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Romanto is a language based on Spanish, Italian and French, it was created for fun and as a means of communication amongst friends, it is simple with no case systems and little grammar, most grammar is similair to that of French. It was started in 2008 around March time. The plans for this language are to improve amounts of vocabulary and get people interested in it, with more people learning Romanto, it will help benefit and enrich the language.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary is about 50% French, 30% Italian and 20% Spanish, more of an italian look to the language however a lot of words are from french with an italian/spanish appearance. There is currently a vocabulary range of 537 words, however the list is growing fast by about 20-30 words a day

Grammar

Personal Pronouns

I - Eu

You - Tu

He - El

She - Ela

You - Voce

We - Noi

They - Elles (all masculine or mixed group)

They - Ellas (feminine only)

Direct objects

Eu - mi

Tu - ti

El - lu

Ela - li

Voce - Votra

Noi - Notra

Elles - sios

Ellas - sias

Basic sentences

I want the coffee > Eu voulo la coffa

I wish that you would learn japanese > Eu deso che tu apprendarui japanesso

I would like it > Eu l'amru (referring back to last sentence,direct objects proceed the verb like in french)

You can not see that > Tu ne pessi sas vorare ça

Subjunctive

There is a subjunctive introduced after "che" (that) but it is only used in the present tense and very rarely. Verbs that take the subjunctive (wish,hope,dream,think).

Examples

I think that you must go > Eu penso che tu devui andare

Accents and Dipthongs

All circumflexes used (a-u)to indicate stress and a ç to mark an s sound like in french

Ce = ch

j = y

egli/egla = eelyee(a)

ch = k

Speakers

No fluent speakers, closest person me with most knowledge, my friend with a decent knowledge, most people will understand some of this language with vocabulary being closely related to French,Italian and Spanish. Catergory: Romance Conlangs