Glommish
Σiúdьsk /ɬʲuːtʲsk/) is a Germanic language spoken in Northern France and Western Germany on the alt-hist of Lõis. It has the most speakers on Lõis out of any Germanic language. Glommish is intended to have a pseudo-Slavic aesthetic.
1-10: ýn, twý, σrí, fiór, finf, siaks, siawen, acht, nión, tiachn /ɨːn, tvɨː, ɬʲrʲiː, fʲoːr, fʲinf, sʲæks, sʲævən, axt, nʲoːn, tʲæxn/
11-19: ýlьf, twalьf, σrýtián, fiórъtián, finfъtián, siaksъtián, siafъtián, achъtián, nióntián /ɨːlʲf, tvalʲf, ɬʲrʲiːtʲæːn, fʲoːrtʲæːn, fʲinftʲæːn, sʲækstʲæːn, sʲæftʲæːn, axtʲæːn, nʲoːnʲtʲæːn/
20-90: twýntiech, σrítiech, ... achъtiech, nióntiech /tvɨːnʲtʲəx, etc./
100: hunderσ /hundərɬ/
1000: σúsendь /ɬuːzənʲdʲ/
Phonology
Like its southern neighbor Ufirlandisg, Glommish phonology is characterized by hard and soft consonants.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | plain | pal. | plain | pal. | |||||
| Nasal | m m | mь mʲ | n n̪ | nь nʲ | ||||||
| Stop /Affricate |
voiceless | p p | pь pʲ | t t̪ | tь tʲ | č tʃ | k k | |||
| voiced | b b | bь bʲ | d t̪ | dь dʲ | dž dʒ | g g | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f f | fь fʲ | s s~z | sь sʲ~zʲ | σ ɬ~ɮ | σь ɬʲ~ɮʲ | š ʃ~ʒ | ch x~ɣ | h h |
| voiced | w v | wь vʲ | ||||||||
| Liquid | r r | rь rʲ | l ɫ | lь lʲ | j j | |||||
Orthographical note: The soft sign ь and the palatalizing i soften every consonant in the cluster by default; however, the hard sign ъ prevents the softening of consonants to the left of it.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /ɪ/ | í /iː/ | y /ɨ/ | ý /ɨː/ | u /ʊ/ | ú /uː/ |
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | é /eː/ | e [ə] | o /ɔ/ | ó /oː/ | |
| Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ | ||||
Morphology
Nouns
Like German, Glommish has 4 noun cases.
Articles
Glommish uses the indefinite article ýn (declined as an adjective) and the definite article σar.
| case | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | ||
| nom. | σar | σí | σat | σí |
| acc. | σan | σí | σat | σí |
| dat. | σam | σiar | σam | σím |
| gen. | σas | σiar | σas | σiar |
Consonant stems
| a-stem: wulf (m.) 'wolf' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | wulf | wulfe |
| Accusative | wulf | wulfe |
| Dative | wulf, wulfe | wulfem |
| Genitive | wulfs | wulfe |
| ja-stem: basь (n.) 'berry' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | basь | basie |
| Accusative | basь | basie |
| Dative | basь, basie | basiem |
| Genitive | basies | basie |
n-stems
Declined like weak adjectives. (The masculines have -n in the accusative singular; the feminines and neuters have the accusative singular identical to the nominative singular.)
| a-stem: name (n.) 'name' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | name | namen |
| Accusative | name | namen |
| Dative | namenь | namem |
| Genitive | namenь | namen |
Vowel stems
| ō-stem: nase (f.) 'nose' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | nase | naser |
| Accusative | nase | naser |
| Dative | nase | nasem |
| Genitive | naser | nase |
| u-stem: side (f.) 'custom' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | side | sider |
| Accusative | side | sider |
| Dative | side | sidem |
| Genitive | sider | side |
| i-stem: burσie (f.) 'birth' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | burσie | burσier |
| Accusative | burσie | burσier |
| Dative | burσie | burσiem |
| Genitive | burσier | burσie |
Grab bag
| z-stem: lamb (n.) 'lamb' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | lamb | lambier |
| Accusative | lamb | lambier |
| Dative | lambe | lambiem |
| Genitive | lambs | lambie |
| z-stem: fadier (m.) 'father' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | fadier | fadrie |
| Accusative | fadier | fadrie |
| Dative | fadrie | fadriem |
| Genitive | fadiers | fadrie |
Adjectives
Adjectives are declined, like in German but unlike in Ufirlandisg. For attributive adjectives, the weak declension is used when the noun is preceded by a definite article or demonstratives. The strong declension is used otherwise. Below are the strong and weak declensions of the adjective gád 'good':
Template:Col-2| case | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | ||
| nom. | gáder | gáde | gádet | gáde |
| acc. | gáden | gáde | gádet | gáde |
| dat. | gádme | gáder | gádme | gádem |
| gen. | gádes | gáder | gádes | gáder |
| case | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | ||
| nom. | gáde | gáde | gáde | gáden |
| acc. | gáden | gáde | gáde | gáden |
| dat. | gádenь | gádenь | gádenь | gádem |
| gen. | gádenь | gádenь | gádenь | gáden |
Soft-stem adjectives such as skónь 'beautiful' can be declined similarly.
| case | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | ||
| nom. | skónier | skónie | skóniet | skónie |
| acc. | skónien | skónie | skóniet | skónie |
| dat. | skónьme | skónier | skónьme | skóniem |
| gen. | skónies | skónier | skónies | skónier |
| case | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | ||
| nom. | skónie | skónie | skónie | skónien |
| acc. | skónien | skónie | skónie | skónien |
| dat. | skónienь | skónienь | skónienь | skóniem |
| gen. | skónienь | skónienь | skónienь | skónien |
Pronouns
| case | 1sg. | 2sg. | 3sg. | 1pl. | 2pl. | 3pl. | reflexive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | |||||||
| nom. | ik | σú | er | sí | it | wír | júr | í | - |
| acc. | mik | σik | ín | sí | it | unsь | jú | í | sik |
| dat. | mir | σir | ime | jar | ime | unsь | jú | ím | sir |
| gen. | mín | σín | is | jar | is | unsier | júrer | jar | sín |