Enventian

Enventian
envuncek spräk
Pronunciation	[enfʌnt͡sek ɕpɾæk]
Created by	fueyes
Date	2018
Setting	Alt-history, Northern Europe
Native to	Enven, Orkney, Utsira
Language family	Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Proto-Doggerlandish Old Enventian Enventian
Standard form	Anjen dialect (Central)
Dialects	Nornwish (Nornwisc) Central (Zentrale) Markish (Märkisc) Usterkotish (Ýsterkótisc) Pellese (Pellsisc) Zennian (Zennlandisc) Jarkianese (Jarkjanisc) Utsirese (Outsérisc , extinct) Coolpoontish (Kólpóntisc)
Official status
Official language in	Enven
Regulated by	Envuncek Spräkbynd

Enventian (Envuncek Spräk) is a West Germanic language spoken in Enven and formerly in Orkney (UK) and Utsira (Norway). It is part of its own branch of West Germanic, Doggerlandic Germanic along with Kaernese, spoken in the Enventian island of Kaerné. The first known inhabitants of Enven arrived in the early migration age from modern-day Netherlands and Denmark. Old Enventian is the older version of the language, spoken in the Middle Ages. Although most of its vocabulary comes from Old Enventian, it has also recieved influence from Norse and Latin and more recently from German, as a branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty came to power in Enven in 1775 and brought a century-long direct contact and influence from the German language.

Enventian has 3 main dialect groups, those being Northern, Southern and Eastern. The Northern group includes dialects spoken in the regions of Nornwen (Nornwish), Swajnmark, Tóünsjet, Fjerenland and Anjen (Central, considered the standard). The Southern group includes dialects spoken in the regions of Bórgmärk/Re Märk (Markish), Ýsterkót (Ustercotish), Lejchfár, Cjentland, Pells (Pellese) and Jarkjen (Jarkianese). The Eastern group includes all dialects spoken outside of mainland Enven, in the islands of Zennland, Kól and Ästerzenn. Some consider the Eastern dialects their own language as they are quite distinct from Standard Enventian.

Since 1871 it is officialy regulated by the Envuncek Spräkbynd ("Enventian Language Organisation") and in 1874 the dialect spoken in the capital (Anjen) was officialy designated as the Standard form of the language to be used in all government and public communication.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant Phonemes

	Labial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Labio-Velar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal	Other
Nasal	m			n			ɲ		ŋ
Plosive	p		t				ɟ		k
	b		d				k		g
Fricative		f	θ	s	ʃ		ʃ		x		h
		v		z	ʒ	ʐ	ç
Affricate				t͡s	t͡ʃ				k͡x
					d͡ʒ
Lateral Approximant				l			ʎ					ɫ
Lateral Fricative				ɬ
Approximant							j	ʍ
								w				ɥ
Trill										ʀ
Flap	ɾ

External links

• [in Conworkshop (where there's a bigger dictionary)]

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