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{{Infobox|name=Carune
|pronounce=/karune/
|tu=none
|species=Human
|in=Carune
|no=23 million
|script=Latin
|tree=Indo-European<br>
&nbsp;Italic<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Romance<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Italo-Western<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Italo-Dalmation<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Carune'''
|morph=inflecting, fusional
|ms=Accusative-Dative
|wo=SVO
|creator=Sectori
|date=December 2005}}


The Carune flag has six colors: red, yellow, green, blue, white, and orange. Red and yellow represent Spain; Blue, white, and red represent France; Yellow, blue, and red represent Romania; green and red represent Portugal; and red, green, and white represent Italy, the major areas where Romance languages are spoken. Orange represents the sovereign nation of Carune.
Carune was my first, pitiful attempt at a romlang. It has since seen two major revisions. This page reflects the most recent version of Carune starting at the top and moving down as I revise it.


Carune is a Romance conlang (Romlang) created by [[User:Sectori|Sectori]] on the [http://www.conlanger.com/cbb CBB]. It will participate in the first CBB Conlang Relay starting on March 2, 2006.
==Phonology==
Carune has seven vowel phonemes and eighteen consonant phonemes.


Carune is spoken in a nation which is, in our world, northern Italy, a little part of southern France, and some of Switzerland (which annexed part of Austria in the first World War). This nation depends greatly on tourism, especially skiers ('''esqiare''', unless I implement a q>qu shift, is ''to ski'', sed io no esqio), as well as on mining and animal herding. However, the capital, Torine (Turin), as well as Milane (Milan) and Monze feature large computer industries, and Milane has become a world fashion center. The southern area of the country is also a haven for archaeologists seeking Roman ruins. Grenobela (Grenoble), in what is in our world France, Torine, Zergattum in our Switzerland, and Genova (Genoa), in our Italy have all hosted Olympic games at one time or another.
===Vowels===
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
!colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || i || || || || || || || || || u
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || || || e || || || || || || || o
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || ||
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || || || e || || || || || || || o
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || ||
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || a
|}
</div>


==Phonology/Orthography==
===Consonants===
Carune has 20 letters in its alphabet.
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
!colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || m || || || || || || n || || || || gn || ||
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || p || b || || || || || t || d || || || || || c(h) || g(h)
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || || || f || v || || || s || || || || || || || ||
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || z || || || || || || c(i) || g(i)
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill || || || || || || || || r
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || l || || || || gl
|}
</div>


Vowels: <tt>/a E i o u/ </tt>
===Notes===
Vowel Orthography: <a e i o u>  
<e> is realized as [{{IPA|e}}] when it descends from Latin <tt>OE Ē I</tt> and as [{{IPA|ɛ}}] when it descends from Latin <tt>AE E</tt>. Stressed <e> is [{{IPA|ɛ}}]. <o> is realized as [{{IPA|o}}] when it descends from Latin <tt>AU Ō U</tt> and as [{{IPA|ɔ}}] when it descends from Latin <tt>O</tt>. Stressed <o> is [{{IPA|ɔ}}].
Consonants: <tt>/g|dZ s t d v n z m k|tS f b tS r k l/ </tt>
Consonant Orthography: <gº s t d v n z m c^ f b ch r q l>  


before /a/, /o/, or /u/, <g> is /g/. Before /e/ or /i/, <g> is /dZ/
<c> is realized as [k] before <a o u>, and as [tʃ] before <nowiki><i e></nowiki>. <g> is realized as [g] before <a o u>, and as [dʒ] before <nowiki><i e></nowiki>. <ch> is always [k], and <gh> is always [g]. <ci gi> before <a o u> are realized as affricates without pronouncing <nowiki><i></nowiki>. Multiple vowels are usually realized as diphthongs.
*^ before /a/, /o/, or /u/, <c> is /k/. Before /e/ or /i/, <c> is /tS/
Double consonants are pronounced twice: '''collere''' (to color) is /kol'lere/, not /koLere/, /kojere/, or any other variation thereof.
Double vowels are pronounced individually: no diphthongs.


==Syntax and Stress==
===Stress===
Carune is an SVO language, usually, but in interrogative sentences, word order is VSO. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable in words ending in a vowel, and on the ultimate syllable in words ending in a consonant.
Stress in Carune may be unmarked or marked. Marked stress is shown by a grave accent, e.g. '''parlarì''' [parlaˈri]. Unmarked stress falls as follows:


==Subject Pronouns==
* If the word ends in a vowel or '''n''', stress falls on the penultimate syllable, e.g. '''parlare''' [parˈlare].
Carune's subject pronouns are as follows:
* Otherwise, stress falls on the ultimate syllable.


*'''Io''': I
===Allophony===
*'''Tu''': you, singular, familiar
There are three main allophonic variations that occur in spoken Carune:
*'''Ele''': he
*'''Ela''': she
*'''Vusse/vussa''': you, singular, formal ('''vusse''' conjugates as the third person singular, not second person singular)
*'''Nio''': we
*'''Vo''': you, plural
*'''Eli''': they, masculine
*'''Elae''': they, feminine


==Verbal Morphology: Indicative Mood Simple Tenses==
* word-final /a/ is realized as [{{IPA|ǝ}}] in polysyllabic words where it is unstressed, e.g. '''vita''' "life" /ˈvita/ realized as [ˈvitǝ]
There are five types of verbs in Carune: -a stem, -e stem, -i stem, -o stem, and irregular. Note, however, that -o stem and irregular verbs appear as -a, -e, and -i stem verbs in their infinitive forms. The three infinitive endings are:
* intervocalic /s/ is often realized as [z], e.g. '''usare''' "use" /uˈsar{{IPA|ɛ}}/ realized as [uˈzar{{IPA|ɛ}}]
* intervocalic /ts/ is generally realized as [dz], e.g. '''sezi''' "sixteen" /s{{IPA|ɛ}}tsi/ realized as [s{{IPA|ɛ}}dzi]


*-are
It should also be noted that word-final -'''e''' often elides when unstressed, especially before a vowel.
*-ere
*-ire


To conjugate a regular verb, remove the infinitive ending and add a certain other ending, based on the subject of the sentence.
===Present Indicative Conjugation===
*The first person singular form always conjugates with an '''-o'''.
*The second person singular for -a stem verbs is '''-ai'''. For -e and -i stem verbs, '''-ei'''. For -o stem verbs, '''-oi'''.
*The third person singular form is the stem vowel. In the case of -o stem verbs, a '''-z''' is added.
*The first person plural ending is the stem vowel followed by -m.
*The second person plural ending is the stem vowel followed by -s.
*The third person plural ending is the stem vowel followed by '''-e'''. In the case of -e stem verbs, the added '''-e''' changes to '''-n'''.
===Preterit Indicative Conjugation===
In the preterit, -e and -o stem verbs are treated as -i stem verbs in relation to their stem vowel.
*The first person singular form conjugates with the stem vowel followed by '''-n'''.
*The second person singular form conjugates with the stem vowel, followed by '''-st'''.
*The third person singular form conjugates with '''-io'''.
*The first person plural conjugates as the present indicative first person plural, but ads an '''-o'''.
*The second person plural conjugates as the second person singular, but ads '''-i'''.
*The third person plural conjugates with the stem vowel followed by '''-do'''.
===Future Indicative Conjugation===
The future tense uses the verb infinitive, minus the final '''-e''', as the stem. It is conjugated as the Preterit Indicative, with the conjugations added to the future stem.
===Imperfect Indicative Conjugation===
The imperfect tense conjugates as the present indicative, but inserting '''-(stem vowel)v''' before the conjugation ending.
===Present Conditional Indicative Conjugation===
The present conditional tense uses the same stem as the future indicative, and adds the following endings:
*The first person singular ending is '''-o'''
*The second person singular ending is '''-ai'''
*The third person singular ending is '''-a'''
*The first person plural ending is '''-am'''
*The second person plural ending is '''-as'''
*The third person plural ending is '''-ae'''
===Past Conditional Indicative Conjugation===
The past conditional tense uses the same stem as the future indicative, and adds the following endings:
*The first person singular ending is '''-iat'''
*The second person singular ending is '''-iai'''
*The third person singular ending is '''ia'''
*The first person plural ending is '''-iam'''
*The second person plural ending is '''-ias'''
*The third person plural ending is '''-ian'''
==Nominal Morphology: Gender and Number==
Nouns in Carune belong to one of three [[gender]]s: masculine, feminine, and neuter. They have two forms: singular, and plural. These forms are determined as follows:
*Masculine: all masculine nouns end in '''-e''' in the singular form. To make a masculine noun plural, change '''-e''' to '''-i'''. For example: '''il fele'''-the cat; '''i feli'''-the cats.
*Feminine: all feminine nouns end in '''-a''' in the singular form. To make a feminine noun plurla, add an '''-e''' to the end, after the '''-a'''. For example: '''al ava'''-the bird; '''a avae'''-the birds.
*Neuter: all neuter nouns end in '''-um''' in the singular form. To make a neuter noun plural, change '''-um''' to '''-o'''. For example: '''el frasum'''-the sentence; '''e fraso'''-the sentences.
==Direct Object Pronouns==
Direct object pronouns mark the object of a verb (the accusative case, essentially). They come before a conjugated verb or are attached to the future indicative stem of an infinitive verb. For example: '''Zoi a fazerlo'''-I am going to do it. '''Lo''' is the direct object pronoun, '''zoi''' is the conjugated verb, and '''fazer''' is the future indicative stem that '''lo''' is attached to. This sentence could be rewritten '''Lo zoi a fazere''' with no change in meaning. The direct object pronouns are:
*'''Me''': first person singular
*'''Te''': second person singular, informal
*'''Lo''': third person singular, second person singular formal
*'''Nos''': first person plural
*'''Vos''': second person plural
*'''Los''': third person plural
==Indirect Object Pronouns==
Indirect object pronouns mark the indirect object of a verb (as the dative case). They tell to or for whom an action was done. They come before a conjugated verb or are attached to the future indicative stem of an infinitive verb. For example: '''Zoi a zarle'''-I am going to go to it. '''Le''' is the indirect object pronoun, '''zoi''' is the conjugated verb, and '''zar''' is the future indicative stem that '''le''' is attached to. This sentence could be rewritten '''Le zoi a zare''' with no change in meaning. The indirect object pronouns are:
*'''Me''': first person singular
*'''Te''': second person singular, informal
*'''Le''': third person singular, second person singular formal
*'''Nos''': first person plural
*'''Vos''': second person plural
*'''Les''': third person plural
==Prepositional Object Pronouns==
These are pronouns that mark the object of a preposition (the locative case). They are most commonly used in conjunction with '''com'''-with, '''para'''-for, in order to, and '''a'''-to. For example: '''A mi me gusta chantere'''-It is pleasing to me to sing. '''A mi''' is the preposition '''a''' and the prepositional object pronoun '''mi'''. '''Gusta''' is the third person singular form of '''gustare''', to be pleasing. The prepositional object pronouns are:
