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Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature
Wiebermüđel
Pronunciation[/ˈvibɚˌmyɡ!əl/]
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
ExtinctDeveloped into Middle Wiebian in 400 v.C.
Quihum
Language codes
ISO 639-3qwb
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Ancient Wiebian is one of the major ancient Quihum languages, alongside Naquian, Old Tíogall and Sjowaazheƞ. It is intended to be German gibberish with clicks.

Todo

  • Wittel (m.) a god
  • Abhang (m.) 'a devotional music form' (lit. "up-call"?)
  • Seib (n.) 'snow'
  • queien 'scream, cry'
  • Körde (f.) 'love'

Background

Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature is the oldest attested form of Wiebian, used as a spoken language until 200 v.C.

Notes on notation

  • i - denotes i-umlaut of the root.

Orthography

See also: Wiebian/Script.

Wiebian is written in a script identical to Fraktur, but with the addition of two letters ⟨ŧ⟩ /!/ and ⟨đ⟩ /g!/. The letter names differ from the German names, however.

Phonology

Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature phonology is mostly based on Modern Standard German, with the addition of two clicks ŧ /ǃ/ and đ /ɡǃ/ which patterns similarly to t and d. However, Ancient Wiebian allows more initial clusters than German due to a layer of Tie-Dye and Naengic loans in the vocabulary. Notably, initial ng- is allowed, as well as non-German clusters such as schng-, tm-, tn-, tng-, pn-, png-, kng-, ngr-, ngl-, ...

Voiceless plosives are aspirated unless after a fricative. Auslautverhärtung (final obstruent devoicing) occurs as in German or Dutch.

Proto-Wiebian

Proto-Wiebian describes the stage of the language immediately after it underwent the High German consonant shift (which did not affect clicks).

Consonants

Vowels

Early Ancient Wiebian

Early Ancient Wiebian was similar to Middle High German; it is thus represented in this article using the standardized Middle High German orthography. One difference from Middle High German was that Auslautverhärtung did not occur in Early Ancient Wiebian.

Consonants

Early Ancient Wiebian has the following consonants:

Early Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature consonants
Labial Lamino-dental Apico-alveolar Co-articulated Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ đ [ŋǃ] ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t̪/ ŧ /ǃ/ k /k/ /ʔ-/
voiced b /b/ d /d̪/ đ /ɡǃ/ g /ɡ/
Fricative f /f/ ʒ /s̻/ s /s̺/ sch /ɧ/ ch /x/ h /h/
Affricate pf /pf/ z, tz /ts̻/
Trill r /r/
Approximant w /w/ l /l/ j /j/

Vowels

In Early Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature each vowel had an independent length. This changed in Standard Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature when vowels before single consonants were lengthened, so that the orthographic final came to determine vowel length. Final -h was also deleted to trigger compensatory lengthening of the vowel, which is why open long vowels are often written with an -h after the vowel.

Early Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i /i/ î /iː/ ü /y/ iu /yː/ u /u/ û /uː/
Close-mid ë /e/
Mid e /ɛ/ ê /ɛː/ ö /ø/ œ /øː/ e /ə/ o /o/ ô /oː/
Open ä /æ/ æ /æː/ a /a/ â /aː/

Diphthongs: ie /iə/ üe /yə/ uo /uə/ ei /ɛɪ/ öu, eu /eʏ~øʏ~eu/ ou /ɔu/

Classical Wiebian

The beginning of the Standard Ancient Wiebian (SAW), Classical Wiebian (CW), or Late Ancient Wiebian (LAW) period is taken to be the standardization of the orthography under the ruler Kait-Neumer (2300 HM years before present).

Standard accent

Consonants
Classical Wiebian consonants (Reber accent)
Labial Dental/Alveolar Postalveolar Click Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nđ /ŋǃ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ ŧ /ǃ/ k /k/ /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ đ /ɡǃ/ g /ɡ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ ss, ß /s/ sch /ɧ/ ch /ç~x/ h /h/
voiced w /v/ s /z/ j /ʝ/
Affricate voiceless pf /pf/ z /ts/ tsch /tʃ/
voiced (ds /dz/) dsch /dʒ/
Approximant l /l/ r /r~ɹ/
Notes
  • Final stops are unreleased.
  • /ʐ/ is pharyngealized retroflex [ʐˁ]. Adjacent to a consonant it becomes [ɻ], which may be retroflex or bunched.
  • [x] is an allophone of /ç/ after back vowels.
  • Consonants have a tendency to mildly palatalize before front vowels.
Vowels

Vowel length has been lost in the standard accent of AW.

