Illudien

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'''Illudien''' is a fictional language created by Carlisle Evans Peck and is spoken in the southwest of the imaginary land Druisla in the country of Emeralde. It is a latin based language. Illudien is continually undergoing revisions, so this page will be updated as changes occur.

== Basics ==
pronunciation:
a: ah
ae: ā
ea: uh
e: eh (not pronounced if succeeding two like consonants)
i: ee (if in front of another vowel, takes on a consonant y sound)
o: oh
u: ū
y: ai (very seldom a consonant)
Ð,ð: light "th" sound.
ç: sh
Ý: yeh

Pronouns
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English
! Illudien
! English
! Illudien
|-
| I
| Ý
| we
| nos
|-
| you
| tou
| you (pl)
| vos
|-
| he, she, it
| eth, etha, et
| them
| ethes, ethas, eti
|}

definite and indefinite articles are seldom used, but if so here they are.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English
! Illudien
! English
! Illudien
|-
| the
| ðe, ða (pl)ðes, ðas
| a
| on, ona, ones, onas
|}
== Grammar ==
Like latin, Illudien is a declined language. Nouns and adjectives must be altered to take on different meanings. Unlike latin, however, there are only 2 main declensions: masculine and feminine

== Review of cases ==
Five cases are used in Illudien. They are, with a brief description:
'''Nominative''': normal form, used when noun is the subject of a sentence.
'''Vocative''': used when one is addressing someone directly.
'''Accusative''': used when the noun is the direct object, for instance in the sentence "We threw the food" the food is what is being thrown, thus it is the direct object.
'''Genitive''': used to signify possession. In English this is signified by "'s" or "of the" such as "the hand of God" or "God's hand".
'''Dative''': used when the noun is the indirect object of a verb, or the thing that is receiving the action. For instance, in "We threw the food at him" "him" is the indirect object because he is receiving the food being thrown.
'''Ablative''': most simply, used to express how or by what means an action is performed. English uses by, with, from, and in.

== Masculine Declension ==
1st Masculine declension: -e words ''(note, words ending in -ie, even though the final letter is "e", are NOT used in this declension. -ie words are feminine and their declension will be discussed later.)''
{| class="wikitable"
|-1st masculine declension
! Case
! singular
! plural
|-
| nom
| e
| es
|-
| voc
| eo
| eos
|-
| acc
| em
| emi
|-
| gen
| ete
| etis
|-
| dat
| est
| ei
|-
| abl
| est
| ei
|}

The word "iquathe" (fish) will be used now as an example:
In the Nominative: Iquathe naedeva. means "the fish swam."
In the vocative: Iquatheo, veinè aevi. "Fish, come here."
Accusative: Engasimes iquathem. "We ate the fish."
Genitive: Quaeda iquathete. "The fish's tail."
Dative: Donimos culanim iquathest. "We gave food to the fish."
Ablative: Naedevi iquathei. "I swam with the fishes."

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