Twench

Twench (Native: Poewleis /puvˈlɛɪs/) is a Gallo-Romance language.

Twench
Poewleise veul
Pronunciation	[puvˈlɛɪsə føːl]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Romance Western Romance Gallo-Romance Twench

Introduction

Etymology

The endonym Poewleis is derived from poewel (< Latin populus), meaning "common folk".

The English name Twench is ultimately derived from Tuihanti, a Germanic tribe.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants spelling IPA Remarks normally final b /b/ /p/ ch /x/ d /d/ /t/ f /f/ g /ɡ/ /k/ gh /ɣ/ /x/ May instead be pronounced /ʝ/ or /x/ depending on dialect. h /ɦ/ — May be pronounced /h/ depending on dialect. j /j/ — k /k/ Written ⟨ck⟩ when doubled. l /l/ Pronounced dark/velarized ([ɫ]) word-finally and before consonants. m /m/ n /n/ Assimilates place of articulation with following consonant. ng /ŋ/ p /p/ q /k/ In loanwords qu /kv/ — In loanwords r /r/ s /s/ sj /ʃ/ In loanwords t /t/ th /t/ — Mostly in loanwords, or dialectal for /θ/. v /f/ — w /v/ /f/ x /ks/ In loanwords z /z/ — zj /ʒ/ — In loanwords

Vowels and diphthongs spelling IPA checked free a /ɑ/ /a(ː)/ aa /a(ː)/ — aai /aːi̯/ ai /ɑi̯/ au /ɔu̯/ e /ɛ/, /ə/ /e(ː)/, /ə/ ee /e(ː)/ eeu /eːu̯/ ei /ɛi̯/ eu /ø(ː)/ i, y /ɪ/, /ə/ /i(ː)/ ie /i(ː)/ ieu /iu̯/ ij /i(ː)/ o /ɔ/ /o(ː)/ oe /u(ː)/ oei /ui̯/ oi /ɔi̯/ oo /o(ː)/ — ooi /oːi̯/ ou /u(ː)/ u /ʏ/ /y(ː)/ ui /œy̯/ uu /y(ː)/ —

Alphabet

Letter Name IPA A a a [aː] B b be [beː] C c ce [seː] D d de [deː] E e e [eː] F f ef [ɛf] G g ge [ɡeː] H h ha [ɦaː] I i i [iː]

Letter Name IPA J j je [jeː] K k ka [kaː] L l el [ɛɫ] M m em [ɛm] N n en [ɛn] O o o [oː] P p pe [peː] Q q ku [kyː] R r er [ɛɾ]

Letter Name IPA S s es [ɛs] T t te [teː] U u u [yː] V v ve [feː] W w we [veː] X x iks [ɪks] Y y Griekeise i [gɾiːˈkɛɪsə iː] (IJ ij) longe i [ˈlɔŋə iː] Z z zet [zɛt]

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns are not declined for case.

There in no grammatical gender besides natural gender (similar to English).

Plural is usually formed in -(e)s.

Articles

Precede the noun they modify.

• Definite article: le (singular), les (plural)
• Indefinite article: un (singular)

Pronouns

Person/ Number	Subject		Object		Possessive
	Full	Reduced	Full	Reduced	Full	Reduced	Pronoun
1S	jou	je	mei	me	mij(n)	me(n)	miene
2S	woes	wes	wous	wes	woester	wes	woestere
2S (arch.)	tu	te	tei	te	tij(n)	te(n)	tiene
3SM	el	el	lui	le	zij(n)	ze(n)	ziene
3SF	elle	el	lei	le
3SN	lot	et	lot	et
1P	noes; noezeuts	nes	noes; noezeuts	nes	noester	nes	noestere
2P	woezeuts	wes	woezeuts	wes	woester	wes	woestere
3P	els; elzeuts	els	els; elzeuts	els	lour	ler	loure
2S/P (pol.)	os	es	os	es	os	es	osse
3R	—	—	zei	ze	—	—	—

