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Oriente has 2 genders (Common and Neuter), 4 cases (Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative), and 2 numbers (singular and plural). | Oriente has 2 genders (Common and Neuter), 4 cases (Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative), and 2 numbers (singular and plural). | ||
==== The Common Gender ==== | ==== The Common Gender ==== | ||
The Common Gender is a merger and simplification of Latin's Masculine and Feminine genders. | |||
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Revision as of 13:14, 20 January 2025
Oriente is a language in an alternate world where the Roman Empire never split into East and West and was never fully conquered by barbarians, spoken by people in Southeastern Germania, mostly in Austro-Germania. It was formed as a lingua franca between the many Celtic towns that mixed their own tribal languages with Latin.
Phonology
Orthography
Oriente uses 24 Latin letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, and Z.
Grammar
Oriente's grammar is generally considered an Eastern simplification of Latin.
Nouns
Oriente has 2 genders (Common and Neuter), 4 cases (Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative), and 2 numbers (singular and plural).
The Common Gender
The Common Gender is a merger and simplification of Latin's Masculine and Feminine genders.
| Decl. 1 | pl | Decl. 2 | pl | Decl. 3 | pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lupa | lupae | patre | patres | vir | virs |
| Genitive | lupae | luparum | patris | paterum | virei | virum |
| Accusative | lupem | lupes | patrem | patres | virem | virs |
| Dative | lupae | lupis | patri | patribus | viri | viribus |
The Neuter Gender
| o-stem | pl | u-stem | pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | servo | servos | bellum | bellua |
| Genitive | servi | servorum | belli | bellurum |
| Accusative | servo | servos | bellum | bellua |
| Dative | servo | servis | bellum | bellis |
Pronouns
| 1st sg | 1st pl | 2nd sg | 2nd pl | 3rd sg (common) | (feminine[1]) | (neuter) | 3rd pl | indefinite | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iho | ni | ti | vi | is | ea | id | si | one |
| Genitive | mi-[2] | nostr- | tu- | vostr- | i- | i- | i- | si- | onis |
| Accusative | me | nos | te | vos | iem | eam | id | sios | onem |
| Dative | mihi | nis | tibi | vis | ii | eae | id | siis | oni |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Proximal | hoc | haec |
| Medial | das | dies |
| Distal | dos | dies |
Adjectives
| Common sg | Common pl | Neuter sg | Neuter pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prime | primes | primo/um[3] | primos |
| Genitive | primis | primerum | primi | primorum |
| Accusative | primem | primes | primo/um | primos |
| Dative | primi | primibus | primo/um | primis |
Articles
| Common sg | Common pl | Neuter sg | Neuter pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | die | dies | dio/um | dios |
| Genitive | deis | dierum | dei | diorum |
| Accusative | diem | dies | dio/um | dios |
| Dative | dei | deis | dio/um | deis |
| Common sg | Neuter sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ine | inum | ⸺ |
| Genitive | ⸺ | ⸺ | ⸺ |
| Accusative | inem | inum | ⸺ |
| Dative | ini | inum | ⸺ |
Example Texts
| Oriente | English |
|---|---|
| Patre Nostre, quae is in chaelo, | Our Father, who art in heaven, |