Rheinwallisch Kreol

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Rheinwallian Creole (autoglossonym: Rheinwallisch Kreol) is a constructed auxiliary creole based on English and German, highlighting linguistic similarities in grammar and vocabulary. It is used in Rheinwall, a nation with origins in the Rhine valley, where the most commonly spoken languages are now English and German.

Rheinwallian Creole
Rheinwallisch Kreol, Rheinwallisch
Pronunciation[ˈraɪnˌwalɪʃ kreɔl]
Created byLily Jane
Date2023
Native toRheinwall
Indo-European
Official status
Official language in
Rheinwall
Regulated byRoyal Institut for de Rheinwallisch Spreek
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Etymology

The language was named after the Queendom of Rheinwall, which in turn was named after being located in the Rhine valley (from Latin: vallis rheni).

Orthography

The dictionary of Rheinwallian Creole knows 28 letters, two of which are composed of more than one character. Diacritics are only found in non-Germanic loanwords like "café" and not part of the standard.

Letters
Orthography A Æ B C CH D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S SCH T U V W X Y Z

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Coronal Velar
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop p b t d  k ɡ
Fricative f v s
ʃ
z
ʒ
h
x
Approximant w l j
Rhotic r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
Short Long Short Long Short Long
Close ɪ ʊ
Mid ɛ ~ɛɪ ə ɔ ~ɔʊ
Open a

Grammar

A creole, Rheinwallian Creole does not conjugate verbs for person and uses conjugations and constructions familiar to both speakers of English and of German.

Articles

There are two sets of articles, indefinite and definite.

Articles in Rheinwallian Creole
Indefinite Definite
Before a vowel an de
Before a consonant a

Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns in Rheinwallian creole are divided into subject, object and possessive pronouns. The third person is gendered in the singular. There is no T-V distinction, meaning there are no levels of formality.

Pronouns
Subject Object Possessive
First Singular i mi mein
Second singular du di dein
Third singular e/se/et im/ir/et sein/ir/sein
First plural wi us ur
Second plural ju ji jur
Third plural de dem der

Demonstrative pronouns

There are two demonstrative pronouns: "dis" and "dat", used in both singular and plural.

Verbs

All verbs in the language end with either -en or -n. There are two irregular verbs "sen" and "haven". Verbs conjugate for tense, of which there are four, two of which periphrastic and one default (present) and for voice.

Example conjugation: drinken
Present Past Future Progressive
Active drink drinkte schall drinken is drinken
Passive is drinkt was drinkt schall sen drinkt is sen drinkt

The irregular verbs are conjugated as follows:

sen
Present Past Future Progressive
Active is was schall sen is sen
Passive - - - -
haven
Present Past Future Progressive
Active hav had schall haven is haven
Passive is had was had shall sen had is sen had

There are no strong verbs in this language.