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(Created page with "{{construction}} [[Category:{{subst:PAGENAME}}]] Category:Languages Category:Conlangs Category:Artlangs Category:A_posteriori Category:Indo-European_languages Category:Romance_Languages {{Infobox language | name = ''Brithenese'' |- | nativename = ''britheneyses, bridenaises'' | pronunciation = /bri.ðe.ˈnai.zəs/ |- | creator = sjacik | setting = ''Unnamed Alternate Timeline'' |- | state = Scotland | fam1 = w:Indo-European_languages|Indo-Euro...") |
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Bridansh is spoken in the same world as Modern Gothic. The point of divergence is that around the 1st century AD, magic became real. Roughly speaking, from then until the 10th c. is the same. The 10th to 16th c. are marked by differences caused by the survival or death of various powers. While the 16th c. onward has become radically different. | Bridansh is spoken in the same world as Modern Gothic. The point of divergence is that around the 1st century AD, magic became real. Roughly speaking, from then until the 10th c. is the same. The 10th to 16th c. are marked by differences caused by the survival or death of various powers. While the 16th c. onward has become radically different. | ||
In this timeline, the Romans were initially able to keep a small foothold in central England. However, due to the Anglo-Saxon invasion they were pushed out. The majority of British Romans went north into Scotland while a minority went west into Wales. The northern British were conquered by the kingdom of Strathclyde in 800s. The western British were conquered by various Welsh kingdoms soon after they migrated. Western | In this timeline, the Romans were initially able to keep a small foothold in central England. However, due to the Anglo-Saxon invasion they were pushed out. The majority of British Romans went north into Scotland while a minority went west into Wales. The northern British were conquered by the kingdom of Strathclyde in 800s. The western British were conquered by various Welsh kingdoms soon after they migrated. Western Brithenese died in the Middle Ages in favor of Welsh. | ||
There are two competing spelling systems. The first is the traditional style, and it is based off of Early Modern English / Scots. (NOTE: find a way to describe the second) | There are two competing spelling systems. The first is the traditional style, and it is based off of Early Modern English / Scots. (NOTE: find a way to describe the second) | ||
=== Phonological History === | === Phonological History === | ||
One defining feature of | One defining feature of Brithenese is that unlike every other language descended from Vulgar Latin, the Classical vowels /a/ and /a:/ did not merge and instead became /a/ and /ɔ/. Compare French chanter and Jacques to Brithenese chantor|chentor /tʃən.ˈtor/ and Jegows|Jègaus /dʒe.ˈgaus/. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||