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Brittainese (''bretneis'' [brɛtˈneːz] or ''leng bretneis'' [ˈlɛŋg brɛtˈneːz]) is a Romance language spoken by around 400 million people as a native language, mainly in the Brittish Isles, North America, Australia, India and Africa. It is most closely related with the Channel languages and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French], with which it forms the North-West branch of the Romance languages, and with which it shares many linguistic features.
Brittainese (''bretneis'' [brɛtˈneːz] or ''leng bretneis'' [ˈlɛŋg brɛtˈneːz]) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages Romance language] spoken by around 400 million people as a native language, mainly in the Brittish Isles, North America, Australia, India and Africa. It is most closely related with the Channel languages and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French], with which it forms the North-West branch of the Romance languages, and with which it shares many linguistic features.




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Notes:
* Unvoiced stops are most often not aspirated.
* [ŋ] is only an allophone of /n/ preceding /k/ or /g/.
* /θ/ is only marginally phonemic in Brittainese, only appearing in loan words, names and is a common realisation of the cluster /ðs/.
* /ɾ/ can be pronounced in a number of ways depending on the speaker and the situation. It is most commonly weakened to an aproximant or may, depending on the dialect, even be deleted before another consonant or word-finally, sometimes lengthening the previous vowel. It is however never pronounced as [ɻ], and its realisation as [ʀ] has mostly died out in the historically concerned dialects.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Vowels in Brittainese varies greatly between dialects. Below is listed one rendering of the Standard Brittainese dialect, although the view in the matter differs among specialists.
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; margin-right: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Standard Brittainese
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |[[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" |[[Central vowel|Central]]
! colspan="2" |[[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! {{small|short}}
! {{small|long}}
! {{small|short}}
! {{small|long}}
! {{small|short}}
! {{small|long}}
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|iː]]
|
|
| [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]]
| [[w:Close back rounded vowel|uː]]
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]
| [[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛː]]  [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|eː]]
| [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]
|
| [[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]
| [[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔː]]  [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|oː]]
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
|
|
| [[Near-open central vowel|ɐ]]  [[Open central unrounded vowel|a]]
|
| [[Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]]
| [[Open back unrounded vowel|ɑː]]
|-
! [[Diphthong]]s
| colspan="6" | aɪ &nbsp; eɪ &nbsp; eʊ &nbsp; ʊi
|-
|}
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; margin-right: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Brittish Brittainese
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |[[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" |[[Central vowel|Central]]
! colspan="2" |[[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! {{small|short}}
! {{small|long}}
! {{small|short}}
! {{small|long}}
! {{small|short}}
! {{small|long}}
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| [[w:Near-close front unrounded vowel|ɪ]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|iː]]
| [[w:Close central rounded vowel|ʉ]]
|
|
| [[w:Close back rounded vowel|uː]]
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|eː]]
| [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]
|
| [[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]
| [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|oː]]
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
|
| [[Near-open front unrounded vowel|æː]]
| [[Near-open central vowel|ɐ]]  [[Open central unrounded vowel|a]]
|
| [[Open back rounded vowel|ɒ]]
| [[Open back unrounded vowel|ɑː]]
|-
! [[Diphthong]]s
| colspan="6" | aɪ &nbsp; eɪ &nbsp; øy
|-
|}
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; margin-right: 1em;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ American Brittainese
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |[[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" |[[Central vowel|Central]]
! colspan="2" |[[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! {{small|lax}}
! {{small|tense}}
! {{small|lax}}
! {{small|tense}}
! {{small|lax}}
! {{small|tense}}
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| [[w:Near-close front unrounded vowel|ɪ]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]
|
|
| [[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|ʊ]]
| [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]]
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]
| [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]
|
| [[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]
| [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]]
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
|
| [[Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]]
| [[Near-open central vowel|ɐ]]
|
| [[Open back rounded vowel|ɒ]]
| [[Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]]
|-
! [[Diphthong]]s
| colspan="6" | aɪ &nbsp; eɪ &nbsp; eʊ &nbsp; ʊi
|-
|}
</div>
===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====

Revision as of 13:45, 5 June 2022

Brittainese
bretneis
Pronunciation[brɛtˈneːz]
Created byLlwcybwy
Date2022
Indo-European
Early forms
Latin
  • Old Brittainese
Standard form
Standard Brittainese
Dialects
  • Brittish
  • American
  • Standard Brittainese
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Brittainese (bretneis [brɛtˈneːz] or leng bretneis [ˈlɛŋg brɛtˈneːz]) is a Romance language spoken by around 400 million people as a native language, mainly in the Brittish Isles, North America, Australia, India and Africa. It is most closely related with the Channel languages and French, with which it forms the North-West branch of the Romance languages, and with which it shares many linguistic features.


Introduction

Brittainese is a language created by user Llwcybwy, heavily inspired by Ray Brown's fantastic but yet unfinished conlang with the same name. I cannot however claim that this is a continuation of the language, as my conlanger skills are as of now very lackluster as compared to his. Furthermore, some features of the language are, while in my opinion realistic, also influenced by personal taste, and thus breaking one of the rules set up for continuing the conlang.

The goal of the language is basically the same as that which was described by Brown: it is a study of what Latin would have evolved into in the Brittish Isles, meaning that the language is meant to be as realistic as possible. The world is essentially the same as ours however.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental alveolar Post-
alveolar
/
palatal
Velar Glottal
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Stop p b t d  k ɡ
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h
Liquid w l ɾ j (w)

Notes:

  • Unvoiced stops are most often not aspirated.
  • [ŋ] is only an allophone of /n/ preceding /k/ or /g/.
  • /θ/ is only marginally phonemic in Brittainese, only appearing in loan words, names and is a common realisation of the cluster /ðs/.
  • /ɾ/ can be pronounced in a number of ways depending on the speaker and the situation. It is most commonly weakened to an aproximant or may, depending on the dialect, even be deleted before another consonant or word-finally, sometimes lengthening the previous vowel. It is however never pronounced as [ɻ], and its realisation as [ʀ] has mostly died out in the historically concerned dialects.

Vowels

Vowels in Brittainese varies greatly between dialects. Below is listed one rendering of the Standard Brittainese dialect, although the view in the matter differs among specialists.

Standard Brittainese
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i u
Mid ɛ ɛː ə ɔ ɔː
Open ɐ a ɑ ɑː
Diphthongs aɪ   eɪ   eʊ   ʊi
Brittish Brittainese
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close ɪ ʉ
Mid ɛ ə ɔ
Open æː ɐ a ɒ ɑː
Diphthongs aɪ   eɪ   øy
American Brittainese
Front Central Back
lax tense lax tense lax tense
Close ɪ i ʊ u
Mid ɛ e ə ɔ o
Open æ ɐ ɒ ɑ
Diphthongs aɪ   eɪ   eʊ   ʊi

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources