Þiudiskon

Ravenish
þiudiskon
Pronunciation	[θiu̯.ðiʃ.køn]
Created by	wfosøra
Language family	Indo-European Germanic Old Ravenish Ravenish
Dialects	Standard Colloquial
Writing systems	Gothic Latin

Ravenish (autoglossonym: þiudiskon; Ravenish: [θiu̯.ðiʃ.køn]) is a Germanic language, with strong influence from Finnish. It is the result of a prolonged contact among members of both groups after the Ravenish tribe migrated to the area that is now North Ostrobothnia. These connections slowly formed the modern language, which, under influence of Finnish for centuries, led to the innovation of several new forms, such as a conditional verb form and definiteness distinctions in nouns.

While its vocabulary derives for the most part from Proto-Germanic, Finnish influence is most notable in its phonology and its grammar.

Introduction

Goals

• Fun
• Learn more Germanic

Setting

• North Ostrobothnia

Inspiration

• Finnish
• Proto-Germanic
• My love for old Germanic languages

Etymology

The language name derives from the same source as German Deutsch, þiudiskaz. The English name is in reference to a cultural aspect of the people, their unusually large reverence for Ravens, they place an oddly high importance on Ravens even for a Germanic tribe.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants have remained relatively close to Proto-Germanic, except for the few stops that had fricative allophones, these shifted fully to fricatives, the opposite of all other Germanic langs, the Velar fricatives also shifted to Uvular.

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		palatal		Velar		Uvular
Nasal		m				n						(ŋ)¹, ŋʷ²
Stop	p		t̪, t̪ʷ								k, kʷ
Fricative	f	v	θ	ð	s, sʷ	z	(ʃ)³	(ʒ)⁴					χ, χʷ	ʁ, ʁʷ
Approximant		w			l̥	l				j
Trill					r̥	r								ʀ

1. allophone of /n/ before /k/
2. allophone of /n/ before /kʷ/
3. allophone of /s/ before velars and at word ends
4. allophone of /z/ before velars and at word ends

Vowels

Vowels divert from PG more than the consonants, they've shifted closer to Finnish, also gaining harmony from Finnish.

Vowel phonemes

	Front										Back
	unrounded						rounded
	short		long		overlong		short		long		short		long		overlong
Close	i		iː				y		yː		u		uː
mid	e		eː		eːː		ø		øː		o		oː
Open	æ		æː		æːː						ɑ		ɑː		ɑːː

Diphthongs

	Front		Back
Closing	ai̯	ai̯ː	ou̯	ou̯ː

Prosody

Stress

Stress, like in PG, still lies solely on the first syllable unless prefixed, where stress moves with the root word.

Syntax

Constituent order

The word order is mostly free, the base order is SOV, but this is subject to change when importance needs to be stressed on one word.

Example texts

hwat! wiz gaizadanjoon yn jeeroondagamaz þeudokunungoon þrumjan gafreegun, hwo þo aþulungaaz aljano framideedun.

/ˈχʷɑt̪ ˈwiʒ ˈʁɑi̯.zɑ.ˌðɑn.joːn yn ˈjeː.roːn.ˌðɑ.ʁɑ.mɑʒ ˈθeu̯.ðo.ˌku.nun.ʁoːn ˈθrum.jɑn ˈʁɑ.freː.ʁun ˈχʷo ˈθo ˈɑ.θu.lun.ʁɑːʒ ˈɑl.jɑ.no ˈfrɑ.mi.ðeː.ðun/