Draft:Romanice

Romanice[1] (ENGLISH: Romaniqué)

It's a language made by Elias Fortaleza da Fuerza in April 2023 to serve as a central and linking language between latin and the romance languages. The languages from which romanice is got from are: french, spanish, portuguese, italian, romanian, catalan inclusive of the dialect spoken in the province of valencia, Spain, galician, corsican, sardinian and latin itself. Later in the study of this language, we will look at how all of these nine languages led to the forming of the romanice language and how they all affect it in their different ways.

PARTS OF SPEECH

Learn more about the language's parts of speech and how they're used.

NOUNS

Read more on nouns: Nouns

PRONOUNS

Read more on pronouns: Pronouns

VERBS

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ALPHABET AND THEIR PRONUNCIATION

The Alphabet of the language are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V and Z. They're all pronounced like in spanish except for V and Z that are pronounced like in french. The letter 'C' has different pronunciations with different letter combinations(phonemes). The language has 5 vowels letters and 15 consonant letters. The vowel letters are: 'A', 'E', 'H', 'I', 'O' and 'U', while the rest of the letters are consonants. The consonant letters are B, C, D, F, G, J, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and Z.

THE SOUNDS OF THE ROMANICE LANGUAGE

THE TABLE CONSTUCTED TO SHOW THE IPA SOUNDS OF THE ROMANICE LANGUAGE

NO.	SOUND	OCCURENCE(S)	WORD EXAMPLE(S)	TRANCRIPTION	ENGLISH WORD EQUIVALENT	ENGLISH SOUND EQUIVALENT	INFORMATION
1.	/ɑ/	A, a	Ano(Year), Roma(Rome), Avere(To Have)	/ɑno, Rɔmɑ, ɑvere/	Apple, Bat, Cat	/æ/	Short vowel produced with the lips rounded wide open.
2.	/b/	B, b	Scribere(To Write), Bonū(Good[Neutral Gender]), Alblancū(White[Neutral Gender])	/scribere, bɔnʊ̃, ɑlblɑ̃cʊ̃/	But, Be, Buy	/b/	Forced, voiced plosive produced by air pushiching apart the two lips.
3.	/c/	C, c	Corso(Corsican), Curso(Course), Cõtra(Against)	/cɔrsɔ, cursɔ, cõtrɑ/	Cut, Quick, King	/k/	Forced voiceless consonant produced by making air to hit the roof of the mouth.
4.	/d/	D, d	Dicere(To Say, Talk, Tell), Credere(To Believe), Viridî(Green[Neutral Gender])	(dicere, credere, viridis	Den, David, Doom	/d/	Forced, voiced plosive produced by using the tip of the tongue to touch the roof of the mouth and making air to stike/hit that same part of the mouth.
5.	/e/	E, e	Tenere(To Hold, Have), Facere(To Make, Do), Tarde(Late(r), Afternoon, Evening	/tenere, fɑcere, tɑrde or tɑrðe/	Bet, Met, Said	/e/	Short vowel produced with the lips in the shape of an oval.
6.	/f/	F, f	Frater(Brother), Fernãdo(Fernando), Fidel(Loyal (With), Honest (With), Faithful (With))	/frɑtœr, fœrnɑ̃dɔ, fidœl or fiðœl/	Friend, Wife, Free	/f/	Upper teeth clamp down slightly on lower lip as air is forced out to form this fricative consonant.
7.	/ɡ/	G, g	Lĩgua(Tongue, Language), Bigote(M(o)ustache), Tríginta(Thirty)	/lĩɡuɑ, biɡote, trɪɡɪ̃tɑ	Get, Go, Grim	/ɡ/	Forced voiced consonant produced by making air to hit the roof of the mouth.
8.	/h/	H, h	Hodie(Today), Homo(Man), Humanû(Humans)	/hɔdie, hɔmɔ, humɑnus	How, He, Heavy	/h/	Glottal sound produced by letting air to voicelessly pass through the vocal cords.
9.	/i/	I, i	Finire(To Finish, End), Ire(To Go), Parî(Pɑris)	/finire, ire, paris	Fish, Felt, From	/i/	Short vowel sound produced with the lips rounded and the teeth very close to each other.
10.	/l/	L, l	Ĩglaterra(England), Luna Dia(Monday), Biblia(Bible)	/ɪ̃glatœRɑ, Lunɑ Diɑ, Bibliyɑ/	Life, Milk, Will	/l/	Lateral consonant produced by making the tip of the tongue to touch the back of the upper teeth, briefly.
11.	/m/	M, m	Salmo(Psalm), Fame(Hunger), Dama(Lady, Damsel, Dame, Woman, Miss)	/sɑlmo, fɑme, dɑmɑ/	Mine, Me, More	/m/	This consonant sound is produced when air is passed throught the the nostrils, with the lips closed, the teeth very close together and the the tongue in a central position.
12.	/n/	N, n	Lumina(Light), Manū(Hand[Neutral Gender]), Nô(We, Us[Singular])	/luminɑ, manʊ̃, nɔs/	No, Men, Never	/n/	The production of this sound is made with the lips slightly open and in an oval shape, the tongue touching the tips of both sets of teeth;
13.	/o/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
14.	/p/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
15.	/r/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
16.	/R/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
17.	/s/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
18.	/t/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
19.	/u/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
20.	/v/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
21.	/w/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
22.	/z/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
23.	/t͡ʃ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
24.	/d͡ʒ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
25.	/ʃ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
26.	/ʒ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
27.	/ŋ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
28.	/ɲ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
29.	/ɑ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
30.	/ã/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
31.	/y/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
32.	/ɔ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
33.	/ẽ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
34.	/ɛ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
35.	/a/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
36.	/ɛ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
37.	/ɳ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
38.	/N/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
39.	/ʌ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
40.	/ʊ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
41.	/ɪ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
42.	/õ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
43.	/ø/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
44.	/ũ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
45.	/ʊ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
46.	/ɪ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
47.	/ĩ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
48.	/æ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
49.	/œ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
50.	/θ/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
51.	/ð/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
52.	/ø̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
53.	/ø/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
54.	/ə̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
55.	/æ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
56.	/ɶ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
57.	/œ̃/	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example

