Ōntven

Stress-timed rhythm, with primary stress generally on:   The penultimate syllable, or   The morphemic core (i.e., root before suffix)   Final vowels often softened or dropped in rapid speech but preserved in formal use   Vowels:   Consonants:     Ph is only allowed at the beginning of words.   Ţ and Ḑ typically go before long vowels, though there are some uncommon irregularities.   Sh goes at the end, and occasionally in the middle of words, otherwise it will be Š. Š will be used in the middle if in a consonant cluster. For example, the name Teremesh, the name Eshelen, and the word Aškalā -   Its words tend to adhere to these following syllable structures;

• CV
• CVC
• VC
• (C)VCVCV(C)

  The length of the vowel can change the meaning of the word, for examples; At vs. Āt => "Long" vs. "High"   Allowed Consonant Clusters:   Initial: "Kl", "Šk",   Medial: "šk", "χn", "sc", "tr", "Lk"   Final: "sc"

Noun Classification:   Nouns are classified into whether they are Masculine or Feminine. The main things this decides are the adjectives and the articles. Nouns themselves have no change based on their gender.   Masculine: -aíl, -us, -en   Feminine: -a/-ā, -ra     Plural and Dual Systems: Dual is used to mark natural pairs,   Adjectives agree in number and gender.   Possessed forms use a suffix method, taken from Őntazra, the possessed object takes the ending, -χē. For example, in the sentence, "The Sheep's Wool" it would be roughly translated as "[article] engaţānuχē nEng"   Notice the lowercase 'n' before the noun Wool (Eng), This is because in Ōntven, when a word following a vowel, in this case -ē, starts with the same vowel, -e, there must be a consonant placed before, in this case n-. This is an evolution from Early Ōntven, as a form of the Consonant mutation of the parent languages, Őntazra and Eltuven.   .       Derivational Affixes, like diminutive or negative are retained, but they have been changed from the parent tongues. The diminutive survives as the suffix -eṅ, whereas the negative has expanded due to the Eltuven forms. More on them in the copula.

SVO Word order.   No noun cases: Prepositions and word order are used rather than cases.   Adjective placement shifts meaning, taken from Eltuven, although it is rarer and more irregular.   The Connector has been changed to being a genitive preposition.   Emphasis is dealt through a particle.

  Present, Past, Future are the main tenses, although there are more in use.   Perfect forms - Present, past, future.   Imperative mood.   All particle-based, taken from Eltuven,   There are remnants of the Őntazra suffixes in words and meanings, however.   The Conditional particle continues, and is expanded.

Pronouns go after the verb.

Adjectives go after nouns, and must agree in number and gender       In formalities, certain adjectives (Size, colour) may precede the noun to give an emphasis of some kind.

There is one set of gendered articles, and one definite article.   Conjunctions/connectors: Ta has become one of the main genitive prepositions.   The Copula is retained, but has been expanded, the Copular is the base copula for noun-joining, the substantive copula is for adjective or state-based constructions.