Gemendic

Gemendic (/dʒəˈmɛndɪk/, native: gemendesc /ʒemenˈdesk/) is an East Germanic language.

Gemendic
rasta gemendesca
Pronunciation	[ˈräst̪ä ʒemen̪ˈd̪eskä]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Germanic East Germanic Gemendic
Early forms	Old Gemendic Middle Gemendic

Introduction

Gemendic is an East Germanic language with Western Germanic and Romance influence.

Phonology

Orthography

Latin orthography

Alphabet

Letter Name IPA A a a [ä] B b be [be] C c ce [t͡ʃe] Ç ç çe [se] D d de [d̪e] E e e [e] F f efe [ˈefe] G g ge [ʒe] H h haca [ˈxäkä] I i i [i]

Letter Name IPA J j jota [ˈʒot̪ä] K k ka [kä] L l ele [ˈele] Ll ll elle [ˈeʎe] M m eme [ˈeme] N n ene [ˈene] Nn nn enne [ˈeɲe] O o o [o] P p pe [pe] Q q cu [ku]

Letter Name IPA R r erre [ˈere] S s esse [ˈese] T t te [t̪e] U u u [u] V v ve [ve] W w doble-ve [ˈd̪oβle ve] X x exe [ˈeʃe] Y y i grega [i ˈɡreɣa] Z z zeta [ˈzet̪ä]

Consonants

Consonants

Letter	Context	IPA	Examples	Remarks
b	word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨m⟩ or ⟨n⟩	[b]	bad "bed"; lambes "lamb"
	elsewhere (i.e. after a vowel, even across a word boundary, or after any consonant other than ⟨m⟩ or ⟨n⟩)	[β̞]	pebre "pepper"
	utterance-final after ⟨m⟩ or ⟨n⟩	[p]	domb "mute"
	utterance-final otherwise	[ɸ̞]	scab "form, condition"
c	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[tʃ]	cenno "cheek, jaw"
	elsewhere else	[k]	cara "care, concern"
	before voiced consonants	[ɣ̞]	anécdota "anecdote"
	in the cluster ⟨ct⟩	[ɣ̞] or [k]	actual "current"
ch	everywhere	[tʃ]	chosen "to choose"
ç	everywhere	[s] or [θ] (depending on the dialect)	naçón "nation"
d	word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨l⟩ or ⟨n⟩	[d̪]	doitre "daughter"; hando "hand"
	elsewhere	[ð̞]	boda "benefit, use"
	utterance-final after ⟨l⟩ or ⟨n⟩	[t̪]	cald "cold"
	utterance-final otherwise	[θ̞]	bad "bed"
f	everywhere	[f]	fada "fence"
g	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[ʒ]	gèst "ghost, spirit"
	not before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡ]	ganguen "to go"
	not before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣ˕]	agre "field"
	utterance-final after ⟨n⟩	[k]	sang "song"
	utterance-final otherwise	[x̞]	rig "king"
gu	before ⟨a⟩ or ⟨o⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡw]	lenguage "language"
	before ⟨a⟩ or ⟨o⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣ̞w]	Paraguay "Paraguay"
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡ]	guitarra "guitar"
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣ̞]	ángueda "distress"
gü	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡw]	sengüen "to sing"
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣ̞w]	següey "Segway"
h	everywhere	[x] or [h] or [ħ]	hando "hand"
	everywhere (rare)	Ø	honest "honest"	Occurs in loanwords where the letter is silent in the original language. May be pronounced [h] as a spelling pronunciation.
j	everywhere	[ʒ]	ja "yes, (positive emphasis)"
	utterance-final	[ʃ]	haj "Hajj"
k	rare; only occurs in a few loanwords and sensational spellings	[k]	kilogram "kilogram"	Can generally be replaced with c or qu.
l	everywhere	[l]	lag "lake"
ll	everywhere	[ʎ]	all "all"
l•l	everywhere	[lː]	il•logical "illogical"
m	everywhere except word-finally	[m]	mesa "table"
	word-final	[n] or [ŋ] (depending on the dialect)	Adam "Adam"
n	everywhere but before other consonants and word-finally	[n]	nad "net"
	before other consonants	[m]; [ɱ]; [n]; [n̪]; [ɲ]; [ŋ]	ango "narrow, distressing"	Assimilates to the following consonant’s place of articulation.
	word-finally	[n] or [ŋ] (depending on the dialect)	con "family, tribe"
nn	everywhere	[ɲ]	cenno "cheek, jaw"
n•n	everywhere	[nː]	in•novaçón "innovation"
p	everywhere	[p]	pèda "shirt"
	in the consonant cluster ⟨pt⟩	[β̞] or [ɸ̞]	baptista "baptist"
q	everywhere	[k]	Qátar "Qatar"	In loanwords.
qu	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[k]	quen "woman"
	elsewhere	[kw]	quart "quarter"
qü	only occurs before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[kw]	qüestón "question"
r	word-initial, morpheme-initial, or after ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨z⟩; in emphatic speech may also be used instead of [ɾ] in syllable-final (especially before ⟨l⟩, ⟨m⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩, or ⟨d⟩) and word-final positions (before pause or consonant-initial words only)	[r]	rat "rat"
	elsewhere	[ɾ]	xèro "sword"
rr	only occurs between vowels	[r]	carro "cart"
s	word-initial, morpheme initial, before a voiceless consonant, or utterance-final	[s]	sono "son"
	everywhere else	[z]	mesa "table"
ss	only occurs between vowels	[s]	passon "to pass"
sc	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[ʃ]	sceldo "shield"
	elsewhere else	[sk]	scura "tornado, windstorm"
t	everywhere	[t̪]	tu "you"
	before voiced consonants	[ð̞]	atmósfera "atmosphere"
v	everywhere	[v]	vend "wind"
w	in loanwords	[v]	wolfram "tungsten"
x	everywhere	[ʃ]	oxa "ox"
	in loanwords	[ks]	examen "exam"	In words of Latin or Greek origin; may be replaced with ⟨cs⟩ or ⟨s⟩ (with the associated pronunciation change).
y	everywhere except when acting as a vowel	[j]	yac "yak"
z	utterance-final or before a voiceless consonant	[s] or [θ] (depending on the dialect)	alcaduz "bucket"
	everywhere else	[z] or [ð] (depending on the dialect)	dioza "beast"

Vowels

Monophthong Vowels

Letter	IPA	Examples	Remarks
a, á	[ä]	gat "cat", sultán "sulta"
è	[ɛ]	gèst "ghost, spirit"	Always stressed.
e, é	[e]	mesa "table"
i, í	[i]	rig "king", fría "free (f.)"
o, ó	[o]	ora "hour, time", qüestón "question"
ò	[o]	òra "ear"	Always stressed.
u	[u]	scura "windstorm", atún "tuna"

Vowel letters in diphthongs

Letter		IPA	Examples	Remarks
In rising diphthongs
i	⟨i⟩ before a vowel	[j]	dioza "beast"
u	⟨u⟩ before a vowel (but silent in ⟨qu⟩ and ⟨gu⟩ before an ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩)	[w]	hua "what"
ü	⟨ü⟩ before a vowel (only used in ⟨qü⟩ and ⟨gü⟩ before an ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩)	[w]	qüestón "question"
y	⟨y⟩ after a vowel	[j]	ley "law"	Almost always word-final.
u	⟨u⟩ after a vowel	[w]	autobús "bus"

Notes:

1. ⟨iu⟩ and ⟨ui⟩ are ambiguous, since they may either be used for rising diphthongs (/ju/ and /wi/ respectively) or falling diphthongs (/iw/ and /uj/ respectively). In most cases, they represent rising diphthongs unless followed by ⟨t⟩.

Stress

Stress in a word can be determined from the way it is written via the following rules:

• If there is any vowel with an accent, that vowel is stressed.
• If there is no vowel with an accent:
  • The penultimate vowel is stressed if the word ends in a vowel, vowel + -n, or vowel + -s.
  • The ultimate vowel is stressed if the word ends in any consonant other than -n or -s.
• Note that:
  • Diphthongs are always treated as one syllable.
  • iV and uV (where V represents any vowel other than i or u) are treated as diphthongs, and therefore count as one syllable.
    • The exception to this is if the i or u has an accent.
  • Final -y shifts the stress to the final syllable.

Morphology

Articles

Definite Article

Gemendic definite article

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	te, t' (before vowels)	tes
Feminine	ta, t' (before a)	tos

Notes:

1. The definite article precedes the noun it modifies.

Indefinite Article

Gemendic indefinite article

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	èn	ènes
Feminine	èna	ènos

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Gemendic personal pronouns

Person, Number, Formality, Gender				Independent				Clitic
				Subject	Object	Reflexive Object	Possessive	Direct object	Reflexive DO	Indirect object	Reflexive IO	Possessive
1st	Singular			e	mi		min/mines, mina/minos	me, m'1		mes		me(n)2/mes, ma(n)2/mos
	Plural		Masculine	vos; vosandres			vostre/vostres, vostra/vostros	vos				–
			Feminine	vos; vosandros
2nd	Singular	Informal		tu	ti		tin/tines, tina/tinos	te, t'1		tes		te(n)2/tes, ta(n)2/tos
		Formal	Masculine	voste		si	sin/sines, sina/sinos	ne, n'1	nes	se, s'1	ses	se(n)2/ses, sa(n)2/sos
			Feminine					na, n'3
	Plural	Informal	Masculine	jes; jesandres			jestre/jestres, jestra/jestros	jes				–
			Feminine	jes; jesandros
		Formal	Masculine	vostes		si	sin/sines, sina/sinos	nes	nes	se, s'1	ses	se(n)2/ses, sa(n)2/sos
			Feminine					nos
3rd	Singular		Masculine	es				ne, n'1
			Feminine	essa				na, n'3
	Plural		Masculine	esses				nes
			Feminine	essos				nos
Impersonal				man				ne, n'1

Notes:

¹ Preverbal before vowel.

