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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
| name = | | name = Annerish | ||
| nativename = ın | | nativename = ''ın beàırler hAnnrach'' <br>''{{Rune|᛬ᛂᛓᛆᛁᛧᚳᛁᛧᚺᛅᚱᚭᚷ᛬}}'' | ||
| pronunciation = {{IPA| | | pronunciation = {{IPA|əmˈbjɑˑɹləˈɾ̥ʰɑ̃ɯ̯̃nɾʌ̹χ}} | ||
| image = File:Flag of the Anneries.png | |||
| imagecaption = The Annerish national flag. | |||
| familycolor = Indo-European | | familycolor = Indo-European | ||
| nation = [[Verse:Anneries|The Annerish Federation]] | | nation = [[Verse:Anneries|The Annerish Federation]] | ||
| setting = [[Verse:Anneries|The Anneries]], off the west coast of Ireland | | setting = [[Verse:Anneries|The Anneries]], off the west coast of Ireland | ||
| creator = [[User:Ceolsige18|Aireanna]] | | creator = [[User:Ceolsige18|Aireanna]] | ||
| fam2 = [[:w:Centum and satem languages|Centum]] | | fam2 = [[:w:Centum and satem languages|Centum]] | ||
| fam3 = [[:w:Proto-Germanic language|Germanic]] | | fam3 = [[:w:Proto-Germanic language|Germanic]] | ||
| iso3 = qrz | | iso3 = qrz | ||
}} ''created by [[User:Ceolsige18|Aireanna]]'' | }} | ||
The '''Annerish''' language (''ın | * ''created by [[User:Ceolsige18|Aireanna]]'' | ||
The '''Annerish''' language (''ın beàırler hAnnrach'' / ''ᛂᛓᛆᛁᛧᚳᛁᛧᚺᛅᚱᚭᚷ'') is primarily spoken by the inhabitants of the [[Verse:Alr_Annr|Anneries]] (''ne hAnnray'' / ''ᛂᚺᛅᚱᛆᚢ'') — two archipelagos emerging from the [[:w:Porcupine_Seabight|Porcupine Bank]] (''Luínır'' / ''ᚳᚢᛂᚿᛁᛧ'') and [[:w:Rockall_Basin|Rockall Plateau]] (''Dóray'' / ''ᚿᚭᛧᛆᚢ''), west off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland. While the total number of fluent speakers has remained steady throughout recent decades, [[w:First_language|L1]] [[w:Monolingualism|monolinguals]] are dying out, leaving the language [[w:Endangered_language|moribund]]. There's a rich and long literary tradition, exemplified by two distinct periods: Old Annerish and Middle or Classical Annerish. It may be the sole extant descendant of an independent [[:w:Indo-European_languages|Indo-European]] branch originating on the Western Europe mainland.<br> | |||
Annerish is the official language of the Annerish Nation, part of which is disputed with the United Kingdom, where it is classed as an indigenous minority language since 2007 and the ''Bésgnae Béırle'' (see below) was appointed as a language-development and regulatory body. There's also a small diaspora in the New World. | |||
== | ==Etymology== | ||
It is hypothesised that the Annerish people are either one and the same with, or a subgroup of the [[:w:Belgae| | There's no consensus on the origin of the endonym ''[[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]]'', simply suffixed with [[:wikt:-ish|-ish]] in English to give "Annerish". The native term for "the Anneries" - ''ne hAnnray'' derives from a compound with Old Norse ''[[:wikt:ey#Old_Norse|ey]]'', translating to "the Annerish islands".<br> | ||
A leading native theory connects the ethnonym with [[w:Andarta|Annarth]], mentioned in the "Gospel of Evynn" (''Lebor Ebuınne'') as the matron goddess of the [[w:Iceni|Eıchenna]], whose queen and chief priestess was [[w:Boudica|Bóıdech]]. Still, many theologians consider the text itself failing to point out a connection as definitive proof against this theory. Instead, the native theonym ''{{cd|Aınnr}}'' is regarded as the true origin of ''Annr''.<br> Bernthaler (1907), the main foreign scholar on the Annerish, supports both propositions and argues that the dental ending in the dative (''Aınnrte'') must trace back to the former theonym, but the root itself is one and the same as [[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anderā|*anderā]] ("woman") and, thus, likely Pre-Annerish. | |||
==Classification== | |||
===From Proto-Germanic to Proto-Annerish=== | |||
It is hypothesised that the Annerish people are either one and the same with, or a subgroup of the [[:w:Belgae|Belgae]] who migrated from the Gallo-Germanic confederation to southern Britain and later fled to Ireland at the wake of [[w:Roman conquest of Britain|the Roman conquest]]. Many characteristic features of [[:w:Common_Brittonic|Brythonic]] and Goidelic languages are shared with the Annerish language, which had previously been regarded as Celtic. True classification has also been obscured by the crucial lack of [[:w:Verner%27s_law|Verner's law]], along with sweeping sound changes by analogy with the mutation strategies of the dominant languages that reverse some of the effects of [[:w:Grimm%27s_law|Grimm's law]], though notably not in reflexes of *hw-, *þw-, and *tw- initials. | |||