Classical Wiebian vowels (Reber accent)
Front unrounded Front rounded Central Back
Close ie /i/ üh /y/ uh /u/
Near-close i, ir /ɪ/ ü, ür /ʏ/ u, ur /ʊ/
Near-close eh /e/ öh /ø/ oh /o/
Mid e, ä, er, är /ɛ/ ö, ör /œ/ /ə/ o, or /ɔ/
Near-open a /ɐ/
Open ah, ahr /a/

Diphthongs: au eu/äu ei/ai /aʊ oʏ aɪ/

Accent 2

Consonants
Classical Wiebian consonants (Schäber accent)
Labial Dental/Alveolar Postalveolar Click Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ŋǃ/ /ŋ/
Plosive lenis /p~b/ /t~d/ /ǃ~g!/ /tɕ~dʑ/ /k~g/ /ʔ/
fortis /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ǃʰ/ /tɕʰ/ /kʰ/
Fricative voiceless /f/ /s/ /ʃ/ /ɕ/ /x/ /h/
voiced /v/ /z/ /ʁ/
Approximant /l/ /j/ [ʁ̞]
Notes
  • /pʰ/ corresponds to standard /pf/.
  • Lenis consonants have voiced allophones between vowels, and correspond to Standard voiced/lenis consonants.
  • /s, z/ are lamino-dental [s̪, z̪]. /s/ is more weakly fricated than in the standard accent, almost becoming [h] at times.
  • /tɕ~dʑ/ corresponds to Standard z and dsch (the latter in loanwords).
  • /ɕ/ corresponds to Standard /ç/.
  • /ʃˁ/ corresponds to Standard /ʃ/.
    • /ʃˁ/ is realized as a non-pharyngealized retracted apical [s̠] in the clusters /ʃˁp, ʃˁt, ʃˁk/.
Vowels
Classical Wiebian vowels (Schäber accent)
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close /ɪ/ /iː/ /ʏ/ /yː/ /ʊ/ /uː/
Close-mid /eː/ /øː/ /oː/
Open-mid /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /œ/ /œː/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/
Open /ɐ/ /aː/

Diphthongs: /aʊ oɪ aɪ iɐ ʉɐ uɐ auɐ oɪɐ aɪɐ/

Notes
  • /i/, /iː/, /ʉ/, /ʉː/, /u/, /uː/ corresponds to standard /ɪ/, /i/, /ʏ/, /y/, /ʊ/, /u/.
  • /e/, /ə/, /ɵː/, /o/ corresponds to standard /ɛ/, /œ/, /øy/, /ɔ/.
  • /ɛː/, /ɞː/, /ɔː/ corresponds to standard /ɛɹ/, /œɹ/, /ɔɹ/.
  • /iɐ/, /ʉɐ/, /uɐ/ corresponds to standard /iɹ/, /yɹ/, /uɹ/.

Stress

Syllables may have primary or secondary stress. The first syllable of the root is heavily stressed, at the expense of prefixes and endings. The first component of compounds receives primary stress while the subsequent parts receive secondary stress.

Grammar

Parts of speech

Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature inflected determiners and adjectives according to case and number. The inflection of adjectives in addition depended on their position and definiteness.

Nouns

Nouns do not inflect. However, they are preceded by an article ein.

Gender

Nouns have two genders, masculine and feminine. Nouns of each gender take their respective verb endings and pronouns in Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature.

Determiners

Determiners include articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, possessive pronouns (namely nein, rein, wein, kein 'my, thy, our, your') and all attributive adjectives, and inflect for gender, case and definiteness.

Attributive adjectives come after any articles and demonstratives. When an adjective modifies a noun, it must be inflected; inflecting other determiners is optional when an attributive adjective is used.

Case endings

In Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature, noun phrases are inflected in 3 cases:

  • Nominative: subject
  • Accusative: direct object, some adverbial expressions
  • Genitive: possession, prepositional objects.
Ahn 'father' - masculine
Singular Plural
Indef. nom. eine Ahn einen Ahn
Def. nom. ein Ahn einer Ahn
Indef. acc. ein Ahn einer Ahn
Def. acc. einem Ahn eines Ahn
Indef. gen. einem Ahn eines Ahn
Def. gen. eine Ahn einen Ahn


Mahl 'mother' - feminine
Singular Plural
Indef. nom. einem Mahl eines Mahl
Def. nom. eine Mahl einen Mahl
Indef. acc. eine Mahl einen Mahl
Def. acc. ein Mahl einer Mahl
Indef. gen. ein Mahl einer Mahl
Def. gen. einem Mahl eines Mahl


Ŧeib 'goblet, chalice' - neuter
Singular Plural
Indef. nom. ein Ŧeib einer Ŧeib
Def. nom. einem Ŧeib eines Ŧeib
Indef. acc. einem Ŧeib eines Ŧeib
Def. acc. eine Ŧeib einen Ŧeib
Indef. gen. eine Ŧeib einen Ŧeib
Def. gen. ein Ŧeib einer Ŧeib
Adpositions

The article ein is shortened after a preposition: e.g. er 'ner Heste (< *er einer...) 'for the wife'. Adpositions always govern the genitive.

