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'''Windermere''' is a conlang based on similarities between Hebrew and Mon-Khmer languages, such as final stress, minor syllables and overall head-initial syntax. It is also meant to have a mutation system, like both Celtic and Hebrew.
'''Windermere''' is a conlang based on similarities between Hebrew and Mon-Khmer languages, such as final stress, minor syllables and overall head-initial syntax.


In-universe, Windermere was used as a classical language until it was absorbed and subsumed by [[Eevo]].
In-universe, Windermere was used as a classical language until it was absorbed and subsumed by [[Eevo]].

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Naeng/Literature
Created byIlL, Praimhín
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Windermere is a conlang based on similarities between Hebrew and Mon-Khmer languages, such as final stress, minor syllables and overall head-initial syntax.

In-universe, Windermere was used as a classical language until it was absorbed and subsumed by Eevo.

Introduction

Windermere was originally created by Praimhín for the Fifth Linguifex Relay. It is currently being revived and adapted as a classical language in Talma (replacing Netagin which I'm dissatisfied with) - this version will also be more synthetic than the original creator envisioned.

Todo

  • Weird grammatical categories that aren't so Celtic or Semitic - so it makes Eevo really analytic
    • something Austronesian?

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

  • Ϫϫ Շչ Ɑᶑ Ѡϙ Ғғ Ѵѵ Ƌժ Ƨƨ ſʗ = p b f t d th c g ch
  • Ɨɟ ʢє Ϯ₼ = m n ng
  • Ϟɥ Ɔɔ Պɱ Ҕҕ Ʌʎ = s ł ts tł ș
  • Էէ Ӿӿ Գƪ Քƍ Ֆⱷ Пп = r w y h l ʔ

Vowels

The vowel signs are placed to the right of the consonant letter.

  • · : ; ı › ˫ ⸗ = ă u ü i o e a; :ƍ ;ƍ ıƍ ›ƍ ˫ƍ = ua üe ie oa ea

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive tenuis b /p~b/ d /t~d/ g /k~g/ ' /ʔ/
aspirated p /pʰ~bʰ/ t /tʰ~dʰ/ c /kʰ~gʰ/
Affricate ts /ts̻/ /tɬ/
Fricative spirant f /f~v/ th /θ~ð/ ch /x~ɣ/
nonspirant s /s̻/ ł /ɬ/ ș /s̺~ʃ/ h /h/
Resonant w /w/ r /r/ y /j/ l /ʟ/

In Eevo, pʰ p f tʰ t θ kʰ k x ts̻ s̻ tɬ ɬ s̺ m n ŋ ʟ r w j h ʔ are borrowed as p b f/v t d þ/ð c g ç ts s tx x z m n ŋ l r v j h ∅

[cf. OHG /s̺/ > Modern German /z/ ]

Mutations

Vowels

a e i o u ø y a e i o u oy ü

iə eə uə oə yə ie ea uo oa üe

ə ă (in unstressed syllables)

In Eevo these are borrowed as:

a e i o w ø u

ia ee wa oo ua

y

Stress

Stress is invariably final.

Phonotactics

Zero and C are the only permitted word-final codas.

Morphology

Nouns

im- is used for the plural prefix.

Pronouns

  • 1sg: rie
  • 2sg: łen (masculine), łes (feminine)
  • 3sg: in (masculine), is (feminine), tan (inanimate)
  • 1pl: ămrie (exclusive), bang (inclusive)
  • 2pl: łănam
  • 3pl: ănam (animate), tănam (inanimate)

Verbs

Personal inflection

The personal affixes are infixes for a verb with an initial cluster. If there is no initial cluster, the personal affixes are prefixes. For example:

rie łen łes in is tan ămrie bang łănam ănam tănam
dur 'sit' dur łedur łesdur idur dur dur ărdur angdur łamdur amdur dur
plang 'stand' plang pelang peslang pilang plang plang părlang panglang păłamrang pamlang plang

Trigger system

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources