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'''Wenedyk''' is a naturalistic [[constructed language]], created by the Dutch translator [[w:Jan van Steenbergen|Jan van Steenbergen]] (who also co-created the international auxiliary language [[Interslavic language|Interslavic]]). It is used in the fictional ''Republic of the Two Crowns'' (based on the ''[[w:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Republic of Two Nations]]''), in the [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate timeline]] of [[Ill Bethisad]]. Officially, Wenedyk is a descendant of Vulgar Latin with a strong Slavic admixture, based on the premise that the Roman Empire incorporated the ancestors of the [[w:Poles|Poles]] in their territory. Less officially, it tries to show what Polish would have looked like if it had been a Romance instead of a Slavic language. On the Internet, it is well-recognized as an example of the [[altlang]] genre, much like [[Brithenig]] and [[Breathanach]].

The idea for the language was inspired by such languages as Brithenig and Breathanach, languages that bear a similar relationship to the Celtic languages as Wenedyk does to Polish. The language itself is based entirely on (Vulgar Latin and Polish: all phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes that made Polish develop from [[Common Slavic language|Common Slavic]] are applied to Vulgar Latin. As a result, vocabulary and morphology are predominantly Romance in nature, whereas phonology, orthography and syntax are essentially the same as in Polish. Wenedyk uses the modern standard [[w:Polish orthography|Polish orthography]], including (for instance) <w> for {{IPA|/v/}} and <ł> for {{IPA|/w/}}.