Wightish [WGH]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Wightish
Wightish (in Wightish wîthegg [ˈwiːθeɡ̊] o n’wîthegg [ˈnwiːθeɡ̊]) is a language belonging to the Brittonic group of the Celtic languages. It's spoken in the Wight island, where aproximately 30000 people speak it as their principal language.
Bŷt iêth idd devŷt en tdur Vrythôneggol en tdŷlŷ n’iêthoù cGeltaeggoù n’Wîthegg. Lavarydd 30000 (dêgg er ygên) dinoù yn syn yn ynnys Wîth, pathlê dêvnythynt thî e vel ei iêth frintsipol.
VSO language Vigesimal system 2 mutations: lenition and fortition
Bŷt iêth idd devŷt en tdur Vrythôneggol en tdŷlŷ n’iêthoù cGeltaeggoù n’Wîthegg. Lavarydd 30000 (dêgg er ygên) dinoù yn syn yn ynnys Wîth, pathlê dêvnythynt thî e vel ei iêth frintsipol.
Language family relationships
[view] About CelticThe Celtic languages (usually pronounced /ˈkɛltɪk/ but sometimes /ˈsɛltɪk/) are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group b...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b b̥ | t | d d̥ | k | g g̥ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ θ: | ð ð: | s | ɣ ɣ: | χ χ: | (h) | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ɫ | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʍ ʍ: | w1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- Next to a long vowel
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ɨ ɨ: | u u: | |||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Wightish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 WightishOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa a vyr /ä/ | Ââ a îr /ä:/ | Bb bê /b/ | Cc ec /k/ | CH ch chê /χ/ | Dd dê /d/ | DH dh dhê /ð/ | Ee e vyr /e/ | Êê e îr /e:/ | Ff ef /f/ | Gg gê /g/ |
| GH gh ghê /ɣ/ | Hh eits /h/1 | Ii i vyr /i/ | Îî i îr /i:/ | Ll el /ɫ/ | Mm em /m/ | Nn en /n/ | NG ng en cyt gê, eng /ŋ/ | Oo o vyr /o/ | Ôô o îr /o:/ | Pp ep /p/ |
| Rr er /r/ | Ss es /s/ | Tt et /t/ | TH th thê /θ/ | Uu u vyr /u/ | Ûû u îr /u:/ | Ùù u vyr iôn /w/ | Vv vê /v/ | Ww u dovel /w/2 | Yy y vyr /ɨ/ | Ŷŷ y îr /ɨ:/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
- Next to a long vowel
