Zarḍenlaṇḍs

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L-Sicilian is a Thedic language spoken in Lõis's Sicily. It is closely related to Thedish.

It is inspired by Dutch and Afrikaans but it has retroflexes.

ṇauw "narrow" < hnawwъ

Nouns

Definite article = die, indefinite article = een

Verbs

dental-retro alternations

Class 1

  • lijden, leeḍ, geleḍen = to suffer (minimal pair with leiḍen = to lead)
  • strijden, streeḍ, gestreḍen = to fight (by analogy)
  • schijnen, scheeṇ, gescheṇen 'shine, seem'

Class 2

  • vriezen, vroor, gevroren

Class 4a

  • biṇḍen, boṇḍ, geboṇḍen = to bind, to tie