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Gibberish

Waikōną beuhranunz jah hwēskiniz ausijô ūt graftē steumaiþi ōsijaþrą dehw frausōmaz. Lēþoną hwistaisi bakjaną lēhwistiz lauziþi jahw hwentīnį. Ŧauhrą twuskiþōi đurkimaz haiwizō? Mī! Sŧinhwist brindilaz mī laiþōną aihw smanhtōz! Ŝibulaz hlađjaną tō īnaz hrūfilaz.haibst. Hrustōnunz ŝaimai ranhst maiþidi!

Origins and name

The name Pfeunic originates from the Pfeune River. The hydronym is of Unfinnish origin: Unfinnish *pyyni > Proto-Wiebian *pfûni > Wiebian Pfeune. It is hypothesized to have been spoken 4000 HM years BP.

Lexicon

  • twaiþį - walk
  • hapį - eat
  • þrawį - sleep
  • kērį - bite
  • đeulį - drink
  • garm - heavy
  • halm - big
  • hastijō - wife
  • abjō - hair
  • wandō - body
  • ŧaiz(a) - bird
  • raiþ(a) - fire
  • behu - child
  • baiwizī (Behre, Behren) - tail

Numbers

  • 1: *hwēm
  • 2: *þiŝōr
  • 3: *narg
  • 4: *đaup
  • 5: *saliŝ
  • 6: *stōm
  • 7: *rōd
  • 8: *larit
  • 9: *parw
  • 10: *kijōr
  • 100: *þali
  • 1000: *said
  • 10000: *krōbi

Phonology

Consonants

22 consonants.

Labial Alveolar Palatal Co-articulated Velar Labiovelar
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ ŧ /!/ k /k/ kw /kʷ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ đ /ɡ!/ g /ɡ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ þ /θ/ s /s/ ŝ /ɧ/ h /x/ hw /xʷ/
voiced z /z/
Trill r /r/
Approximant l /l/ j /j/ w /w/

Vowels

Lifted from Proto-Germanic.

Nouns

Unfinnish *püüni > Pfeune

1st declension

*eɧ 'voice'

2nd declension

hastijō 'wife' < *qas-t-? *qas-d-? 'partner' + -ijō 'some feminine suffix'

  • nom: hastijō, hastijôr, hastijôz
  • acc: hastijōn, hastijôr, hastijôz
  • dat: hastijōz, hastijōnþi, hastijōnaz

3rd declension

*ɧīmī 'hand'

Singular

  • nom: *ɧīmī
  • acc: *ɧīmīz
  • gen: *ɧīmī
  • dat: *ɧīmīs

Plural:

  • nom: *ɧīmainą
  • acc: *ɧīmainą
  • gen: *ɧīmaiz
  • dat: *ɧīmainį

Verbs

Athematic

Thematic