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Anglian
Ǣnglean
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Flag of Anglia
Pronunciation['æ:ŋglæɑ̯n]
Created byThe Ramosian
Date2022
SettingAlt-history Europe, Northern Anglian Peninsula
Native toAnglia
Early form
Proto-West-Germano-Romance
Official status
Official language in
Anglia
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Anglian (autoglossonym: Ǣnglean; Anglian: ['æ:ŋglæɑ̯n]) was a Romance language spoken in what is now the Anglian Peninsula. It is a Germano-Romance language which is part of the West Romance languages.

While its vocabulary derives for the most part fromLatin, Germanic influence is most notable in its grammar.

Etymology

The language name derives directly from the tribe that speaks it, the Anglii. The tribe name itself is unknown, but most likely comes from the Proto-Germanic word Proto-Germanic *angulaz (fishook).

Orthography

The Anglian Alphabet mainly used 22 letters but some modern varients use 31.

Letters of the Anglian alphabet
Anglian Aa Ææ Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Ii Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Þþ Uu Ƿƿ Xx Yy
Variants in modern editions Aa Āā Ææ Ǣǣ Bb Cc Ċċ Dd Ee Ēē Ff Gg Ġġ Ii Īī Ll Mm Nn Oo Ōō Pp Rr Ss Tt Þþ Uu Ūū Ww Xx Yy Ȳȳ

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental/

alveolar

Post-

alveolar/ palatal

Labio-Velar Velar
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Stop p b t d  k (ɡ)
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Fricative f (v) s (z) ʃ x ɣ
Approximant j ʍ w
Lateral l
Trill r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
Close i (y) u
Close-mid e o
Open a

Grammar

Anglian grammar has evolved greatly from that of Latin, and is similar to that of Germanic languages. Anglian is a moderaly Synthetic language. Adjectives and some pronouns are inflected for number (singular and plural); nouns, personal pronouns and some pronouns are inflected for person, gender, number and case; and verbs, for tense, aspect, mood, and the person and number of their subjects. Certain verb features are marked using auxiliary verbs.

Nouns

Anglian nouns have one of two genders (masculine or feminine) that must be learned together with the word, there ther are some patterns one could learn, which are

  • nouns ending in -a are masculine, unlike most other romance languages
  • nouns ending in -e are masculine, which come from Latin -nem

They are inflected for two numbers (singular and plural) and for case (nominative and genitive). A regular Brittainese noun belongs to one of two main declensions, a group of nouns with similar inflected forms. The declensions are identified by the oblique singular form of the noun.

First declension

The first declension is the largest of the declensions and the most productive, and contains many irregularities and subgroups. It contains all masculine nouns. It is descended from the Vulgar Latin second declension.

eaher

steel (m.)

eaht

act (m.)

Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative eaher eahras eaht eahtas
Genetive eahe eahran eahte eahtan

Second declension

The second declension is the smallest of the two inherited declensions and is no longer productive. It contains almost exclusively feminine nouns . It is characterized by a nominative singular -Ø or -e. It is mainly descended from the Latin first and fifth declension, as well as from many neuter nouns.

sċeal

stair (f.)

ealp

dawn (m.)

Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative sċeal sċealas ealp ealpas
Genetive sċeale sċealrum ealpe ealprum


Sample texts

Lord's Prayer

Nāsþor fæder hwi is in ċea,
Sāhtificāþ nāma twam;
Twam reġn æsþru wenþ,
Fa twa wālþat
in þeor æt in ċea
Da nās nāsþor fean te hæþ tī
Æ forda nāsþor āfēsas,
æt nās fordþ æteohlla hwi āfēsas hāþor nās
Æ nān lefa nās inæt frābunas,
feorh lifa nās te mealla
Wermēþ.

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.