Alvésin
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Alvésin is a language spoken in southeastern Antrium, specifically in the province of Alvés-Navlan. It is based off of English, French, and Spanish. Many place names in Antrium and almost all of the names of Antrian people are in Alvésin.
History
Not much is known about the history of Alvésin, because most of the older writings have been destroyed or lost. It is assumed to have originated in what is now Antrium, but no one is sure when the language was created.
It is known that the Alvési tribe have spoken it for many years. They conquered the neighboring Navlanis in a very long and brutal war, and spread the language to them.
In 2002, The Orītan R. Révañé Dictionary of Alvésin was written, which set spelling standards that were very unclear prior to its publishing. Since then, many people in Antrium have learned the language. It is now the third official language of Antrium.
Speakers
In the most recent Antrium census, it was estimated that about 1,000,000 Antrians know at least an upper high school level of Alvésin. It is spoken mainly in the provinces of Alvés-Navlan and Soréto, where the government requires schools to teach Alvésin, but it is spreading quickly throughout Antrium. It is estimated that over 4 million Antrians will know Alvésin by 2007.
Writing System
The Alvésin alphabet consists of 27 letters (9 vowels, 18 consonants) and is very similar to the English alphabet, with some accents borrowed from French and Spanish. Some letters, like c, x, and y, are not included.
a à b d e é f g h i ī j k l m n ñ o p r s t u ū v w z
| Alvésin Letter | Pronunciation (using ASCII Phonetic Alphabet) |
| a | @ as in English cat or black |
| à | a: or o as in English father or rock |
| b | b as in English bad or banana |
| d | d as in English did or dark |
| e | e as in English bed or met |
| é | ei as in English say or eight, or French étape |
| f | f as in English find or if |
| g | g as in English give or flag |
| h | h as in English how or hill |
| i | i as in English hit or sitting |
| ī | i: as in English see or heat |
| j | Z as in English pleasure or French je or juin |
| k | k as in English cat or back |
| l | l as in English leg or little |
| m | m as in English man or lamp |
| n | n as in English no or nine |
| ñ | nj as in Spanish niño |
| o | Ou as in English go or road |
| p | p as in English pot or place |
| r | r as in English red or angry |
| s | s as in English scare or sun |
| t | t as in English too or tea |
| u | u: as in English blue or food |
| ū | u or .. as in English put or cinema |
| v | v as in English five or valley |
| w | w as in English wet or French l'ouest |
| z | z as in English zoo or lazy |
Verb Conjugation
Most verbs in Alvésin end in -īr. To conjugate an -īr verb, you simply remove the īr and put in the appropriate verb ending from the chart below.
| Verb ending | |
| Jà (I) | -īs |
| To (You) | -īt |
| Hé/Hà (Him/Her) | -īm |
| Nos (We) | -īràs |
| Tos (You all or French Vous) | -īréz |
| Vos (They) | -īrīt |
Some common Alvésin verbs are: Étir (to be), Spàkīr (to speak), Mànjīr (to eat), Desīr (to want), Férīr (to do), Avīr (to have), and Jàrīr (to play).
