Gissou

Gissou is a language spoken in Gissai, a country to the east of Fleuris, a continent of Kronite. It is spoken by almost 60 milion people and is one of the most important languages of Fleuris.

Stress
There is no fixed stress in Gissou, although the last syllabe is often accentuated

Writing System
The letter "s" is pronounced /s/ before a consonant or at the end of words. In any other cases, it is pronounced /z/. If this letter is before a "t" or a "p", it is pronounced /ʃ/

Grammar
The order in sentences is most of the time SVO. The adjectives are before the noun.

Nouns
In Gissou, nouns always have a capital letter.

Number
To form the plural of nouns, you just need to add an -ë to the end of the word. If the noun ends with a vowel, instead of an -ë, you add -ns or mrore rarely -s or -n

Example :

Da Khats -> Khatsë (The Cat -> Cats)

Determiners
Nouns use most of the time determiners :

Genitive
Gissou has a special genitive construction. To form the genitive, you add -(ê)d to the the dependent which is located before the head. We also add n' to the end of the determiner.

Example :

Dan' Taintêd Difrêt (The aunt's glasses)

Adjectives
Adjectives are never declined. Adjectives can have a prefix form which can be used with the noun.

Example :

Da banbiqo (The blue pen) - biqo : pen and bank : blue

Pronouns
There are four relative pronouns in Gissai :

Verbs
Each verb has an infinitive form wich is never used in constructed sentences. The stem of a verb always ends with a vowel. To conjugate a verb, you just need to add the proper ending to the stem of the verb.

 Note : Most of verbs are regular and have the same ending pattern

Present
The present tense endings are : Example : smêr  (to be)

Adverbs
In Gissou, adverbs are used as prefixes of the verb. They are not declined.

Negation
Negation is formed by adding the prefix ki- to the verb.

Example :

I kigaês (I doesn't eat)