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: xuda 'custom'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	xuda	xudar
Genitive	xudar	xudam

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	1sg.	2sg.	3sg.			1pl.	2pl.	3pl.	reflexive
			'he'	'she'	'it'
nom.	jak	zū	ir	xī	it	wīr	yūr	yā	-
acc.	mik	jik	ina	ie	it	unx	youwi	yā	xik
dat.	mir	jir	ime	yar	ime	unx	youwi	imi	xir
gen.	mīn	jīn	yas	yare	yas	unxier	your	yara	xīn