  • bach - with
  • đei - partitive
  • er, ero - for
  • gar - to, towards
  • lie - from
  • pfalt - before
  • sie - onto/on
  • tarb - towards/at
  • trieg - around
  • und - into/in
  • zecker - after

Important determiners

These determiners must be inflected, even when used with an attributive adjective.

  • so ein 'this'
  • was, wie, wem, wen, wes, wer: 'that'
  • das, die, dem, den, des, der: 'what, which, some'

The following determiners have optional inflection when used with an attributive adjective.

  • all, alle, allem, allen, alles, aller: "oneself; one's own"
    • All can be used emphatically before the definite article or before possessive pronouns: all nein 'my own'
  • wahm 'one' - declined like a singular noun
  • dieser 'two' - declined like a plural noun (diesen, dieser, dieses)
Determiners (masculine)
Singular Plural
Indef. nom. wie
die
alle		 wen
den
allen
Def. nom. was
das
all		 wer
der
aller
Indef. acc. was
das
all		 wer
der
aller
Def. acc. wem
dem
allem		 wes
des
alles
Indef. gen. wem
dem
allem		 wes
des
alles
Def. gen. wie
die
alle		 wen
den
allen


Determiners (feminine)
Singular Plural
Indef. nom. wem
dem
allem		 wes
des
alles
Def. nom. wie
die
alle		 wen
den
allen
Indef. acc. wie
die
alle		 wen
den
allen
Def. acc. was
das
all		 wer
der
aller
Indef. gen. was
das
all		 wer
der
aller
Def. gen. wem
dem
allem		 wes
des
alles


Determiners (neuter)
Singular Plural
Indef. nom. was
das
all		 wer
der
aller
Def. nom. wem
dem
allem		 wes
des
alles
Indef. acc. wem
dem
allem		 wes
des
alles
Def. acc. wie
die
alle		 wen
den
allen
Indef. gen. wie
die
alle		 wen
den
allen
Def. gen. was
das
all		 wer
der
aller

Adjectives

Unlike attributive adjectives, predicative adjectives take no ending.

Degree

Wiebian makes no distinction between the comparative and the superlative, which are both are formed with the suffix U-lich. The equative is formed with an-. "Less" and "least" are indicated with the suffix -bar.

Example: garm 'heavy', gärmlich 'heavier', angarm 'as heavy', garmbar 'less heavy'

Adverbs

Adverbs are formed from adjectives with the suffix U-st: späglichst 'more tightly'.

Pronouns

Personal pronouns
Person → 1 2
Number → Singular Plural Singular Plural
Case ↓
Nominative nu wich rei sich
Accusative nun wir rien sir
Genitive nur wie rur kie
Possessive
pronouns 		nein wein rein kein

Wiebian lacks true third-person pronouns. The closest equivalent is so ein "this".

Possessive pronouns were derived from combining genitive pronouns with another element, such as the definite article ein or an adjectival suffix -er.

Verbs

Verbs have stem forms (thus principal parts) for present, past and verbal noun which are not always distinct. The verbal noun can in addition be marked with various suffixes. (A similar but more conservative system is found in Thensarian). Verbs are often additionally marked by auxiliary words to disambiguate the tense, because most forms are identical or very similar. The verb is usually given in its 1st person present (-n or -en) form.

The three principal parts are thus the present imperative, the past 2s form and the verbal noun.

The citation form is the present stem, which is also the short 2nd person singular imperative in Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature.

Jussive endings are only found in special registers.

Personal endings

In Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature, the verb is also inflected for person.

Athematic stems umlaut in the present for certain persons; thematic stems always umlaut in the preterite.

Imperative endings
Singular Plural
1.in - -n
2 -Ø -isch


Indicative endings
Singular Plural
1 -n -nd
2 i-e -isch
3 i-n i-t
Negative verb

The negative verb is ihren; the connegative form of a verb depends on the tense.

Formation of verbal principal parts

Verbal nouns are irregular. The present stem is in the a-grade and the past stem is in the i-grade.

Numerals

Cardinals 0-10: ühm, wahm, dieser, narg, đauf, säl, stuhm, rut, lerz, pfarb, kier, dell (100), seit (1000)

Ordinals are formed with the suffix -er: pfalter, stefter, narger, đaufer, säler, stuhmer, ruter, lerzer, pfarber, kierer

Syntax

Word order

Constituents are arranged in V2 order in Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature (with more variation allowed in poetry) unlike in most modern Wiebian topolects. Noun modifiers (adjectives and possessors) almost always precede the modified noun.

