Ufirlandisg

Introduction

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

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental/Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		plain	pal.	plain	pal.
Nasal		m m	mı mʲ	n n̪	nı nʲ
Stop /Affricate	tenuis	b p	bı pʲ	d t̪	dı tʲ	j tʃ	g k
	aspirated	p pʰ	pı pʲʰ	t t̪ʰ	tı tʲʰ	q tʃʰ	k kʰ
Fricative		f f	fı fʲ	s s		x ʃ		h h
Approximant	central	w w	wı ɥ	r, rı ɹ		y j
	lateral			l ɫ	lı 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]	iē [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(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ) jɛə(ɹ) jə(ɹ) ɔə(ɹ)/ (Note the linking r in r-colored vowels.)

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

a-stem declension: langini 'length'
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	langini	langinir
Genitive	langinir	langinim