Brittainese

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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)

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources