Old Ponish

Old Ponish
Eohwisċ, Eald Eohwisċ
Pronunciation	[eɑld eoxʷiʃ]
Created by	The Ramosian
Date	October 15, 2017 (Original version by Hasbro), 2024 (The Ramosian's version)
Setting	Classical Equestria
Native to	Equestria
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Old Ponish
Early form	Pre-Old-Ponish
Official status
Official language in	Classical Equestria

Old Ponish was a Germanic language which was spoken in what is now Equestria.

Old Ponish developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian dialacts spoken by the Germanic tribes

Etymology

Eohwisċ, means 'pertaining to the ponies', the name comes from the Proto-West-Germanic word *ehw, from earlier Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.

History

Out-of-character

Old Ponish forst appeared in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in the episode Uncommon Bond. Its next appearence was in the season 7 finale Shadow Play: Part 1. It is modeled off Old English. On 5 May 2024, The Ramosian made a more complete version with more Germanic grammar

Sample texts

Canon appearences

Note that due to the script writers being uneducated in Old English, Germanic languages, or linguistics in general, these are grammatically incorrect in The Ramosian's version

Hliet foresettan pliht!
Hearg sylfum se Ponhenge
Toward dol grimliċ of Fola Firgenbeorg
ūser endemest sċield

Reward prefers risk!
The Temple of Ponhenge
At the base of Foal Mountain
Our last stand

Non-canon translations

Mare in the Moon

Se mearhe in þan mānan,
untriewespeoll fram ealdenn eohw tīman.

Ain wealdfull eohw hwā winsċide wealdan Eohwland, unwan Firisþingo Aileodi and liċan in þan mānan.
Untriewespeoll sagēþ in langemest dag of se þūsundoþ iār,
steorraan wiell hielpid in hesa fleoh,
and hia wiell sċeawaþ neahttīma eaċ.

The Mare in the Moon,
myth from olden pony times.

A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon.
Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year,
the stars will aid in her escape,
and she will bring about nighttime eternal