Doidhesh
Doidhesh (native: Doidhesh/Dœðesc /ˈdœʏðɛʃ/) is an Anglic language descended from Old English.
Doidhesh | |
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Doidhesh sweazh Dœðesc swjec | |
Pronunciation | [ˈdœʏðɛʃ ʃwɛʃ] |
Created by | Shariifka |
Early forms |
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:
- Eagelstaiv/Jegelstæf ("English letter(s)"): Based on Middle English orthography.
- Teanstaiv/Tjenstæf ("Danish letter(s)"): Based on Old Norse Latin orthography.
This article will use both orthographies separated by a slash (/). The orthographies will ve referred to as Eagelstaiv and Tjenstæf respectively.
Consonants
IPA | Eagelstaiv | Tjenstæf |
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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 |
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 Can occur in any position in accordance with etymology. 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
IPA | Eagelstaiv | Tjenstæf |
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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 | 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.
Morphophonologu
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 does not indicate how non-lenited consonants are written word-internally.
Phoneme | Unlenited form | Lenited form | Non-leniting equivalent | ||||
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Eagelstaiv | Djenstæf | IPA | Eagelstaiv | Djenstæf | Eagelstaiv | Djenstæf | |
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.