is devoiced to /s/. In front of I or E it is pronounced /tʃ/.

2. Any vowel in front of M or N is nazalized, but if there are two nasal vowels adajcent to each other, the first is denasalized and "M" or "N" is pronounced separate of the vowel

example: amen IS NOT /ɑ̃ˈe/̃, BUT /ɑmˈe/̃.

3. G in front of A, or U is pronounced /ɣ/, in front of I, or E it is pronounced /k/, everywhere else it is pronounced /g/.

4. S after voiced consonants or A, O, or U is pronounced /z/, everywhere else it is pronounced /s/.

5. Z after voiceless consonants or I, or E is pronounced /s/, everywhere else it is pronounced /z/.

6. H is silent at the start of a word or after a vowel.

7. Y is pronounced /j/ before or after a vowel, /i/ before or after a voiced consonant and /y/ before or after an unvoiced consonant.

Basic Grammar
There are no adverbs.

Nouns
Nouns are conjugated according to gender and number and, like French and Spanish, are not conjugated by any case.

Posessive Nouns
Posessive Nouns are declined by taking the direct object, putting it before the subject, and adding "de (of)" in between them.

Example: The man's dog.

Len Pero dele Hambro (The dog of the man.)

Demonymic Nouns
Nouns are made into demonyms by adding suffixes.

Example: He is Estonian

Ell es Estonuuo.

Example: That is Acadian snow.

El es nebe Acadya.

Dimunitive Forms
To intensify a dimunitive you add "trîis (very)" before the noun.

Example: The boy, The little boy, The very little boy

Len chico, Len chicato, Len trîis chicato

Pronouns
Pronouns are declined according to person and gender.

Example: We are going to the store.

Nòu vo alla magacina.

Possessive Pronouns
Unlike in other romance languages there are no possessive adjectives, only possessive pronouns.

Ex: Our dog's fur is soft.

Len pelcio de nòun cano es suva.

Adjectives
Adjectives take on the gender and number of the noun or pronoun.

Example: He is short and fat.

Est brevo at gurdo.

Example: They are ugly.

Eso sun fo.

Proper Adjectives
Proper adjectives are always capitalized. The noun being described is also capitalized. A Proper adjective always derives from a proper noun, but when it is an adjective it will take the gender of the noun it describes and not the noun it derives from.

Example: The Irish man has red hair.

Len Irenes Hambro tegne capille pelire.

Adpositions
Adpositions function very similar to adpositions in Spanish. Most adpositions are prepositions. There are two postposition and one circumposition.

There are only two simple postpositions, the rest are prepositions.

Prepositions
A - To, at, into

Alle - To the (Masculine), at the (Masculine)

Ale - To the (Feminine), at the (Feminine)

Alle ludo de - Next to

Alle comparo de - Compared to

Alle partur de - Upwards of, starting from

Anta - Before

Après - After

Arcacinda - Behind

A travis - Through, across

Bal - Under

Curco/a de - Near

Cumo/a - As, like

Cum - with; of, containing (Un basquo cum oga)

Con - against (not in a physical sense as in "The man is against the wall." but in "He went against my idea."

Contre - against (in a physical sense)

Da - from

De - of; made of (used to make compounds)

Dem - (in time expressions), by, in the (in the day, evening, etc)

Dele - of the, in the, from the

D'la - feminine form of "Dele"

Des - from, since (used in place of "De" when stressing notion of movement, or with times, prices and values)

Durant - During, before

Enn - in, on, at

Enn lòun de - Instead of

Enn mediu de - In the middle of

Enn Ezterioir - Outside, outdoors

Entre - Between, Among

Givi - Depending on, according to

Hasto - Until, up to

Pour - (In time phrases) Around, by

Pour - For: expressing destination, direction, recipient ("brought it for me"), opinion ("for me, it seems...")

Par - For: in most other senses ("because of', 'on behalf of', 'in exchange for/per', 'to the value of', 'instead of')

San - Without, -less

Tram de - Behind, from behind

Vîs - (Indicating place) Via, through, throughout, around

Vîs-a-Vîs - Towards

Postpositions
A por - in search of Example: "Mi vo mins cano a por. ( I am looking for/in search of my dog. lit. I am my dog in search of.)

Ezterie da - Out of Example: Min vena Âfrique ezterie da. ( I came out of Africa. lit. I came Africa out of.)

Circumpositions
Enn...a - Onto Example: Eso salato enn len titlo a. (They climbed onto the roof. lit. They climbed on the roof to.)

Verbs
Verbs are conjugated according to 3 basic tenses.

Infinitive
Ezistizre - To be/exist

Gerund/Verbal
Len ezistmeyy - The being

Present (Presîimo)
Finite verbs are conjugated to person

To be (Ezistizre) in the present form

Mi ezistiso - I am

Tû ezistim - You are

Ell, Ella, El ezisti - He, she, it is

Nòu ezistsome - We are

Vòu ezistîsa - You are (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezista - They are

Imperfect (Enperfeito)
Mi ezistain - I was, I used to be

Tû ezistias - You were, You used to be

Ell, Ella, El ezistabo - He, she, it was, used to be

Nòu ezistiera - We were, We used to be

Vòu ezistierez - You were, You used to be (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es eziston - They were, they used to be

Future (Futero)
Mi ezistae - I will be

Tû ezistizêras - You will be

Ell, Ella, El ezistaa - He, she, it will be

Nòu ezistizau - We will be

Vòu ezistizuuir - You will be (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezistizon - They will be

Preterite (Passeo Simpleo)
Mi ezistuve - I was

Tû ezistes - You were

Ell, Ella, El ezista - He, she, it was

Nòu ezistámes - We were

Vòu ezistimes - You were (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezistiron - They were

Conditional (Condizioalo)

Mi ezisterja - I would be

Tû ezisterjas - You would be

Ell, Ella, El ezisterjaz - He, she, it would be

Nòu ezisterjon - We would be

Vòu ezisterìmez - You would be (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezistizrone - They would be

Subjunctive (Susjuntivo)
This mood is used along with phrases of want, emotion, opinion, or viewpoint to convey the verb's message. It corresponds with the English conjunctive mood.

Present (Presîimo)

Mi ezistizro - I was

Tû ezistizros - You were

Ell, Ella, El ezistizri - He, She, It was

Nòu ezistizrane - We were

Vòu ezistizrîsa - You were (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezistizra - They were

Imperfect (Enperfeito)

Mi ezistier - If I were

Tû ezistiers - If you were

Ell, Ella, El ezistiiro - If He, She, It was

Nòu ezistranano - If we were

Vòu ezistrimes - If you were (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezistieras - If they were

Future (Futero) Mi ezistizreé - I were to be

Tû ezistizrés - You were to be

Ell, Ella, El ezistizreo - He, She, It was to be

Nòu ezistizrenanos - We were to be

Vòu ezistizrimes - You were to be (plural)

Eso, Esa, Es ezistizieraz - They were to be

Conditional (Condizioalo) Ghui mi ezistizreéi - If I were to be

Ghui tû ezistizrési - If you were to be

Ghui ell, ella, el ezistizreoi - If he, she, it was to be

Ghui nòu ezistizrananosi - If we were to be

Ghui vòu ezistizrimesi - If you were to be (plural)

Ghui eso, esa, es, ezistizierazi - If they were to be

Imperative (Emparativo)
In Asinaran, the Imperative is souly a 2nd person mood.

Imperative Affirmative (Emparativo Apparnativo)
Tû ezistim! - Be!

Vòu ezistims! - Be! (plural "you" pronoun)

Imperative Negative (Emparativo Neghativo)
Tû ezistmeyim! - Don't be!

Vòu ezistmeyims! - Don't be (plural "you" pronoun)

Conjuctions
Conjuctions serve the same purpose as in English, to connect two clauses. There are three types of conjuctions: coordinating, subordinating, and correlative.

Coordinating
Coordinating conjuctions include but are not limited to:

Siry - For

At - And

Ne - Nor

Ghalbuca - But

Oi - Or

Ma - Yet

Sichi - So

Subordinating
This type introduces a subordinate clause. Included in this type:

Vail - Because

Agur - If

Ghalçem - Although

Vèrand - While

Correlative
This type uses two conjunctions that work together. Included in this type:

Ne...Ne - Neither...Nor

Ou...Ou - Either...Or

English
Our Father who art in Heaven,

Hallowed be thy name;

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread;

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who trespass against us;

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Asinarian
Nòun Paro ghui ess enn la Parasa,

Sagnippicateé ess tus nammre;

Benîsa Tus regno

Pacha tus Bollunteé

Enn len Teurò cummu enn la Parasa.

Dune nòu huiy len panno de cestte gheornia

At purdugna nòun trasgreszioz

Cummu nòu purdunsome nòu trasgreszioturoz;

At nan nòu daje sonnbahizre alle eyartmaczio

Naiz libra'nòu da len kòtylyk.

Amen.

Part of the Prelude to Beowulf
Equeé, homaja a la proeza delez aberzonnoz-regoz,

delaz Dagnaz cum lenz lanzoz, enn journeéaz larjaz agzelerattaz,

tenisome ezgucchatto, at ghu'honorra lenz Atelingoz tenia cagnatto!