Riphean

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Riphean/Music

Riphean is a stem-Balto-Slavic language of Ed Dynje, spoken in our Prussia, Latvia and Lithuania. It is inspired by Czech and Dutch.

TODO

UDHR

Wiži dzíni kiman waleni um lejki zwem chejn um zwame đejžem.

/ˈwɪʒɪ ˈdziːɲɪ ˈkɪman ˈwaleɲɪ ɪm ˈlɛjkɪ zwɛm xɛjn ɪm ˈzwamɛ ˈðɛjʒɛm/

(um ~ Latin ambō)

hejn ~ τῑμή 'honor', đejše ~ teisė

Phonology

Riphean has consistent initial stress, like Czech.

Morphology

Nouns and adjectives

'the happy person'
nom. zachistľuwe dzín, zachistľuwi dzíni
acc. zachistľuwou dzín, zachistľuwej dzíni
gen. zachistľuwez dzínez, zachistľuwiž dzíni
dat. zachistľuwem dzín, zachistľuwame dzínem

Numerals

ín/ejn, twá, đrí, heđur, vejg, zešt, zevouđ, estuđ, ňouđ, tezou

ínľez, twáľez, đríľez, heđurľez, vejľez, zešľez, zevaľez, estľez, ňouľez, twácouđi

đrícouđi, heđurcouđi, vejcouđi, zešcouđi, zevacouđi, escouđi, ňucouđi, stou? (random change from kmtom -> ktom, influenced by the ordinal stouđe <- ktm-tos)