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'''Brusing''' (''Brūsingiska taga'') is an [[Oselo-Bruso-Thedic]] language that emphasizes the non-Germanic aspects of the subbranch. It is inspired by Sanskrit and Old English.
'''Brusing''' (''Brūsingisca taca'' /brùːsɪŋgiska tàka/) is an [[Oselo-Bruso-Thedic]] language that emphasizes the non-Germanic aspects of the subbranch. It is inspired by Sanskrit and Old English.
 
 
==Todo==
assign tone


*tāla (f) = sequence, row; a musical term
*tāla (f) = sequence, row; a musical term
 
<poem>
a e i u ā ē ī ū ei eu ai au āi ēi āu ēu ->
a e i u ā ē ī ū ūi ē āe ōe āe ūi ōe ē
i want ū to become ȳ
u-umlaut:
o œ y u ō œ­̄ ȳ ū ū œ̄ ōe ūi ōe ū ūi œ̄
suHnus -> *sūnus -> sūn "son"
*h₂elut "beer" -> *aluð -> olu
that sounds like estonian õlu
CVCuC words get the u if the V is short
</poem>
Proto-Brusing:
Proto-Brusing:


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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Brusing nouns had 6 cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and locative.
====o-stems====
====o-stems====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''wèlg'' 'wolf (m.)' (< {{recon|wḷkʷós}})
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''wèlg''||''wèlge''
|-
!|Genitive
|''wèlges''||''wèlgan''
|-
!|Dative
|''wèlge''||''wèlgum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''wèlg'' ||''wèlgu''
|-
!|Ablative
|''wèlget'' ||''wèlges''
|-
!|Locative
|''wèlge'' ||''wèlgus''
|}
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''þánd'' 'child (n.)' (< {{recon|ǵénh₁tom}})
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''þánd''||''þánda''
|-
!|Genitive
|''þándes''||''þándan''
|-
!|Dative
|''þánde''||''þándum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''þánd'' ||''þánda''
|-
!|Ablative
|''þándet'' ||''þándes''
|-
!|Locative
|''þánde'' ||''þándus''
|}
====eh2-stems====
====eh2-stems====
====i-stems====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
====u-stems====
|+ ''árda'' 'earth (f.)' (< *h₁érteh₂)
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''árda''||''árdas''
|-
!|Genitive
|''árdas''||''árdan''
|-
!|Dative
|''árde''||''árdum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''árda'' ||''árdu''
|-
!|Ablative
|''árde'' ||''árdes''
|-
!|Locative
|''árde'' ||''árdus''
|}
 
====i- and u-stems====
The i-stems and u-stems merge in Classical Brusing.
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''bǣ́d'' (m.) 'ruler'; later 'tyrant, despot' (< {{recon|potis}})
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''bǣd''||''bǣdus''
|-
!|Genitive
|''bǣdus''||''bǣdian''
|-
!|Dative
|''bǣdu''||''bǣdum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''bǣd'' ||''bǣdi''
|-
!|Ablative
|''bǣdus'' ||''bǣdis''
|-
!|Locative
|''bǣdu'' ||''bǣdis''
|}
 
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''glṓst'' 'load (f.)' (< {{recon|*kleh₂-s-tus}})
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''glōst''||''glōstus''
|-
!|Genitive
|''glōstus''||''glōstian''
|-
!|Dative
|''glōstu''||''glōstum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''glōst'' ||''glōsti''
|-
!|Ablative
|''glōstus'' ||''glōstis''
|-
!|Locative
|''glōstu'' ||''glōstis''
|}
 
====ih2-stems====
wǣsti (POBT wostiyā) = clothing
 
====n-stems====
====n-stems====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''nā́ma'' 'name (n.)' (< POBT {{recon|nomṇ}})
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''nāma''||''nāmana''
|-
!|Genitive
|''nǣmanas''||''nāmanan''
|-
!|Dative
|''nǣmunu''||''nāmunum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''nāma'' ||''nāmana''
|-
!|Ablative
|''nǣmanas'' ||''nāmanis''
|-
!|Locative
|''nǣmane'' ||''nāmanis''
|}
Likewise: wāta 'water', ðarta 'heart'
====Athematics====
====Athematics====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''pérc'' 'city (f.)' (< {{recon|bʰṛgʰs}})
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''perc''||''percas''
|-
!|Genitive
|''percas''||''percan''
|-
!|Dative
|''percu''||''percum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''perca'' ||''percas''
|-
!|Ablative
|''percas'' ||''percis''
|-
!|Locative
|''perce'' ||''percus''
|}
===Pronouns===
ec, dū, is/ia/id, wīs, jūs, ūi/ias/īa


===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===
Adjectives decline for number, gender, case and definiteness.
The following is the inflection of ''cāt'' 'good', from PIE *gʰōdʰ-os. When a box shows three forms, the forms are in the order masculine, feminine, neuter.
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''cāt'' 'good'; indefinite declension
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''cāt''<br/>''cāta''<br/>''cāt''||''cāte''<br/>''cātas''<br/>''cāta''
|-
!|Genitive
|''cātes''<br/>''cātas''<br/>''cātes''||''cātan''
|-
!|Dative
|''cāte''||''cātum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''cāt''<br/>''cāta''<br/>''cāt''||''cātu''<br/>''cātu''<br/>''cāta''
|-
!|Ablative
|''cātet''<br/>''cāte''<br/>''cātet''||''cātes''
|-
!|Locative
|''cāte'' ||''cātus''
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''cāt'' 'good'; definite declension
|-
!| !! Singular !! Plural
|-
!|Nominative
|''cāta''||''cātunus''<br/>''cātunus''<br/>''cātana''
|-
!|Genitive
|''cātanas''||''cātanan''
|-
!|Dative
|''cātunu''||''cātunum''
|-
!|Accusative
|''cātana''<br/>''cātana''<br/>''cāta''||''cātani''<br/>''cātani''<br/>''cātana''
|-
!|Ablative
|''cātanas''||''cātanis''
|-
!|Locative
|''cātane'' ||''cātanis''
|}
{{col-end}}
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Unlike in Thedic languages, all verbs use the athematic endings in Brusing.
Unlike in Thedic languages, all verbs use the athematic endings in Brusing.


Verbs are negated by prefixing ''na-''.
Verbs are negated by prefixing ''na-''. (TODO: sandhi)


Verbs had five tenses: present, imperfect, aorist, perfect, and future.
Verbs had five tenses: present, imperfect, aorist, perfect, and future.
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====Athematics====
====Athematics====
====e/o-thematics====
====e/o-thematics====
''spaðan'' 'to see'
''spáðan'' 'to see'
*Present: spaðam, spaðas, spaðad, spaðām, spaðad, spaðān
*Present: spaðem, spaðas, spaðad, spaðum, spaðad, spaðand
*Imperfect: aspað, aspaðas, aspað, aspaðām, aspaðad, aspað
*Imperfect: aspað, aspaðast, aspað, aspaðum, aspaðad, aspaðer
*Aorist: aspās, aspāst, aspās, aspassām, aspassad, aspassēr
*Aorist: aspās, aspāst, aspās, aspassum, aspassad, aspasser
*Perfect: spāð, spāst, spāð, spāðām, spāðad, spāðēr
*Perfect: spāð, spāst, spāð, spāðum, spāðad, spāðer
*Future: spassam, spassas, spassad, spassām, spassad, spassān
*Future: spassem, spassas, spassad, spassum, spassad, spassand
*Subjunctive: spaðā, spaðēs, spaðēd, spaðām, spaðād, spaðān
*Imperative: -, spað, spastu, spaðum, spaðad, spaðandu
*Optative: spassāem, spassāes, spassāed, spassāeām, spassāead, spassāeān


====eh2-verbs====
====eh2-verbs====
====yé-verbs====
====yé-verbs====
====éye-verbs====
====éye-verbs====
''dārayan'' 'to pain, to grieve'
''tā̀rajan'' 'to pain, to grieve'
*Present: ''dārayam, dārayas, dārayad, dārayām, dārayad, dārayand''
*Present: ''tārajem, tārajas, tārajad, tārajum, tārajad, tārajand''


===Syntax===
===Syntax===
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===Derivation===
===Derivation===
[[Category:Lõis]]
[[Category:Lõis]]
[[Category:Indo-European languages]]
[[Category:Stem-Germanic]]
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