Glommish
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. Glommish is intended to have a pseudo-Slavic aesthetic.
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
Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | pal. | plain | pal. | plain | pal. | |||||
Nasal | m m | mь mʲ | n n̪ | nь nʲ | ||||||
Stop /Affricate |
voiceless | p p | pь pʲ | t t̪ | tь tʲ | č tʃ | k k | |||
voiced | b b | bь bʲ | d t̪ | dь dʲ | dž dʒ | g g | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f f | fь fʲ | s s~z | sь sʲ~zʲ | σ ɬ~ɮ | σь ɬʲ~ɮʲ | š ʃ~ʒ | ch x~ɣ | h h |
voiced | w v | wь vʲ | ||||||||
Liquid | r r | rь rʲ | l ɫ | lь lʲ | 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.
Articles
Glommish uses the indefinite article ýn (declined as an adjective) and the definite article σar.
case | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | ||
nom. | σar | σí | σat | σí |
acc. | σan | σí | σat | σí |
dat. | σam | σiar | σam | σím |
gen. | σas | σiar | σas | σiar |
Consonant stems
a-stem: wulf (m.) 'wolf' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | wulf | wulfe |
Accusative | wulf | wulfe |
Dative | wulf, wulfe | wulfem |
Genitive | wulfs | wulfe |
ja-stem: basь (n.) 'berry' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | basь | basie |
Accusative | basь | basie |
Dative | basь, basie | basiem |
Genitive | basies | basie |
n-stems
a-stem: name (m.) 'name' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | name | namen |
Accusative | namen | namen |
Dative | namenь | namem |
Genitive | namenь | namen |
Vowel stems
ō-stem: nase (f.) 'nose' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | nase | naser |
Accusative | nase | naser |
Dative | nase | nasem |
Genitive | naser | nase |
u-stem: side (f.) 'custom' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | side | sider |
Accusative | side | sider |
Dative | side | sidem |
Genitive | sider | side |
i-stem: burσie (f.) 'birth' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | burσie | burσier |
Accusative | burσie | burσier |
Dative | burσie | burσiem |
Genitive | burσier | burσie |
Grab bag
z-stem: lamb (n.) 'lamb' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | lamb | lambier |
Accusative | lamb | lambier |
Dative | lambe | lambiem |
Genitive | lambs | lambie |
z-stem: fadier (m.) 'father' | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | fadier | fadrie |
Accusative | fadier | fadrie |
Dative | fadrie | fadriem |
Genitive | fadiers | fadrie |
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':
Template:Col-2case | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | ||
nom. | gáder | gáde | gádet | gáde |
acc. | gáden | gáde | gádet | gáde |
dat. | gádme | gáder | gádme | gádem |
gen. | gádes | gáder | gádes | gáder |
case | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | ||
nom. | gáde | gáde | gáde | gáden |
acc. | gáden | gáde | gáde | gáden |
dat. | gádenь | gádenь | gádenь | gádem |
gen. | gádenь | gádenь | gádenь | gáden |
Soft-stem adjectives such as skónь 'beautiful' can be declined similarly.
case | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | ||
nom. | skónier | skónie | skóniet | skónie |
acc. | skónien | skónie | skóniet | skónie |
dat. | skónьme | skónier | skónьme | skóniem |
gen. | skónies | skónier | skónies | skónier |
case | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | ||
nom. | skónie | skónie | skónie | skónien |
acc. | skónien | skónie | skónie | skónien |
dat. | skónienь | skónienь | skónienь | skóniem |
gen. | skónienь | skónienь | skónienь | skónien |
Pronouns
case | 1sg. | 2sg. | 3sg. | 1pl. | 2pl. | 3pl. | reflexive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | |||||||
nom. | ik | σú | er | sí | it | wír | júr | í | - |
acc. | mik | σik | ín | sí | it | unsь | jú | í | sik |
dat. | mir | σir | ime | jar | ime | unsь | jú | ím | sir |
gen. | mín | σín | is | jar | is | unsier | júrer | jar | sín |