Glommish

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Σiúdьsk /ɬʲuːtʲsk/) is a Germanic language spoken in Northern France and Western Germany on the alt-hist of User:IlL/Lõis. It is the most spoken Germanic language.

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

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental/Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
plain pal. plain pal. plain pal.
Nasal m m n
Stop
/Affricate
voiceless p p t č k k
voiced b b d g g
Fricative voiceless f f s s~z sʲ~zʲ σ ɬ~ɮ σь ɬʲ~ɮʲ š ʃ~ʒ ch x~ɣ h h
voiced w v
Liquid r r l ɫ 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. Glommish uses the indefinite article yn and the definite article σar.

case singular plural
m. f. n.
nom. σar σí σat σí
acc. σan σí σat σí
dat. σame σier σame σím
gen. σas σierer σas σier

Adjectives

Pronouns

case 1sg. 2sg. 3sg. 1pl. 2pl. 3pl. reflexive
m. f. n.
nom. ik σú er it wír júr í -
acc. mik σik ín í it unsь í sik
dat. mir σir imme jar imme unsь ím sir
gen. mín σín is jarer is unsier júrer jar sín

Verbs

Syntax