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MondlangoMondlango, also known as Ulango, is an international auxiliary language similar to Esperanto with a greater English influence. It was initially authored by He Yafu in 2002. Ulango and Mondlango are the same language with different names. The word Ulango is the short for "La Universa Lango" which means "The Universal Language". The name "Mondlango" means "world language". 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 ayai, eyei, oyoi, awau, owou. Notes: - In Mondlango, the letter c is pronounced ch as in "church".
- In Mondlango, the letter x is pronounced sh as in "ship".
- The letter q is only used for spelling proper names.
Grammar Definite 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. Nouns Nouns end in -o: libro = book, domo = house. Adjectives Adjectives end in -a: guda = good, biga = big. Adverbs Adverbs are mostly derived from adjectives by changing the ending to -e. Examples: guda = good, gude = well, vera = true, vere = truly. Verbs - 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 - Singular 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 The basic word order is subject-verb-object. External links
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