Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages
Vertlandic (hə taŋʷas vərɬanak /hə ˈtaŋʷas vəɾˈɬanak~vəɾˈθanak/; from *berxtolandākā, lit. Brightlandic) is a Celtic language spoken in Vertland (vərɬan), located in Iberia and North Africa. It was an important vehicle for transmitting A-Arabic loans to English. It is inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.
xʷilid = cat (from Latin)
vārəy ðax = good morning
tl > ɬ, CeCe- -> CəCi- (kenetlom → čədiɬ 'generation')
əyn, ðəw, trī, kʷətur, kʷiʔč, wəks, šəxt, uxt, daw, ðəč
bakʷ = son; hə makʷ = the son
bərk = daughter; hə mərk (no mut) = the daughter
Sdābt hə həysk viw id uðənč = The living fish swims in water
gemination → preglottalization
Chain shifts:
mm, mb > m > b > v
nn, nd > n > d > ð
ng > ŋ, g > x, gʷ > xʷ, w- > gʷ-, y- > dz-
e o > ə, ke ge → tʃə dʒə
vowels: i u ə a iː uː aː aj aw əj əw
Morphology
Nouns
nasal mutation of v > b > m and ð > d > n
Genders: common (no mut) and neuter (nasal mut)
Plural: -s, no gender distinction
hə (from *sindos) is hən before vowels
Verbs
verbs, present tense: sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābəbs, sdābəsxʷi, sdābəʔt 'I swim, ...'
verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtiʔt 'I swam, ...'
the 3rd person plural form without a subject is used with an impersonal meaning: dī sdābəʔt ids = you don't swim here
Conjugation classes:
- verbs from o/e verbs: more irregularities here
- a-verbs (from PCel *-āti)
- i-verbs (from PCel *-yeti)