*'''Mi''': first person singular
*'''Ti''': second person singular, informal
*'''Se''': third person singular, third person plural, second person singular formal
*'''Nos''': first person plural
*'''Vos''': second person plural
==Reflexive Verbs/Pronouns==
This is the way of saying "I wash myself", "I ask myself", "I call myself", etc. There are two ways of conjugating reflexive verbs. The first makes a reflexive infinitive: to wash onesself, to ask onesself, etc. To form this type of reflexive, add a reflexive pronoun to the future indicative stem:
*'''Lavermi'''-to wash myself
*'''Laverti'''-to wash yourself
*'''Laversi'''-to wash onesself, to wash themselves
*'''Laverni'''-to wash ourselves
*'''Lavervi'''-to wash yourselves
This type of reflexive must be put after a conjugated verb: '''Zoi a lavermi'''-I am going to wash myself. The second type of reflexive is a conjugated reflexive. To from this type of reflexive, place a reflexive pronoun before a conjugated verb:
*'''Mi lavo'''-I wash myself
*'''Ti lavei'''-you wash yourself
*'''Si lave'''-one washes onesself
*'''Ni lavem'''-we wash ourselves
*'''Vi laves'''-you all wash yourselves
*'''Si laven'''-they wash themselves
==Verbal Morphology: Imperative Mood==
Forming an imperative verb in Carune is very simple. Simply attach an imperative pronoun to a present indicative conjugated verb. For example: '''Parlaiti Carune!'''-Speak Carune! The imperative pronouns are as follows:
*'''Ti'''-second person singular, informal (attached to second person singular verb)
*'''Li'''-second person singular, formal (attached to third person singular verb)
*'''Ni'''-first person plural (attached to first person plural verb)
*'''Vi'''-second person plural (attached to second person plural verb)
==Verbal Morphology: Irregular Verbs==
Here are some of the most common irregular verbs in Carune (excluding -o stem verbs), conjugated in all the indicative tenses.
'''Stare'''-to be, in relation to transient or changeable things
*Present indicative: '''stoi, stai, sta, stam, stas, stae'''
*Preterit Indicative: '''stan, stast, stio, stamo, stasti, stado'''
*Future Indicative: '''staran, starast, stario, staramo, starasti, starado'''
*Imperfect Indicative: '''stavoi, stavai, stava, stavam, stavas, stavae'''
*Present Conditional Indicative: '''staro, starai, stara, staram, staras, starae'''
*Past Conditional Indicative: '''stariat, stariai, staria, stariam, starias, stariae'''
'''Sere'''-to be, in relation to intransient or unchangeable things
*Present Indicative: '''evo, eves, es, sovom, sovos, sovoe'''
*Preterit Indicative: '''fuin, fuist, fuio, fuimo, fuisti, fuido'''
*Future Indicative: '''serin, serist, serio, serimo, seristi, serido'''
*Imperfect Indicative: '''ero, erist, erit, erim, eristi, erunt'''
*Present Conditional Indicative: '''sero, serai, sera, seram, seras, serae'''
*Past Conditional Indicative: '''seriat, seriai, seria, seriam, serias, seriae'''
'''Zare'''-to go
*Present Indicative:'''zoi, zoa, zo, zom, zos, zoe'''
*Preterit Indicative: '''fui, fuist, fuio, fuimo, fuisti, fuido'''
*Future Indicative: '''zaran, zarast, zario, zaramo, zarasti, zarado'''
*Imperfect Indicative: '''zavoi, zavoa, zavo, zavom, zavos, zavoe'''
*Present Conditional Indicative: '''zaro, zarai, zara, zaram, zaras, zarae'''
*Past Conditional Indicative: '''zariat, zariai, zaria, zariam, zarias, zariae'''
'''Dicere'''-to say, tell
*Present Indicative: '''dicho, dicei, dice, dicem, dices, dicen'''
*Preterit Indicative: '''dicin, dicist, dicio, dicimo, dicisti, dicido'''
*Future Indicative: '''dicerin, dicerist, dicerio, dicerimo, diceristi, dicerido'''
*Imperfect Indicative: '''dicevo, dicevei, diceve, dicevem, diceves, diceven'''
*Present Conditional Indicative: '''dicero, dicerai, dicera, diceram, diceras, dicerae'''
*Past Conditional Indicative: '''diceriat, diceriai, diceria, diceriam, dicerias, diceriae'''
'''Avere'''-to have (auxiliary verb, used in some commands: '''Aveiti cegrat al porta''': have the door closed)
*Present Indicative: '''avo, avei, ai, avem, avec, aven'''
*Preterit Indicative: '''avin, avist, avio, avimo, avisti, avido'''
*Future Indicative: '''averin, averist, averio, averimo, averisti, averido'''
*Imperfect Indicative: '''avvo, avvei, avve, avvem, avvec, avven'''
*Present Conditional Indicative: '''avero, averai, avera, averam, averas, averae'''
*Past Conditional Indicative: '''averiat, averiai, averia, averiam, averias, averiae'''
==Verbal Morphology: Indicative Mood Compound Tenses==
There are three compound tenses in Carune: Pluperfect, Progressive, and Future Perfect. They involve the past and present participles of a verb. To form the present participle of a verb, first remove the infinitive ending. Then, add the stem vowel, followed by '''-nt'''. For example:
'''Zare'''>'''zant'''-to go>going
'''Parlare'''>'''parlant'''-to speak>speaking
The past participle is formed similarly. Remove the infinitive ending and add the stem vowel, followed by '''-t'''. For example:
'''Zare'''>'''zat'''-to go>gone
'''Parlare'''>'''parlat'''-to speak>spoken
===Pluperfect Indicative Conjugation===
To form the pluperfect tense, take the preterit indicative form of '''avere''', and put the past participle of a verb after it. For example:
'''Avin zat a Zergattum'''-I have gone to Zergattum
'''Me avio parlat'''-He has spoken to me
===Present Progressive Indicative Conjugation===
