Novelatine

NOVELATINE Sa lêgwa syar dwar valyô
Pronunciation:	/ˌnɔvelaˈtine/ West: /sa lɛ̃gwa sjar dwar valjõ/ East: /sa lɛ̃gwa ʃar dwar vaʎõ/
Spoken in:	Central Italy
Timeline:	Alternate
Total speakers:	ca. 5000
Genealogical classification:	Indo-European Italic Romance Novelatine
Written in:	Latin alphabet
Created by:
Bukkia	started in November 2012

Novelatine is a language, spoken by a few thousand people in two remote mountain valleys in Central Italy. Its speakers call their own language Sa lêgwa syar dwar valyô, The language of the two valleys, or simply Sa lêgwa (nob), The/Our language. It is a direct descendent of Latin, and it retained a more conservative grammar, morphology and syntaxis than the other Romance languages. Its lexicon retains many more words directly from Latin than other Romance lexicons.

Apart from its conservatism, the main feature is the presence of two distinct dialects, one for each valleys, with some definite differences.

Phonology

Main article: Novelatine phonology

Morphology

Main article: Novelatine morphology

Syntax

Main article: Novelatine syntax

Lexycon

Dictionary

Main article: Novelatine-English dictionary

Everyday lexycon

• Cyao!: Hi, Hello (informal)
• Sawve: Hi, Hello (formal)
• Bonô diê! (formal full form) - Bôdiê! (informal short form): Good morning/Good day (until 14:00/2:00 pm)
• Bonô vesperô! (formal full form) - Bôvesprô! (informal short form): Good evening (from 14:00/2:00 pm until leaving)
• Bonô nowtê! (formal full form) - Bônowtê! (informal short form): Good night (only when leaving at night)
• Ad revideri! (formal full form) - Arevider! (informal short form): Good bye
• Cyao!: Bye! (informal)
• Bêvête! (sing. m.) - Bêvêta! (sing. f.): Welcome - Bêvêtyi! (plur. m. or mixed) - Bêvête! (plur. f.)
• Cwomod ti e?: How are you? (informal)
• Cwomod vob e?: How are you? (formal)
  • Bê!: Fine
• Ti/Vob gracyage!: Thank you, Thanks (1st person of verb gracyager, to thank)
• Muwtô ti/vob gracyage!: Thank you very much
  • Ore: You're welcome (1st person of verb orar, to pray, fixed form)
• Cwomod vocers?: What's your name? (informal)
• Cwomod vocemnyi?: What's your name? (formal)
  • .... vocer!: My name is ....
• Cwôtyi anyi ti sôt?: How old are you?

These fixed expressions are used in both dialects, but in the Eastern dialect only some forms are used. For example only the informal forms Bôdiê, Bôvesprô, Bônowtê, Arevider are used in greetings, while the usual form for thanking someone is Gracyage/Muwtô gracyage! without the pronouns.

In the Western dialect it's common to ask Cwomod (ti) vad?, for How are you?, while in the Eastern dialect an usual question is Cwomod es/ez?.

The days of the week - Syi dies sies sewtimane

English	Novelatine
Monday	W: Lunedie E: Lundie
Tuesday	Mardie
Wednesday	Mercurdie
Thursday	Yowdie
Friday	Venerdie
Saturday	Sabadô
Sunday	Dominca

The months of the year - Syi mêses sies anyi

English	Novelatine	English	Novelatine
January	Yanwarye	July	Yulye
February	Fevrwarye	August	Awguste
March	Marcye	September	Sewtêber
April	Apriw	October	Owtober
May	Maye	November	Novêber
Juny	Yunye	December	Decêber

The seasons of the year - Se stagyons sies anyi

English	Novelatine
Spring	primver
Summer	aysta
Autumn Fall	awtumne
Winter	yem

Texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 1

Todyi omins lyiberyi ed aycwi per dyignitadê ed yurya nascôter. Lyi praydityi cô sies racyons ed sies côscyêcye sôt ed sa fradernita de unyi azon awtrô de lyis avêda e.

Lord's prayer

• Pader nob, cwi ê sies cyelyi es,
• sô nomê ti sôwtificeter
• sô regnô ti venye
• sa voluwta ti faceter
• ida ê sies cyelyi, ida ê se tere
• danob sô panê cotyidyanô nob
• ed ad nob dyimiti sa debita nob
• ida nos ad debiteres nob dyimitim
• ed nos ê têtacyonê non êduces
• sed lyiberanos de sies malyi.
• amê.

Hail Mary

• Ave Maria, gracye pwena,
• se Domine tecô e
• tu êter mulyerô benedicers
• ed se fruwte sies vêtris ti benediciter, Yese
• Sôwta Maria, mader Dyi
• ora per nob, pecatorô
• nôc ed ê sies ore sies morz nob
• amê

Babel text

• Er ê tode sies Tere una sowa lêgwa ed se mesime parvowe
• Domud de sied oryêz provenyirêt, unô pwanô ê sies tere Senaar êvinyerôt ed ic êcowayerôt
• ed omcwi azô prosimô si dicsyit: "Venyid, facyem laderes ed cocwem les cô sies focyi ed utyem syor laderô pro syar pedrarô ed sies bitumins pro sies cemêtyi"
• ed dicsyerôt: "Venyid, facyem nob unô ciwtadê ed unô turê sô chies cuwmê sô cyelô pertawti ed cewebrim sô nomê nob, andecud ê todô sô terô abyem dyivideri"
• ed se Domine descendyit perud vider sô ciwtadê ed sô turê, cwô syi filyi Adamyi aydificavêt.
• Ed se Domine dicsyit "Ecô, lyi une sowe vuwge sôt ed une sowe lêgwe utyôt, ida lo facere êcipyerôt ed de syor proyewterô si non ôt desister, donecud son operô si abyôt finyir"
• "venyid, igider, descendem ed côfôdem sô lêgwô lyis, perud sô você sies prosimyi si non abyôt êtêder".
• Ida se Domine de iesvi locyi ê todô sô terô les dyivisyit, ed lyi sô ciwtadê aydificar desistyerôt
• et sa ciwta Babel vocata fuyit, comud ic se Domine sô lêgwô tode sies tere côfusyer ed êdic se Domine ê todô sô terô les dyivisyit.

States of the world

States of Europe

English	Novelatine	Adjective	Inhabitant
Albania	Awbania	awbanês
Andorra	Andora	andorane
Armenia	Armenya	armene
Austria	Awstrya	awstriace
Azerbaijan	Azerbaygyan	azere
Belarus	Rusya Awba	awboruse
Belgium	Bewgyô	bewgice	bewge
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnya ed Erzegovina	bosniace
Bulgaria	Buwgaria	buwgare
Croatia	Croacya	croate
Cyprus	Cipre	ciprice
Czech Republic	Cechya Respublica Ceca	ceche
Denmark	Danya	danês
Estonia	Estonya	estonês
Finland	Finya	finice
France	Galya	galice
Georgia	Georgya	georgyane
Germany	Germanya	germanice	germane
Greece	Graycya	grayce
Hungary	Ungarya	ungarês	ungare
Iceland	Islandya	islandês
Ireland	Ibernya	ibernês
Italy	Italya	italyane
Kazakhstan	Kazakistania	kazake
Latvia	Letonya	letonês
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	liechtensteinês
Lithuania	Litwanya	litwane
Luxembourg	Luxemburg	luxemburghês
Republic of Macedonia	Respublica Macedonya	macedon
Malta	Mawta	maltês
Moldova	Moldova	moldovês
Monaco	Monace	monachês
Montenegro	Môs Niger	nigromôtês
Netherlands	Nederlandya	nederlandês	olôdês
Norway	Norvegya	norvegês
Poland	Polonya	polace
Portugal	Portugaw	lusitane
Romania	Romania	romene
Russia	Rusya Federacyô Rusa	ruse
San Marino	Sôwte Marine	sôwtomarinês
Serbia	Serbya	serbe
Slovakia	Swovachya	swovace
Slovenia	Swovenya	swovenice	swovene
Spain	Ispanya	ispanice	ispane
Sweden	Svecya	svedês
Switzerland	Ewvecya	ewvetice	ewvete
Turkey	Turchia	turce
Ukraine	Ucrayna	ucraynês
United Kingdom	Regnô Unyitô	ôglice
Vatican City	Vaticane Ciwta sies Vaticanyi	vaticanês

Other State Names

Other names (other continents, common institions, former countries and unrecognized countries):

English	Novelatine	Adjective	Inhabitant
Common institutions
European Union	Unyô Ewropayca	ewropayce
Former countries
Czechoslovachia	Cecoswovachya	cecoswovace
Federal Republic of Germany West Germany	Respublica Federaw Germanica (RFG) Germanya Ocidêtaw	ocidêtawgermanice
German Democratic Republic East Germany	Respublica Democratica Germanica (RDG) Germanya Oryêtaw	oryêtawgermanice
Jugoslavia	Yugoswavya	yugoswave
Soviet Union Union of Socialist Sovietic Republics	Unyô Sovyetica Unyô syar Socyalisticarô Sovyeticarô Respublicarô	sovyetice
Unrecognized countries
Abkhazia	Abcasya	abcase
Kosovo	Kosovya	kosovice
Southern Ossetia	Osecya Meridyonaw	meridionalosetice
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Respublica Turca Cipryi Sewtêtryonals	sewtêtryonawciprice
Countries in other continents
United State of America	Statyi Unyiti Americhe	americane statounyitês
China People's Republic of China	Syina Respublica Vuwgar Syinês	syinês
Japan	Yaponya	yaponês
India	Êdya	êdyane

Sound changes from Latin

These are the main sound changes that affected the Late Latin spoken in this area, which later became Novelatine. These sound change laws are usually respected, but sometimes there are other results, mainly because of analogy (for example the uniform masculine/feminine accusative plural ending -es, the actual derived endings should have been very different in each declension, but it spread in every noun class).

Legend: C, any consonant; N, a nasal consonat (n, m); V, any vowel; the sign [:], a long vowel or consonant.

• i: → yi [ji] (lupī → lupyi)
• ct → wt
• pt → wt
• VlV → VwV but → VlV if another w is present. (incola → êcowa - voluptas → voluwta)
• ClV → CwV but → ClV if V = u (clavis → cwav - flumen → flumê)
• C: → C (terra → tera)
• tiV → cyV [ʧj] (liberatio → lyiberacyô)
• CiV → CyV [j], but not if [i] is stressed.
• eNC, iNC → ê [e◌̃]
• aNC, oNC, uNC → ô [o◌̃]
• eN_#, iN_# → ê [e◌̃]
• aN_#, oN_#, uN_# → ô [o◌̃]
• ae_# → e
• ae (stressed or in a syllable before the stressed one) → ay
• us_# → e