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Nithish (''niδiske ṛstine'', from the word ''niδya'' "one's own") is an Indo-European language in the Nithic branch, a satem branch in a clade with [[Azalic]]. It's spoken in Nithland (''Niδyaceme''), a parallel-Earth Ukraine and Belarus, and is influenced by Uralic languages. It's also spoken in the | Nithish (''niδiske ṛstine'', from the word ''niδya'' "one's own") is an Indo-European language in the Nithic branch, a satem branch in a clade with [[Azalic]]. It's spoken in Nithland (''Niδyaceme''), a parallel-Earth Ukraine and Belarus, and is influenced by Uralic languages. It's also spoken in the island of Nōye Ceme (Isle of Man in our timeline). More recently it has absorbed words and calques from various Mediterranean languages. | ||
Modern Nithish is notable for mostly preserving PIE's syllabic approximants, ḷ and ṛ. However, Nithish consonants display various innovations including Grimm's law taken a step further (as in Dutch in our timeline). | Modern Nithish is notable for mostly preserving PIE's syllabic approximants, ḷ and ṛ. However, Nithish consonants display various innovations including Grimm's law taken a step further (as in Dutch in our timeline). |
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