Medh Chêl

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About Fanaûcho

an Iranian language historically spoken in Lõis's East of England. Today it has very few native speakers; it's predominantly a liturgical language of a Druidic religion with adherents all over the world but most commonly in the United States, Australia, and Mexico.

Todo

"far west Iranian" branch (shouldn't be Finnic)

phonological changes: Brythonic-ish consonant shift eventually turning into Grimm's law?

History

Medh Chêl is the language of Iranian speaking nomads in Britain who arrived after the Romans but before the Angles and Saxons.

Liturgical Medh Chêl vs Native Medh Chêl

• a deliberate avoidance of English loanwords in the former

• Liturgical Medh Chêl became a thing in the 19th century? started by a Iolo Morganwg-like figure

Influences

The primary Indo-European influence on Medh Chêl after the migration to Britain was Brythonic.