Novial compared to Esperanto and Ido Novial
jespersen professional linguist, unlike esperanto s creator. disliked arbitrary , artificial character found in esperanto , ido. additionally, objected languages inflectional systems, found needlessly complex. sought make novial @ once euphonious , regular while preserving useful structures natural languages.
in novial:
syntax largely matter of word order, in english , modern scandinavian languages. there no obligatory accusative marker in esperanto, accusative may optionally marked either accusative ending or accusative preposition.
a genitive or possessive case available alternative preposition de. based on jespersen s observation many modern languages have lost complex noun inflections, yet retain possessive form.
auxiliary particles express verb tenses. inflectional ending available shorthand simple past tense.
a major difference between novial , esperanto/ido concerns noun endings. jespersen rejected single vowel terminate nouns (-o in esperanto/ido), finding unnatural , potentially confusing. instead, novial nouns may end in -o, -a, -e, or -u or -um. these endings may taken indicate natural sex according custom in romance languages. there no grammatical gender or requirement adjectives agree nouns.
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