Glommish

Σiúdьsk /ɬʲuːtʲsk/) is a Germanic language spoken in Northern France and Western Germany on the alt-hist of Lõis. It has the most speakers on Lõis out of any Germanic language. Glommish is intended to have a pseudo-Slavic aesthetic.

1-10: ýn, twý, σrí, fiór, finf, siaks, siawen, acht, nión, tiachn /ɨːn, tvɨː, ɬʲrʲiː, fʲoːr, fʲinf, sʲæks, sʲævən, axt, nʲoːn, tʲæxn/

11-19: ýlьf, twalьf, σrýtián, fiórъtián, finfъtián, siaksъtián, siafъtián, achъtián, nióntián /ɨːlʲf, tvalʲf, ɬʲrʲiːtʲæːn, fʲoːrtʲæːn, fʲinftʲæːn, sʲækstʲæːn, sʲæftʲæːn, axtʲæːn, nʲoːnʲtʲæːn/

20-90: twýntiech, σrítiech, ... achъtiech, nióntiech /tvɨːnʲtʲəx, etc./

100: hunderσ /hundərɬ/

1000: σúsendь /ɬuːzənʲdʲ/

Phonology

Like its southern neighbor Ufirlandisg, Glommish phonology is characterized by hard and soft consonants.

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental/Alveolar		Lateral		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		plain	pal.	plain	pal.	plain	pal.
Nasal		m m	mь mʲ	n n̪	nь nʲ
Stop /Affricate	voiceless	p p	pь pʲ	t t̪	tь tʲ			č tʃ	k k
	voiced	b b	bь bʲ	d t̪	dь dʲ			dž dʒ	g g
Fricative	voiceless	f f	fь fʲ	s s~z	sь sʲ~zʲ	σ ɬ~ɮ	σь ɬʲ~ɮʲ	š ʃ~ʒ	ch x~ɣ	h h
	voiced	w v	wь vʲ
Liquid				r r	rь rʲ	l ɫ	lь lʲ	j j

Orthographical note: The soft sign ь and the palatalizing i soften every consonant in the cluster by default; however, the hard sign ъ prevents the softening of consonants to the left of it.

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /ɪ/	í /iː/	y /ɨ/	ý /ɨː/	u /ʊ/	ú /uː/
Mid	e /ɛ/	é /eː/	e [ə]		o /ɔ/	ó /oː/
Open			a /a/	á /aː/

Morphology

Nouns

Like German, Glommish has 4 noun cases.

Articles

Glommish uses the indefinite article ýn (declined as an adjective) and the definite article σar.

Definite article

case	singular			plural
	m.	f.	n.
nom.	σar	σí	σat	σí
acc.	σan	σí	σat	σí
dat.	σam	σiar	σam	σím
gen.	σas	σiar	σas	σiar

Consonant stems

Also includes the an-stem nouns (which have regularized their declension).

a-stem: wulf (m.) 'wolf'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wulf	wulfe
Accusative	wulf	wulfe
Dative	wulf, wulfe	wulfem
Genitive	wulfs	wulfe

a-stem: namn (n.) 'name'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	namn	namne
Accusative	namn	namne
Dative	namn, namne	namnem
Genitive	namnes	namne

ja-stem: basь (n.) 'berry'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	basь	basie
Accusative	basь	basie
Dative	basь, basie	basiem
Genitive	basies	basie

Vowel stems

ō-stem: nase (f.) 'nose'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nase	naser
Accusative	nase	naser
Dative	nase	nasem
Genitive	naser	nase

u-stem: side (f.) 'custom'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	side	sider
Accusative	side	sider
Dative	side	sidem
Genitive	sider	side

i-stem: burσie 'birth'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	burσie	burσier
Accusative	burσie	burσier
Dative	burσie	burσiem
Genitive	burσier	burσie

Grab bag

z-stem: lamb (n.) 'lamb'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lamb	lambier
Accusative	lamb	lambier
Dative	lambe	lambiem
Genitive	lambs	lambie

z-stem: fadier (n.) 'father'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fadier	fadrie
Accusative	fadier	fadrie
Dative	fadrie	fadriem
Genitive	fadiers	fadrie

Adjectives

Adjectives are declined, like in German but unlike in Ufirlandisg. For attributive adjectives, the weak declension is used when the noun is preceded by a definite article or demonstratives. The strong declension is used otherwise. Below are the strong and weak declensions of the adjective gád 'good':

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Strong declension for hard-stem adjectives

case	singular			plural
	m.	f.	n.
nom.	gáder	gáde	gádet	gáde
acc.	gáden	gáde	gádet	gáde
dat.	gádme	gáder	gádme	gádem
gen.	gádes	gáder	gádes	gáder

Weak declension for hard-stem adjectives

case	singular			plural
	m.	f.	n.
nom.	gáde	gáde	gáde	gáden
acc.	gáden	gáde	gáde	gáden
dat.	gádenь	gádenь	gádenь	gádem
gen.	gádenь	gádenь	gádenь	gáden

Soft-stem adjectives such as skónь 'beautiful' can be declined similarly.

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Strong declension for soft-stem adjectives

case	singular			plural
	m.	f.	n.
nom.	skónier	skónie	skóniet	skónie
acc.	skónien	skónie	skóniet	skónie
dat.	skónьme	skónier	skónьme	skóniem
gen.	skónies	skónier	skónies	skónier

Weak declension for soft-stem adjectives

case	singular			plural
	m.	f.	n.
nom.	skónie	skónie	skónie	skónien
acc.	skónien	skónie	skónie	skónien
dat.	skónienь	skónienь	skónienь	skóniem
gen.	skónienь	skónienь	skónienь	skónien

Pronouns

case	1sg.	2sg.	3sg.			1pl.	2pl.	3pl.	reflexive
			m.	f.	n.
nom.	ik	σú	er	sí	it	wír	júr	í	-
acc.	mik	σik	ín	sí	it	unsь	jú	í	sik
dat.	mir	σir	ime	jar	ime	unsь	jú	ím	sir
gen.	mín	σín	is	jar	is	unsier	júrer	jar	sín