Brittainese
Brittainese | |
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bretneis | |
Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|brɛtˈneːz]] |
Created by | Llwcybwy |
Date | 2022 |
Indo-European
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Early form | Old Brittainese
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Standard form | Standard Brittainese
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Dialects |
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Brittainese (bretneis [brɛtˈneːz] or leng bretneis [ˈlɛŋg brɛtˈneːz]) is a Romance language spoken by around 400 million people as a native language, mainly in the Brittish Isles, North America, Australia, India and Africa. It is most closely related with the Channel languages and French, with which it forms the North-West branch of the Romance languages, and with which it shares many linguistic features.
Introduction
Brittainese is a language created by user Llwcybwy, heavily inspired by Ray Brown's fantastic but yet unfinished conlang with the same name. I cannot however claim that this is a continuation of the language, as my conlanger skills are as of now very lackluster as compared to his. Furthermore, some features of the language are, while in my opinion realistic, also influenced by personal taste, and thus breaking one of the rules set up for continuing the conlang.
The goal of the language is basically the same as that which was described by Brown: it is a study of what Latin would have evolved into in the Brittish Isles, meaning that the language is meant to be as realistic as possible. The world is essentially the same as ours however.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Dental/ alveolar |
Post- alveolar/ palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||||||
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Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | |||||||
Stop | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||
Liquid | w | l | ɾ | j | (w) |