Sudyrnish
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| Sudyrnish | |
|---|---|
| Súdyrnish | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈsaudy˞niʃ] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | Cornwall, England |
Indo-European
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Early form | |
Sudyrnish /ˈsʌdərnɪʃ/ (Sudyrnish: Súdyrnish [ˈsaudy˞niʃ]) is an Anglic language spoken in Cornwall.
Etymology
Sudyrnish is from Súdyrnish, from Old English sūþhyrnisċ "south-cornerish" referring to Cornwall (Cornwēalas/Corn(wēal)isċ already referring to the Celtic inhabitants of Cornwall).
Orthography
Sudyrnish is written with the Latin script.
| A a | Ar ar | Ai ai | Au au | Ay ay | Á á | Æ æ | Ær ær | Ǽ ǽ | B b | C c |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /a˞/ | /ai/ | /au/ | /ay/ | /oː/ | /ɛ/ | /ɛ˞/ | /eː/ | /b/ | /k/ |
| Ch ch | D d | E e | Ei ei | Er er | Eu eu | Ey ey | É é | Ér ér | È è | Ê ê |
| /t͡ʃ/ | /d/ | /e,ə/ | /əi/ | /ɚ/ | /əu/ | /əy/ | /iː/ | /i˞ː/ | /ə/ | /œː/ |
| F f | G g | Gh gh | Gu gu | H h | I i | Ir ir | Í í | Ír ír | Ï ï | Ïr ïr |
| /f/ | /g/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /gw/ | /h/ | /i/ | /i˞/ | /ai/ | /ai˞/ | /i/ | /i˞/ |
| L l | M m | N n | O o | Ó ó | Ór ór | Œ œ | Œ́ œ́ | Œ́r œ́r | P p | Qu qu |
| /l,lˠ/ | /m/ | /n,nˠ/ | /o/ | /uː/ | /u˞ː/ | /ø/ | /yː/ | /y˞ː/ | /p/ | /kw/ |
| R r | S s | Sh sh | T t | U u | Ur ur | Ú ú | Úr úr | Ü ü | Ür ür | W w |
| /ɾ,ɾˠ/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /u/ | /u˞/ | /au/ | /au˞/ | /u/ | /u˞/ | /w/ |
| Wl wl | Wn wn | Wr wr | X x | Y y | Yr yr | Ý ý | Ýr ýr | Ÿ ÿ | Ÿr ÿr | |
| /lˠ/ | /nˠ/ | /ɾˠ/ | /ks/ | /y/ | /y˞/ | /ay/ | /ay˞/ | /y/ | /y˞/ |
- /V˞V/ sequences are separated by apostrophes.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n nˠ | ||||||
| Stop | p | b | t | d | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | k | g |
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||||
| Approximant | w | l lˠ | j | |||||
| Tap | ɾ ɾˠ | |||||||
- Fricatives except /h/ are voiced intervocalically and adjacent to voiced stops.
- /m/ is realized as [ɱ] before /f/.
- /n,l/ are velarized in coda.
- /n/ is realized as [ŋ] before velar consonants.
Vowels
| Front unrounded | Front rounded | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː i˞ i˞ː | y yː y˞ y˞ː | u uː u˞ u˞ː |
| Close-mid | e eː | ø | o oː |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ˞ | œː | ə ɚ |
| Low | a a˞ |
| əi | əy | əu |
| ai | ay | au |
- /ə/ is realized as [œ] when stressed.
Prosody
Stress is variable but predominantly initial
Phonotactics
Sudyrnish maximal syllables are CCCVCCC
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are marked for number by a suffix -(e)s, umlaut, or more rarely by suppletion.
| "hat" | "bear" | "oak" | "dog" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | hæt | bére | ác | hund |
| Plural | hætes | béres | ǽc | doges |
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Negation
Numerals
Syntax
Constituent order
Sudyrnish word order is strictly either V2 or SVO, V2 being more common in poetic and formal speech.
Noun and verb phrases
Possessors and numerals precede their head. Adjectives and adverbs follow their head.
Dependent clauses
Dependent clauses directly follow their head.