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===Central European===
===Central European===
===Northern European===
===Northern European===
Wyrhinysko etc.
===Italian===
===Italian===
Cubrite, Ăn Yidiș and Riphean
Cubrite, Ăn Yidiș and Riphean

Revision as of 05:49, 4 July 2020

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An alt-hist setting created by User:IlL based on an Earth timeline similar to ours. Inspired in part by Verse:Lõis.

Todo

In-universe conlangs

Conlangs by Edna

A-posteriori languages

  • IE
    • Italic
      • Latin
        • Romlang continuum
        • Modern Italian (with an Icelandic accent)
          • spaghetti all'arrabbiata /spa'ɣehti aɬ:a(voiceless r):ap:i'ata/
        • Liturgical Francian
          • Something Modern French-esque
    • Ancient Greek
      • Liturgical Greek (passed through shifts to make it look pre-GVS)
    • Celtic
    • Riphic (something maximally un-Germanic; this will not be detailed further)
    • Balto-Slavic (called "Balto-Wyrhinic" in universe)
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Persian
      • Another IA language (source of karma)
    • Liturgical language of Buddhism (vaguely Hungarian-inspired)
  • Afro-Asiatic
    • Semitic
    • Egyptian
      • A-Coptic ("What if Egyptian became English Hebrew")
  • Sino-Tibetan
    • Tibetan
    • Old Chinese
      • Middle Chinese
        • Pseudo-Icelandic (northern China)
        • Pseudo-Old English (southern China)
  • Japanese (Same as ours except no Sanskrit or German loans)
  • Salish
    • Lushootseed

Uralic and Germanic do not exist.

Sprachbünde

Central European

Northern European

Wyrhinysko etc.

Italian

Cubrite, Ăn Yidiș and Riphean

North African

Verthanic, A-Arabic and A-Coptic

A-priori families

Religions

The following religions remain similar:

  • Christianity
    • Catholicism
      • Protestantism
    • Orthodox
  • Nestorians (A-Arabic and Egyptian)?
  • (Rabbinic) Judaism
    • Orthodox (Modern Orthodox, Hasidic and Haredi)
    • Reform
  • Buddhism (using a different language)

Retconned historical figures

  • Emmy Pafnoether (pa(h)v-NOH-thər; A-Coptic: /pavnoɨθə~pavnø:θə/, from pꜣy-pꜣ-nṯr): Riphean, of A-Coptic descent
  • Ramanujan (Ramanuǰən): Verthanic
  • Verner (Vérner): A Shalaian linguist in Edna's conworld; discoverer of Verner's law in the Shalaic branch of Idavic. Also one of Edna's aliases.

Cities

Former Federation cities

  • Pacific Republic
    • Biafria
    • Seattle
    • Portland
  • Eastern Commonwealth
    • Welvington