Rheinwallisch Kreol

Rheinwallian Creole (autoglossonym: Rheinwallisch Kreol) is a constructed auxiliary creole based on English and German, highlighting linguistic similarities in grammar and vocabulary. It is used in Rheinwall, a nation with origins in the Rhine valley, where the most commonly spoken languages are now English and German.

Rheinwallian Creole
Rheinwallisch Kreol, Rheinwallisch
Pronunciation	[ˈraɪnˌwalɪʃ kreɔl]
Created by	Lily Jane
Date	2023
Native to	Rheinwall
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic part. German and English Rheinwallian Creole
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Rheinwall
Regulated by	Royal Institut for de Rheinwallisch Spreek

Etymology

The language was named after the Queendom of Rheinwall, which in turn was named after being located in the Rhine valley (from Latin: vallis rheni).

Orthography

The dictionary of Rheinwallian Creole knows 28 letters, two of which are composed of more than one character. Diacritics are only found in non-Germanic loanwords like "café" and not part of the standard.

Letters
Orthography	A	Æ	B	C	CH	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	SCH	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Coronal		Velar
Nasal		m		n		ŋ
Stop	p	b	t	d	k	ɡ
Fricative	f	v	s ʃ	z ʒ	h x
Approximant		w		l		j
Rhotic				r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	ɪ	iː			ʊ	uː
Mid	ɛ	eː~ɛɪ	ə		ɔ	oː~ɔʊ
Open			a	aː

Grammar

A creole, Rheinwallian Creole does not conjugate verbs for person and uses conjugations and constructions familiar to both speakers of English and of German.

Articles

There are two sets of articles, indefinite and definite.

Articles in Rheinwallian Creole

	Indefinite	Definite
Before a vowel	an	de
Before a consonant	a

Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns in Rheinwallian creole are divided into subject, object and possessive pronouns. The third person is gendered in the singular. There is no T-V distinction, meaning there are no levels of formality.

Pronouns

	Subject	Object	Possessive
First Singular	i	mi	mein
Second singular	du	di	dein
Third singular	e/se/et	im/ir/et	sein/ir/sein
First plural	wi	us	ur
Second plural	ju	ji	jur
Third plural	de	dem	der

Demonstrative pronouns

There are two demonstrative pronouns: "dis" and "dat", used in both singular and plural.

Verbs

All verbs in the language end with either -en or -n. There are two irregular verbs "sen" and "haven". Verbs conjugate for tense, of which there are four, two of which periphrastic and one default (present) and for voice.

Example conjugation: drinken

	Present	Past	Future	Progressive
Active	drink	drinkte	schall drinken	is drinken
Passive	is drinkt	was drinkt	schall sen drinkt	is sen drinkt

The irregular verbs are conjugated as follows:

sen

	Present	Past	Future	Progressive
Active	is	was	schall sen	is sen
Passive	-	-	-	-

haven

	Present	Past	Future	Progressive
Active	hav	had	schall haven	is haven
Passive	is had	was had	shall sen had	is sen had

There are no strong verbs in this language.