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/, ü /y/ ī /iː/, ǖ /yː/ 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(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ) jɛə(ɹ) jə(ɹ) ɔə(ɹ)/ (Note the linking r in r-colored vowels.)

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Ufirlandisg nouns have 2 numbers and 2 cases. The endings are 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).

dal 'valley'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative dal dale
Genitive dale dalem


namen 'name'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative namen namne
Genitive namne namnem

ō-stems

This class also includes the former u-stems.

nasa 'nose'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative nasa nasar
Genitive nasar nasam


xüda 'custom'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative xüda xüdar
Genitive xüdar xüdam

i-stems

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

geburji 'birth'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative geburji geburjir
Genitive geburjir geburjim


langini 'length'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative langini langinir
Genitive langinir langinim


lambi 'lamb'
Case Singular Plural
Nominative lambi lambir
Genitive lambir lambim

Pronouns

case 1sg. 2sg. 3sg. 1pl. 2pl. 3pl. reflexive
'he' 'she' 'it'
nom. yak ir it wīr yūr -
acc. mik jik ina iya it unx youwe xik
dat. mir jir ime yar ime unx youwe imi xir
gen. mīn jīn yas yare yas unxier your yara xīn

Adjectives

Verbs

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources