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'''Evonish''' is a constructed | '''Evonish''' (subject to constant renaming) is a constructed language (for a possible constructed world) mostly limited to my day dreaming and notebooks. It is a-posetriori and influenced primarily by (West) Germanic, (Insular) Celtic, and Russian. Its phoneme inventory is based on [[w:General American pronunciation|General American phonology]]. The wordstock has many influences of [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic languages]], [[w:Celtic languages|Celtic languages]], [[w:Slavic languages|Slavic languages]], and some [[a priori]] vocabulary. | ||
Imagine Germanic tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons with eastern tribes gathering together with Celts and sailing the Baltic Sea. They landed near modern day Saint Petersburg where they established their own nation, absorbing some northern Russian groups. Essentially, it is the Romania of the Northwest in a sense. Sweet maps of this will be made. | |||
The objectives are: | |||
*to create a poetic, flowing language | *to create a poetic, flowing language | ||
*to preserve old Germanic grammar | *to preserve old Germanic grammar | ||
*to preserve Celtic vocabulary | *to preserve Celtic vocabulary | ||
*to create a left-hand friendly writing system | *to create a left-hand friendly writing system | ||
'''It is open to editing by all interested in a conlang of its influences'''. | |||
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