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*Old Thedish þ > d and Old Thedish d > ɖ
*Old Thedish þ > d and Old Thedish d > ɖ
*Old Thedish ft, cht > ṭṭ
*Old Thedish ft, cht > ṭṭ
**aṭ "eight" < achta
*Old Thedish hn-, hl- > ṇ-, ḷ-
*Old Thedish hn-, hl- > ṇ-, ḷ-
**ṇauw "narrow" < hnawwъ
**ṇauw "narrow" < hnawwъ

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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, from the following sound changes:

  • Old Thedish þ > d and Old Thedish d > ɖ
  • Old Thedish ft, cht > ṭṭ
    • aṭ "eight" < achta
  • Old Thedish hn-, hl- > ṇ-, ḷ-
    • ṇauw "narrow" < hnawwъ
    • ḷachen "laugh" < hlahhjьnъ

Phonology

As in Standard Dutch, but with the addition of ṭ ḍ ṇ ḷ /ʈ ɖ ɳ ɭ/. /s z/ have allophones [ʂ ʐ] around retroflexes. [ʀ] is preferred for /r/.

Nouns

Like Afrikaans, Zeelaṇḍs uses the invariable definite article die and indefinite article een.

Pluralization normally uses -s or -en, 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

Sample text

Alle mensen worden vrij en gelijk in waardigheiḍ en reṭṭen geboren. Zij zijn begiftigḍ meṭ verstaṇḍ en geweten, en behoren zich jegens elkander in een geest van broeḍerschap te geḍragen.