Ufirlandisg

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Introduction

Ufirlandisg (/ˈt͡ʃjəwtʲisk/; from PGmc *þiudiskaz) is a constructed Germanic language inspired by Mandarin and the Pfeunic language Qiēmxtier.


Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental/Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain pal. plain pal.
Nasal m m n
Stop
/Affricate
tenuis b p d j g k
aspirated p pʲʰ t t̪ʰ tʲʰ q tʃʰ k
Fricative f f s s x ʃ h h
Approximant central w w ɥ r, rı ɹ y j
lateral l ɫ ʎ

When consonants written with ı is followed by a vowel, the ı is replaced with an i (except with /i/ and /iː/).

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ī /iː/ u /u/ ū /uː/
Close-mid e /ə/ ē [ɘː]
Mid ie [ɛ] [ɛː] [ə] er /ɜː/
Open a /a/ ā /aː/

Diphthongs: ai ei ao ou ar/ār ēr ier/īr ir our/ūr ur /aɪ̯ eɪ̯ aʊ̯ əʊ̯ ɑə ɜː jɛə jə ɔə wə/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Ufirlandisg nouns have 2 numbers and 2 cases. The case system is fairly conservative; however, there has been some conflation between different declension paradigms and cases.

a-stems

Also includes the an-stem nouns (which have regularized their declension).

a-stem declension: dal 'valley'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative dal dale
Genitive dale dalem


a-stem declension: namen 'name'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative namen namne
Genitive namne namnem

ō-stems

This class also includes the former u-stems.

a-stem declension: nasa 'nose'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative nasa nasar
Genitive nasar nasam
a-stem declension: daoza 'death'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative daoza daozar
Genitive daozar daozam

i-stems

Proto-Germanic z-stems also merged into this class.

a-stem declension: geburqi 'birth'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative geburqi geburqir
Genitive geburqir geburqim

Pronouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources