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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=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====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==== | ====Intonation==== | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Gothedish has four cases: Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative. | |||
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Adjectives | Adjectives | ||
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===Nouns=== | |||
Nouns may be either strong or weak. | |||
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====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''). | |||
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====Weak Adjectives==== | |||
===Pronouns and Determiners=== | |||
====Personal Pronouns==== | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||