Glommish

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Σiúdьsk /ɬʲuːtʲsk/) is a Germanic language spoken in Northern France and Western Germany on the alt-hist of Lõis. It has the most speakers on Lõis out of any Germanic language.

1-10: ýn, twý, σrí, fiór, finf, siaks, siawen, acht, nión, tiachn /ɨːn, tvɨː, ɬʲrʲiː, fʲoːr, fʲinf, sʲæks, sʲævən, axt, nʲoːn, tʲæxn/

11-19: ýlьf, twalьf, σrýtián, fiórъtián, finfъtián, siaksъtián, siafъtián, achъtián, nióntián /ɨːlʲf, tvalʲf, ɬʲrʲiːtʲæːn, fʲoːrtʲæːn, fʲinftʲæːn, sʲækstʲæːn, sʲæftʲæːn, axtʲæːn, nʲoːnʲtʲæːn/

20-90: twýntiech, σrítiech, ... achъtiech, nióntiech /tvɨːnʲtʲəx, etc./

100: hunderσ /hundərɬ/

1000: σúsendь /ɬuːzənʲdʲ/

Phonology

Like its southern neighbor Ufirlandisg, Glommish phonology is characterized by hard and soft consonants.

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental/Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
plain pal. plain pal. plain pal.
Nasal m m n
Stop
/Affricate
voiceless p p t č k k
voiced b b d g g
Fricative voiceless f f s s~z sʲ~zʲ σ ɬ~ɮ σь ɬʲ~ɮʲ š ʃ~ʒ ch x~ɣ h h
voiced w v
Liquid r r l ɫ j j

Orthographical note: The soft sign ь and the palatalizing i soften every consonant in the cluster by default; however, the hard sign ъ prevents the softening of consonants to the left of it.

Vowels

Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ í /iː/ y /ɨ/ ý /ɨː/ u /ʊ/ ú /uː/
Mid e /ɛ/ é /eː/ e [ə] o /ɔ/ ó /oː/
Open a /a/ á /aː/

Morphology

Nouns

Like German, Glommish has 4 noun cases. Glommish uses the indefinite article ýn and the definite article σar.

Definite article
case singular plural
m. f. n.
nom. σar σí σat σí
acc. σan σí σat σí
dat. σame σiar σame σím
gen. σas σiarer σas σiar

Adjectives

Adjectives are declined, like in German but unlike in Ufirlandisg. For attributive adjectives, the weak declension is used when the noun is preceded by a definite article or demonstratives. The strong declension is used otherwise. Below are the strong and weak declensions of the adjective gád 'good':

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Strong declension
case singular plural
m. f. n.
nom. gáder gáde gádet gáde
acc. gáden gáde gádet gáde
dat. gádme gáder gádme gádem
gen. gádes gádrer gádes gáder

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Weak declension
case singular plural
m. f. n.
nom. gáde gáde gáde gáden
acc. gáden gáde gáde gáden
dat. gádienь gádienь gádienь gádem
gen. gádienь gádienь gádienь gáden


Pronouns

case 1sg. 2sg. 3sg. 1pl. 2pl. 3pl. reflexive
m. f. n.
nom. ik σú er it wír júr í -
acc. mik σik ín it unsь í sik
dat. mir σir ime jar ime unsь ím sir
gen. mín σín is jarer is unsier júrer jar sín

Verbs

Syntax