To form the progressive tense, take the present indicative form of '''stare''', and put the present participle of a verb after it. For example:
'''Stoi zant a Zergattum'''-I am going to Zergattum
'''Me sta parlant'''-He is speaking to me
===Future Perfect Indicative Conjugation===
To form the future perfect tense, take the future indicative form of '''avere''', and put the past participle of a verb after it. For example:
'''Averin zat a Zergattum'''-I will have gone to Zergattum
'''Me averio parlat'''-He will have spoken to me
===Simple Future Indicative Conjugation===
The simple future tense is equivalent to English "I am going to do something". It is formed with this pattern: '''zare a'''+infinitive. For example:
*'''Zoi a zare a Zergattum'''-I am going to go to Zergattum
*'''Me zo a parlare'''-He is going to speak to me
==Nominal Morphology: Articles==
There are twelve articles in Carune: six definite, and six indefinite. The six definite articles are:
*'''il'''-masculine singular
*'''i'''-masculine plural
*'''al'''-feminine singular
*'''a'''-feminine plural
*'''el'''-neuter singular
*'''e'''-neuter plural
The article comes before the noun it modifies. The six indefinite articles are:
*'''une'''-masculine singular
*'''uni'''-masculine plural
*'''una'''-feminine singular
*'''unae'''-feminine plural
*'''unum'''-neuter singular
*'''uno'''-neuter plural
==Adjective Morphology: Gender and Number==
Adjectives must agree with the noun they modify in gender and number. Adjectives end in '''-e''' in their base form (the masculine singular form) and decline as nouns: '''-i''' for masculine plural, '''-a''' for feminine singular, '''-ae''' for feminine plural, '''-um''' for neuter singular, and '''-o''' for neuter plural. For example:
*'''Une fele felice'''-a happy cat
*'''Una ava felica'''-a happy bird
*'''Unum frasum felicum'''-a happy sentence
*'''I feli felici'''-the happy cats
*'''A avae felicae'''-the happy birds
*'''E fraso felico'''-the happy sentences
To form an adverb from an adjective, take the feminine singular form of the adjective and add -mente. For example: '''felicamente'''-happily; '''rapidamente'''-quickly
==Verbal Morphology: The Passive Voice==
To form the passive voice, use this sentence structure:
[subject]-['''stare''' (conjugated)]-[past participle]-'''sobre''' (by)-[agent (prepositional object pronoun if agent is "me", "him", "them", "you", etc.)]
The past participle is formed by removing the infinitive -re ending and adding -t.
==Verbal Morphology: Subjunctive Mood Simple Tenses==
The subjunctive mood (sometimes referred to as the conjunctive mood) is a grammatical mood of the verb that expresses wishes, commands (in subordinate clauses), emotion, possibility, judgment, necessity and statements that are contrary to fact.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood]
===Present Subjunctive Conjugation===
This covers such sentences as "if I were to..." and "that may be so..." The present subjunctive loses the first person singular present indicative stem. For example: evo>ev-, dicho>dich-, comprendo>comprend-, lavo>lav-, zoi>z-, etc. In all of the subjunctive tenses, -o stem verbs are treated as if they were not -o stem verbs.
*The first person singular present subjunctive ending is '''-e''' for -a stem verbs, and '''-a''' for -e and -i stem verbs.
*The second person singular present subjunctive ending is '''-ei''' for -a stem verbs, and '''-ai''' for -e and -i stem verbs.
*The third person singular present subjunctive ending is '''-e''' for -a stem verbs, and '''-a''' for -e and -i stem verbs.
*The first person plural present subjunctive ending is '''-em''' for -a stem verbs, and '''-am''' for -e and -i stem verbs.
*The second person plural present subjunctive ending is '''-es''' for -a stem verbs, and '''-as''' for -e and -i stem verbs.
*The third person plural present subjunctive ending is '''-en''' for -a stem verbs, and '''-an''' for -e and -i stem verbs.
==Texts==
===The Tortoise and the Hare===
Al tortuga via discretamente e busca comita. Hai une conohe, e es une fazedore di apure, unum peqene, desagradable, traviese. Es multe obstinate, e pues al tortuga desfia al conohe a una raza. Hai une muchedumbre ahi para observirlo al raza. Al tortuga si aposta ventiunu, e il muchedumbre le aposta tamben. Al tortuga realiza qei il conohe pude ganare al media dal raza, sed continua al raza, e il conohe durmi in al cortina. Il conohe si levanta e perdi.
===The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 1===
Todi somi stae nadat liberi e iquali in dignitate e libeti. Stae donat raisonne e consienze e les deven actare in une espirite di fraternitate.
==Langmaker Overview==
===Language sources===
[[Spanish]], [[Italian]].
===Design principles===
Part of the goal of Carune was to have a Romance language without diacritics.
===Interest of others===
Not many, although it was posted for feedback on the CBB (Conlanger Bulletin Board). Two out of a number of planned lessons in Carune have been so far created, and a dictionary and sample text is in progress.
===External link===
http://www.kutjara.com/wiki/index.php?title=Carune
[[Category:Conlangs]]
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[[Category:Italian-influenced conlangs]]
[[Category:Spanish-influenced conlangs]]
[[Category:Romance conlangs]]
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[[Category:Conlangs by Sectori]]
[[Category:2005]]

