Voltch

Voltch (native: voalc /vo̯altʃ/) is an Anglic language descended from Old English.

Voltch
voalc
Pronunciation	[vo̯aɫtʃ]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Voltch
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Old English

Introduction

Etymology

From Old English folcisċ "vernacular language".

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants spelling IPA Remarks normally final b /b/ /p/ ch /x/ c /tʃ/ cg /dʒ/ /tʃ/ Treated as a double consonant in terms of checking syllables. d /d/ /t/ f /f/ g /ɡ/ /k/ h /ɦ/ — j /j/ — k /k/ l /l/ Pronounced dark/velarized ([ɫ]) word-finally and before consonants. lj /ʎ/ m /m/ n /n/ Assimilates place of articulation with following consonant. nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/ p /p/ r /r/ s /s/ sc /ʃ/ Treated as a double consonant in terms of checking syllables. t /t/ v /v/ — w /v/ /f/ z /z/ — zc /ʒ/ — Treated as a double consonant in terms of checking syllables.

Vowels and diphthongs spelling IPA checked free a /ɑ/ /aː/ aa /aː/ — ä /æ/ /ɛː/ ää /ɛː/ — aai /aːi̯/ aau /aːu̯/ ai /ɑi̯/ au /ɑu̯/ e /ɛ/, /ə/ /eː/, /ə/ ea /e̯a/ ee /eː/ eei /eːi̯/ eeu /eːu̯/ ei /iː/ i, y /ɪ/, /ə/ — ie /iə̯/ ij /ɪi̯~ei̯/ iu /ɪʊ̯/ o /ɔ/ /oː/ oa /o̯a/ oi /ɔi̯/ oo /oː/ — ooi /oːi̯/ oou /oːu̯/ ou /uː/ ö /œ/ /øː/ öa /ø̯a/ öö /øː/ öü /yː/ u /ʊ/ /uː/ ue /uə̯/ ui /ʊɪ̯/ uu /ʊu̯~ou̯/ ü /ʏ/ /yː/ üe /yə̯/ üü /ʏy̆~øy̆/

Alphabet

Letter Name IPA A a a [ʔaː] B b be [beː] C c ce [tʃʰeː] D d de [deː] E e e [ʔeː] F f ef [ʔɛf] G g ge [ɡeː] H h ha [ɦaː] I i ij [ʔɪi̯]

Letter Name IPA J j jot [jɔtʰ] K k ka [kʰaː] L l el [ʔɛɫ] M m em [ʔɛm] N n en [ʔɛn] O o o [ʔoː] P p pe [pʰeː] Q q kuu [kʰʊu̯] R r er [ʔɛɾ]

Letter Name IPA S s es [ʔɛs] T t te [tʰeː] U u uu [ʔʊu̯] V v ve [veː] W w dobbel ve [ˈdɔbəɫ veː] X x iks [ʔɪks] Y y ɡreike ij [ˈɡɾiːkə ʔɪi̯] (IJ ij) longe ij [ˈlɔŋə ʔɪi̯] Z z zet [zɛtʰ]

Historical phonology

Old English	Environment	Voltch	Remarks
Vowels
a	lengthened	a (long), aa
	unstressed	e (schwa)
	otherwise	a (short)
ā	everywhere	uo
æ, ea	lengthened	ä (long), ää
	otherwise	ä (short)
ǣ	everywhere	ie
e	lengthened	ea
	unstressed	e (schwa)
	otherwise	e (short)
ē	everywhere	ei
eo	lengthened	öa
	otherwise	ö
ēo	everywhere	öü
ēa	everywhere	üe
i, ie	lengthened	e (long), ee
	before h + consonant	e (short)
	otherwise	i
ī, īe	everywhere	ij
o	lengthened	oa
	unstressed	e (schwa)
	otherwise	o (short)
ō	everywhere	ou
u	lengthened	o (long), oo
	otherwise	u
ū	everywhere	uu
y	lengthened	ö (long), öö
	otherwise	ü
ȳ	everywhere	üü
Consonants
b		b
c		k
ċ		c
d		d
f	unvoiced	f
	voiced	v	voiced word-initially and between vowels
g		g, ∅
ġ		j
h		h, ch
l		l
m		m
n		n
p		p
r		r
s		s, z
t		t
w		w, ∅

Morphology

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Possessive
1S	ic	mec	mei	mijn
2SI	duu	dec	dei	dijn
3SM	hei	heen	him	his
3SF	höü	höü	heer	heer
3SN	hit	hit	him	his
1P	wei	uus	uus	uur
2P/F	jei	jöü	jöü	jöür
3P	hij	hij	him	höar

Demonstratives and Articles

Indefinite article

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	aan	anen	anem	anes
SF	ane	ane	aner	aner
SN	aan	aan	anem	anes

