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==TT-English, take 2==
In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Wyacker''' (natively ''wi:akkarung'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively ''puLKarar yaDorLai'') family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (''wi:akkar ngauëNTung''). Many languages in the area are Wyacker-xenic.
Germanic and Balto-Slavic isoglosses now split differently between a TT-English branch and a Germano-Balto-Slavic satem branch (Riphean take 2)


==Icelandic giblang?==
Wyacker was the eighth-most spoken language worldwide in 2025, with 290 million L1 and L2 speakers. Wyacker is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.
Possibly related to Albionian? Should sound like Bgapian gibberish to Bgapian speakers


==Portupie==
== Lexicon ==
PIE into European Portuguese gib
* ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
* ''uppe:'' - all, every
* ''yungkarL'' - human
* ''i-'' / ''ingk-'' - (copula)
* ''i:pu'' 'I, me'
* ''oKKu'' 'name'
** ''i:pung oKKu intta:r (ingkad).'' 'My name is Inthar.'
* ''poe, toe, koe, oe?'' are pronominal demonstratives
* ''wataL'' (from Thackish ''wụttle'' 'speech') 'talk, prattling; nonsense'
** ''poe wataL oe ingkad?'' 'What nonsense is this?'
* ''arKa'' 'crow'


==Bgapi Island==
== Phonology ==
Home of a Greek dialect as well as an isolate Bgapian language -- it's assumed to be Nostratic
=== Consonants ===
Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives.
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| '''k''' /k/ || '''K''' /q/
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===Phonology of Bgapian===
Initial liquids are prohibited.
p pʰ f v t tʰ θ ð ts tsʰ s/ʃ z/ʒ k kʰ x ɣ q
m n ŋ
mb nd ndz ŋɡ (in some dialects)
w j ɾ l r ɮ
a e i o u ə


aspirates are written as geminates as in Cypriot Greek and Kapingamarangi
=== Vowels ===
i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/


===Syntax of Bgapian===
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant.
SOV, cases, suffixaufnahme, lots of participles


use phrasings from literary Koine Greek
Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.


==Celtic==
== Grammar ==
Galatian, Lepontic, Celtiberian, TT-Welsh
Head-final like Tamil


==Turkey==
=== Nouns ===
Heavily multilingual and IE with its own sprachbund, includes Greek, a Romance language, Galatian, some Iranian languages, some surviving Anatolian languages
Cases, plural marker


==Hungary==
Gen. -ung
Entirely IE?


==Albionian==
=== Verbs ===
Britain is completely non-IE in this timeline?
Closed class, adjectives are verbs


==America==
Past and nonpast
Includes an Iroquoian-speaking country and an Uto-Aztecan-speaking country covering OTL's Southwestern US and Northern Mexico
 
Lots of converbs (Korean-style)
 
Wi:äkkar ingk-aD-a:n (Wyacker_person be-3-PL)
 
-d could be the 3rd person suffix, -a:n the plural suffix
 
=== Particles ===
Complementizer ''=nga'' or ''=NGa'' (depending on the C it attaches to) (like Korean 고)
=== Numerals ===
nga:yu '1'
 
oLaNu '2'
 
we:NGu '3'
 
ingkutu '4'
 
ye:npu '5'
 
ka:Lu '6'
 
puDaTu '7'
 
yo:ku '8'
 
aimu '9'
 
ngaNTu '10'
 
=== Ideophones ===
Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
 
* ''tattutattu'' 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; ''TaTTuTaTTu'' 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
* ''pikkupikku'' / ''PiKKuPiKKu'' 'with mischief'
* ''arangka'' 'flagrantly (doing wrong); (something embarrassing) in public view'
* ''mukkumukku'' / ''MuKKuMuKKu'' 'wolfing down food'
* ''wangkuluwangkulu'' 'periodically'
* ''yenguyengu'' 'slippery'
* ''mingimingi'' 'watery, bland'
 
Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a:'' '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'
 
''intta:R wangkuluwangkulu pongngu:rad'' 'Inthar comes here periodically'
[[Category:Pulchric languages]]

Latest revision as of 00:36, 24 June 2025

In Angai, Wyacker (natively wi:akkarung) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively puLKarar yaDorLai) family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (wi:akkar ngauëNTung). Many languages in the area are Wyacker-xenic.

Wyacker was the eighth-most spoken language worldwide in 2025, with 290 million L1 and L2 speakers. Wyacker is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.

Lexicon

  • ya:D - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
  • uppe: - all, every
  • yungkarL - human
  • i- / ingk- - (copula)
  • i:pu 'I, me'
  • oKKu 'name'
    • i:pung oKKu intta:r (ingkad). 'My name is Inthar.'
  • poe, toe, koe, oe? are pronominal demonstratives
  • wataL (from Thackish wụttle 'speech') 'talk, prattling; nonsense'
    • poe wataL oe ingkad? 'What nonsense is this?'
  • arKa 'crow'

Phonology

Consonants

Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives.

Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal
plain emph. plain emph. plain emph.
Nasal m /m/ M /mˤ/ n /n/ N /n̪ˤ/ ng /ŋ/ NG /ɴ/
Stop p /p/ P /pˤ/ t /t/ T /t̪ˤ/ k /k/ K /q/
Trill/Tap (rr /ʀː/)
Approximant central w /ʋ/ D /ð̞ˤ/ y /j/ r /ʕ/
lateral l /l/ L /l̪ˤ/

Initial liquids are prohibited.

Vowels

i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/

By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant.

Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.

Grammar

Head-final like Tamil

Nouns

Cases, plural marker

Gen. -ung

Verbs

Closed class, adjectives are verbs

Past and nonpast

Lots of converbs (Korean-style)

Wi:äkkar ingk-aD-a:n (Wyacker_person be-3-PL)

-d could be the 3rd person suffix, -a:n the plural suffix

Particles

Complementizer =nga or =NGa (depending on the C it attaches to) (like Korean 고)

Numerals

nga:yu '1'

oLaNu '2'

we:NGu '3'

ingkutu '4'

ye:npu '5'

ka:Lu '6'

puDaTu '7'

yo:ku '8'

aimu '9'

ngaNTu '10'

Ideophones

Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony

  • tattutattu 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; TaTTuTaTTu 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
  • pikkupikku / PiKKuPiKKu 'with mischief'
  • arangka 'flagrantly (doing wrong); (something embarrassing) in public view'
  • mukkumukku / MuKKuMuKKu 'wolfing down food'
  • wangkuluwangkulu 'periodically'
  • yenguyengu 'slippery'
  • mingimingi 'watery, bland'

Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb i-: enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a: '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'

intta:R wangkuluwangkulu pongngu:rad 'Inthar comes here periodically'

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