Etlish

Etlish
Eteläin keeli
Pronunciation[ˈetelæin ˈkeːli]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2021
SettingWest Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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Etlish /ˈɛtlɪʃ/ (Etlish: Eteläin keeli [ˈetelæin ˈkeːli]) is a Finnic language spoken in Western Pomerania.

Etymology

Etlish is from German Etlisch, from Etlish etel "Etlish person", from Proto-Finnic *etelä "south-southwest".

Orthography

Etlish is written with the Latin script.

A a Aa aa Ai ai Aai aai Au au Aau aau Ä ä Ää ää
/ɑ/ /ɑː/ /ɑi/ /ɑːi/ /ɑu/ /ɑːu/ /æ/ /æː/
Äi äi Ääi ääi Äü äü Ääü ääü B b D d E e Ee ee
/æi/ /æːi/ /æy/ /æːy/ /b/ /d// /e/ /eː/
Ei ei Eei eei Ë ë H h I i Ii ii J j K k
/ei/ /eːi/ /ə/ /h/ /i/ /iː/ /j/ /k/
L l M m N n O o Oi oi Oo oo Ou ou Oou oou
/l/ /m/ /n/ /o/ /oi/ /oː/ /ou/ /oːu/
Ö ö Öi öi Öö öö Öü öü Ööü ööü P p R r S s
/ø/ /øi/ /øː/ /øy/ /øːy/ /p/ /r/ /s/
T t Ts ts U u Uu uu Ü ü Üü üü V v Z z
/t/ /t͡s/ /u/ /uː/ /y/ /yː/ /w/ /z/

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Phonotactics

Etlish maximal syllables are CVC.

Vowel harmony

Front Back
ü üü u uu
ö öö* o oo
öi öü* ööü* oi ou oou
ä ää a aa
äi ääi äü ääü ai aai au aau
  • /i,iː,e,eː,ei,eːi,ə/ are neutral and transparent to harmony.
  • /øː,øy,øːy/ may be either front or transparent.

Consonant gradation

Strong Weak
p t k w z j
pp tt kk p t k
ts s s h

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun and verb phrases

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

CALS