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|fam2 = [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] | |fam2 = [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] | ||
|fam3 = Para-East Germanic | |fam3 = Para-[[w:East Germanic languages|East Germanic]] | ||
|creator = Charles, xadrezo | |creator = Charles, xadrezo | ||
|dia1 = East Hanebrugish (''Oasthanebrugish'')† | |dia1 = East Hanebrugish (''Oasthanebrugish'')† | ||
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'''Hanebrugish''' (<small>Hanebrugish: </small> ''Hanebrugish''; <span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">/ˈhanəbryɡiʃ/</span>), also spelled '''Hanebruggish''', is a [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] conlang originally developed for Hanebrug, a city founded by a small band of friends (who all happened to be linguistics nerds) on a [[w:Minecraft|Minecraft]] Realm in September 2023. Its lack of [[w:Umlaut (linguistics)|umlaut]] and [[w:Rhotacism|rhotacism]] and its other similarities to [[w: | '''Hanebrugish''' (<small>Hanebrugish: </small> ''Hanebrugish''; <span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">/ˈhanəbryɡiʃ/</span>), also spelled '''Hanebruggish''', is a [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] conlang originally developed for Hanebrug, a city founded by a small band of friends (who all happened to be linguistics nerds) on a [[w:Minecraft|Minecraft]] Realm in September 2023. Its lack of [[w:Umlaut (linguistics)|umlaut]] and [[w:Rhotacism|rhotacism]] and its other similarities to [[w:East Germanic languages|East Germanic]] make it characteristically simple and conservative compared to other Germanic languages that are spoken today. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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===Vowels=== | |||
Hanebrugish possesses an extraordinarily minimal, near-vertical vowel inventory, unlike most Germanic languages that tend to have lots of vowel sounds. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ ''Hanebrugish'' Vowels | |||
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | | |||
! colspan="2" | Non-back | |||
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
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! {{small|[[w:Vowel length|short]]}} | |||
! {{small|[[w:Vowel length|long]]}} | |||
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! rowspan="2" | [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
! {{small|[[w:Roundedness|unround.]]}} | |||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] | |||
| iə̯ | |||
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! {{small|[[w:Roundedness|rounded]]}} | |||
| [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] | |||
| yə̯ | |||
| uə̯ | |||
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! colspan="2" | [[w:Closed-mid vowel|High-mid]] | |||
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] | |||
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! colspan="2"| [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]] | |||
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! colspan="2"| [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| [[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]] | |||
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