Molivianic

General information
Molivianic is the oldest known language in Molive'ane'a, and is the language from which all other languages draw. It is the official language of the elders, and the official language of commerce, science, air travel, and the kingdom of Molive'ane'a. It is spoken by about 1.9 billion as a first language, 4.1 billion as a second language, and 1.9 billion as a third or later language.

Note, the history of the language spelled out here, and the history of the language as it relates to the conlang world found on here do conflict. Go by what is found here.

Phonology

IPA pronuciation is in parentheses
 * pronounced like the ch in Hebrew

Dipthongs
Ai : /aɪ/

Alphabet
AA'BB'DEE'FGG'HICLMNOPRSS'TVWJ'( aa'bb'cdee'fgg'hiclmnoprss'tvwj')

CcCh'Sh' (ccch'hs')

Ai (ai)

Syllables and Stress
(C)(C/V)(C)V(C)(V) The smallest possible syllable is a single vowel and must be mared with the ˆsymbol. û is a syllable, u is not. There may not be any more than 3 consonats next to each other in a syllable. If 3 consonants appear next to each other, they must be followed by e' or a'. They must also have the ¨mark on top of them. For example, tnj' is valid, provided it is followed by ë' or ä'. There may not be more than three vowels next to each other.

Stress follows these rules: if there is a vowel is ˆ, it is the stressed vowel. If that does not exist in a sentences, then the first vowel with ´carries the stress. Otherwise the first vowel carries the stress. Note that in words that have dipthongs, or vowels that appear in pairs, the first vowel always carries the stress.

Grammar
Molivianic is SVO oriented, most of the time. A subject acts on an object rhough a verb. In commands, it becomes VSO. (Verb, subject, command). In the passive voice, it becomes OVS

Verbs

Voices: Active, Passive

Moods: Indicative, Subjunctive, "Descriptive," Imperative.

Classes: Magical/Natural, Artificial. These all share conjugations.

Irregular Verbs: nó'ret (to be), b'éch'et (to go), páwet (to have).

Negating a verb: add osh'n before the verb (i.e. osh'n b'éch'et)

When conjugation, the last 2 letters (usually "et") drop, similar to conjugations in Spanish. All verbs will have a consonant at the end of the stem after et is dropped, even if the stem has to change. Conjugations are added to the end after the "et" drops off.

Verbs in the subjunctive, in addition to requiring a suffix, require a prefix to show what aspect of the subjunctive is being used.

The verb to do is regular, te'tótet
 * Some verbs only differ by accents.
 * Note that unlike in English the progressive/continous tense in Molivianic does not require a form of the verb to be


 * Reflexive verbs also require a pronoun, which is discussed in a later secion