Riphean
Riphean (rivška) is an Indo-European language of Tdūrzů, spoken in our Poland, Prussia, Latvia and Lithuania. It is inspired by Czech and Dutch and contains vocabulary we think of as Balto-Slavic and non-English Germanic.
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UDHR
Wiži dzíni kimeđ waleni um lejki in zwem chejn um zwame đejžam.
/ˈʋɪʒɪ ˈdziːɲɪ ˈkɪman ˈʋaleɲɪ ɪm ˈlɛjkɪ ɪn zʋɛm xɛjn ɪm ˈzʋamɛ ˈðɛjʒɛm/
(um ~ Latin ambō)
hejn ~ τῑμή 'honor', đejše ~ teisė
Phonology
Riphean has consistent initial stress.
w and v as in Dutch
č ď ľ ň ř š ž h ch as in Czech/Slovak, ř devoices word-finally
h devoices to [x]
đ = [ð], devoices to [θ]
Stressed a e i u = [a ɛ ɪ u]
á é í ů = [aː ɛː iː uː]
ej ui ou = [ɛj œɥ ɔw]
l is velarized, r may be an approximant
Auslautverhärtung
Unstressed a = [ɐ] (like Portuguese)
Morphology
Nouns and adjectives
Masculine animate
The dative singular has replaced the regular accusative singular for masculine animate nouns (cf. a in Spanish).
manč "man"
- nom. manč, manči
- gen. mančez, manču
- dat. manče, mančem
- acc. manče, mančuz
- ins. manču, mančiz
Masculine inanimate
Feminine -a
kena "woman"
- nom. kena, kenaz
- gen. kenaz, kenu
- dat. kene, kenam
- acc. kenou, kenouz
- ins. kenam, kenami
Other feminine
váni (< vađni < potnih2) "lady, Mrs."
- nom. váni, vániz
- gen. vániz, váňu
- dat. váni, vánim
- acc. váni, vániz
- ins. vánim, vánimi
nacht "night"
- nom. nacht, nachtiz
- gen. nachtiz, nachťu
- dat. nachti, nachtim
- acc. nachti, nachtiz
- ins. nachtim, nachtmi
Neuter
céđ "child" (<- ģenh1tom, ~ Kind)
- nom. céđ, céđa
- gen. céđez, céđu
- dat. céđe, céđem
- acc. céđ, céđa
- ins. céđu, céđiz
Adjectives
Verbs
etež "to eat"
ec etem, ji eteđ, ež eteđ, đam etar, jíľid eteđ, í eteđ
negative ne
buiž 'to be'
Numerals
ejn, tů, đrí, cheđur, véch, zešt, zevouđ, astuđ, ňouđ, tezou
ejnľez, twejľez, đríľez, cheđurľez, véľez, zešľez, zevaľez, astľez, ňouľez, twejcouđi
đrícouđi, cheđurcouđi, vécouđi, zešcouđi, zevacouđi, ascouđi, ňucouđi, stou? (random change from kmtom -> ktom, influenced by the ordinal stouđe <- ktm-tos)
đouzuđ
ejn "1" declines as follows:
- nom. ejn, ejna, ejn
tů "2" declines as follows:
- nom. tů, twí, twej
- gen. tweju
- dat. twím
- acc. tů, twí, twej
- ins. twími
đrí "3" declines as follows:
- nom. đrí
- gen. đríu
- dat. đrím
- acc. đrí
- ins. đrími
Syntax
German-like?
Swadesh list
I: ec
thou: ji
he/she/it: ež/já/it
we: đam (originally a dummy word used with the impersonal, from đám "there")
ye: jíľid
they: í/jáz/đá
this: siđe
that: đađe
here: sím
there: đám
Texts
Schleicher's fable
Ra oucha um ri dzrki