Negative article

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	naan	nanen	nanem	nanes
SF	nane	nane	naner	naner
SN	naan	naan	nanem	nanes
P	nane	nane	nanem	naner

Definite article and neutral demonstrative

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	dei	doan	duem	däs
SF	döü	döü	dier	dier
SN	dät	dät	duem	däs
P	due	due	duem	duer

Near demonstrative

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	dis	dissen	dissem	disses
SF	disse	disse	disser	disser
SN	dis	dis	dissem	disses
P	disse	disse	dissem	disser

Far demonstrative

Strong declension
	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	joan	joanen	joanem	joanes
SF	joane	joane	joaner	joaner
SN	joan	joan	joanem	joanes
P	joane	joane	joanem	joaner
Weak declension
SM	joane	joanen	joanen	joanen
SF	joane	joanen	joanen	joanen
SN	joane	joane	joanen	joanen
P	joanen	joanen	joanem	joanen

Adjectives

Strong adjective declension

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	—	-en	-em	-es
SF	-e	-e	-er	-er
SN	—	—	-em	-es
P	-e	-e	-em	-er

Weak adjective declension

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
SM	-e	-en	-en	-en
SF	-e	-en	-en	-en
SN	-e	-e	-en	-en
P	-en	-en	-em	-en

Numerals

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	nuecht	nuechtede
1	uen	ierste
2	twue	twuede
3	dröü	dridde
4	vöür	vöürde
5	vijf	vijfte
6	zechs	zechste
7	zöaven	zöavede
8	ächt	ächtede
9	nijn	nijde
10	tein	töüde
11	ellöaven	ellöavede
12	twealf	twealfte
13	dröütein	dröütöüde
14	vöürtein	vöürtöüde
15	vijftein	vijftöüde
16	zechstein	zechstöüde
17	zöaventein	zöaventöüde
18	ächtein	ächtöüde
19	nijntein	nijntöüde
20	tweintij	tweintijste
30	drijtij	drijtijste
40	vöürtij	vöürtijste
50	vijftij	vijftijste
60	zechstij	zechstijste
70	zöaventij	zöaventijste
80	ächtij	ächtijste
90	nijntij	nijntijste
100	hundred	hundredste
1000	duuzend	duuzendste

Vocabulary

Time - Tijd

Seasons - Due jüertijde

English	Voltch
spring	lenkten
summer	zomer
fall	häärvest
winter	weenter

Days of the week - Due deis of döü weken

English	Voltch
Sunday	Uendei
Monday	Twuedei
Tuesday
Wednesday	Wonstai/Wonstæ
Thursday	Dorstai/Dorstæ
Friday	Vriedhai/Vríðæ
Saturday	Saidherstai/Sæðerstæ

Parts of the day - Tealas auv tai/Tjelas áf tæ

English	Doidhesh
day	tai/tæ
dawn	taihoum/tæhóm
morning	morn
noon	mittai/mittæ
afternoon	äftermittai/äftermittæ
evening	eaven/jeven
dusk	nichthoum/nihthóm
night	nicht/niht
midnight	mitnicht/mitniht

Units of time - Tealas auv thiet/Tjelas áf þít

English	Doidhesh
second	bengwiel/bengwíl
minute	thiemshen/þímcen
hour	thiem/þím
day	tai/tæ
week	beizh/béc
month	moundh/mónþ
season	seal/sjel
year	jear/djer

Time adverbs - Thietleizh piebordhas/Þítléc píborðas

English	Doidhesh
now	nue/nú
then	don
recently, a short time ago	earnue/jernú
earlier	ear/jer
soon, shortly	soun/són; äfternue/äfternú
later	äfter
always	sebel
often	oft
sometimes	gwielom/gwílom
rarely	selten
never	noa/nwo; neaver/njever
ever	oa/wo; eaver/jever
still, yet	jüedh/jýþ
already	ju
today	thoudhai/þóðæ
tonight	thounicht/þóniht
yesterday	jörstanai/djörstanæ
last night	jörstanicht/djörstaniht
tomorrow	thoumorn/þómorn
before yesterday	earjörstanai/jerdjörstanæ
two nights ago	earjörstanicht/jerdjörstaniht
after tomorrow	äfterthoumorn/äfterþómorn
this week	thoubeizh/þóbéc
last week	jörstabeizh/djörstabéc
next week	neistbeizh/néstbéc

Colours - Teas/Tjes

Colours - Teas/Tjes

English	Gothedish
white	gweidh/gwéþ
grey	kreai/krjei
black	plaigh/plæh Example texts Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1) Älle men wöarden vröü and ilijc on uere and rechtem iboaren. Glöüscip and touknounes zind him jifted, and hij scolen...