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Fortunatian is a Romance language, with Etruscan and Guanche substrates, spoken in the Fortunate Islands (our world's Canary Islands). This is a description of Classical Fortunatian (fl. 12c ACE). | Fortunatian is a Romance language, with Etruscan and Guanche substrates, spoken in the Fortunate Islands (our world's Canary Islands). This is a description of Classical Fortunatian (fl. 12c ACE). | ||
=Phonology= | |||
The Fortunatian alphabet has 20 letters. There are also four digraphs which are not considered part of the alphabet, but probably should be. | The Fortunatian alphabet has 20 letters. There are also four digraphs which are not considered part of the alphabet, but probably should be. | ||
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nh [ɲ] | nh [ɲ] | ||
=Gender and Number= | |||
Fortunatian has three genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and two numbers (singular and plural). Nouns and adjectives use the same ending. The root bon- "good" may be used to show the pattern. | |||
bonync a good man | |||
bononc a good woman | |||
bonoc a good thing | |||
bonaux good men | |||
bonax good women | |||
bone, bono good things | |||
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Revision as of 19:10, 20 August 2010
Fortunatian is a Romance language, with Etruscan and Guanche substrates, spoken in the Fortunate Islands (our world's Canary Islands). This is a description of Classical Fortunatian (fl. 12c ACE).
Phonology
The Fortunatian alphabet has 20 letters. There are also four digraphs which are not considered part of the alphabet, but probably should be.
a [a]
b [b]
c [k] before /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/
d [d]
e [e, ɛ]
g [ʤ]
f [f]
h [etymological, or diaeresis marker]
i [i], [j] before another vowel
m [m]
n [n]
o [ə]
p [p]
qu [k] before /e/, /i/
r [r]
s [s]
t [t]
u [u]
x [ʃ]
y [ɨ]
Non-Alphabetic Digraphs
au [o]
ch [ʧ]
hu [w] - this can (rarely) occur before a consonant
nh [ɲ]
Gender and Number
Fortunatian has three genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and two numbers (singular and plural). Nouns and adjectives use the same ending. The root bon- "good" may be used to show the pattern.
bonync a good man
bononc a good woman
bonoc a good thing
bonaux good men
bonax good women
bone, bono good things
