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[[Category:Uralic languages]] [[Category:Finnic languages]]
{{Infobox language
|name=Fingail
|nativename=''Fingail''
|pronunciation=ˈfiŋgaˌil
|pronunciation_key = IPA for Fingail
|state            = Fingall
|region=[[w:Finland|Finland]]
|setting          = Alt-history Europe, Southern Finland
|created          = 2010
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2            = [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]
| fam3            = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam4            = Northern Finnic
| nation          = Finland
|ancestor = [[w:Proto-Finnic|Proto-Finnic]]
|ancestor2 = [[w:Finnish language|Finnish]]
|script        =  [[w:Latin script|Latin]]
|creator = [[User:Nicomega|Nicolas Campi]]
|script1          = Latn
|iso3=fnh
|notice=IPA
}}


An experiment, taking the Finnish language and making it look more like Welsh.
[[Fingail]] ({{IPA|/ˈfɪŋɡaɪl/}}; [[Fingail]]: ''fingail'' {{IPA|[ˈfiŋgaˌil]}}) is an [[a posteriori]] Finnic altlang spoken in certain rural areas of what corresponds to our Wales and England, especially Cornwall.
::Sample:
:'''sín ragathan, mín ragathad?'''
:''I love you, do you love me?''
 
'''Hîw paev!'''
''Hello!''
 
'''Peithath aeg'''
''long time no see''
 
'''Miden voeth'''
''How are you?''
 
'''Hîw geid, ened sín?'''
''Fine, and you?''
 
'''Hîw gomened!'''
''Good morning!''
 
'''Hîw eled'''
''Good evening!''


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
 
===Consonants===
Phonemes that appear in brackets are only allophonic variants of the same phoneme.
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| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|ŋ}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |({{IPA|ŋ}})
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
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| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|v}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|v}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA|θ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA|θ}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|ð}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{angbr|th}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA|s}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA|s}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |({{IPA|z}})
| style="border-left: 0;" |({{IPA|z}})
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA|ɬ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA|ɬ}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{angbr|lh}}
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA|χ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA|χ}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{angbr|ch}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA|h}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA|h}}
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| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA|r̥}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA|r̥}} {{angbr|rh}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|r}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|r}}
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| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|l}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|l}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|j}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|j}} {{angbr|i}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|w}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA|w}}
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|}
===Vowels===
Vowels retain a long vs short distinction, and are marked either by the use of an acute {{angbr|´}} or by the use of a circumflex {{angbr|^}}. This last one is mostly used to denote certain contexts where the long vowels are a result of a historical contraction of more than one vowel.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Front
! colspan="2" | Central
! colspan="2" | Back
|-
! <small>short</small>
! <small>long</small>
! <small>short</small>
! <small>long</small>
! <small>short</small>
! <small>long</small>
|-
! Close
| {{IPA|i}} || {{IPA|iː}} ||  ||  || {{IPA|u}} || {{IPA|uː}}
|-
! Mid
| {{IPA|e}} || {{IPA|eː}} ||  ||  || {{IPA|o}} || {{IPA|oː}}
|-
! Open
| || | || {{IPA|a}} || {{IPA|aː}} || ||
|}
==Morphology==
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==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
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==Example texts==
:'''sín ragathan, mín ragathad?'''
:''I love you, do you love me?''
'''Hîw paev!'''
''Hello!''
'''Peithath aeg'''
''long time no see''
'''Miden voeth'''
''How are you?''
'''Hîw geid, ened sín?'''
''Fine, and you?''
'''Hîw gomened!'''
''Good morning!''
'''Hîw eled'''
''Good evening!''

Latest revision as of 18:56, 7 September 2021

Fingail
Fingail
Pronunciation[ˈfiŋgaˌil]
Created byNicolas Campi
Date2010
SettingAlt-history Europe, Southern Finland
Native toFingall
Uralic
Early forms
Official status
Official language in
Finland
Language codes
ISO 639-3fnh
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Fingail (/ˈfɪŋɡaɪl/; Fingail: fingail [ˈfiŋgaˌil]) is an a posteriori Finnic altlang spoken in certain rural areas of what corresponds to our Wales and England, especially Cornwall.

Phonology

Consonants

Phonemes that appear in brackets are only allophonic variants of the same phoneme.

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Stop p b t d k ɡ
Fricative f v θ ⟨th⟩ s (z) ɬ ⟨lh⟩ χ ⟨ch⟩ h
Trill r̥ ⟨rh⟩ r
Approximant l j ⟨i⟩ w

Vowels

Vowels retain a long vs short distinction, and are marked either by the use of an acute ⟨´⟩ or by the use of a circumflex ⟨^⟩. This last one is mostly used to denote certain contexts where the long vowels are a result of a historical contraction of more than one vowel.

Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

sín ragathan, mín ragathad?
I love you, do you love me?

Hîw paev! Hello!

Peithath aeg long time no see

Miden voeth How are you?

Hîw geid, ened sín? Fine, and you?

Hîw gomened! Good morning!

Hîw eled Good evening!

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