Ástralic



Ástralic, or New Australian English, is a conlang made by ParaStar6 for his story Miðsumrynáhtydrém (translated as A Midsummer Night's Dream). It is the language spoken only in Australia in the 23rd Century.

Alphabet
There are 35 letters in the Ástralic alphabet. This is famous for bringing back the letters "Ð" and "Þ" and introducing the letter "Ŋ" into the English speaking group.

Grammar
[still being made]

Unlike its modern ancestor, the grammar for Ástralic is very complex.

Pronouns, Nouns and Adjectives have seven genders:


 * Male
 * Female
 * Neuter
 * Masculine
 * Feminine
 * Object
 * Abstract

They also have six cases:


 * Nominative
 * Accusative
 * Dative
 * Genitive
 * Vocative
 * Instrumental

Verbs and Adverbs have three tenses:


 * Past
 * Present
 * Future

They also conjugate into:


 * First Person
 * Second Person
 * Third Person M (Male/Masculine)
 * Third Person F (Female/Feminine)
 * Third Person N (Neuter/Object/Abstract)

There are also:


 * Past, Present and Future Participles
 * Imperative Singular and Plural
 * Infinitive

but these only conjugate the verb and not the adverb.

Noun and Adjective Declension
To make up for having so many cases and genders, both the noun and adjective declensions are the same. This means that it is up to context to decide which word is the noun and which is the adjective, but the adjectives usually precede the nouns unless for poetic purposes.

The regular declensions are in the table below (plurals are in brackets).

To help you remember them:


 * Male and Masculine use the same letter, Masculine uses the accent. Same for Female/Feminine and Neuter/Object.
 * Dative always ends with "m", Genitive with "z", and Vocative with "ó".
 * Male and Masculine Vocative each have "j" before the "ó"
 * Dative is Accusative with "m" after it, Genitive is Nominative with "z" after it, and Instrumental is Nominative with an "n" before it.

Verb and Adverb Conjugation
As the noun and adjective declensions are the same, the verb and adverb conjugations are similar.

The regular conjugations are in the table below (adverbs are in square brackets).

Adverbs also decline to agree with their adjective. Basically you just replace the "é" with "j" and add the declension. This doesn't always work, so here's another table:

Example
[Still being created]

The following is the epilogue Puck gives at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream translated completely into Ástralic.

If veð scadóró havim ábstríkjað, - If we shadows have offended.


 * The word "scadó, +ró" is an Abstract Noun and is irregular. It is put into the Vocative, because the verb "havy, +im" is inflected by "veð" (second person plural) and would be incorrect if in the Nominative.
 * The word for "offend" (ábstríkjy, +að)

Þinkðeð bút þesy, ad ályr y mendað,

Það þeð havið bút slómbrað hír

Hwíl þésyr séncónyr atbéséndy,

Ad þes wék ad ídel púð,

Ná mér jíldiŋ bút drém.

Klanzeró, rétákðeð nát;

If þeð þrugivið, veð mendlum,

Ad, ás éh e mencyzfúli púki,

If veð havim ynýrnaðy luky

Nú exkatcust þém krýpantez túŋém;

Veð úpmendyrlum ýr loŋljum.

Oðyr þa púka lýharam kálið,

Só, góðynáhty untó us álerm;

Givðeð mé úrér handér, if veð béjust frýnder,

Ad Robini réjúpmendyrlus.