Xahizengua

Being redone.

=Setting=

=Phonology= Xahezínica has 26 letters in its alphabet.

Most letters have a single pronunciation, but a few have two.

The letter c is pronounced /k/ before a, o, and u. It is pronounced /s/ before e and i.

The letter g is pronounced /g/ before a, o, and u. It is pronounced /ʒ/ before e and i.

The letter q is pronounced /k/ if not at the end of a word. If at the end of the word it is pronounced /x/.

Stressing
Usually, the second-to-last syllable is stressed. If not, the stressed syllable is marked with an acute accent.

Diphthongs are considered one syllable. When two vowels are together, which one is stressed depends on which one is a weak vowel and which one is a strong vowel. The vowels a, e, and o are strong, while u and i (and by extension w and y) are weak. If a strong and a weak vowel are together, the strong one is stressed. If two strong vowels or two weak vowels are together, then which one is stressed depends on the second-to-last syllable.

Phonotactics
In cases where it would be pronounced /k/, the letter c cannot start a word or end a word. In both cases, it is replaced with q.

The letter k can only begin a word.

The letter i cannot end a word. It is replaced with y.

The letter w can only begin a word.

=Basic Grammar=

Declension
Nouns and pronouns are declined for case, definiteness, number, and gender. Adjectives are conjugated to match their corresponding noun.

Stem form
The stem form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective is the same as the nominative case.

Case
There are four cases:
 * nominative: to show the subject of a verb, or to name something
 * accusative: to show the direct object of a verb
 * dative: to show the indirect object of a verb
 * vocative: to address someone

Definiteness
Definiteness is declined as a prefix to nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. The definiteness-showing prefixes of Xahezínica are similar to the articles of other Latin-derived languages.

Number
There are three grammatical numbers--singular, paucal, and plurocollective.

Gender
There are three genders--masculine, feminine, and neuter.

Conjugation
Verbs are conjugated for tense, aspect, person, and number.

Infinitive-supine
The infinitive-supine form is either the bare form of a verb or the form denoting it as an action (as in the English phrases  to buy or  to have)

All infinitive-supine forms end in -ar, -are, -er, -ere, -ir, or -ire. Regular verbs' infinitive-supines end with the letter r, and most irregular verbs' infinitive-supines end with the letter e.

Participle-gerund
The participle-gerund can be used to transform a verb into an adjective (as in English a runn ing man) or transform a verb into a noun (drink ing water is healthy).

The participle-gerund is used in some compound tense-aspects.

Tense-aspect
There are six non-compound tense-aspects: However, there are also four compound tense-aspects, formed with the verb iresere which derives from the verbs for to go and to be.
 * past: to denote actions in the past
 * habitual: to denote actions that generally happened in the past (note: it evolved from the imperfect, though the past progressive replaced its non-habitual meanings)
 * pluperfect: the combination of past tense with the perfect; someone had done something
 * present: to denote actions in the present
 * present perfect: the combination of the present tense with the perfect; someone has done something
 * future: to denote actions that will happen in the future

Three of them are conjugated with iresere and a participle: One is conjugated with iresere and the future form of the verb
 * past progressive: to denote that something was do ing an action
 * present progressive: to denote that something is do ing an action
 * future progressive: to denote that something will be do ing an action
 * future perfect: the combination of the future tense with the perfect; someone will have done something.

Person
There are three persons--first, second, and third person.

Number
Two grammatical numbers are conjugated--singular and plural. Note that this is in contrast to the three numbers of nouns.

Adjectives and Adverbs
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