Gûittezu

Gûittezu (Eng: Guittese) is a Romance language spoken on the Island of Guitta (Ille Gûittecche), a small remote isle in the Mediterranean Sea (Marre Medditerranée).

Alphabet - s'affabette

• A - /a/
• B - /b/
• C - /k/ before A, U, Y, /θ/ before I, E
• Ç - /θ/ before any letter
• D - /d/
• E - /e/
• F - /f/
• G - /g/ before A, U, Y, /θ/ before I, E
• H - only used after C or G that is before an E or I
• I - /i/
• J - Not used in native words. Generally pronounced like /θ/ in non-native words.
• K - Not used in native words. Generally pronounced like /k/ in non-native words.
• L - /l/
• M - /m/
• N - /n/
• O - Not used in native words. Generally pronounced like /u/ in non-native words.
• P - /p/
• Q - Not used in native words. Generally pronounced like /k/ in non-native words.
• R - /r/
• S - /s/
• T - /t/
• U - /u/
• Û - /w/
• V - /v/
• W - Not used in native words. Generally pronounced like /w/ in non-native words.
• X - Not used in native words. Generally pronounced like /ks/ in non-native words.
• Y - /j/
• Z - /z/

Diphthongs and digraphs - sée diptungée ez sée digraffée

• SY - sh

Vocabulary - sée ûerrée

See: Gûittezu lexicon

Numbers - sûí nummyér

• u, unne - one
• dûi - two
• trey - three
• attûír - four
• ecche - five
• syezye - six
• syette - seven
• ûitte -eight
• nûíf - nine
• dyezze - ten
• çyettu - hundred
• melle - thousand

Nouns - sée sussattivée

Articles, conjunctions and prepositions - sûí atticûí, cuyuccyûí ez preppuzicyûí

• su, se, s' - the
• sûa, sya - the (acc)
• cu, che, c', ch' - a, an
• cûa, chya - a, an (acc)
• tu, te, t' - of
• tazzu, tazze, tazz' - of the
• addu, adde, ad' - to
• dezzu, dezze, dezz' - to the
• innu, inne, inn' - in
• nizzu, nizze, nizz' - in the

Verbs - sée vebbée

• ettín - to be
• lûin - to love
• vessín - to pour (out)
• macín - to eat
• dûin - to give
• meddín - to walk

• ey vessu
• tu vessi
• i/ûé vessa
• nûiz vessyamu
• nûiz vessazzu
• iz vessattu

Pronouns - sûí prunûimmûí

• I - ey, me - ma
• you - tu, you (accusitive) - tûa
• he - i, him - ya
• she - ûé, her - ûeya

Plural

• we - nûiz, us - na
• you - vûiz, you (acc) - va
• they - iz, them - izza

Examples - sûí zapplûí

• I vessa sûa viyu nizz'uzze. - He pours the wine into the cask.
• Ûé maça sya payu. - She eats the bread.
• Ey du sûa çayzu dezz'arryattu. - I am giving the cheese to the boy.
• Ch'ûi medda dezzya dumme. - A man walked to the house.
• Ey lu macín syée fruttée. - I love to eat fruit.
• Iz lûatta sya dûittelle. - They love their daughter.
• Du addu Çayzár i dezzu Çayzár. - Give to Caesar what is Caesar's.
• S'ûi vizza sya verave. - The man saw the woman.
• S'yecûe e nizzu cappu. - The horse is in the field.