THE TABLE CONSTUCTED TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT SOUND TYPES OF, HOWMANY SOUNDS THEY CONTAIN AND THE VARIOUS SOUNDS THAT THEY CONTAIN

SOUND TYPE	NO. OF SOUNDS	SOUNDS IN SOUND TYPE
Vowels	29	/ɑ, e, i, o, u, ɑ̃, ã, ẽ, ɛ̃, ə, ɛ, ʌ, ʊ, ɪ, õ, ø, ũ, ʊ̃, ɪ̃, ĩ, æ, œ, ø̃, ø, ə̃, æ̃, ɶ, œ̃/
Consonants	25	/b, c, d, f, g,l, m, n, p, r, R, s, t, v, z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ʃ, ʒ, ŋ, ɲ, ɳ, N, θ, ð/
Semi-Vowels	3	/h, w, y/

LETTER COMBINATIONS AND THEIR PRONUNCIATION

CH SOUND

The 'CH' sound is made by putting C behind any vowel and placing the grave accent over that vowel. The C + any of these letter combinations makes a 'CH' sound and the sound of the following vowel letter The same is applicable for the letter 'G', but only that with a 'G', the consonant sound being produced is voiced, in contrast with the voiceless one fored with the letter 'C'.

Y SOUND

The 'Y' sound is made by placing the letter 'E' or 'I' in between a consonant letter and a vowel letter or in between two vowels. i.e: If the letter 'E' or 'I' comes before a letter 'O' or 'U' with a punctos accent, it makes an 'EW' or 'IW' sound.

R AND RR PRONUNCIATION

The romanice language makes use of the same two methods of pronouncing 'R' as spanish and other Romance languages such as portuguese, italian, romanian do. They are the tapped and trilled 'R' sound.

TAPPED 'R' PRONUNCIATION

The tapped 'R' sound is made whenever the letter 'R' is written by itself and not followed by another 'R', if it does not start a word or if it doesn't come after the letters 'L', 'S' or 'N'.

TRILLED 'R' PRONUNCIATION

This type of 'R' sound is made if:

1. The letter 'R' starts a word.
2. The letter 'R' is followed by another letter 'R', i.e. if it is written as 'RR'.
3. If the letter 'R' comes after any of the letters 'F', 'L', 'M', 'N' or 'S'.

H SOUND

This sound is made by only using the combination of H+A, H+O, H+U, H+E or H+I. It makes the sound and of the letter 'H' and then the sound and the sound of the accompanying vowel letter follows it up.

SH SOUND

This sound is made by a letter 'S' placed behind any of the vowel letters 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O' and 'U' in order to form the 'SH'. A good example of where the 'SH' sound is found are in the french words, champagne, chez, choir, etc.

