Reference grammar of Lidepla

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At present the Latin script is most widespread, so it was chosen to be the official Lidepla script. The alphabet of Lidepla contains 25 letters ("q" isn't used, "c" occurs only in "ch"):

A B Ch D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

a b ch d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z

a be che de e ef ge ha i ja ka el em en o pe er es te u ve wa iks ye ze

Vowels[edit]

Basic vowels: a, o, u, i, e

Vowels in Lidepla, unlike English ones, are regular and never change pronunciation. The situation is the same as in languages like Italian and Spanish.

Some examples of one syllable words with the basic vowels (in italics there is a close (in pronunciation) English word; also the meaning of the Lidepla words is given):

ba (bah) – (an imperative particle)

do (doo(r)) – (the preposition introducing a characteristic feature)

ku (coo(l)) – (a question particle)

li (lea(k)) – they

me (me(n)) – I, me

Also the letter "y" is used. It sounds generally the same as "i", but is never stressed. One can say that it corresponds to the English "y". For example: ya (yah) – yes, yo (yo(re)) – already, yu (you) – you, ye (yeah) – there is, lyu ((te)ll you) – leave, may (my) – my, ley (lay) – their

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