Lashkos: Latin from O'er the Chenab
Lashkos is an Urdu Romance language. It is similar to Brithenig and Breathenach, being descended from Latin, but it has gone through Urdu sound changes. Consonants (as in English unless otherwise marked)
S
P Try not to aspirate it
B
R Slightly rolled
M
N
H Not as heavy as kh (think Hugo)
K
L
F
D
Sh
Ch /tS/
J /Z/
Y
G
V
Z /z/
T
Kh Jewish h, ch
Vowels
A ah
E ae
I ih, ee*
O oh
Ou ooh
U uh
Au aw
*Use /i/ allophone unless in the stressed syllable (or the one directly after it) or preceding a vowel or semivowel. Then use /aj/ instead.
Syllabic style: (C) V (C) (C), with an optional initial cluster.
Stress: penult, unless the last two vowels are the same, in which case stress the last.
Word order: SOV(I), noun phrases have adjectives, noun, quantifiers. Postpositional phrases have object, worker, base.
Noun cases.
Nominative -a fem, -os masc (plural –e, -i)
Genitive -au fem, -o masc (plural –an, -oj)
Dative -av, -oz (-af, -un) (Generally unused.)
Accusative -ikh, -ech (-en, -ou)
Locative -in, -al (-es, -osh)
Instrumental -ash, -oy (-if, -ak)
Vocative -u, -el (no special plural forms)
Definite article: ish
Adjectives generally end in –is, but it isn’t necessary. Uninflected = fem, add –e for masc. Plural (fem) is –a; pl. masc. is –i.