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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = English | |name = English | ||
|setting = [[Verse: | |setting = [[Verse:Irta]] | ||
|creator = diachronics by [[User:Praimhín]] | |||
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|state = Spain, United States, India, Australia, New Zealand ... | |||
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|familycolor=Indo-European | |familycolor=Indo-European | ||
|fam2=[[Azalic]] | |fam2=[[Azalic]] | ||
|script1=Latn | |script1=Latn | ||
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'''English in the | '''English in the Irta timeline''' (Thurish: ''yȧzalathā nowā'', Riphean: ''āzaliske rstine''; names that sound like "Azalic" are used in Northern Europe, but Latin and Romance use names from Latin ''Anglica'', from the native name ''əngoilisχ'') is Indo-European and pretty much has exactly the same vocabulary and grammar as our English, but with a very different history and orthography created by Praimhín. In particular, it is an [[Azalic]] language, not a Germanic one. Also missing are some loans from German and Modern Scandinavian such as ''schadenfreude'' and ''smörgåsbord''. Words (even words directly inherited from PIE) may not have the same etymologies as in our English. | ||
==Diachronics== | ==Diachronics== | ||
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*Proto-Azalic (500 BC): moen phroċn chom moen yunċ Ənghoilisċ swerər phrinṫsu: qhoin iċ swer in Phrothəm Ənghoilisċə, ṫoin ṫoe honṫswer in Newin Ənghoilisċə /moen pʰroxn kʰom moen juŋx əngʰoilisx swerər pʰrinθsu: kʷʰoin ix swer in pʰrotʰəm əngʰoilisxə, θoin θoe honθswer in newin əngʰoilisxə/ | *Proto-Azalic (500 BC): moen phroċn chom moen yunċ Ənghoilisċ swerər phrinṫsu: qhoin iċ swer in Phrothəm Ənghoilisċə, ṫoin ṫoe honṫswer in Newin Ənghoilisċə /moen pʰroxn kʰom moen juŋx əngʰoilisx swerər pʰrinθsu: kʷʰoin ix swer in pʰrotʰəm əngʰoilisxə, θoin θoe honθswer in newin əngʰoilisxə/ | ||
* | * Old Azalic (Irta's "Old English") (500 AD): mae complānċt wiṫ mae yunċ Azalisċ spəɨcenṫ phrinṫs: qhen iċ spəɨc in Antēc Azalisċ, ṫen ṫā answer in Modern Əngilisċ | ||
* | * "Middle English" (1000 AD): mae problem wiδ mae yung Azalic spəɨcen phrinṫs: qhen ī spəɨc in Proto Azalic, δen δā anser in Modern Ingliš | ||
* | *1500 AD - present: my problem with my young Azalic speaking friends: when I speak in Proto-Azalic, they answer in English | ||
===Early New English=== | ===Early New English=== | ||
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l~lˠ ɹ̝ˠ j | l~lˠ ɹ̝ˠ j | ||
and allophonic ʔ | and allophonic ʔ | ||
(stops | (stops were not aspirated) | ||
TRAP: /a/ | TRAP: /a/ | ||
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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Some hyperarchaisms even in Latin and Greek loans: gnobill for noble | |||
== | ==Accents== | ||
different from our English accents; RP shouldn't exist | |||
===Quelfton English=== | |||
Spoken in Quelfton, a city in Irta's Eastern Canada | |||
