Wessedian: Difference between revisions

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|state = Republic of Wessey

|familycolor = Indo-European

|fam2 = Germanic

|fam2 = [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]]

|fam3 = North Germanic

|fam3 = [[w:North Germanic languages|North Germanic]]

|fam4 = West Norse

|fam4 = [[w:North Germanic languages#Modern languages and dialects|West Norse]]

|ancestor = Old West Norse

|ancestor2 = Early Wessedian

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'''Wessedian''' ([[w:endonym|endonym]]: ''væssoyisk''; <small>Wessedian: </small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">[[IPA for Wessedian|[ˈvɛsː.ɔɪ̯.isk]]]</span>) is a [[w:North Germanic languages|North Germanic language]] it is spoken by about two million people, principally in and around Wessey, where it is the official language. Communities of Wessedian speakers also exist in England and Scotland, where it is recognised as a minority language. Minor Wessedian-speaking communities also exist in Norway, the United States and Canada.

Wessedian, like all other North Germanic languages, is descended from [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]], the common language of the [[w:Norsemen|Norsemen]] during the [[w:Viking Age|Viking Age]].

Wessedian, like all other North Germanic languages, is descended from [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]], the common language of the [[w:Norsemen|Norsemen]] during the [[w:Viking Age|Viking Age]]. Wessedian is descended from the West Norse dialect group, along with [[w:Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[w:Faroese language|Faroese]] and [[w:Nynorsk|Norwegian]]. However, unlike the continental Scandinavian languages — namely [[w:Swedish language|Swedish]], [[w:Danish language|Danish]] and [[w:Norwegian language|Norwegian]] — Wessedian is not easily [[w:Mutual intelligibility|mutualy intelligible]] with other Scandinavian languages. Wessedian has [[w:Borrowing (linguistics)|borrowed]] some vocabulary from the [[w:Goidelic languages|Goidelic languages]], especially [[w:Scottish Gaelic|Scottish Gaelic]], [[w:Scots language|Scots]] and [[w:English language in Northern England|Northern English dialects]], due to shared historical contact between between the languages in the region.

==History==

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 |state = Republic of Wessey
 |familycolor =  Indo-European
-|fam2 = Germanic
+|fam2 = [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]]
-|fam3 = North Germanic
+|fam3 = [[w:North Germanic languages|North Germanic]]
-|fam4 = West Norse
+|fam4 = [[w:North Germanic languages#Modern languages and dialects|West Norse]]
 |ancestor = Old West Norse
 |ancestor2 = Early Wessedian
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 '''Wessedian''' ([[w:endonym|endonym]]: ''væssoyisk''; <small>Wessedian:&nbsp;</small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">[[IPA for Wessedian|[ˈvɛsː.ɔɪ̯.isk]]]</span>) is a [[w:North Germanic languages|North Germanic language]] it is spoken by about two million people, principally in and around Wessey, where it is the official language. Communities of Wessedian speakers also exist in England and Scotland, where it is recognised as a minority language. Minor Wessedian-speaking communities also exist in Norway, the United States and Canada.
-Wessedian, like all other North Germanic languages, is descended from [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]], the common language of the [[w:Norsemen|Norsemen]] during the [[w:Viking Age|Viking Age]].
+Wessedian, like all other North Germanic languages, is descended from [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]], the common language of the [[w:Norsemen|Norsemen]] during the [[w:Viking Age|Viking Age]]. Wessedian is descended from the West Norse dialect group, along with [[w:Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[w:Faroese language|Faroese]] and [[w:Nynorsk|Norwegian]]. However, unlike the continental Scandinavian languages — namely [[w:Swedish language|Swedish]], [[w:Danish language|Danish]] and [[w:Norwegian language|Norwegian]] — Wessedian is not easily [[w:Mutual intelligibility|mutualy intelligible]] with other Scandinavian languages. Wessedian has [[w:Borrowing (linguistics)|borrowed]] some vocabulary from the [[w:Goidelic languages|Goidelic languages]], especially [[w:Scottish Gaelic|Scottish Gaelic]], [[w:Scots language|Scots]] and [[w:English language in Northern England|Northern English dialects]], due to shared historical contact between between the languages in the region.
 ==History==