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Comunleng

Comunleng, or "the common language", is a constructed language that was created in the year 2000. Its unique characteristics include:

Comunleng has European roots, in particular roots from Latin and Germanic languages. The aim of the language to take the best characteristics from each European language, but still be intelligible to people familiar with a southern European language and a northern European language. It is a matter of controversy of whether this aim is achieved by Comunleng, or whether the aim is worthwhile.

The language is written phonetically, and there are no grammatical exceptions. It endeavors to be more concise and precise than the languages it is based on.

To the ear, it sounds more Latin than Germanic, although the words rarely end with a vowel. Words can contain successive consonants somewhat longer than in Italian, Spanish, or even English. The vowels distribution is more equitable than English, with more use of a (which is more open than in happen for instance), and more e (as in the French café).

Alphabet and Pronunciation

The alphabet consists of 22 letters, which are:

a, b, <, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, x, z.

The vowels have the same sound as in Spanish, Latin or Italian, the j and the z are those of the French, the g and the h are as in German ( always a hard g), and the x is pronounced like sh in English (this is the value of x in Portuguese, Gallician, Catalan and Basque. The < is the fusion of c and k, and it is always a hard sound. The upper case < cannot be created easily on a keyboard, though it can be replaced with a c or k. It is preferred that a c be used so as to not disturb alphabetical ordering.

The names of the letters are:

a, be, The accent of the word always falls in the vowel or dipthong that precedes the last consonant by the root of the word. It sounds complicated, but it is similar to Spanish and many constructed languages. There are no exceptions to this rule. Example: telefon (on o), juni (on the u), faian, (on the a, because the root is fa).