Bâzrâmani

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Bâzrâmani (or Bazramæni)

Note that this Romano-Persian lang has undergone a name change. It used to be Râmâniyân, but is now Bâzrâmani < VÓCEM RÓMÁNICAM.

Phonemes

Consonants

p t ch /tʃ/ k
b d j /dʒ/ g
f s sh /ʃ/ kh /χ/ h
v z zh /ʒ/ gh /ɣ/
m n ny /ɲ/
r
l
y /j/

Vowels

i u
e o
a /æ/ â /ɑ/


Bâzrâmani Grand Master Plan

Vowels

Latin sounds #_, C_C _C*{i,î} _C*{u,û} _#
a, â, au /æ/ a e o -e
e, ae /(j)æ/ ((y)a) (y)e (y)o -
o /æ/ a e o -
i e e i -
u o u u -
ê, î, oe i i i -
ô /ɑ/ â â â â
û u u u -

Consonants

Latin sounds #_ [1] V_V _C _r/l #_r/l _#
k k g kh /χ/ kh kha g
nc ng ng
qu kh kh
k _{i,e} ch /tʃ/ z ch che
qu _{i,e} k g
nc _{i,e} nz nj nj [2]
sc _{i,e} sh /ʃ/ sh sh she
x (cs) sh sh sh sh
g g gh /ɣ/ gh gh ga
g _{i,e} j /dʒ/ z j/z je/ze
gn, mn, gm, nn ny /ɲ/ ny
t t d s s ta d
d d y z z da y
nt nd nd
s h h s h kha h
p p b f f fa (b)
b, v b v v b/v ba/va v
m m m m m -
mp mb mb


^  [1] Geminate consonants are treated as if initial.

^  [2] Before a lost final front vowel.

Special contexts

liV, leV
yV
tiV, teV
sV
diV, deV
zV
niV, neV, miV, meV
nyV
riV, reV
zhV /ʒ/
ll
y
-cul-, -gul-
ly > y
viC
guC, e.g. vitium > gus
-Cicum#
Ci#
-ellum
-oy > ey
vo
u
al,el,ol
u / _C e.g. altus > ud.
ôl,ul,ûl
u / _C.
il,îl,êl
i / _C.

As the last consonant in a cluster l becomes /r/: Cl > Cr e.g. clarus > kharor.

Latin rd > l, e.g. ardore > alar.

It will be seen that the consonant changes are essentially an outline of the changes between Old and Middle Persian with an occasional Old Iranian or Romance feature rearing its head. They are of course subject to future refinement.

The transcription zh for ry is actually somewhat inaccurate. Lemontaigner as Râmani writers choose this transcription in order to more clearly distinguish ry ژ from ri ري in Arabic script.

Morphology

Plurals of nouns

Bâzrâmani plurals continue the Latin accusative plurals. There has however been metathesis of the vowel and the final h < S. Thus we find:

-âs -(e)hi (by analogy) fem'nae, rôtae, cistae famnhi, râdhi, chestehi
-ôs -(a)hâ caballôs, cattôs, diurnôs kaveyhâ, kotahâ, zornhâ
-ês -(e)hi ratiônês, fontês rasânhi, fantehi

As in other Romance languages neuters have merged with the masculine, and the fourth declension has merged with the second, thus *genôs > janhâ 'knees'.

Adjectives have become indeclinable, unless substantivized

Verb inflection

amâre
amar
amô
amâ
amâs tû
amâst
amat
amad
amâmus
amomho, amomoh
amâtis
amedhe, amedeh
amant
amand