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Pronounced /kʌftən/; quelf is from PIE *gʷelbʰ- 'womb' | |||
====Vocabulary==== | |||
Stereotypical Boston words like "wicked" and "pissa" | |||
== | ====Phonology==== | ||
Philly + Boston; It is meant to be RP in ways that the Irta California accent is not. Intonation is similar to American. | |||
*MOUTH is monophthongized to [ɶ̝ː], sometimes with a MOUTH-START merger to /aː~æː/. | |||
*-ing becomes -in' in casual speech | |||
*(Ph) Philly L (/l/ becomes a pharyngealized nasalized uvular approximant) | |||
*(~Ph, ~RP) Philly-style reinforcement before voiceless consonants; i.e. generalized Canadain-raising-esque effects | |||
**When the consonant is voiceless, the nucleus is shortened consonant is lengthened: ''face'' [fɪjsˑ] | |||
**Otherwise this does not happen: ''fame'' [fɛˑɪm] | |||
*(B, RP) non-rhotic | |||
*(Ph, B, RP) Few or no mergers before prevocalic /r/ | |||
*(Ph, ~B, ~RP) Philly short-A system; lax A = [æ], tense A = [eə~ɛə] | |||
*(Ph, RP) GOAT = [əʊ]; GOOSE = [üw] | |||
*(~Ph, ~RP) LOT = [ɑ], THOUGHT = NORTH = FORCE = POOR = [oə~ɔə] | |||
*(B, ~RP) START = [ä] | |||
*SQUARE (= tense A) = [eə~ɛə] | |||
*NEAR = [iə~ɪə] | |||
*NURSE = [əː] | |||
*wine-whine distinction is optional | |||
*A 3-way distinction of Mary [meəɹi], merry [mɛɹi~mɤɹi], marry [mæɹi], unlike Pacific English | |||
*hurry [hɤɹi], furry [fəːɹi] | |||
*orange [ɑɹɪndʒ] | |||
*mirror [mɪɹə(ɹ)] != nearer [niəɹə(ɹ)] | |||
*/iːg/ > /ɪg/, /eɪg/ > /ɛg/ in many words | |||
*/θ ð/ are commonly [t̪ d̪]. | |||
*"aunt" and "can't" use /a:/. | |||
*wine-whine merger absent | |||
*CLOTH = LOT, not THOUGHT | |||
====Sample==== | |||
oəʟ hjüwmən bɪjɪnz ə boən fɹɪj ən iʝkˑwəʟ ɪn dɪgnɪɾɪj ən ɹʌɪʔˑs. d̪eɪ əɹ ɪndœːd wɪd ɹɪjzn ən kɒnʃns, ən ʃəd ækt toədz wɤn ənɤd̪əɹ ɪn ə spɪɹɪɾ əv bɾɤd̪əhəd. | |||
pliʝˑs koəʟ stɛʟə. eəsk ə ɾə bɹɪŋ d̪is t̪ɪŋz wɪd̪ ə fɹəm d̪ə stoə. sɪks spüwnz əf fɹɛʃˑ snəʊ pɪjz, fɑɪf t̪ɪkˑ sʟæbz əv blüw tʃɪjz, ən mɛɪbɪj ə snæk fəɹ ə bɹʌðə bɑˑb. wɪj oəʟsə nɪjɾ ə smoəʟ pʟæstɪk snɪjkˑ ən ə bɪg toɪ fɹoəg fə d̪ə kɪdz. ʃi kən sküwpˑ d̪is t̪ɪŋz ɪɾ̃ə t̪ɾɪj ɹɛd bægz, ən wiʟ gə miʝɾ ə wɛnsdɛɪ æʔ t̪ə tɹɛɪn stɪjʃˑən. | |||
===Pacific=== | |||
A kind of "Transatlantic accent", inspired by Californian + Modern RP/Estuary. | |||
Intonation is mostly American + my own weird intonation | |||
=====Vocab===== | |||
Mostly like our American English, with a limited number of Britishisms: ''knackered, mental, bollocks, bugger, fancy, ...'' the ones I sorta-know how to use | |||
=====Vowels===== | |||
*orange = [oːɹəndʒ] | |||
*Mary-merry-marry merger | |||
*Mirror-nearer merger | |||
*Hurry-furry merger | |||
*No mergers before /l/ | |||
*No trap-bath split | |||
*No yod-coalescence | |||
=====Consonants===== | |||
*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP. | |||
**wholly-holy split. | |||
*No glottal reinforcement before stops. | |||
*/p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE. | |||
*/d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English. | |||
*wine-whine merger present. | |||
[[Category:Azalic languages]] | [[Category:Azalic languages]] | ||