Ufirlandisg

Introduction

Ufirlandisg (/ˈt͡ʃjəwtʲisk/; from PGmc *þiudiskaz) is a constructed Germanic language inspired by Mandarin and the Pfeunic language Qiēmxtier.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental/Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		plain	pal.	plain	pal.
Nasal		m m	mı mʲ	n n̪	nı nʲ
Stop /Affricate	tenuis	b p	bı pʲ	d t̪	dı tʲ	j tʃ	g k
	aspirated	p pʰ	pı pʲʰ	t t̪ʰ	tı tʲʰ	q tʃʰ	k kʰ
Fricative		f f	fı fʲ	s s		x ʃ		h h
Approximant	central	w w	wı ɥ	r, rı ɹ		y j
	lateral			l ɫ	lı ʎ

When consonants written with ı is followed by a vowel, the ı is replaced with an i (except with /i/ and /iː/).

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ī /iː/			u /u/	ū /uː/
Close-mid			e /ə/	ē [ɘː]
Mid	ie [ɛ]	iē [ɛː]	[ə]	er /ɜː/
Open			a /a/	ā /aː/

Diphthongs: ai ei ao ou ar/ār ēr ier/īr ir our/ūr/ur /aɪ̯ eɪ̯ aʊ̯ əʊ̯ ɑə(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ) jɛə(ɹ) jə(ɹ) ɔə(ɹ)/ (Note the linking r in r-colored vowels.)

Morphology

Nouns

Ufirlandisg nouns have 2 numbers and 2 cases. The endings are fairly conservative; however, there has been some conflation between different declension paradigms and cases.

a-stems

Also includes the an-stem nouns (which have regularized their declension).

a-stem declension: dal 'valley'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dal	dale
Genitive	dale	dalem

a-stem declension: namen 'name'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	namen	namne
Genitive	namne	namnem

ō-stems

This class also includes the former u-stems.

a-stem declension: nasa 'nose'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nasa	nasar
Genitive	nasar	nasam

a-stem declension: daoza 'death'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daoza	daozar
Genitive	daozar	daozam

i-stems

Proto-Germanic z-stems also merged into this class.

geburji 'birth'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geburji	geburjir
Genitive	geburjir	geburjim

langini 'length'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	langini	langinir
Genitive	langinir	langinim

lambi 'lamb'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lambi	lambir
Genitive	lambir	lambim

Pronouns

	case	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				'he'	'she'	'it'
singular	nom.	jak	zū	ir	xī	it
	acc.	mik	jik	ina	ie	it
	dat.	mīr	jīr	ime	jar	ime
	gen.	mīn	jīn	xīn	xīn	xīn
plural	nom.	wīr	yūr	yā
	acc.	okkur	ykkur	yā
	dat.	okkur	ykkur	jara
	gen.	okkar	ykkar	im