ZH SOUND

This sound is just the direct opposite of the the voiceless 'SH', the 'ZH' sound is voiced. A good example of where this sound is made is in the portuguese word 'MESMO' and some french words like, genre, janvier, jamais, joeur, je, age, etc. The 'ZH' sound is made in a number of places. Let us consider those places where it is made.

WHEN TO MAKE THE 'ZH' SOUND-PART 1

This sound can be made by substituting the letter 'Z' for the letter 'S' when making the 'SH' sound, and the results are the letter combinations of Z+JA, Z+JO, Z+JU, Z+GE and Z+GI.

WHEN TO MAKE THE 'ZH' SOUND-PART 2

The 'ZH' sound is also made when the letter 'S' come before any of the voiced letters: B, G, J, L, M, N, R, V and Z.

WHEN TO MAKE THE 'ZH' SOUND-PART 3

The third way in which this sound is made when G comes before letters (A,O,U) or J comes before letters (E and I) with a grave accent placed on top of it.

W SOUND

This sound is made of a combination of two or more vowel letters. Their sequence is as follows:

1. U+A
2. U+E
3. U+I
4. U+O
5. O+A
6. O+E
7. O+I
8. O+U
9. I+O
10. I+U
11. E+O
12. E+U
13. A+O
14. A+U

When making the 'W' sound, O or U must have the 'PUNCTOS' accent placed above it when the come after the letter 'I', otherwise the letter 'I' will make the 'Y' sound followed by the sound of the 'O' or 'U'.

THE ACCENTS

THE TILDE(~)

This accent is used on top of 6 different letters namely:

1. A
2. E
3. I
4. N
5. O
6. U

The tilde has different uses on top of these different letters.

THE TILDE AND THE LETTERS 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O' AND 'U'

On top of the letter 'A' the tilde means that there is is a missing letter 'N' that is meant to be sounded and it makes the 'A' sound nasal. This happens if the letter 'A' comes before a letter 'N'. The same is applicable for the letters 'E', 'I', 'O' and 'U'.

THE TILDE AND THE LETTER 'N'

The tilde on top of a letter 'N' indicates that there is a missing letter 'I' that must be sounded. So a letter 'N' with a tilde placed of it and then the sound of the other letters that follow. The sound produced is nasal

THE CIRCUMFLEX(^)

This is an accent that is placed on top of any vowel letter, i.e A, E, I, O and U, in order to represent a missing letter 'S' that must be sounded. This means that 'E' with a circumflex is pronounced as an 'ES' sound. The same goes for all other vowel letters(A, I, O and U).

THE ACUTE ACCENT AND THE VOWEL LETTERS(Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú)

This accent is put only on top of vowel letters, i.e(A, E, I, O, U).

The accent simply means that the particular vowel on which it is placed over, is the one that carries the stress in the word.

THE PUNCTOS, DIACRITICS(Ä, Ë, ï, Ö, Ü) ACCENT

When the letter 'C', 'S', 'Z' comes before a vowel letter, this accent is placed on top of the vowel letter, and it makes the letter C to make the 'CH' sound and the letter 'S' to make the 'SH' sound and the letter 'Z' to make the 'ZH' sound. When the punctos accent is placed on top of a letter 'O' or 'U' that is preceeded by the letter 'I' or 'E' and it makes an 'IW' or 'EW' sound and the sound of the letter in front of it follows next. The letter 'O' must not be followed by another 'O' and the same for the letter 'U'.

THE GRAVE ACCENT(`)

This accent is used to make a few gliding consonants that aren't normally made by using the alphabet as explained above. It is used over the letters 'C', 'G', 'S' and 'Z'.

THE MACRON(Ā, Ē, Ī, Ō and Ū)

This accent indiates that there is a missing letter 'M', that is meant to be pronounced/sounded. The sound produced is nasal.

