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Brittanese

native name:	Britaness
family:	Indo-European
region:	Some of Europe, Parts of Africa and Asia, Australia, and most of North America
speakers:	Near 500 million, 380 million of whom are native speakers
rank:	3 or 4 (varying estimates)
fam2:	Italic
fam3:	Romance
fam4:	Italo-Western
fam5:	Gallo-Iberian
fam6:	Gallo-Romance
fam7:	Britannic
nation:	De jure, exclusive: Liberia, several Commonwealth countries De jure, non-exclusive: Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, South Africa, India, Philippines, Singapore, European Union De facto, exclusive: Australia, United States De facto, non-exclusive: New Zealand, United Kingdom
agency:	no official regulation
iso1:	br
iso2:	bri
iso3:	bri

Brittanese Is a Romance language.

[edit] Common Prases in Brittanese

English	Brittanese	IPA transcription(Standard Brittanese)
Brittanese	Britagnés	[bri.ta.'njes]
English	Saçonés	[sa.son.'es]
Yes	Oíl	[o.ˈil]
No	No	[ˈno]
Hello	Ava	[ˈa.va]
How are you?	¿Como ésseras?	[ˈko.mo 'e.se.ras]
Good morning!	Bon matin	[ˈbon ˈma.tin]
Good afternoon/evening!	Bon tarde	[ˈbon ˈtar.de]
Good night!	bon noç	[bon nos]
Goodbye	Ádio	[ˈa.di.o]
Please	Por favor	[ˈpor 'fa.vor]
Thank you	Graç	[gras]
Excuse me	Perdon	[per.'don]
I'm Sorry	Senta	[ˈsen.ta]
Hurry!	¡hasta!	[ˈhas.ta]
Because	Porquá	[por.'kwa]
Why?	¿Por quá?	['por.ˈkwa]
Who?	¿Qui?	[ˈki]
What?	¿Qua?	[ˈkwa]
When?	¿Quando?	[ˈkwan.do]
Where?	¿Onda?	[ˈon.da]
How?	¿Como?	[ˈko.mo]
How much?	¿Quanto?	[ˈkwan.to]
I do not understand	No comprenda	[no com.'pren.da]
Help me (please) Help me!	Aiúdame ¡Aiúdame!	[a.'ju.da.me]
Where's the bathroom?	¿Onda éssera le bagno?	['on.da e.se.'ra le ˈba.njo]
Do you speak English?	¿Hablas Saçonés?	[ˈhab.las sa.so.'nes]
Cheers! (toast)	¡Salúd!	[sa.'lud]

[edit] Comparisons between Brittanese and other languages

Brittanese has different common features with Spanish, which exhibits many Gallo-Romance traits. Spanish and Britanese share many traits, but it is theoretically easier for a Brittanese speaker to learn Spanish than vice-versa.

Spanish	Latin	Portuguese	Brittanese	French	English	Notes
nosotros	nos	nós	nos	nous	we-	Quebec French: nous autres
hermano	germānum	irmão	germano	frère	brother
canción	cantĭōnem	canção	cançión	chanson	song
más	magis or plus	mais (archaically also chus)	mas	mais	more
mano izquierda	manūm sĭnistram	mão esquerda (archaically also sẽestra)	mana sinistra	main gauche	left hand	Basque: esku ezkerra
nada	nullam rem natam (lit. no thing born)	nada (archailcally also rem)	nada	rien	nothing

[edit] Phonology

IPA	before i,e	before a,o,u	Example
/b/	b	b	Británia
/k/	qu	c/q	parqué cator
/d/	d	d	tarde
/f/	f	f	favor
/g/	gu	g	guerra pagar
/ʒ/	g	gi	gente giorge
/l/	l	l	salúd
/m/	m	m	mam
/n/	n	n	quanta
/p/	p	p	parto
/r/	r	r	mara
/s/	s,ç	s,ç	saçonano
/t/	t	t	toro
/v/	v	v	ava
/ʃ/	c	ci	crecenta