Rhodrese

Rhodrese Rhodray
Spoken in:	Burgundy (Borgonze)
Conworld:	possibly Lucus
Total speakers:	several million
Genealogical classification:	Indo-European Italic Romance Gallo-Romance Rhodrese (Rhodray)
Basic word order:	SVO
Morphological type:	inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
BPJ	2007

Approximate outline of Borgonze superimposed on OTL France. The borders certainly need to be adjusted to correspond to natural boundaries.

Alphabet and pronunciation

A a, B b, C c, Ch ch, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Dg dg, Gh gh, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Gl gl, Ll ll, M m, N n, Gn gn, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sc sc, Sç sç, T t, Tx tx, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Digraphs which appear bold in the left column below are considered separate letters of the alphabet.

Letter	Pronunciation
A a	a
Ai ai, Ay ay	ai̯	The only difference between ai and ay is that theoretically final ai is unstressed while final ay is stressed. In practice final ai occurs mostly in unstressed monosyllabic particles like mai.
Ao ao, Au au	au̯	These digraphs are pronounced alike. Their distribution is governed by etymological considerations, in that ao is found where there was al in Latin, and au elsewhere. Note estao, which is from stabulum and has a derivative estaulair!
B b	b	Pronounced [p] at the end of a word.
C c	k, s	Pronounced [s] before e, i and y and [k] elsewhere. The older 'soft' pronunciation of c was [ts]. This pronunciation is preserved in some dialects, and some purists think that it ought to still be the standard pronunciation. Other dialects have [θ] as the soft pronunciation of c, and those speakers may use that pronunciation when speaking standard Rhodrese.
Ch ch	k	Note that the Rhodrese pronunciation of ch differs from the French but agrees with the Italian.
Ç ç	s	This is the traditional spelling for the 'soft' pronunciation of c in other positions than before e, i and y. The above remarks about the 'soft' pronunciation of c apply equally to ç. Some dialects often have ç before a where the corresponding French word has ch, e.g. çaod, standard Rhodrese caod, Fr. chaud; ciar, standard Rhodrese chiar, Fr. cher.
D d	d, ð	Pronounced [t] at the end of a word, [ð] after a vowel or r inside a word and [d] elsewhere, including at the beginning of a word. Some speakers have [θ] for d after a vowel at the end of a word. To pronounce d after a vowel as [z] or zero is considered sub-standard. Some speakers whose dialects have these pronunciations use a hard [d] in all word-internal positions.
E e
F f
G g
H h
I i
J j
K k
L l
M m
N n
O o
P p
Q q
R r
S s
T t
U u
V v
W w
X x
Y y
Z z