Alpic

Alpic Elbettusa
Spoken in:	Switzerland (Swestazjoka)
Conworld:	League of Lost Languages
Total speakers:	~300,000
Genealogical classification:	Danubian SW Danubian Alpine Alpic
Basic word order:	SVO
Morphological type:	Synthetic/Fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Fluid-S Active-Stative
Writing system:
Created by:
Taylor Selseth	2010 C.E.

Alpic /ˈælpik/, natively Elbettusa /ˈɛlbɛˌtːusa/, spoken in southeastern Switzerland, with most speakers living along the Inn River and near Davos. It is the sole surviving language of the Danubian language family which was once spoken throughout the Danube River basin. The Danubian languages are part of the of the Europic Macrofamily, which consists of Indo-European, Hesperic, and Rhaeto-Etruscan. Europic itself maybe a part of an even larger language phylum called Mitian, Eurasiatic, or Core Nostratic, which also includes Uralic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Altaic, and Kartvelian.

Phonology

The syllable structure of Alpic is (C)(F|l|m|r|w|j)V(C), where F is any fricative. CF, Cl, Cm, and Cr can only occur at the beginning of a word. Stress is moderately light and is always on the initial syllable of a word. Prosody is syllable-timed and Trochaic in rhythm. Intonation patterns are typical for a Western European language, with a rising intonation in questions.

Consonants

IPA

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stops, unvoiced	p	t	ʧ		k
Stops, voiced	b	d	ʤ		g
Fricatives, unvoiced	f	s	ʃ		x
Fricatives, voiced	v	z	ʒ
Nasals	m	n		ɲ
Laterals		l		ʎ
Trills		r
Semivowels	w			j

Orthographical

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosives, unvoiced	p	t	tj		k
Plosives, voiced	b	d	dj		g
Fricatives, unvoiced	f	s	sj		h/ch
Fricatives, voiced	v	z	zj
Nasals	m	n		nj
Laterals		l		lj
Trills		r
Semivowels	w			j

/r/ is realized as the flap /ɾ/ in between vowels. /n/ assimilates to the point of articulation of the following consonant. /x/ is realized as /h/ in the syllable onset, it is represented as H in the orthography in the onset and as CH in the coda. /s/ and /z/ are [ʃ] and [ʒ] when before a plosive. /k/ and /g/ are [c] and [ɟ] when followed by /j/ or /i/.

Vowels

Alpic has a simple Spanish-style /a e i o u/ vowel system, with the vowels realized as [ɐ ɜ ɪ ɔ ʊ] in closed syllables and are pronounced shorter than in open syllables to maintain syllable-timed prosody.

Morphology and Morphosyntax

Alpic is a synthetic and fusional language with rich morphology in nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Nouns

Nouns inflect for Possession, Case, and Number. Adjectives and the Definite and Indefinite Articles agree with their host nouns in Case and Number. The order of suffixes are:

1. Nominal Stem 2. Possessive Suffix 3. Case-Number Suffix

Possessive suffixes

Possessive Suffixes function like the Possessive Adjectives in other European languages, marking who possesses the marked noun

1SG	2SG	3SG	1PL	2PL	3PL	Impersonal
-mi-	-di-	-se-	-da-	-vi	-de-	-be-	-pa

Attami atta-mi "My father"

Case and Number

Case and Number marking is fusional. There are two numbers: singular and plural. There are 4 cases: Direct, Genitive, Dative, and Instrumental. The Direct Case is the unmarked case for the Agent or Patient of the sentence. The Genitive marks that the noun possesses or has a relation of some kind to another noun. The Dative marks the Direct Object of the sentence. The Instrumental marks by which means a verb is done as well as the demoted agent of a passive voice sentence.

	Direct	Genitive	Dative	Instrumental
Singular	-Ø	-s	-m	-t
Plural	-t	-sja	-n	-tta