Plattdytch [DYT]
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Registered by
藤咲瑠奈 on 21 April 2017
Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Plattdytch
Plattdytch is a Low German dialect that gave rise to 
Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa), Plattdytch is mutually intelligible with Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa), but there are several differences between Plattdytch and Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa):
- word: Plattdytch tends to use much more Germanic-origin words compared to Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa).
- writing: Plattdytch uses a Latin-based script; Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa) uses a writing system derived from Japanese.
- ethnicity: Plattdytch speakers are genetically European as expected by the language; Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa) speakers are genetically East Asian
Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa), Plattdytch is mutually intelligible with Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa), but there are several differences between Plattdytch and Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa):- word: Plattdytch tends to use much more Germanic-origin words compared to
Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa).- writing: Plattdytch uses a Latin-based script;
Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa) uses a writing system derived from Japanese.- ethnicity: Plattdytch speakers are genetically European as expected by the language;
Town Speech(aka. Urban Basanawa) speakers are genetically East Asian
Sample of Plattdytch[view] Maar for dy smert is forstandbare ne meent dy daad is annemebare
Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable.[view all texts]
Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Plattdytch
Some sound samples of Plattdytch. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
he bemaled de haus rood
He painted the house red
He painted the house red
nah all weten leges von flucht, daar is keen weg dat en bee kan fleegen. Sy flegels sind too kleen t...
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings...
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings...
En spraak is en streektunge mit en here un seemacht.
A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
my hand is in warm water
my pen is in my hand
my hand is in warm water my pen is in my hand
my hand is in warm water my pen is in my hand
Language family relationships
Language treeGermanic
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ West Germanic
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Old Saxon
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Middle Low German
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Plattdytch
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ West Germanic
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Old Saxon⤷
Middle Low German⤷
Plattdytch[view] About GermanicThe Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of approximately 500 million people mainly in North America, Oceania, Western and Northern Europe. Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approxima...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | [v]1 | s | [z]2 | ʃ | [ç]3 | x | [h]4 | ||||||||
| Affricate | (t͡s) | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Blends | kk | ks |
- allophone of /f/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /x/
- only before vowels, allophone of /x/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i: | u: | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Mid | e̞: | ə | o̞: | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
| Open | ä | ɑ: | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | äɪ | äʊ | ɔɪ | ɪu: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Plattdytch. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| PlattdytchOrthography | ||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/1 | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh[h]2 | Ii/ɪ/ |
| Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/k/ | Rr/ɹ/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Vv[v] | Ww/w/ | Xx/ks/ | Yy/j/ | Zz[z] | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||
- loan words only
- only before vowels
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