Etlish

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Etlish
Eteläin keeli
Pronunciation[ˈetelæin ˈkeːli]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2021
SettingWest Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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Etlish /ˈɛtlɪʃ/ (Etlish: Eteläin keeli [ˈetelæin ˈkeːli]) is a Finnic language spoken in Western Pomerania.

Etymology

Etlish is from German Etlisch, from Etlish etel "Etlish person", from Proto-Finnic *etelä "south-southwest".

Orthography

Etlish is written with the Latin script.

A a Aa aa Ai ai Aai aai Au au Aau aau Ä ä Ää ää
/ɑ/ /ɑː/ /ɑi/ /ɑːi/ /ɑu/ /ɑːu/ /æ/ /æː/
Äi äi Ääi ääi Äü äü Ääü ääü B b D d E e Ee ee
/æi/ /æːi/ /æy/ /æːy/ /b/ /d/ /e/ /eː/
Ei ei Eei eei Ë ë H h I i Ii ii J j K k
/ei/ /eːi/ /ə/ /h/ /i/ /iː/ /j/ /k/
L l M m N n O o Oi oi Oo oo Ou ou Oou oou
/l/ /m/ /n/ /o/ /oi/ /oː/ /ou/ /oːu/
Ö ö Öi öi Öö öö Öü öü Ööü ööü P p R r S s
/ø/ /øi/ /øː/ /øy/ /øːy/ /p/ /r/ /s/
T t Ts ts U u Uu uu Ü ü Üü üü V v Z z
/t/ /t͡s/ /u/ /uː/ /y/ /yː/ /w/ /z/

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Dorsal
Nasal m n
Stop p b t d k
Affricate t͡s
Fricative s z h
Approximant w l j
Trill r
  • /n/ is realized as [ŋ] before /k,h/.
  • /h/ is realized as [x] in coda.

Vowels

Vowels
Front unrounded Front rounded Back
High i y u
Close-mid e ø øː ə o
Low æ æː ɑ ɑː
Diphthongs
ei eːi øy øːy oi ou oːu
æi æːi æy æːy ɑi ɑːi ɑu ɑːu

Prosody

Words bear initial stress.

Phonotactics

Etlish maximal syllables are CVC.

Vowel harmony

Front Back
ü üü u uu
ö öö* o oo
öi öü* ööü* oi ou oou
ä ää a aa
äi ääi äü ääü ai aai au aau
  • /i,iː,e,eː,ei,eːi,ə/ are neutral and transparent to harmony.
  • /øː,øy,øːy/ may be either front or transparent.

Consonant gradation

Strong Weak
p t k w z j
pp tt kk p t k
vv zz jj
ts s s h

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Etlish word order is flexible but predominantly SVO.

Noun and verb phrases

Possessors, numerals, and adverbs precede their head. Adjectives may precede or follow their head.

Dependent clauses

Dependent clauses directly follow their head.

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

CALS