Pomorskitong

Pomorskitong
Pomorskitong
Flag of Pomerania in Pommern Gloria
Pronunciation	[pɔˈmɔrskitɔŋk]
Created by	Kultokrat1056
Date	2019
Setting	Alternate history Pomerania, Alternate future Poland, Nasastan
Language family	Indo-European Slavic West Slavic Lechitic Pomorskitong
Early forms	Anglo-Pomorskitong Early Pomorskitong
Standard form	Standard Pomorskitong
Dialect	Rural Pomorskitong

Pomorskitong is a constructed language developed by Hubert Ziółkowski beginning in 2019. It originated as part of an alternate history Hearts of Iron IV mod called Pommern Gloria but quickly outgrew this purpose, evolving into a standalone project shaped by private communication and music. Although created without prior knowledge of conlangs or linguistics, Pomorskitong developed into a distinctive hybrid language with Slavic phonology, a simplified grammar inspired by English, and a strong emphasis on rhythm and compactness suited to lyrical expression.

History

Pomorskitong was first developed in 2019 for the Pommern Gloria mod, where it was intended to serve as the language of Pomerania. The mod itself stalled, but by that point the language had already begun to take on a life of its own. Ziółkowski, unfamiliar with the concept of constructed languages at the time, approached it as a natural replacement of English words with new forms. In this early stage, often described as 'Anglo-Pomorskitong', the language was functionally a dialect of Poglish: grammar was English-based, with articles such as fße and aj, but the vocabulary was replaced with Slavic-inspired forms.

Between 2019 and 2022, Pomorskitong remained essentially an Poglish dialect with modified vocabulary. In 2022, the first major reform removed articles and marked the language's shift toward independence. From 2023 into 2024, as it began to be used outside music in worldbuilding projects, grammar evolved again with the goal of making the language as compact as possible while preserving expressive power. The attribute system became central, reducing reliance on separate pronouns and grammatical words. Compounding also became a defining feature, enabling the compression of complex ideas into fewer words, especially in song.

From 2023 onward, Pomorskitong saw attempts to expand into literature and worldbuilding, though it remained primarily a tool for music and private use. The language has also been placed into fictional universes with different demographics. In the New Ways: The Great Collapse project, Pomorskitong is described as a minority West Slavic language with 300,000 speakers in East Galicia, Pomerelia, and Warmia. In the IxWiki setting, it is instead presented as the majority language of Nasastan with tens of millions of speakers. These differences reflect fictional adaptation rather than internal linguistic change.

Phonology

Pomorskitong’s consonant inventory is broadly Slavic but omits certain palatalized sounds such as kʲ, gʲ, xʲ, and ɣʲ. Its vowel system preserves nasal vowels ą and ę in all positions, unlike modern Polish where they have become restricted. Double consonants are distinctly articulated, and final consonant doubling often produces lengthening with subtle fricative qualities. Stress is predictable but encoded in spelling rather than separate marks. Letters such as é, ß, ń, ś, and ć are always stressed. If none of these appear in a word, stress defaults to the final syllable. Stress does not change meaning but does affect spelling and rhythm. This creates a prosodic system that produces a wave-like, melodic intonation, reflecting the language’s origins in music.

Orthography

Pomorskitong 'Typewriter' Keyboard fully natively made

The standard script of Pomorskitong is Latin, with influences from Polish, Czech, and German orthography. A Cyrillic version was created as a proof of concept but is not used in practice. The alphabet is phonemic, with spelling closely reflecting pronunciation, and stress marked directly through specific letters. For example, é always marks a stressed long /iː/, and ß represents a long /sː/ that is likewise always stressed.

The apostrophe (') plays a unique dual role. Phonetically, it is realized as /ɨ/ after consonants and silent after vowels. Morphologically, it is essential for marking plurality and possession and for forming attributes. This blending of orthographic, phonological, and grammatical functions makes the apostrophe a central feature of the language.

Upper case Latin	Lower case Latin	Upper case Cyrillic	Lower case Cyrillic	Sound
A	a	А	а	/a/
Ą	ą	Ѫ	ѫ	/ɔ̃/, [ɔn], [ɔm]
B	b	Б	б	/b/ (/p/)
C	c	Ц	ц	/ts/
Ć	ć	Ћ	ћ	/tɕ/
Č	č	Ч	ч	/tʂ/
D	d	Д	д	/d/ (/t/)
E	e	Э	э	/ɛ/
Ę	ę	Ѧ	ѧ	/ɛ̃/, [ɛn], [ɛm], /ɛ/
É	é	Э́	э́	/iː/
F	f	Ф	ф	/f/
G	g	Г	г	/ɡ/ (/k/)
H	h	Х	х	/x/ (/ɣ/)
I	i	И	и	/i/
J	j	Й	й	/j/
K	k	К	к	/k/
L	l	Л	л	/l/
Ł	ł	Ԯ	ԯ	/w/, /ɫ/
M	m	М	м	/m/
N	n	Н	н	/n/
Ń	ń	Ӊ	ӊ	/ɲ/
O	o	О	о	/ɔ/
Ó/Ô	ó/ô	О́	о́	/u/
P	p	П	п	/p/
R	r	Р	р	/r/
S	s	С	с	/s/
Ś	ś	С́	с́	/ɕ/
Š	š	Ш	ш	/ʂ/
ẞ	ß	Ҁ	ҁ	/sː/
T	t	Т	т	/t/
U	u	У	у	/u/
W	w	В	в	/v/ (/f/)
Y	y	Ы	ы	/ɨ/, /ɘ/
Z	z	З	з	/z/ (/s/)
Ź	ź	З́	з́	/ʑ/ (/ɕ/)
Ž	ž	Ж	ж	/ʐ/ (/ʂ/)

