Doidhesh

Doidhesh (native: Doidhesh/Dœðesc /ˈdœʏðɛʃ/) is an Anglic language descended from Old English.

Doidhesh
Doidhesh sweazh Dœðesc swjec
Pronunciation	[ˈdœʏðɛʃ ʃwɛʃ]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Doidhesh
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Old English

Introduction

Etymology

From Old English þēodisċ "vernacular language" < Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz "of the people" < *þeudō "people" + -iskaz "-ish".

Synchronically analyzable as doit/dœt "people" + -esh/-esc "-ish".

Phonology

Orthography

Two Latin-based orthograpies are used:

1. Egelstaiv/Egelstæf ("English letter(s)"): Based on Middle English orthography.
2. Teanstaiv/Tjenstæf ("Danish letter(s)"): Based on Old English orthography, reinforced by Old Norse.

This article will use both orthographies separated by a slash (/). The orthographies will ve referred to as Egelstaiv and Tjenstæf respectively.

Consonants

Comparison of Doidhesh orthographies - Consonants

IPA	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
m	m	m
p	p; pp¹	p; pp¹
b	b	b
f	f; v²	f; ff¹
v	v	v
n	n	n
t	t; tt¹	t; tt¹
d	d	d
θ	th; dh²	þ; þþ¹
ð	dh	ð
s	s; z²	s; ss¹
z	z	z
r	r	r
l	l	l
tʃ	tch; t³	tc; tj; t_j⁴; tsc
dʒ	j; d³	dj; d_j⁴
ʃ	sh; zh²; s³	c; cc¹; sc⁵; sj; ssj¹; s_j⁴; s⁶
ʒ	zh; z³	zj; cz⁷
ɲ	ny; n³	nj; n_j⁴
c	k³	kj
ɟ	g³	gj
ç	h³	hj
j	y; ∅³	j
ʎ	l³	lj
ŋ	n⁸	n⁸
k	k	k
ɡ	g	g
x	h⁹; ch; gh²	h; hh¹
w	w; ∅¹⁰	w

Notes:

¹ Word-finally when it does not lenite.

² Word-finally when it lenites.

³ Before ea and eo (even if there is intervening -w- in the case of coronal consonants).

⁴ When separated with -w-.

⁵ Does not lenite when word-final.

⁶ Before tj.

⁷ When lenited from -c.

⁸ Before velar consonants.

⁹ Word-initially.

¹⁰ Before oa.

Vowels

Comparison of Doidhesh orthographies - Vowels

IPA	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
ɑ	a	a
æ	ä	ä
aʊ	au	á
aɪ	ai	æ
ɛ	e	e
eɪ	ei	é
jɛ; ɛ¹	ea	je
ɪ	i	i
i	ie	í
ɔ	o	o
oʊ	ou	ó
wɔ; ɔ²	oa	wo
ʊ	u	u
u	ue	ú
œ	ö	ö
øʏ	oi	œ
jœ; œ¹	eo	jö
ʏ	ü	y
y	üe	ý
œʊ	eu	öu
jœʊ; œʊ¹	eou	jöu

Notes:

¹ When previous consonant is palatalized.

² After /w/.

Morphophonology

Lenition

When a word ending in a voiceless stop or fricative has a vowel-initial suffix added, the final consonant becomes a voiced fricative. This is known as lenition.

Not all such words undergo lenition. Whether a word undergoes lenition or not is predictable from its orthography.

The table below summarizes the consonants that can undergo lenition when they occur at the end of a word. Note that this table specifically indicates how consonants are written word-finally and when lenited.

Word-final consonants that can undergo lenition

Phoneme	Unlenited form		Lenited form			Non-leniting equivalent
	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf	IPA	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
p	p	p	v	v	v	pp	pp
f	v	f				f	ff
t	t	t	ð	dh	ð	tt	tt
θ	dh	þ				th	þþ
s	z	s	z	z	z	s	ss
ʃ	zh	c	ʒ	zh	cz	sh	cc, sc
k	k	k	∅¹	∅¹	∅¹	ck	kk
x	gh	h				ch	hh

Notes:

¹ The consonant is dropped, leading to predictable vowel simplifications (see the next section below).

Vowel simplifications

When vowels are brought into hiatus, whether due to the lenition of /k/ or /x/, the addition of a vowel-initial suffix to a vowel-final word, or during compounding, the hiatus is simplified according to specific rules.

Morphology

Numerals

Number	Cardinal		Ordinal
	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf	Egelstaiv	Tjenstæf
0	noucht	nóht
1	oan	won
2	thwoa	þwo
3	droi	drœ
4	heour	hjöur
5	wiev	wíf
6	sois	sœs
7	seoun	sjöun
8	ächt	äht
9	nein	nén
10	thüen	þýn
11	eleun	elöun
12	thwelf	þwelf
13	droidhün	drœðyn
14	heourthün	hjöurþyn
15	wiftün	wiftyn
16	soistün	sœstyn
17	seoundün	sjöundyn
18	ächtün	ähtyn
19	neindün	néndyn
20	thwendei	þwendé