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'''Gothedish''' (Native: ''Guþþydske'' /ˈɡuːθʏtskə/) is a Germanic language. Its most distinctive feature is extensive palatalization, which is most likely due to Slavic influence. | |||
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'''Gothedish''' ( | '''Gothedish''' is a descendant of Gothic. It is named after the Gothedes (''Guþþyde''), whose name means ''"Goth people"'' (''gut'' (Goth) + ''þyde'' (people)). By folk etymology, it also means ''"God's slaves"'' (''Gud'' (God) + ''þyde'' (slave)). As a result of this dual etymology, Guþþyde may either be declined as a strong noun (in which case it is collective and is gramatically feminine) or a weak noun (in which case it refers to a single person). | ||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
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Stress is generally on the first syllable in native words, unless the word begins with an unstressed prefix such as be-, fer-, or ge-. | |||
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Gothedish has four cases: Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative. | |||
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Nouns may be either strong or weak. | |||
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===Adjectives=== | |||
Like nouns, adjectives may be strong or weak. Most adjectives have both forms. The strong forms are used attributively (''happy people'') and predicatively (''they are happy''), while the weak forms are used nominally (''the rich''). | |||
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====Weak Adjectives==== | |||
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Revision as of 16:41, 30 December 2016
Gothedish (Native: Guþþydske /ˈɡuːθʏtskə/) is a Germanic language. Its most distinctive feature is extensive palatalization, which is most likely due to Slavic influence.
Introduction
Gothedish is a descendant of Gothic. It is named after the Gothedes (Guþþyde), whose name means "Goth people" (gut (Goth) + þyde (people)). By folk etymology, it also means "God's slaves" (Gud (God) + þyde (slave)). As a result of this dual etymology, Guþþyde may either be declined as a strong noun (in which case it is collective and is gramatically feminine) or a weak noun (in which case it refers to a single person).
Phonology
Orthography
Gothedish can be written in various orthographies. The most commonly used is the Latin alphabet, followed by Arabic and Gothic.
1 Unmarked vowels are lengthened by default in “unchecked" syllables (i.e. stressed and followed by no more than one consonant) and are shortened otherwise. Short unchecked vowels are indicated by doubling the following consonant, and long checked vowels are indicated with special long forms. Compound words and loanwords often do not conform to these rules.
2 The voiced stops/affricates <b(j)>, <d(j)>, and <g(j)> are devoiced at the end of words. They become voiceless stops after a consonant (in the case of <d(j)> and <g(j)>) or a nasal (in the case of <b(j)>). Otherwise, they become voiceless fricatives. Palatalized <g> (/j/), which is always preceded by a vowel, becomes /ʃ/.
3 In loanwords.
4 Unstressed.
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Stress is generally on the first syllable in native words, unless the word begins with an unstressed prefix such as be-, fer-, or ge-.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Gothedish has four cases: Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative.
Nouns
Nouns may be either strong or weak.
Strong Nouns
Weak Nouns
Adjectives
Like nouns, adjectives may be strong or weak. Most adjectives have both forms. The strong forms are used attributively (happy people) and predicatively (they are happy), while the weak forms are used nominally (the rich).