A list of the most important changes will be given below (in approximate order): | A list of the most important changes will be given below (in approximate order): | ||
*wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Annerish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ȳ, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> ''cuír'', not **puír) | *wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Annerish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ȳ, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> ''cuír'', not **puír.) | ||
*ē<sub>2</sub>> ī (*ē<sub>2</sub>hiraz> ''íochr'' - maple) | *ē<sub>2</sub>> ī (*ē<sub>2</sub>hiraz> ''íochr'' - maple) | ||
Monophthongization of PG diphthongs: | Monophthongization of PG diphthongs: | ||
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*kw> p-, -b- (*kwrammaz> *pramm~''pram'' - damp, *nakwô> *nǫba~''napa'' - ship); *gw> b-, -g- (*gwenþiz> *bũıḋ~''bóıd'' - fight, *snaigwaz> *nnœ́ġ~''neòg'' - snow); *ngw> -mb- (*slangwijō> *llaımb~''laım'' - sling); *hw> f (*hwītaz> *fíd~''fíot'' - white, *tēhwō> *téŭf~''teòfa'') | *kw> p-, -b- (*kwrammaz> *pramm~''pram'' - damp, *nakwô> *nǫba~''napa'' - ship); *gw> b-, -g- (*gwenþiz> *bũıḋ~''bóıd'' - fight, *snaigwaz> *nnœ́ġ~''neòg'' - snow); *ngw> -mb- (*slangwijō> *llaımb~''laım'' - sling); *hw> f (*hwītaz> *fíd~''fíot'' - white, *tēhwō> *téŭf~''teòfa'') | ||
== | ===Celtic Influence=== | ||
< | ===Pre-Annerish and ''Ceccra''=== | ||
< | |||
< | unmatched matriarchal social order and polytheistic worldview have developing in the nation for over | ||
which is reflected extensively throughout the known literature that has unfortunately declined after a brutal period of English colonisation in the 1700's. <br> | |||
===The Old Annerish Corpus=== | |||
Only a handful of vital religious texts survive in the older language, first put to manuscript in the Ⅶ<sup>th</sup> century on ''Luínır'' (Luynier), though likely composed a couple of centuries earlier (possibly on [[w:Builg|mainland Ireland]]). After centuries of [[:w:Celtic languages|Celtic]] influence and diglossia, Old Annerish verse and prose still exhibit abundant vocabulary of Germanic stock peeking through the prestigeous [[:w:Goidelic languages|Goidelic]] superstratum. An [[:w:Paleo-European_languages|Old European]] substratum has also left its unique mark on the language and more specifically on the sociolect of men - the ''Ceccra'' - which has been driving innovation ever since the earliest of texts. Influence from the original indigenous inhabitants of the Luynier archipelago may also be found in the [[:w:Animism|animistic]], [[:w:Polytheism|polytheistic]] [[w:Ethnic_religion|ethnic religion]]. Despite countless Gaelic missions and continuous contact with Christendom, the Annerish have resisted conversion and developed a rich and complex [[w:Natural_theology|theology]] of their own. <br> | |||
By the turn of the Ⅷ<sup>th</sup> century, the islands around ''Dóray'' (Dorey) are settled with the help of the fellow heathen [[w:Viking_age|Vikings]] who would lend many doublets in the process. This is the start of the Middle period and the "Golden Age" of Annerish literature and culture. | |||
===Modern Annerish and revitalization=== | |||
The end of the Classical period is marked by the Conquest of Calgur in 1652 and subsequent English colonization of Luínır. Dialects of the island have been defunct since the turn of the 18<sup>th</sup> century as [[w:Pidgin|pidgin English]] developed and spread to Dóray. Use of this ''patois'' would decline sharply in the following decades due to wholesale suppression of Annerish culture in the anglophone education system, but also in an effort to keep the traditional language pure and the Classical literature still accessible. The ''Bésgnae Bérıle'' was established as an official organisation and has overseen the transition of the spoken language into an increasingly literary one. | |||
- | ==Orthography== | ||
===Latin=== | |||
The Latin alphabet was introduced by the Irish Christians during the early 7th century. Another major factor in the Romanization of Anrish was the later advent of the printing press, created exclusively for Latin-based writing systems. | |||
===Ogham and runic=== | |||
The Runic alphabet was reintroduced by the Viking migrants in the Middle ages. | |||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
'''Syllable Structure:''' (C)({{IPA|r}})V(C)<sup>2</sup> | '''Syllable Structure:''' (C)({{IPA|r}})V(C)<sup>2</sup> | ||
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*V = Vowel | *V = Vowel | ||
#An epenthetic short vowel must occur between {{IPA|/r/}} and a following labial in the coda. | #An epenthetic short vowel must occur between {{IPA|/r/}} and a following labial in the coda. | ||
=== | ====Stress==== | ||
==== | ==Morphology== | ||
The | ===Mutation=== | ||
===Modifiers=== | |||
====The article==== | |||
====Particles==== | |||
====Adjectives==== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
====Number==== | |||
====Inflection==== | |||
===Pronouns=== | |||
:·''For the forms fused with the copula, see below.'' | |||
{{Qrz-pnn}} | |||
IIIsg masc. becomes (s)ed before vowels, while (s)í triggers h-prothesis, which can surface even when the pronouns are dropped after finite verb forms; néa <verb-n éa which took over and survived older variants like ḋía, éaḋ, and ían (cf.: Gaelic íat), hence this leaves eclipsis when pro-dropping and t-prosthesis before vowels; emphatic with n- (-re <genitive, in analogy with muírre) is becoming more common, while h- in IIIfem. is declining. Similarly, myr <verb-m ụ́r (extended from ụ́ when infixed pronouns became the norm;) nuor, originally nụ́r(r), a less prominent variant of nár which gives the unstressed ar; The homophonic ur (<ᴏɪḃḟọr) in colloquial speech was ambiguous and thus both were proscribed, until the -r was deleted, merging all the plural possessives. Rıb [ɹuˑ] (<-r [ṡ]iḃ, influenced by ᴏɪsịḃ and the prepositional inflextion in -ḃ which was originally -ṗ from the dual, but those collapsed and the original plural fell obsolete due to the dissolution of an early T-V distinction) in the most modern language slowly morphs into [juˑ] under pressure from English, motivated further by the incidental similarity of the possessive eoır [ˈjɤɹə]. The original T-V was very short lived and mostly aided in the merger of the IIIsg and IIsg verbal forms with its corresponding phonetically similar endings (tho also see above for prep.), however the dual inflection was maintained into something of an inclusive Ipl. This later developed into a polite pronoun for both Isg; IIsg; and Ipl. with its inclusivity still usual, but not mandatory. The independent forms hail from *bai - N: bé, béıse~bıse; P: uor~ar~aɴ/suʟ ___ bé (<béıeɴ), while the determiner meaning both is modelled after the accusative *banz> C: báʜ [bʷɑ]; G: baıde~baíɴ [bʷæjə]; D: baí(b) [bʷæi̯(v)] (this can be combined with bé to explicitly mean '[exclusively] us both' - C: bá dbé(ɴ); G: aɴ/suʟ _ baín bé; D: baí bé.) A unique quotative pronoun, referring to the oneself in others' reported speech, has developed from the variant of the IIsg: thy (E: thysa.) The rest of the forms and inflextion is normally covered by the ordinary IIsg, tho the possessive su [ᴍ~ʟ], suíse was used (probably <*sīnaz.) The possessives were borrowed/remodelled after the Celtic clitic, with the adjectives seeing limited independent pronominal use, however in late OA literature the mixed mutation effect of the influence from the inflected forms showed through: mu(n)ᴍ, du(t)ᴍ, su(s)ᴍ, a(r)ᴍ (variant spellings: mo/ma; do/da/tho/thu/tha; so/sa; e/ı.) The IIIsg possessives were in conflict with the learned Old Irish forms, where masculine and neuter cause lenition, feminine – aspiration, while the expected Germanic reflexes all cause aspiration and that is still observed in the very earliest of Old Annerish texts where singular a/e/ı causes lenition less frequently, mostly with Gaelic vocab; later this was ironed out in the masc.ʟ and fem;ᴍ>ʜ but in the neuter the choice of mutation was rather chaotic until the class' dissolution by the E.Mod. period. | |||
===Adpositions=== | |||
===The copulae=== | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
Verbal morphology is the most complex subject of Annerish grammar; despite the relative paucity of conjugated forms, categorising paradigms has proven difficult. Native scholarship, namely the Bésgnae Béırle, have used a minimal numbering system based on the present stem: in the I<sup>st</sup> conjugation it ends with a broad consonant, in the II<sup>nd</sup> with a slender, in the III<sup>rd</sup> with a nasal that is dropped in the other stems, and in the IV<sup>th</sup> there is no closing consonant. Bernthaler (1907) proposes a weak—strong classification similar to German, however, the relationship between all six crucial stems and their formation more closely resembles that of Old Irish. This article largely follows Teagan et al. (2003). | |||
====Verbal noun==== | |||
Every verb is lemmatised as a '''verbal noun''' which forms the periphrastic present. Derivational strategies have varied wildly, though most verbal nouns resemble the independent form of the "present" (''see below for ᴛᴍᴀ''.) [[w:Pluractionality|Verbal number]] can be expressed by declining some verbal nouns for number, though most are lexically fixed as either singular or collective only. | |||
==== | ====Preverb==== | ||
A preverb can fuse with all stems in their dependent forms, also known as the ''prototonic'' or ''augmented'', including the verbal noun. Valency cannot be inferred from the presence of such augmentation, however. While transitivity is formally marked by a preverb and its absence otherwise, this nearly rigid system is a relatively recent development. Simplex bivalent verbs still see use in the Middle period, especially in sacred poetry and prose. A group of frequent, semantically transitive but formally stative verbs has evoked the term ''deponency'' in academic literature, with the concession that this cannot be considered a proper category in morphological classification. | |||
The preverb is an essential component of transitive verbs since it "conjugates" for direct object pronouns. While they appear similar to prepositions, preverbs have somewhat different forms and are lexically bound to each verb instead of carrying their individual meaning. Whenever the direct object is a definite noun, marking for its gender and/or number is optional and fairly common in later, colloquial language. Otherwise every preverb has a default form (sometimes referred to as 'deutorotonic') which is mandatory in an absolute construction. Here is an exhaustive list of preverbs and their pronominal forms in Middle Annerish: | |||
=== | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
. | ! style="text-align:right" | ''' ᴅᴇᴜᴛ.: ''' | ||
=== | | '' u (f-) '' | ||
| '' um '' | |||
! '' y(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> '' | |||
! '' ar '' | |||
! style="width: 8%;" | '' rı(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> '' | |||
! style="width: 16%;" colspan="2" | '' s '' | |||
! '' c '' | |||
| '' tar '' | |||
|- | |||
| '' 1ᴘ.sɢ. '' | |||
| fum<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| mum<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| dum<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| rum<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| colspan="2" | rıthem<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| am<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| gam<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
| '' 1ᴘ.ɪɴᴄʟ. '' | |||
| fuch | |||
| much | |||
| duch | |||
| ruch | |||
| colspan="2" | rıthech | |||
| ach | |||
| gach | |||
| trach | |||
|- | |||
| '' 2ᴘ.sɢ. '' | |||
| fud<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| mud<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| dud<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| rud<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| colspan="2" | rıthed<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| ad<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| gad<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
| '' 2ᴘ.ᴘʟ. '' | |||
| fub<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| mub<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| dub | |||
| rub | |||
| colspan="2" | rıtheb | |||
| ab | |||
| gab | |||
| trab | |||
|- | |||
| '' 3ᴘ.ꜰᴇᴍ.sɢ. '' | |||
| fí | |||
! muí | |||
| dí | |||
! colspan="3" | rí | |||
| í | |||
| gí | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
| '' 3ᴘ.ᴍᴀsᴄ.sɢ.<sup>1</sup> '' | |||
| fu(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| mu(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| du(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| ru(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| colspan="2" | rıthe(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| a(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| ga(n)<sup>ɴ</sup> | |||
| (''trann'') | |||
|- | |||
| '' 1ᴘ.ᴇxᴄʟ./3ᴘ.ᴘʟ. '' | |||
| fus | |||
| mus | |||
| dus | |||
| rus | |||
| colspan="2" | rıthes<sup>ʟ</sup> | |||
| as | |||
| gas | |||
| tras | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="10" | <sup>1</sup><small>''The full form with -n(n) is used when a 1ᴘ.ᴘʟ. referrent is qualified with a noun or relative clause; e.g.:</small> <br> Runn bíes níe an oıgetha.'' - They fed us, their guests. ''Dunn báın neırs c láıbte haıs!'' - Bless us who pay a visit! | |||
|} | |||
Aside from the verbal noun, there are four more stems to each verb, along with the imperative which takes after either the present or irrealis, if not suppletive. | |||
4th-dimensional conjugation system consisting of an active/passive voice distinction, a 1/2/3 form-distinction, a non-past/past tense-distinction, and a subjunctive/indicative mood-distinction. Regarding the form-distinction in particular, the 3 forms correspond directly to a person-distinction, but are differentiated because of sound-changes merging archaic forms, as follows: | |||
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" | {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" | ||
!colspan=2| | !colspan=2| | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Conjugation==== | |||
=====Negation===== | |||
=====Narrative===== | |||
=====Preterite===== | |||
=====Irrealis===== | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
=== | ===Alignment and order=== | ||
The constituent order of words in any given sentence is typically verb-subject-object (VSO). | The constituent order of words in any given sentence is typically verb-subject-object (VSO). | ||
It must be noted that the language is conventionally considered to be nominative-accusative in the sense that it's Centum and not ergative-absolutive. This is due to the fact that the language does not decline nouns according to aliğnment, rather thus placing the language more in the category of direct aliğnment; a situation similar to that of English. | |||
===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||
=== | ====Conditional sentenses==== | ||
==Pragmatics== | |||
===Lexicography and the ''Bésgnae Béırle''=== | |||
===Registers of speech=== | |||
===Modern diglossia=== | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
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{{Swadesh | {{Swadesh | ||
|language= | |language=Annerish | ||
|nativename= | |nativename=beàırlen Annrach | ||
|I=mé | |I=mé | ||
|you (singular)=tú | |you (singular)=tú | ||
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|you (plural)=rıb | |you (plural)=rıb | ||
|they=níe | |they=níe | ||
|this= | |this=hy | ||
|that= | |that=ey | ||
|here= | |here= | ||
|there= | |there= | ||
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|one=oín | |one=oín | ||
|two= | |two= | ||
|three= | |three=trí | ||
|four= | |four= | ||
|five=pım | |five=pım | ||
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|wife= | |wife= | ||
|husband= | |husband= | ||
|mother= | |mother=máıthr | ||
|father= | |father= | ||
|animal= | |animal= | ||
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|bird= | |bird= | ||
|dog=cuan | |dog=cuan | ||
|louse= | |louse={{cd|luıde|lyn}} | ||
|snake= | |snake= | ||
|worm= | |worm= | ||
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|skin= | |skin= | ||
|meat= | |meat= | ||
|blood= | |blood=feàt | ||
|bone= | |bone= | ||
|fat= | |fat= | ||
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|ear= | |ear= | ||
|eye= | |eye= | ||
|nose= | |nose=faoca | ||
|mouth= | |mouth= | ||
|tooth= | |tooth= | ||
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