Millennish
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Millennish | |
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Millenneš | |
Pronunciation | [ˈmɪlːn̩ːəʃ] |
Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
Date | 2021 |
Setting | Brandenburg, Germany; Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland |
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Millennish /ˈmɪlənɪʃ/ (Millennish: Millenneš [ˈmɪlːn̩ːəʃ]) is a Germanic language spoken in the Prussian historical region.
Etymology
Millennish is from Millenneš, from Old Millennish Midlendeskar, from Proto-Germanic *mid(ja)landiskaz.
Orthography
Millennish is written with the Latin script.
A a | Aa aa | Ai ai | Aai aai | Au au | Aau aau | B b | Ch ch |
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/a/ | /ɑː/ | /ai/ | /ɑːi/ | /au/ | /ɑːu/ | /b/ | /x/ |
D d | Ď ď | E e | Ee ee | Ei ei | Eu eu | F f | H h |
/d/ | /ɟ/ | /e/ | /eə/ | /ɛi/ | /œy/ | /f/ | /h/ |
I i | Ie ie | J j | K k | L l | Ľ ľ | M m | N n |
/i/ | /iə/ | /j/ | /k/ | /l/ | /ʎ/ | /m/ | /n/ |
Ň ň | O o | Oe oe | Ö ö | P p | R r | S s | Ś ś |
/ɲ/ | /o/ | /oə/ | /œ/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /ɕ/ |
Š š | T t | Ť ť | U u | Ue ue | Ü ü | V v | W w |
/ʃ/ | /t/ | /c/ | /u/ | /uə/ | /y/ | /v/ | /w/ |
Y y | Z z | Ź ź | Ž ž | ||||
/ɪə/ | /z/ | /ʑ/ | /ʒ/ |
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||||
Stop | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | ||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ ɕ | ʒ ʑ | x | h | |
Approximant | w | l | j ʎ | ||||||
Trill | r |
- /x/ is in free variation with [χ].
- /r/ is in free variation with [ʁ].
- /h/ is realized as [ɦ] intervocalically.
- /l/ is realized as [ɫ] in coda.
Vowels
Front unrounded | Front rounded | Back | |
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High | i | y | u |
Mid | e | œ | o |
Low | a | ɑː |
- Unstressed /i,y,u,{e,a},o/ are realized as [ɪ,ʏ,ʊ,ə,ɔ].
- [ə]-sonorant and [ə]-voiced fricative sequences are realized as syllabic consonants.
iə ɪə | uə |
eə | oə |
ɛi | œy |
ai ɑːi | au ɑːu |
Prosody
Stress is variable but predominantly initial.
Phonotactics
Millennish maximal syllables are CCCVCCC; all CCC clusters contain /s/
Morphology
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Negation
Numerals
Syntax
Constituent order
Millennish word order is predominantly SVO, but is flexible in dialects that retain case marking.
Noun and verb phrases
Possessors, numerals, and adjectives precede their head. Adverbs follow their head.
Dependent clauses
Dependent clauses directly follow their head.