Mannish
Introduction
Real World Setting
Mannish is Germanic conlang created by Kóði Lý Alísuson Antóníusarson, and has been killed off and resuscitated several times over the past year and a half, give or take a little. It's main purpose is to provide entertainment to its creator, as well as help its creator learn more about Linguistics as a whole along the way. Although, it goes without saying that it's mostly just created a lot of frustration. A lot.
Fictional Reality
Mannish is a Germanic language that bears many differences to its Western and Northern counterparts, although there exist some shared characteristics, and has yet to be classified under any particular branch. Research into the language is currently ongoing, and the exact timeframe for when a classification will be made has not yet been given.
Notable Characteristics
- Simple future tense derived from the infinitive followed by a conjugated form of the verb "to be" (Mannish wesan): Hó fiþím "I will find him", from Hó fiþ imi, literally "I am to find him".
- Lack of universal initial syllable stress due to long vowels and diphthongs attracting stress, kwigdóur, [kʋigˈdɔʉɻ] "kingdom", from PrG *kuningadōmaz
- Complete lack of Germanic umlaut and (as long vowels are not different in quality and not counting diphthongs) a relatively low vowel inventory in comparison to other Germanic languages.
- Dominant SOV order with no traces of any V2 word order trends.