THE GRAMMAR OF THE ROMANICE LANGUAGE

ALPHABET PRONUNCIATION

For help on how to pronounce letters 'A', 'B' 'C' 'D' 'E' 'F' 'G' 'I' 'J' 'L' 'M' 'N' 'O' 'P' 'R' 'S' 'T' and 'U' visit Busuu and Berlitz and for how to pronounce letters 'V' and 'Z' visit Wikihow, FrenchLearner and FrenchTogether

VERBS

The verbs of the Romanice language will have four verb families which are the main verb endings for the verb in it's infinitive form which is it's perfect form. The verb family ending represents the 'TO' in the verbs infinitive form; this form does not have a subject to an action done. The four verb families are:

1. '-ARE' e.g. Êtare(To Be), Amare (To Love), Palare (To Speak), etc.
2. '-ERE' e.g. Dicere (To. Say), Avere (To Have), Escribere (To Have), Crecere (To Believe), Facere (To Make), Ser(To Do), etc.
3. '-IRE' e.g. Vedere(To See), Vivere(To Live), Comenjiare(To Eat), Credere(To Believe), Morire(To Die), etc.

Verbs, regular or irregular have only one verb family. They are conjugated according to the pronoun used, tenses, time period, etc. Regular verbs in a particular family are conjugated in the same way across that family, the same for others. Irregular verbs vary in conjugation and will be given below.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLES FOR PRESENT INDICATIVE(TENSE)

The following verb forms are conjugations for the present indicative form for regular verbs in their various verb families.

VERB FAMILY	IO	TU	EO/EA	NÔ	VÔ	EI/EIÔ/EIÂ	VÔTED	LORO/LORA/	ELO/ELA/ELUM	LO	ID	LORE	MUZ
'-ARE'	-O	-Â	-AT	-AMÛ	-ATÎ	-ÃT	-A	-ANO	-ÁZA	-EÍA	-AÍE	-Ā	-IAMO
'-ERE'	-O	-Ê	-ET	-EMÛ	-ETÎ	-ENT	-E	-ENO	-EU	-EI	-IE	-Ē	-IEMO
'-IRE'	-O	-Î	-IT	-IMÛ	-ITÎ	-ĨT	-I	-INO	-ÎT	-ÊT	-ÂT	-Ī	ÍMO

OTHERS

Listed here below are the pronouns with their correspondent meaning in English. They are as follows:

1. EGO/IO/EU-I
2. TU-YOU (INFORMAL)
3. VÔTED-YOU (SEMI-FORMAL)
4. EO-HE (FORMAL)
5. EA-SHE (FORMAL)
6. ELO-HE (INFORMAL)
7. ELA-SHE (INFORMAL)
8. ELUM -HE/SHE(INFORMAL/NEUTRAL)
9. LO-IT/HE/SHE (FOR ANIMALS ONLY)
10. ID-IT (FOR PLANTS AND NON-LIVING THINGS)
11. NÔ-WE
12. MUZ-WE(FOR ANIMALS ONLY)
13. VÔ-YOU (FORMAL)
14. EÔ-THEY (MASCULINE)
15. EÂ-THEY (FEMININE)
16. EI-THEY (NEUTRAL)
17. LORO-THEY 2 (MASCULINE; FOR ANIMALS ONLY)
18. LORA-THEY 2 (FEMININE; FOR ANIMALS ONLY)
19. LORE-THEY 2 (NEUTRAL; FOR ANIMALS ONLY)

OTHER EXTRA NOTES

1. TU is used when talking in any informal setting/activity(talking with friends, family, when writing an informal letter, etc), VOS is used when talking in any formal setting/activity(talking with a boss, stranger, person of high rank, when writing a formal letter, etc), VOSTE for any semi-formal setting/activity(talking with a person of high rank who is a friend, family member, writing a semi-formal letter, etc).
2. HE/SHE/IT all use the same form of conjugation.ELLO is for male only all people(humans), ELLA for only female people, ISTO is for all male living things apart from humans(plants and animals), ISTA for female and ISTE for inanimate object regardless of gender.
3. VOSTE use the same conjugation as HE/SHE/IT.
4. ELLOS/ELLAS are used when refering to people in plural either male or female, LEURO/LEURA when talking about plants or animals in plural and LEURI when talking about inanimate objects in plural.

THE ARTICLES OF THE ROMANICE LANGUAGE

Just like vulgar latin and its romance languages, the romanice language also has an improvised word for the definite article which acts as a correspondent for the english definite "the" in the forms of the words "ILO", "ILA" and "ILE" for the singular and "ILÔ", "ILA" and "ILES" for the plural. They act as the definite article for the masculine, feminine and neuter genders respectively.

However there are no specific words corresponing to the english indefinite articles "A" and "AN". So therefore, the words for the number one(1), Ũ, Una and Ū are usd for the masculine, feminie and neuter gender masculine and Unû, Unâ and Umae for the plural form of the respective three genders.