Common digraphs include:

• *ch* = /x/
• *dz* = /dz/
• *dź* = /dʑ/
• *dž* = /dʐ/
• *th* = /ð/

The letter ô is archaic and phonetically identical to ó (/u/).

Morphology

Pomorskitong is primarily analytic. Nouns do not decline for case, and gender does not affect adjectives. Instead, plurality and possession are both marked by the suffix 'š. For example, Śdown means “chair,” while Śdown'š can mean either “chairs” or “chair’s.” The intended meaning is clarified by context, as in Fri śdown'š ležwygodł'š (“three chairs' pillows”).

Attributes are formed by attaching the apostrophe to a word, allowing it to function as a descriptor. Thus m' nasdom literally means “my-esque house.” This reduces the need for separate possessive pronouns and helps compress sentences. Compounding is a productive process, with rules for dropping final consonants or retaining vowels when merging words. While compounding can be recursive, it is typically limited to titles or poetic contexts, since excessive recursion obscures meaning. An example of a complex compound is Slawišcńebémiascemijejsk, meaning “Slavic heavenly realm.”

Syntax

The default word order is subject–verb–object, but order is highly flexible and does not alter propositional meaning. Articles are absent except for fße, which functions as an emphatic marker meaning “the one and only.” Pronouns include ja (I), thé (you), he (he), ona (she), wé (we), and dey (they). Subject pronouns are frequently omitted when context is clear. Verbs do not conjugate for person and are marked for tense with suffixes. The past tense takes -id, the present tense -al, and the future tense -wo. For instance, placid means “he/she cried,” placal means “he/she is crying,” and placwo means “he/she will cry.” Negation is expressed with the prefix ńe-, and questions are signaled by punctuation alone, with no inversion or additional particles.

Numerals

The numeral system contains both cardinal and ordinal forms but lacks full regularity, requiring many forms to be memorized. Examples include jeden (one) and pirwso (first), dwa (two) and dwa (second), fri (three) and fri (third), and fiew (five) and penc (fifth). Double negatives intensify rather than cancel out, so ńgdy ńgdy means “absolutely never.” Excessive repetition can be interpreted ironically, effectively flipping the meaning to “always.”

Lexicon

The vocabulary of Pomorskitong is a blend of Slavic and Germanic elements. Most content words derive from Polish, while English contributes many function words. German, Hungarian, and Russian have smaller influences. A number of roots are original inventions, deliberately designed to sound Slavic. Loanwords are usually adapted to fit Pomorskitong orthography and phonology rather than preserved in their original form.

Present status

Today, Pomorskitong functions as both a personal artistic tool and a complete conlang. It continues to evolve through use in songwriting and occasional worldbuilding projects. While its reach outside of its creator is limited, it stands as an example of a naturally developed conlang shaped less by linguistic planning than by creative needs. Its orthography, stress system, and morphology make it especially distinctive, reflecting its origins in music and its evolution as a medium for private expression and artistic experimentation.

Example

A panel of Azumanga Daioh translated to Pomorskitong

A representative sentence in Pomorskitong is:

Fo ja ewéart thé ma tchu ben mor końcóžwy ńz ja, ah ja jes tot końcóžwy tchu ben prawapoz.

Literally, this means: “For me love you have to be more miserable than me, but I am too miserable to be realistic.” Idiomatically, it translates as: “For me to love you, you have to be more miserable than I am, but I’m too miserable for that to be realistic.” The sentence illustrates stressed vowels, invariant verbs such as jes, the comparative marker ńz, and the rhythmic phrasing that characterizes Pomorskitong.

Lords prayer

Latin	Cyrillic
Nasa tater, kto jes w ńebé floréa tchu thén imies, thén Kérlstwo comere daj ben thén iwil, w ńebé anuh na mijejsk nasa pžedzenklebek pžin repe anuh zapo nasa gžeh'š az wé zapo tus kto nudob jaity du ńet daj jaity pad tchu hcerob, wolec nasaw jaity frome duzelzo	Нaсa тaтэр, ктo йэс в ӊэбэ́ флoрэ́a тцху тхэ́н имиэс, тхэ́н кэ́рлствo цoмэрэ дaй бэн тхэ́н ивил, в ӊэбэ́ aнух нa мийэйск нaсa пжэдзэнклэбэк пжин рэпэ aнух зaпo нaсa гжэхьш aз вэ́ зaпo тус ктo нудoб йaиты ду ӊэт дaй йaиты пaд тцху хцэрoб, вoлэц нaсaв йaиты фрoмэ дузэлзo