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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|image            = Haanbrugs.jpg
| name              = Hanebrugish
|imagesize        = 185px
| altname          = Hanebruggish
|imagecaption      = Flag of Hanebrug
| nativename        = Hanebrugish
|name              = Hanebrugish
| image            = Hanebrugish-flag.png
|nativename        = Hanebrugish
| imagecaption      = ''Se Fane'', the Hanebrugish flag.
|pronunciation    = ˈhanəbryɡiʃ
| pronunciation    = ˈhanəbɾyɣɪʃ
|state            = Hanebrug
| creator          = [[User:Charles Jeanfils|Charles]], xadrezo
|created          = September 2023
| created          = September 2023
|familycolor      = Indo-European
| states            = Hanebrug
|fam2              = [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| extinct          = October 2023
|fam3              = [[w:East Germanic languages|East Germanic]]
| revived          = February 2024
|creator          = Charles, xadrezo
| familycolor      = Indo-European
|dia1              = East Hanebrugish (''Oasthanebrugish'')
| fam1              = Indo-European
|dia2             = Sangish†
| fam2              = [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]]
|dia3              = Hanefurpish†
| fam3              = <sup>?</sup>[[w:East Germanic languages|East Germanic]]
|dia3              = Arkeburgish†
| fam4              = Hanebrugish
|stand1            = West Hanebrugish (''Westhanebrugish'')
| posteriori        = [[w:Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic]]
|script1          = Latin
| stand1            = West Hanebrugish (''Westerhanebrugish'')
|notice            = IPA
| dia1             = East Hanebrugish (''Oasterhanebrugish'')
| script1          = Latn
| notice            = IPA
}}
}}
'''Hanebrugish''' (<small>Hanebrugish:&nbsp;</small> ''Hanebrugish''; <span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">/ˈhanəbryɡiʃ/</span>), also spelled '''Hanebruggish''', is a [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] conlang originally developed for Hanebrug, a city founded by a small band of friends (who all happened to be linguistics nerds) on a [[w:Minecraft|Minecraft]] Realm in September 2023. Its lack of [[w:Umlaut (linguistics)|umlaut]] and [[w:Rhotacism|rhotacism]] and its other similarities to [[w:East Germanic languages|East Germanic]] make it characteristically simple and conservative compared to other Germanic languages that are spoken today.
==Etymology==
Hanebrug is ultimately named after one of Charles' cats, Hannah, who had already been enjoying a sort of celebrity status within the friend group; "Hane" is Charles' favorite nickname for her. The original proposal for the city's name was actually ''Haneburg'', but a typo rendered it ''Hanebrug''; the mistake stuck and the city was thus officially named ''Hanebrug''. In Hanebrugish, ''Hanebrug'' can be analyzed as a compound of ''Hane'' ("Hannah, Hane") + ''brug'' ("bridge"), making the city's name literally translate to "Hanebridge." The term ''brug'' comes from Proto-Germanic ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brugjǭ|*brugjǭ]]'', with irregular schwa-deletion (the expected form would be ''*bruge'').
==History==
===Early September 2023 and Vanilla Hanebrug===
[[File:Hanebrug at night.png|thumb|View of Vanilla Hanebrug at night.|right]]
Hanebrugish was first developed in September 2023 by co-founders Charles (then known by Charlotte) and xadrezo, with the intent of giving Hanebrug a deeper, more defined culture with its own language. Because they wanted it to be both easily made and taught to the rest of Hanebrug, they did away with some of the most characteristic sound changes found in the Germanic languages, like [[w:Umlaut (linguistics)|umlaut]]. Unfortunately, there was never any formal effort to teach the language to the citizens of Hanebrug. Other members of Hanebrug would go on to contribute to the language's development during its first revival effort. Road signs were written in both English and Hanebrugish, as well as official documentations.
===Late September—Early October and Modded Hanebrug===
Sometime during the later half of September, the friend group decided that they would restart Hanebrug in a modded server. Using the same seed from before, most of the group returned to Hanebrug's location to rebuild it, now with mods. By October, a space race was brewing between Hanebrug and a member who chose to remain at the world spawn. The space race led to a destructive drama that would end with modded Hanebrug being griefed beyond repair. The situation fractured the friend group, effectively killing Hanebrug and the Hanebrugish language along with it.
===Early 2024 and the Revival Efforts===
In February 2024, Charles, xadrezo and other former members of Hanebrug wanted to revive the Minecraft Realm, thus revitalizing Hanebrugish. More documentation was made on the language; members started to contribute by forming their own dialects of the language, each with their own distinct identity. This initial revitalization effort quickly died out due to even more drama. This would eventually result in one of the co-founders, Charles, being exiled from the friend group.
Even after splitting from the group, Charles still loved the conlang he co-authored and wanted to continue to work on developing it by himself; he has been actively working on it ever since then.
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
Hanebrugish has a minimal yet not relatively unusual 16-consonant phoneme inventory.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''Hanebrugish'' Consonants
|-
!
! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Coronal consonant|Coronal]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |
|-
! [[w:stop consonant|Stop]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | &nbsp;[[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced velar stop|ɡ]]
| colspan="2" |
|-
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless labiodental fricative|f]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative|ʃ]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
|-
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" |
|-
! [[w:Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]]
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
|}
===Vowels===
Hanebrugish possesses an extraordinarily minimal, near-vertical 8-vowel inventory, unlike most Germanic languages that tend to have lots of vowel sounds (I mean, just look at [[w:Danish phonology|Danish]]).
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''Hanebrugish'' Vowels
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Non-back
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! {{small|[[w:Vowel length|short]]}}
! {{small|[[w:Vowel length|long]]}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Close vowel|High]]
! {{small|[[w:Roundedness|unround.]]}}
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]
| iə̯
|
|-
! {{small|[[w:Roundedness|rounded]]}}
| [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]]
| yə̯
| uə̯
|-
! colspan="2" | [[w:Closed-mid vowel|High-mid]]
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]
|
|
|-
! colspan="2"| [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]
|
|
|-
! colspan="2"| [[w:Open vowel|Low]]
| [[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]]
|
|
|-
|}

Latest revision as of 01:16, 26 July 2024

Hanebrugish
Hanebruggish
Hanebrugish
Hanebrugish-flag.png
Se Fane, the Hanebrugish flag.
Pronunciation[ˈhanəbɾyɣɪʃ]
Created byCharles, xadrezo
DateSeptember 2023
Native toHanebrug
ExtinctOctober 2023
RevivalFebruary 2024
Indo-European
Standard form
West Hanebrugish (Westerhanebrugish)
Dialect
  • East Hanebrugish (Oasterhanebrugish)†
SourcesProto-Germanic
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