Orrovian

Orrovian, orrovianu [ɔroˈvjaːnu], also known as travaddanu [tɾavadˈdaːnu], is a Romance language closely related to Trabadian that originated in the south coast of the Trabadian Sea, along the Orrovian Coast from Orvenazzu to Valenza. Today, Orrovian is the most widely spoken language in the Orrovian Republic, and is also commonly spoken in the Trabadian provinces of Dolmastica, Dolletian, and Obisporesis. Orrovian is a duocentric language, with two main varieties. The Orvenazzu dialect, orvanu is spoken along the northern coast from Santuvventu to Dolmastica, and in the Orrovian interior provinces. The Porta Sol dialect, rivanu is spoken along the oceanic coast, and is more common on Sanctus Trebius and in the colonies than the Orvenazzu dialect.

Grammar
Main Article: Orrovian Grammar

Orrovian has limited inflection on nouns, adjectives, and determiners, with a system that inflects for two genders and two numbers, and extensive verbal inflection, with about 100 inflected forms for each verb discounting complex verb forms like reflexives and passives. Orrovian is a heavily right-branching language, placing determiners before nouns and adjectives after nouns, and exclusively using prepositions rather than postpositions. Word order in Orrovian switches between SOV and SVO. Most sentences can be expressed either with SVO or SOV word order, but there are some restrictions. Namely, passives are verb-final as are subordinate clauses, and when the object is a pronoun it also appears before the verb. Orrovian is a pro-drop language, and many sentences can be expressed without a subject as this information is carried in the verb inflection. Word order is typically not changed for questions, but often a question clitic is attached to yes/no questions.