Numerals

Twench numerals

	Cardinal	Ordinal	Fractional
0	nul	nulliesem	—
1	uun	primeer, prijm	—
2	dous	zekond	demei
3	treis	tiers	tiers
4	kwatter	kwaart	kwaart
5	sink	kint	kint
6	zechs	zechsem	zechsem
7	zet	zettem	zettem
8	ocht	ochtem	ochtem
9	noew	noewem	noewem
10	dies	diesem	diesem
11	onze	onzem	onzem
12	dozze	dozzem	dozzem
13	trezze	trezzem	trezzem
14	kwattorze	kwattorzem	kwattorzem
15	kinze	kinzem	kinzem
16	zezze	zezzem	zezzem
17	zetdies	zetdiesem	zetdiesem
20	wijnt	wijntiesem	wijntiesem
21	uun-et-wijnt	uun-et-wijntiesem	uun-et-wijntiesem
30	treint	treintiesem	treintiesem
40	kwaraant	kwaraantiesem	kwaraantiesem
50	sinkaant	sinkaantiesem	sinkaantiesem
60	zechsaant	zechsaantiesem	zechsaantiesem
70	zettaant	zettaantiesem	zettaantiesem
80	ochtaant	ochtaantiesem	ochtaantiesem
90	noewaant	noewaaantiesem	noewaaantiesem
100	seint	seintiesem	seintiesem
1000	mil	milliesem	milliesem
10⁶	miljoun	miljouniesem	miljouniesem

Verbs

Principal parts

For the majority of verbs, the full conjugation can be determined from four principal parts: the infinitive, 1S present, 1S past, and past participle.

These forms are given in dictionaries. Otherwise, the infinitive is used as the citation form.

Verb classes

Verbs may be regular or irregular.

In regular verbs, the present stem, past stem, and past participle are derived regularly from the infinitive.

There are 3 classes of regular verbs.

Weak verbs

Class	Infinitive ending	1S present ending	1S past ending	Past participle
1	-aar	-	-aai	-aat
2a (infix)	-ijr	-is	-ij	-ijt
2b (no infix)	-ijr	-	-ij	-ijt
3	-er	-	-ui	-t

Irregular verbs form one or more of the stems irregularly.

• Present stem: When this is irregular, it is most often due to suppletion.
• Past stem: This is the most common irregular form, and most often is preserved from Latin. Generally, irregular past forms take the same endings as class 3 regular verbs, but with a modified stem.
• Past participle: This is most often preserved from Latin. Verbs with irregular past stems often use the same stem in the past participle (with the standard -t ending) but this is not always the case, and some verbs with regular past stems may have irregular past participles. In such cases, regular and irregular past participle forms often coexist.

Personal endings

Personal endings are added to the present and past stems. These stems are obtained from the 1S forms by removing the final -i if present. Note that if the 1S present does not end in -i, the present stem is identical to the 1S present.

Personal endings

Person/number	Ending
1S	-(i)
2S	-(e)s
3S	-(e)t
1P	-(e)ns
2P	-(e)ts
3P	-(e)n

Note:

¹ Schwa -(e)- may be inserted before personal endings in the present tense depending on phonetics but never after vowels. It does not appear in the past tense since the past stem always ends in a vowel. Conversely, -i in the first person only appears after vowels (and therefore always appears in the past tense).

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)

Toots ommes nassen liwer et ekwaal en deintaat et drechts. Els zon dotaat de reisoun et konsense, et els dewen aghijr les uuns woek les alters en un spirit de fraartaat.

IPA: /tots ˈɔməs ˈnasən ˈlivər ət eˈkval ən dɛɪnˈtat ət drɛxts ‖ ɛls zɔn doˈtat də rɛɪˈsun ət kɔnˈsɛnsə | ət ɛls ˈdevən aˈɣiːr ləs yns vuk ləs ˈɑltərs ən ʏn ˈspirɪt də fraːrˈtat/

Translation: All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience, and they should act to one another in a spirit of brotherhood.