Classical Xhu is a language that mainly written. There are different pronunciations in use, but none of them is really satisfying from a historical linguistic point of view. Words usually consist of a phonetic component and an ideographic component, comparable to the determiners in Hieroglyphic Kemetic and Classical Chinese. However, the language resembles Latin in its deep structure.
s# -us(nom. sing. of the o-declination)
er -us(nom. sing. of the u-declination)
€ -a(nom./acc. plur. of neutra)
egr -a(nomi. sing. of the a-declination)
yu -ibus(dat./abl. plur.)
% -bus(dat./abl. plural)
$ty abstract concepts
vb animals
wx insects, worms
rt plants
3t other eukaryotes
tha other living things
ruq viruses, prions, trojan horses, malware
op -is(nom. sing. of the mixed declination and the i-declination)
lur -em(acc. sing. of the mixed declination, but not of the e-declination)
qw -is(gen. sing. of the mixed declination, but not of the i-declination)
puq -um(gen. plur.)
For example:
fguvbop canis
fguvbqw canis
fguvbi cani
fguvblur canem
fguvbgib cane
fguvbraa canes
fguvbpuq canum
fguvbyu canibus
fguvbraa canes
fguvbyu canibus
… to be continued
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