Yealoweadrish

Anglian
Ǣnglean
File:Flag of Anglia full.png Flag of Anglia
Pronunciation	['æ:ŋglæɑ̯n]
Created by	The Ramosian
Date	2022
Setting	Alt-history Europe, Northern Anglian Peninsula
Native to	Anglia
Language family	Indo-European Romance Germano-Romance West-Germano-Romance Anglian
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 from Latin, 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

Vocabulary

Anglian's vocabulary is very much romance and has had a great deal of language purity.

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

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

First declension

The first declension is the second largest of the declensions. It contains almost exclusively feminine nouns . It is characterized by a nominative singular -Ø and is mainly descended from the Latin first and fifth declension, as well as from many neuter nouns.

	sċeal stair (f.)		ealp dawn (f.)
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċeal	sċealas	ealp	ealpas
Genetive	sċeale	sċealrum	ealpe	ealprum

Second declension

The second declension is the largest of the declensions. It contains almost exclusively masculine nouns . It is characterized by a nominative singular -Ø or -a. It is mainly descended from the Latin second declension.

	eaher steel (m.)		eaht act (m.)
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eaher	eahras	eaht	eahtas
Genetive	eahe	eahran	eahte	eahtan

Third Declension

The third declension is the second smallest of the declensions. It contains almost exclusively masculine nouns. It is characterized by a nominative singular -e. It is mainly descended from the Latin third declension (-em).

	ċeowrese beer (m.)		nounanæþre duck (m.)
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ċeowrese	ċeowrasas	nounanæþre	nounanæþras
Genetive	ċeowreses	ċeowreserum	nounanæþres	nounanæþerum

Fourth Declension

The fourth declension is the smallest of the declensions. It contains almost exclusively feminine nouns . It is characterized by a nominative singular -e. It is mainly descended from the Latin first declension (-ia).

	bowe ox (m.)		nufe cloud (m.)
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bowe	bowes	nufe	nufes
Genetive	bowes	bow	nyfes	nyf

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.

See Also

Yealoweadish in Contionary

Yealoweadrish on CWS

Kaponese

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