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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

Article

There is both indefinite and definite article

Definite article

Masculine
Case	Singular		Plural
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
Nominative	EN	ë	EMI	en
Genitive	ENI	ë	EMOS	en
Dative	EHO	e	EMIA	eņa
Accusative	EH	ë	EMO	en

Feminine
Case	Singular		Plural
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
Nominative	ENA	e	ENI	e
Genitive	ENAS	en	ENOS	enu
Dative	EHA	e	ENIA	eňa
Accusative	ENA	e	ENIO	eň

Noun morphology

• 1st declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in consonant - 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'

• 2nd declension - Nouns starting in vowel and ending in consonant - Masculine

eten (hand)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ETENOS	ETENE	ënh eten	eμ eteň
Genitive	ETENI	ETENOS	ëň eteň	eμëz eten
Dative	ETENON	ETENIA	e-eten	em'-eteňa
Accusative	ETENIU	ETENO	ë-eteňu	eμ eten

• 2nd declension - Nouns starting in vowel and ending in vowel - Feminine

um (mother)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	UMO	UMI	enh um	eň um'
Genitive	UMAS	UMOS	enhëz um	enhëz um
Dative	UMIO	UMIA	e-um'	eň-um'a
Accusative	UMIU	UMIO	enh um'u	eň-um'o

• 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	LEM KATEN	lë kat	OLEM 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

• 2nd conjugation - Verbs starting in vowel

aso (to eat)
Person	Imperfective		Perfective
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	LA ASE	l-aş	OLAS ASE	olëz aş
Thou	LEM ASEN	lëμ as	OLEM ASEN	olëμ aş
He/She/It	LO AS	l-a	OLO ASO	ol-as
We	LUV ASOM	loβ as	OLU ASOM	olë as
You	LUS ASI	loz aş	OLU ASIS	olë aş
They	LI ASUN	l'-asu	OLI ASUN	ol'-asu

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
• He was eating your apple: l-a dë e galoňu ðo