Doidhesh

Doidhesh (native: Doidhesh/Dœðesc /ˈdœʏðɛʃ/) is an Anglic language descended from Old English.

Doidhesh
Doidhesh sweazh Dœðesc swjec
Pronunciation	[ˈdœʏðɛʃ ʃwɛʃ]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Doidhesh
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Old English

Introduction

Etymology

From Old English þēodisċ "vernacular language" < Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz "of the people" < *þeudō "people" + -iskaz "-ish".

Synchronically analyzable as doit/dœt "people" + -esh/-esc "-ish".

Phonology

Orthography

Two Latin-based orthograpies are used:

1. Egelstaiv/Egelstæf ("English letter(s)"): Based on Middle English orthography.
2. Teanstaiv/Tjenstæf ("Danish letter(s)"): Based on Old English orthography, reinforced by Old Norse.

This article will use both orthographies separated by a slash (/). The orthographies will ve referred to as Egelstaiv and Tjenstæf respectively.

Consonants

Comparison of Doidhesh orthographies - Consonants

IPA	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
m	m	m
p	p; pp¹	p; pp¹
b	b	b
f	f; v²	f; ff¹
v	v	v
n	n	n
t	t; tt¹	t; tt¹
d	d	d
θ	th; dh²	þ; þþ¹
ð	dh	ð
s	s; z²	s; ss¹
z	z	z
r	r	r
l	l	l
tʃ	tch; t³	tc; tj; t_j⁴
dʒ	j; d³	dj; d_j⁴
ʃ	sh; zh²; s³	c; cc¹; sc⁵; sj; ssj¹; s_j⁴; s⁶
ʒ	zh; z³	zj; cz⁷
ɲ	ny; n³	nj; n_j⁴
c	k³	kj
ɟ	g³	gj
ç	h³	hj
j	y; ∅³	j
ʎ	l³	lj
ŋ	n⁸	n⁸
k	k	k
ɡ	g	g
x	h⁹; ch; gh²	h; hh¹
w	w; ∅¹⁰	w

Notes:

¹ Word-finally when it does not lenite.

² Word-finally when it lenites.

³ Before ea and eo (even if there is intervening -w- in the case of coronal consonants).

⁴ When separated with -w-.

⁵ Can occur in any position in accordance with etymology. Does not lenite when word-final.

⁶ Before tj.

⁷ When lenited from -c.

⁸ Before velar consonants.

⁹ Word-initially.

¹⁰ Before oa.

Vowels

Comparison of Doidhesh orthographies - Vowels

IPA	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
ɑ	a	a
æ	ä	ä
aʊ	au	á
aɪ	ai	æ
ɛ	e	e
eɪ	ei	é
jɛ; ɛ¹	ea	je
ɪ	i	i
i	ie	í
ɔ	o	o
oʊ	ou	ó
wɔ; ɔ²	oa	wo
ʊ	u	u
u	ue	ú
œ	ö	ö
øʏ	oi	œ
jœ; œ¹	eo	jö
ʏ	ü	y
y	üe	ý
œʊ	eu	öu
jœʊ; œʊ¹	eou	jöu

Notes:

¹ When previous consonant is palatalized.

² After /w/.

Morphophonology

Lenition

When a word ending in a voiceless stop or fricative has a vowel-initial suffix added, the final consonant becomes a voiced fricative. This is known as lenition.

Not all such words undergo lenition. Whether a word undergoes lenition or not is predictable from its orthography.

The table below summarizes the consonants that can undergo lenition when they occur at the end of a word. Note that this table specifically indicates how consonants are written word-finally and when lenited.

Word-final consonants that can undergo lenition

Phoneme	Unlenited form		Lenited form			Non-leniting equivalent
	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf	IPA	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
p	p	p	v	v	v	pp	pp
f	v	f				f	ff
t	t	t	ð	dh	ð	tt	tt
θ	dh	þ				th	þþ
s	z	s	z	z	z	s	ss
ʃ	zh	c	ʒ	zh	cz	sh	cc, sc
k	k	k	∅¹	∅¹	∅¹	ck	kk
x	gh	h				ch	hh

Notes:

¹ The consonant is dropped, leading to predictable vowel simplifications (see the next section below).

Vowel simplifications

When vowels are brought into hiatus, whether due to the lenition of /k/ or /x/, the addition of a vowel-initial suffix to a vowel-final word, or during compounding, the hiatus is simplified according to specific rules.

Morphology

Numerals

Number	Cardinal		Ordinal
	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
0	noucht	nóht
1	oan	won
2	thwoa	þwo
3	droi	drœ
4	heour	hjöur
5	wiev	wíf
6	sois	sœs
7	seoun	sjöun
8	ächt	äht
9	nein	nén
10	thüen	þýn
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