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Every consonant comes with a lenited and palatalized counterpart. They are basic for declinantion and conjugation:

Lenited form

bh

dh

fh

gh

kh

lh

mh

nh

ph

qh

rh

z

th

vh

Alternative lenited form

ð

ɸ

ɣ

x

ł

μ

θ

β

Full form

b

d

f

g

k

l

m

n

p

q

r

s

t

v

Palatalized form

b'

d'

f'

ż

c

l'

m'

ň

p'

q'

r'

ş

t'

v'

Morphology

VOS - Shape

Noun morphology

• 1st declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in vowel - Masculine

vad (son)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADOM	VADE	ë vad	en βad'
Genitive	VADI	VADOS	ë βad'	enu vad
Dative	VADON	VADIA	e βad	eňa βad'a
Accusative	VADIU	VADO	ë vad'u	en βad

• 1st declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in vowel - Feminine

vad (daughter)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADO	VADI	e vad	e βad'
Genitive	VADAS	VADOS	en vad	enu vad
Dative	VADIO	VADIA	e vad'	eňa βad'a
Accusative	VADIU	VADIO	e vad'u	eň βad'

• 3rd declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in consonant

da (house)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	DAK	DAKI	ë da	e ðac
Genitive	DAKI	DAKOS	ë ðac	enu dak
Dative	DAKON	DAKIA	e ðak	eňa ðaca
Accusative	DAKIU	DAKIO	ë dacu	eň ðac

Pronouns

Possessive

English	Ancient form	Modern form	Modern lenited form
My	GOS	go	ɣo
Your (thou)	DOS	do	ðo
His	LU	lë	łë
Her	SA	së	zë
Its	NES	në	nhë
Our	MANES	man	μan
Your	TELOS	tel	θel
Their	KODOS	kod	xod

Possessive pronouns (a genitive form of personal pronouns) come after their nouns and endure lenition, if required. Examples:

• my house: ë da go
• of my house: ë ðac ɣo

• to her daughter: ë vad' zë
• we see their daughter: lo kat e vad'u xod

Verb morphology

Verbs conjugate according to person, number and aspect. They do not conjugate according to tense.

• 1st conjugation - Verbs starting in consonant

kato (to see)
Person	Imperfective		Perfective
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	LA KATE	lë xac	OLAS KATE	olë kac
Thou	LEN KATEN	lë kat	OLEN KATEN	ol kac
He/She/It	LO KAT	le xa	OLO KATO	ol xat
We	LUV KATOM	lo kat	OLU KATOM	olë xat
You	LUS KATI	lo kac	OLU KATIS	olë xac
They	LI KATUN	l'ë xatu	OLI KATUN	ol' xatu

The meaning of past is expressed by an adverbial particle, placed after the verb:

• DA → dë (lenited form: ðe)

Examples:

• Did you see my house?: ol kac dë po ë dacu ɣo?
• My name is Marco: le bhe Marco ë sefo go