Doidhesh

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Doidhesh (native: Doidhesh/Dœðesc /ˈdœʏðɛʃ/) is an Anglic language descended from Old English.

Doidhesh
Doidhesh sweazh
Dœðesc swjec
Pronunciation[ˈdœʏðɛʃ ʃwɛʃ]
Created byShariifka
Early forms

Introduction

Etymology

From Old English þēodisċ "vernacular language" < Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz "of the people" < *þeudō "people" + -iskaz "-ish".

Synchronically analyzable as doit/dœt "people" + -esh/-esc "-ish".

Phonology

Orthography

Two Latin-based orthograpies are used:

  1. Eagelstaiv/Jegelstæf ("English letter(s)"): Based on Middle English orthography.
  2. Deanstaiv/Djenstæf ("Danish letter(s)"): Based on Old Norse Latin orthography.

This article will use both orthographies separated by a slash (/).

Consonants

Comparison of Doidhesh orthographies - Consonants
IPA Eagelstaiv Djenstæf
m m m
p p; pp¹ p; pp¹
b b b
f f; v² f; ff¹
v v v
n n n
t t; tt¹ t; tt¹
d d d
θ th; dh² þ; þþ¹
ð dh ð
s s; z² s; ss¹
z z z
r r r
l l l
tch; t³ tc; tj; t_j⁴
j; d³ dj; d_j⁴
ʃ sh; zh²; s³ c; cc¹; sj; ssj¹; s_j⁴; s⁵
ʒ zh; z³ zj; cz⁶
ɲ ny; n³ nj; n_j⁴
c kj
ɟ gj
ç hj
j y; ∅³ j
ʎ lj
ŋ n⁷ n⁷
k k k
ɡ g g
x h⁸; ch; gh² h; hh¹
w w; ∅⁹ w

Notes:

¹ Word-finally when it does not lenite.

² Word-finally when it lenites.

³ Before ea and eo (even if there is intervening -w- in the case of coronal consonants).

⁴ When separated with -w-.

⁵ Before tj.

⁶ When lenited from -c.

⁷ Before velar consonants.

⁸ Word-initially.

⁹ Before oa.

Vowels

Comparison of Doidhesh orthographies - Vowels
IPA Eagelstaiv Djenstæf
ɑ a a
æ ä ä
au á
ai æ
ɛ e e
ei é
jɛ; ɛ¹ ea je
ɪ i i
i ij í
ɔ o o
ou ó
oa wo
ʊ u u
u uu ú
œ ö ö
øʏ oi œ
jœ; œ¹ eo
ʏ ü y
y eu ý

Notes:

¹ When previous consonant is palatalized.

Morphophonologu

Lenition

When a word ending in a voiceless stop or fricative has a vowel-initial suffix added, the final consonant becomes a voiced fricative. This is known as lenition.

Not all such words undergo lenition. Whether a word undergoes lenition or not is predictable from its orthography.

The table below summarizes the consonants that can undergo lenition when they occur at the end of a word. Note that this table does not indicate how non-lenited consonants are written word-internally.

Word-final consonants that can undergo lenition
Phoneme Unlenited form Lenited form Non-leniting equivalent
Eagelstaiv Djenstæf IPA Eagelstaiv Djenstæf Eagelstaiv Djenstæf
p p p v v v pp pp
f v f f ff
t t t ð dh ð tt tt
θ dh þ th þþ
s z s z z z s ss
ʃ zh c ʒ zh cz sh cc, sc
k k k ck kk
x gh h ch hh