Aelnan

Consonant inventory

/b d f g j k l m n p r s t v w z ɲ ʁ ʃ ʣ ʤ ʦ ʧ/

There is also the co-articulated labio-velar approximant: w, though the western most dialects realise the sound closer to the ʉ vowel.

Vowel inventory

/a e i o u æ̞ ɔ ɛ ɪ ʉ ʊ/

When the noun is the subject of a sentence or is just mentioned in a neutral form, the nominative is used. The object form is, naturally, used when the noun is the object of a sentence (including for passive voice). A noun it's genitive (possessive) form ignores it's part-of-speech. The instrumental form indicates that the noun is the performer of a certain action. This isn't used for the subject of regular sentences but rather for extended noun phrases. For instance, oltcionneaux (tree-growing) indicates that it's the tree that's doing the growing, not an external force.

Aëdelan has two forms that act as gender: animate and inanimate. In some cases, which category a word falls into but not every time. XXXX (human) is animate and irm (building) is inanimate. But it might be less obvious that XXXX (statue) is animate. The reasoning is often rooted in historical linguistics and cultural interpretations. Which is also why closely related languages might assign genders differently.

Nominative

Object

Posessive

Instrumental

Adjectives & Adverbs

Both adjectives and adverbs are conjugated for comparative (more) and superlative (most). Adjectives must also reflect the number of the noun the modify.

Adjectives

Adverbs

Pronouns

Pronouns have a nominative, object, and genitive form just like nouns, however they don't have an instrumental one. The 2nd and 3rd person plural respectively can be used for a single individual as a mark of respect.

Verbs are conjugated for tense and modality. The tenses used are plus perfect (e.g. has written), past (e.g. wrote), present (e.g. write), and future tense (e.g. will write). Mood is normally imperaticve, but can be conditional (e.g. deadly if eaten), or be used for dependent clauses using a subjunctive form (e.g. [I suggest] he eat an apple). The imperative is also used for indicative.

Irregular Verbs

There are a vew irregular verbs that follow a different pattern. These are giënsa (to be), esheciev (to go), and paust (to want or desire).

Be

Go

Want

Main word order is Subject Verb Object. For a prepositional phrase "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key.

Articles

If a word or phrase is stated on its own, or for stylistic purposes, the article can be dropped as long as definite or indefinite form is clear in context. For instance "Book of Shadows" in English doesn't need "a" or "the" for the meaning to be clear.