Mondlango
Mondlango is also known as Ulango. It is an international auxiliary language. Mondlangists are not proposing a single language, they are proposing that people adopt a second language. Which means we won't have to learn three, four or more languages. We'll simply learn the International language which will be the common language, the real bridge for people of different countries. People would only have to learn the international language apart from their own native languages. As a consequence, less prominent languages, whose limited reach might lead to their disappearance, would be saved from extinction.
Alphabet
There are 26 letters in Mondlango:
Vowels: a e i o u
Consonants: b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v x z.
semivowels: w y. Semivowels can be combined with vowels to form diphthongs, such as ay[ai], ey[ei], oy[oi], aw[au], ow[ou].
Notes:
1. In Mondlango, the letter c is pronounced ch as in "church".
2. In Mondlango, the letter x is pronounced sh as in "ship".
3. The letter q is only used for spelling proper names.
Grammar
The Article
There is only one article in Mondlango -- the definite article la. The usage of la is similar to that of "the" in English. La is the same for singular and plural and for all genders.
The noun
Nouns end in -o: libro = book, domo = house.
The adjective
Adjectives end in -a: guda = good, biga = big.
The adverb
In Mondlango, adverbs are mostly derived from adjectives by changing the ending to -e. Examples: guda = good, gude = well, vera = true, vere = truly.
The verb
- Verbs in the infinitive end in -i: iri = to go, vidi = to see.
- The present tense is formed by replacing -i by -an: iran = go, vidan = see.
- The past tense is formed with the ending -in: irin = went, vidin = saw.
- The future tense is formed with the ending -on: iron = will go, vidon = will see.
- The conditional uses the ending -uz: If mi esuz yi. = If I were you.
- The imperative ending is -ez: Venez! = Come!
Pronouns
- Singula pronouns: mi = me, yi = you, hi = he, xi = she, ji = it, li = hi or she
- Plural pronouns: mu, yu, hu, xu, ju, lu
- Possessive adjectives are formed by adding the ending -a to the personal pronouns: mia = my, hia = his, mua = our, hua = their
Numerals
- Cardinal numbers: un, bi, tri, kwar, kwin, siks, sep, ok, nev, dek, dek-un, dek-bi,..., bidek, bidek-un, ..., tridek,...,cent, mil, milion, bilion
- Ordinal numbers are formed by adding the ending -u to the cardinal numbers: unu=first, biu=second, triu=third.
Prepositions
en = in, al = to, sur = on, etc.
Conjunctions
ay = and, or = or, if = if, sed = but, etc.
Syntax
In Mondlango, the basic word order is:
- Subject + Verb + Object