² -n is appended to the singular clitic possessives when the following word begins in a vowel.

³ Preverbal before a.

Note that post-verbal clitic pronouns are always separated from the verb with a hyphen. When a verb has multiple clitic object pronouns, they combine in the following order: reflexive OP + indirect OP + direct OP + adverbial OP (see below).

Nouns

Number

Singular nouns are pluralized with the ending -s (after a vowel) or -es (after a consonant).

Nouns ending in -a form their plural in -es (if masculine) or -os (if feminine) instead of the expected *-as.

Adjectives

Agreement

Adjectives usually end in a consonant, -e, or -o in the masculine singular. They generally form their feminine in -a, masculine plural in -es, and feminine plural in -os.

Adjectives ending in a stressed -o or -e do not drop it when other endings are added. For example, go "good" becomes goa in the feminine singular.

Adjectives whose masculine singular ends in -a form their feminine in -o and plural in -es (masculine) and -os (feminine).

Comparatives

The comparative of an adjective is formed by placing mès "more" or menns "less" before the adjective for positive and negative comparatives respectively.

Some adjectives have irregular comparatives. These include:

• go "good" → baiza, yossa "better"
• oble "bad" → versa "worse"
• mane "much, many" → mèza, maneza "more"
• fò "few, little" → mennza, foza "less, fewer"
• megle "big, great" → mèza "bigger, greater"
• ligle "small, little" → mennza "smaller"
• jong "young" → joza "younger"
• sene "old" → alza "older"

The superlative is formed by placing the definite article before the corresponding comparative.

Absolute Superlatives

The absolute superlative is formed eith the suffix -est.

Some adjectives have irregular absolute superlatives. These include:

• go "good" → baist, yost "very good"
• oble "bad" → verst "very bad"
• mane "much, many" → mèst, manest "very much, very many"
• fò "few, little" → mennst, fost "very few, very little"
• megle "big, great" → mèst "very big, very great"
• ligle "small, little" → mennst "very small"
• jong "young" → jost "very young"
• sene "old" → alst "very old"

Adverbs

Derivation from adjectives

Adverbs are usually derived from adjectives by adding -o to the stem.

Some adverbs are irregular. These include:

• go "good" → vèla "well"
• mane "much, many"; megle "big, great" → felo "much, greatly, very"

Numerals

Gemendic numerals

	Cardinal	Ordinal	Fractional
0	zero	zeroda	—
1	èn, èna	fromesta	—
2	tues, tuos	tueda	halve
3	tris	terza	terz
4	fedro	fedroda	quart
5	five	fifta	fift
6	seis	sesta	sest
7	seven	sevenda	sevend
8	eito	eitoda	eitod
9	nion	nionda	niond
10	ten	tenda	tend
11	èlve	elveda	elved
12	tualve	tualveda	tualved
13	terden	terdenda	terdend
14	fedorden	fedordenda	fedordend
15	fiften	fiftenda	fiftend
16	sesten	sestenda	sestend
17	ten-sevenden	sevendenda	sevendend
18	ten-eitoden	eitodenda	eitodend
19	ten-nionden	niondenda	niondend
20	tuestes	tuestesta	tuestest
21	tuestes-èn(a)	tuestes-fromesta	tuestes-fromest
30	tristes	tristesta	tristest
40	fedortes	fedortesta	fedortest
50	fiftes	fiftesta	fiftest
60	sestes	sestesta	sestest
70	seventes	seventesta	seventest
80	eitotes	eitotesta	eitotest
90	niontes	niontesta	niontest
100	hond	honsta	honst
200	tues-hondes	tues-honsta	tues-honst
1000	tusonde	tusonsta	tusonst
2000	tuos-tusondes	tuos-tusonsta	tuos-tusonst
10⁶	millón	millonsta	millonst
2×10⁶	tuos-millones	tuos-millonsta	tuos-millonst
10⁹	millard	millarsta	millarst
10¹²	billón	billonsta	billonst

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)

Alles tes vésenes manesques borsen fríes o sambres en verde o reites. Esses están scencedes me frèta o mevest, o esses escolen se gedrán en èn gèst fan brodrenesse.

IPA: /ˈaʎes tes ˈvezenes maˈneskes ˈboɾsen ˈfri.es o ˈsambɾes en ˈveɾðe o ˈreites ‖ ˈeses eˈstan ʃenˈtʃeðes me ˈfɾɛta o meˈvest | o ˈeses eˈskolen se ʒeˈðɾan en ɛn ʒɛst fan broðɾeˈnese/