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The form of words is determined by the ''Etymological Prototype'', using a prototyping scheme inspired by [[Interlingua]]. This means the form of SamSka words tend to be relatively close to the original common source of the word in the Scandinavian languages (be that Old Norse, Middle Low German or French). Where the form of the etymological prototype is ambiguous or debatable SamSka allows variant forms. For example the adjective '''tykk''' /tʏkː/ (thick, fat) has an alternative form of '''tjukk''' /ʧʊkː/. | The form of words is determined by the ''Etymological Prototype'', using a prototyping scheme inspired by [[Interlingua]]. This means the form of SamSka words tend to be relatively close to the original common source of the word in the Scandinavian languages (be that Old Norse, Middle Low German or French). Where the form of the etymological prototype is ambiguous or debatable SamSka allows variant forms. For example the adjective '''tykk''' /tʏkː/ (thick, fat) has an alternative form of '''tjukk''' /ʧʊkː/. | ||
===Vocabulary=== | |||
SamSka words originate in cognate words in the source languages; Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. Consequently the source of the majority of words are as in those languages, mainly Old Norse, Middle Low German, French and Latin. English and German are also common sources. | |||
SamSka words have cognates with the same meaning in at least two of the three source languages and most have cognates in all three languages. Because two of the source languages, Danish and Norwegian, are lexically quite close, the lexicon of SamSka is closer to Danish and Norwegian than it is to Swedish. | |||
As a feature of the word selection criteria, there are frequently synonyms to express the same concept, for example SamSka has both '''ete''' and '''spise''' meaning to eat. A further feature is words with multiple meanings, for example '''orm''' means both snake and worm. In such cases, the preferred words or preferred meanings are those present in all three languages. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||