Millennish
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| Millennish | |
|---|---|
| Millenneš | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈmɪlːn̩ːəʃ] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | Brandenburg, Germany; Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland |
Indo-European
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Early form | |
Millennish /ˈmɪlənɪʃ/ (Millennish: Millenneš [ˈmɪlːn̩ːəʃ]) is a Germanic language spoken in the Prussian historical region.
Etymology
Millennish is from Millenneš, from Old Millennish Midlendeskar, from Proto-Germanic *mid(ja)landiskaz.
Orthography
Millennish is written with the Latin script.
| A a | Aa aa | Ai ai | Aai aai | Au au | Aau aau | B b | Ch ch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /ɑː/ | /ai/ | /ɑːi/ | /au/ | /ɑːu/ | /b/ | /x/ |
| D d | Ď ď | E e | Ee ee | Ei ei | Eu eu | F f | H h |
| /d/ | /ɟ/ | /e/ | /eə/ | /ɛi/ | /œy/ | /f/ | /h/ |
| I i | Ie ie | J j | K k | L l | Ľ ľ | M m | N n |
| /i/ | /iə/ | /j/ | /k/ | /l/ | /ʎ/ | /m/ | /n/ |
| Ň ň | O o | Oe oe | Ö ö | P p | R r | S s | Ś ś |
| /ɲ/ | /o/ | /oə/ | /œ/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /ɕ/ |
| Š š | T t | Ť ť | U u | Ue ue | Ü ü | V v | W w |
| /ʃ/ | /t/ | /c/ | /u/ | /uə/ | /y/ | /v/ | /w/ |
| Y y | Z z | Ź ź | Ž ž | ||||
| /ɪə/ | /z/ | /ʑ/ | /ʒ/ |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||||
| Stop | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | ||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ ɕ | ʒ ʑ | x | h | |
| Approximant | w | l | j ʎ | ||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||
- /x/ is in free variation with [χ].
- /r/ is in free variation with [ʁ].
- /h/ is realized as [ɦ] intervocalically.
- /l/ is realized as [ɫ] in coda.
Vowels
| Front unrounded | Front rounded | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | y | u |
| Mid | e | œ | o |
| Low | a | ɑː |
- Unstressed /i,y,u,{e,a},o/ are realized as [ɪ,ʏ,ʊ,ə,ɔ].
- [ə]-sonorant and [ə]-voiced fricative sequences are realized as syllabic consonants.
| iə ɪə | uə |
| eə | oə |
| ɛi | œy |
| ai ɑːi | au ɑːu |
Prosody
Stress is variable but predominantly initial.
Phonotactics
Millennish maximal syllables are CCCVCCC; all CCC clusters contain /s/
Morphology
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Negation
Numerals
Syntax
Constituent order
Millennish word order is predominantly SVO, but is flexible in dialects that retain case marking.
Noun and verb phrases
Possessors, numerals, and adjectives precede their head. Genitives and adverbs follow their head.
Dependent clauses
Dependent clauses directly follow their head.
Example texts
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1
All fulk fśa enn eliek in wyt enn rechten eburen. Je ešenkez miz fresteit enn weitech enn aich in broteršepes anz hannel anty.
All
all
fulk
person.PL
fśa
free
enn
and
eliek
alike
in
in
wyt
worth
enn
and
rechten
right-PL
eburen.
bear.PASS
Je
3PL.N
ešenkez
endow.PASS
miz
with
fresteit
reason
enn
and
weitech
conscience
enn
and
aich
ought
in
in
broteršepes
brothership-GEN
anz
spirit
hannel
handle.INF
anty.
other