Latest revision as of 15:04, 23 June 2009


Carune
Pronounced: /karune/
Timeline and Universe: none
Species: Human
Spoken: Carune
Total speakers: 23 million
Writing system: Latin
Genealogy: Indo-European

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     Carune
Typology
Morphological type: inflecting, fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment: Accusative-Dative
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: Sectori
Created: December 2005

Carune was my first, pitiful attempt at a romlang. It has since seen two major revisions. This page reflects the most recent version of Carune starting at the top and moving down as I revise it.

Phonology

Carune has seven vowel phonemes and eighteen consonant phonemes.

Vowels

Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
Near-high
High-mid e o
Mid
Low-mid e o
Near-low
Low a

Consonants

Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n gn
Plosive p b t d c(h) g(h)
Fricative f v s
Affricate z c(i) g(i)
Trill r
Lateral Approximant l gl

Notes

<e> is realized as [e] when it descends from Latin OE Ē I and as [ɛ] when it descends from Latin AE E. Stressed <e> is [ɛ]. <o> is realized as [o] when it descends from Latin AU Ō U and as [ɔ] when it descends from Latin O. Stressed <o> is [ɔ].

<c> is realized as [k] before <a o u>, and as [tʃ] before <i e>. <g> is realized as [g] before <a o u>, and as [dʒ] before <i e>. <ch> is always [k], and <gh> is always [g]. <ci gi> before <a o u> are realized as affricates without pronouncing <i>. Multiple vowels are usually realized as diphthongs.

Stress

Stress in Carune may be unmarked or marked. Marked stress is shown by a grave accent, e.g. parlarì [parlaˈri]. Unmarked stress falls as follows:

  • If the word ends in a vowel or n, stress falls on the penultimate syllable, e.g. parlare [parˈlare].
  • Otherwise, stress falls on the ultimate syllable.

Allophony

There are three main allophonic variations that occur in spoken Carune:

  • word-final /a/ is realized as [ǝ] in polysyllabic words where it is unstressed, e.g. vita "life" /ˈvita/ realized as [ˈvitǝ]
  • intervocalic /s/ is often realized as [z], e.g. usare "use" /uˈsarɛ/ realized as [uˈzarɛ]
  • intervocalic /ts/ is generally realized as [dz], e.g. sezi "sixteen" /sɛtsi/ realized as [sɛdzi]

It should also be noted that word-final -e often elides when unstressed, especially before a vowel.