Fjordish [SVW]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersFjordish is spoken in Kingdom of Fjordia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Fjordish
Fjordish (Fjordish: Fírþiskas, Fírþiscas, ɪᴘᴀ: [ˈfɪr.θɪs.kɑs]) is a Germanic language spoken in the Kingdom of Fjordia in Southeastern Europe. Fjordish has significant influence from Greek, primarily in phonology.
Features:
- Proto-Germanic /z/ become /s/
- Voiced stops become voiced fricatives
- Diphthongs become monophthongs (mostly)
- Lack of umlaut
- SOV without an auxiliary, SAuxOV with an auxiliary, VSO in imperatives
- Noun-Adjective order.
- Possessives go after the noun unless other adjectives are present, in which case the possessive goes in front
- Retains most inflections from Proto-Germanic
- Retention of dual number in pronouns and verb forms
- Most loanwords come from Greek with a small amount from Bulgarian and Turkish
- Velars before front vowels are palatalized similar to Italian or Romanian
- Written with a form of the Gothic alphabet.
- Arabic numerals (1, 2, etc.) are rarely used outside of math and related contexts. Most of the time, but especially with years, alphanumeric form is used (ex. ·B,KG· = 2023)
The Lord's Prayer (Sa Fraújins Prúsevxi)
Átta únsar, sa in oúraniv,
hagiáz náman þein.
Qimadaú basíleiu þein.
Virþadaú gírni þeina,
sve in oúran jah an Gis.
Gib únsarana hlaib epioúsian únsis hímma dagaí·
Jah fragíb únsis skuld únsara,
sve vis skúlan únsarana fragíbam·
Jah ni laíþi uns ta peírasmiv,
ak soïz uns fram úbila.
Amín.
Features:
- Proto-Germanic /z/ become /s/
- Voiced stops become voiced fricatives
- Diphthongs become monophthongs (mostly)
- Lack of umlaut
- SOV without an auxiliary, SAuxOV with an auxiliary, VSO in imperatives
- Noun-Adjective order.
- Possessives go after the noun unless other adjectives are present, in which case the possessive goes in front
- Retains most inflections from Proto-Germanic
- Retention of dual number in pronouns and verb forms
- Most loanwords come from Greek with a small amount from Bulgarian and Turkish
- Velars before front vowels are palatalized similar to Italian or Romanian
- Written with a form of the Gothic alphabet.
- Arabic numerals (1, 2, etc.) are rarely used outside of math and related contexts. Most of the time, but especially with years, alphanumeric form is used (ex. ·B,KG· = 2023)
The Lord's Prayer (Sa Fraújins Prúsevxi)
Átta únsar, sa in oúraniv,
hagiáz náman þein.
Qimadaú basíleiu þein.
Virþadaú gírni þeina,
sve in oúran jah an Gis.
Gib únsarana hlaib epioúsian únsis hímma dagaí·
Jah fragíb únsis skuld únsara,
sve vis skúlan únsarana fragíbam·
Jah ni laíþi uns ta peírasmiv,
ak soïz uns fram úbila.
Amín.
Sample of Fjordish[view] Ic aína árƕa scaut in lúftiv. Íta fifáll ta írþaï, ic ni cnéa ƕar.
I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where.[view all texts]
I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[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 | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k kʷ | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ɕ | [ʑ]1 | x xʷ | ɣ | h2 | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | [t͡ɕ]3 | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | [ɬ]4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r̥]5 | r | ||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ps |
- before front vowles, allophone of /g/
- /x/ or /h/
- before front vowels, allophone of /k/
- after /h/, allophone of /l/
- after /h/, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ̯ | aʊ̯ | eɪ̯ | ɛʊ̯ | ɪʊ̯ | ɔɪ̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Fjordish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 FjordishOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa Aa álfa /ɑ/ | Bb Bb bíta /v/ | Gg Gg gámma /ɣ/, [ʑ]1 | Dd Dd délta /ð/ | Ee Ee éψilun /e/ | Qq Qq qúppa /kʷ/ | Zz Zz zíta /z/ | Hh Hh híta /h/2 | Þþ Þþ þíta /θ/ |
| Ii Ii ívta /ɪ/ | Kk Cc cáppa /k/, [t͡ɕ]3 | Ll Ll lábda /l/ | Mm Mm mi /m/ | Nn Nn ni /n/ | Jj Jj jot /j/ | Uu Uu úmicrun /ʊ/ | Pp Pp pi /p/ | 𐍁 Ψψ ψi /ps/ |
| Rr Rr hru /r/, [r̥]4 | Ss Ss sígma /s/ | Tt Tt tav /t/ | Vv Vv ýψilun /w/ | Ff Ff fi /f/ | Xx Xx xi /x/, [ɕ]5 | Ƕƕ Ƕƕ ƕi /xʷ/ | Oo Oo oméga /o/ | 𐍊 Țț ți /t͡s/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- before front vowles
- /x/ or /h/
- before front vowels
- after /h/
- before front vowels
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Fjordish evolution
Sound changes from Proto-Germanic to Fjordish
13-Dec-23 03:13