Use of "es"

Originally an emphatic particle, es became a progressive aspect marker in Classical Wiebian.

  • In yes-no questions es is used at the beginning of a sentence.
  • Es develops into a present tense marker in some daughter languages.

Truth value

For negation, Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature uses a negative verb ihren: Nu haffen 'I eat' is negated to Nu ihren haffs 'I do not eat'.

The past tense is negated differently: Nu häffen 'I ate' vs. Nu ihren haffung 'I did not eat'.

Passive

Conjunctions

Conjunctions

  • von - and (for nouns, verbs)
  • um - and (for clauses)
  • in - or
  • für - but
  • auf - because
  • mit - if
  • meist - but (rather)
  • nöter - while
  • einstein - right when
  • euler - until

Relative clauses

Derivational morphology

Some suffixes are pronounced differently depending on the final consonant of the root.

  • be-: intensive/applicative/denominal verb prefix (can be ge- before labials)
    • berasten 'make powerful, strengthen' < Rast 'power'
    • gebeulen 'justify, straighten' < beul 'just'
  • U-chen (U-elchen after k, g, ch): a nominalizer
  • U-e: abstract noun, -ness/-hood
  • U-el: a nominalizer; an adjectivizer
  • -eln: a frequentative affix
  • -en: patientive
  • ent- (sometimes emp- before f): perfective; causative/valency-incrementing
  • er- intensifying verb suffix
  • -er: collective, augmentative, place noun, resultative
    • Pfuger 'throne' < Pfug 'chair'
    • Ruger 'statue' < rug, rieg, Rugs 'carve'
    • Jenger 'ocean, sea' < Jeng 'water'
  • -ern: an intensifying verbal suffix
  • -igen: an intensifying verbal suffix
  • ge-: an adjectivizer; a nominalizer; a collective
  • -heit agent noun, someone associated with [NOUN]
  • miss-: negative
    • missbeul 'not straight, unjust' < beul 'straight, just'; Missverbeul 'injustice'
  • -ke: deverbal nouns
  • -lein: person
    • Winklein 'mortal' < winken 'die'
  • -nung, -ung: singulative/diminutive
  • -s (~ Thn. infinitve -s): verbal nouns, nominalization
    • Variant: -nis
  • -t: adjectivalizer or nominalizer
  • -ung: singulative, patient noun; past participle
  • ur-: augmentative
    • Urahn, Urmahl 'grandfather, grandmother' < Ann, Mahl 'father, mother'
  • ver-: an adjectivalizer or nominalizer
  • zer-: passive
  • zu- (stressed): collective?

Phrasebook

Sample texts

Schünge bäßes mei Karfs Schünge;
meist Brack bäßen.
Geuls bäßen mei Karfs Geuls;
meist Körde bäßes.
- Martin Luther King ein Steftere

The North Wind and the Sun

Ein Simmhall von eine Lunde.

Wahmer besprillt es ein Simmhall von eine Lunde, ja luhs feudlich, westers ein bach ŧächer Zemme Desŧolzes Schammerlein zerzweiden. Đer geröckt es, hin ein pfalts gar 'nem Schammerlein quetzen đir Zemme beđecken, grechs hin luhs feudlich brühnen. Ein Simmhall zerschwichten es bach bieser Rast, für jahr aust schwichten es đa, đahner späglichst ŧölzen es ein Schammerlein đir Zemme trieg đie, von berten berts desflästen es ein Simmhall đei đir Zernurts. Immer enthächten es eine ULunde đir ŧächern Fleiden, von irrsterŧes quitzen es ein Schammerlein đir Zemme. Mieder fügeln es ein Simmhall Bereugs, hin eine Lunde luhn eine Feudliche đei 'nen diesen.

The North Wind and the Sun

The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

Bieser Wahr zebt masch von gestuttet und 'nem Kröbe von 'ner Geŧinge Schüßung. Wer zebt eines Sŧirre von eines Fläse Bemeitelung, um wacht wahm er schannen und 'ne Đauge einem Aubenschliche Vertieg.
all-NOM.DEF.M.PL human receive-3PL free and equal in GEN.DEF.F.SG dignity and GEN.DEF.N.PL rights give_birth-PART. that-NOM.DEF.M.PL receive-3PL ACC.DEF.F.SG reason and ACC.DEF.F.SG virtue endow-PART, and must-3PL one to another-GEN.DEF.M.PL in GEN.DEF.M.SG spirit GEN.DEF.F.SG older_brother-younger_brother-ABST behave-VN
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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