Ambrosian language

The Modern Ambrosian language (Pascnad' Ambrosusar [pʰaʃˌnað amˈpɾɔsuˌsaɾ], "Ambrosian talk") is a fictional constructed language created by Gilbert Martinez. As it is one of the three main languages spoken in the Kingdom of Ambrosia, this language is related to the Ambro-Lucarian and Ambro-Lugian languages (the other two main languages).
==Grammar==
===Order of Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs===
Every descriptive word will come directly after the noun it describes. Thus, if you were to take a literal translation for "red car" in Ambrosian, you would get "car red." Every additional adjective will come directly after the previous adjective. Thus, if you were to translate the phrase "the bright red car," you would literally end up with "the car red bright."
Likewise, the adverb always comes directly after the adjective. However, when there is no adjective, the adverb is instead placed directly after the noun. Thus, if you were to translate "the very bright sun," you would end up with "the sun bright very."
Curiously, the word order of a sentence almost exactly mimics that of English, save for the noun→adjectives→adverbs feature.
===Pronouns===
Personal Pronouns in Modern Ambrosian
 	 	Singular 	Singular	Singular	Plural 	Plural 	Plural
 	 	Nominative	Oblique 	Genitive	Nominative	Oblique	Genitive
First 	First 	ti 	tis 	tik 	tam 	ta 	tak
Second	Second 	mur 	murs 	mursc 	mod 	mod' 	modsc
Third 	Impersonal	nu 	nus 	nusc 	na 	nas 	nasc
Third 	Masculine 	ni 	nis 	nisc 	na 	nas 	nasc
Third 	Feminine 	ne 	nes 	nesc 	na 	nas 	nasc
===Derived Adverbs===
Many adverbs in the Ambrosian language are derived from other words. To transform a word into an adverb, the ending -igil /ɪkɪɫ/ is added. For example, the word "diefedras" /ˌtɪ.ɛˈɸɛtɾas/ translates into "eternal" or "everlasting;" the word "diefedrasigil" /ˌtɪ.ɛˈɸɛtɾasɪˌkɪɫ/ translates into "eternally" or "everlastingly."
===Verb Tenses and Tones===
Verb Tenses and Tones in Modern Ambrosian
 	 	Setting 	Setting 	
 	 	Informal 	Formal 	English Equivalent
Temporal	Past 	-gad' /kað/ 	-kad'a /kʰaða/ 	-ed
Temporal	Present 	-syd /sit/ 	-scyd' /ʃið/ 	-ing
Temporal	Future 	-rok /ɾokʰ/ 	-rrug /ruk/ 	?
Voice 	Active 	-scyn /ʃin/ 	-yscyn /iʃin/ 	?
Voice 	Passive 	-san /san/ 	-ysan /isan/ 	?
Voice 	Negative	-zgir /t͡skɪɾ/	-zgirre /t͡skɪrɛ/	?
Curiously, the formal tenses of Modern Ambrosian are modern approximations of the informal tenses of Middle Ambrosian. These older forms have been given modern spelling and sounds in order to bring them into the language. It is very likely that informal modern forms will become formal in the future of the language.
==Orthography==
===Alphabet===
Modern Ambrosian Alphabet and Sounds
Letter	A	B	B'	P 	G	K 	D	D'	T 	T'	E	F	V	H	H'	I	Y	SC	SC'	L	LL	M	N	O	R	RR	S	S'	Z 	U
IPA 	a	p	β 	pʰ	k	kʰ	t	ð 	tʰ	θ 	ɛ	ɸ	v	x	χ 	ɪ	i	ʃ 	ʒ 	ɫ	l 	m	n	ɔ	ɾ	r 	s	z 	t͡s	u
It is important to note that the characters c and ' never appear on their own. Instead, they are seen as marks that indicate a certain sound change to the letters they are attached to. As such, digraphs and trigraphs (such as B', SC, or SC') are seen as single characters. On March 31, 2016, Tony Stark predicted that this may be slightly further simplified in the future, changing SC into Š and completely erasing C. Due to the profusion of the mark ' and the scarcity of the mark C, Stark predicted that ' would remain and C would be dropped from the written language entirely.
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