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Like Afrikaans, Zeelaṇḍs uses the invariable definite article ''die'' and indefinite article ''een''. | Like Afrikaans, Zeelaṇḍs uses the invariable definite article ''die'' and indefinite article ''een''. | ||
Pluralization normally uses ''-s'', but some plurals use different affixes: ''die kiṇḍ'' = the child, ''die kiṇḍeren'' 'the children'. | |||
==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
Revision as of 00:27, 29 June 2019
Zeelaṇḍs /ˈzeːlaɳʈs/ is a Thedic language spoken in Lõis's Sicily. It is closely related to Thedish.
It is inspired by Dutch and Afrikaans but it has retroflexes.
ṇauw "narrow" < hnawwъ
Phonology
As in Standard Dutch, but with the addition of ṭ ḍ ṇ ḷ /ʈ ɖ ɳ ɭ/. /s z/ have retroflex allophones [ʂ ʐ] around retroflexes.
Nouns
Like Afrikaans, Zeelaṇḍs uses the invariable definite article die and indefinite article een.
Pluralization normally uses -s, but some plurals use different affixes: die kiṇḍ = the child, die kiṇḍeren 'the children'.
Verbs
dental-retro alternations
Class 1
- lijden, leeḍ, geleḍen = to suffer (minimal pair with leiḍen = to lead)
- strijden, streeḍ, gestreḍen = to fight (by analogy)
- schijnen, scheeṇ, gescheṇen 'shine, seem'
Class 2
- vriezen, vroor, gevroren = to freeze
Class 4a
- biṇḍen, boṇḍ, geboṇḍen = to bind, to tie