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|nativename=''L'oscanez'' | |nativename=''L'oscanez'' | ||
|pronunciation=/os.ka.ˈnez/ | |pronunciation=/os.ka.ˈnez/ | ||
|speakers= | |speakers= 1,700 | ||
|date=2015 | |date=2015 | ||
|familycolor=Indo-European | |familycolor=Indo-European | ||
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*Unvoiced fricatives become voiced before a voiced plosive or nasal. Unvoiced plosives become fricatives and voice as well. For example, the borrowed word ''atmosfera'' /atmosɸera/ is realized as [aðmosɸera] and is sometimes just dropped [amosɸera]. Ot examples include ''ami'''g'''dala'' or ''a'''d'''ministrajón.'' | *Unvoiced fricatives become voiced before a voiced plosive or nasal. Unvoiced plosives become fricatives and voice as well. For example, the borrowed word ''atmosfera'' /atmosɸera/ is realized as [aðmosɸera] and is sometimes just dropped [amosɸera]. Ot examples include ''ami'''g'''dala'' or ''a'''d'''ministrajón.'' | ||
*/ʎ/ has a tendency to be pronounced as a fricative [ʝ]. | */ʎ/ has a tendency to be pronounced as a fricative [ʝ]. | ||
*/r/ and [ɾ] are | */r/ and [ɾ] are not distinguished by many speakers, but the general tendency is /r/ at the beginning of words and when represented by a double r. | ||
=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
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|Cibdats | |Cibdats | ||
|Pelsóns | |Pelsóns | ||
| | |Maisóns | ||
|Pajes | |Pajes | ||
|Pares | |Pares | ||
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*question with a subordinate clause -- Pensa ch'ela ''esté'' ayegre? (Does he think that she ''is'' happy?) | *question with a subordinate clause -- Pensa ch'ela ''esté'' ayegre? (Does he think that she ''is'' happy?) | ||
*indirect questions -- Se on tu ''estés'' (I know where you ''are'') | *indirect questions -- Se on tu ''estés'' (I know where you ''are'') | ||
**This use is very productive in Oscanez, where the conjunction ''polché'' takes an indicative if it means "because" and a subjunctive when it means "why." | |||
*expressions of doubt, denial or uncertainty -- No creo ch'el ''esté'' na cibdat (I don't think he ''is'' in the city) | *expressions of doubt, denial or uncertainty -- No creo ch'el ''esté'' na cibdat (I don't think he ''is'' in the city) | ||
*impersonal expressions without certainty -- Elo e important ch'ela ''ale'' a l'escuila (It is important that she ''go'' to school) | *impersonal expressions without certainty -- Elo e important ch'ela ''ale'' a l'escuila (It is important that she ''go'' to school) | ||
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1. The orthographical change to preserve the /k/ sound is to insert a <h> before the /e/ vowel. A similar process occurs in other Romance orthographies, and the process also happens with <g> (''cargar'' becomes ''carghe).' | 1. The orthographical change to preserve the /k/ sound is to insert a <h> before the /e/ vowel. A similar process occurs in other Romance orthographies, and the process also happens with <g> (''cargar'' becomes ''carghe).' | ||
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==== Future Subjunctive / ''O Futuro del Subjuntif''==== | ==== Future Subjunctive / ''O Futuro del Subjuntif''==== | ||
The future subjunctive is a new periphrastic tense which developed from the present subjunctive forms of ''ir''. It is used for: | The future subjunctive is a new periphrastic tense which developed from the present subjunctive forms of ''ir''. It is used for: | ||
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| I do not understand Oscanez. ||Jo n'entén l'oscanez. | | I do not understand Oscanez. ||Jo n'entén l'oscanez. | ||
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| Help me! || | | Help me! ||Ajuda-meǃ | ||
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| Where is the bathroom? ||On están o banyo? | | Where is the bathroom? ||On están o banyo? | ||
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| The bill, please. ||La conta, pol fabor. | | The bill, please. ||La conta, pol fabor. | ||
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| Oscanez is a beautiful language. ||L'oscanez | | Oscanez is a beautiful language. ||L'oscanez en una bela yenua. | ||
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[[Category:Languages]] | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | |||
[[Category:A_posteriori]] | |||
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