Prillovanian
Prillovanian is a Central Germanic language within the Indo-Phrazean language family, primarily spoken in Prillovanian, as well as parts of Genovia and Vladiland. It is the third most spoken Germanic language.
Prillovanian traces its roots to Old Norse, the common language of the Seanish Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It exhibits a significant influence from Old Norse, Old Germanic, and Old English, alongside notable borrowings from Latin, Semitic, Turkic, and Slavic languages, reflecting the historical ethnic and cultural composition of its speakers.
Grammar
Pronouns
Prillovanian uses personal pronouns to denote gender, number, and grammatical case. These pronouns adapt to serve different syntactic functions: subject, object, possessive, and reflexive.
| Person | Subject (Nominative) | Object (Accusative/Dative) | Possessive Pronoun | Reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | jag | mig | min, mitt, mina | mig |
| 2nd person singular | du | dig | din, ditt, dina | dig |
| 3rd person singular (masculine) | han | honom | hans | sig |
| 3rd person singular (feminine) | hon | henne | hennes | sig |
| 3rd person singular (neutral) | den, det | den, det | dess | sig |
| 1st person plural | vi | oss | vår, vårt, våra | oss |
| 2nd person plural | ni | er | er, ert, era | er |
| 3rd person plural | de | dem | deras | sig |
Verbs
Prillovanian verbs follow a structure similar to English verbs, with most being regular. Some verbs require a reflexive pronoun, such as "waše" (to wash), which translates to, for example, "Jag waše mig" ("I wash myself"). Additionally, there are irregular verbs that do not follow the standard conjugation pattern.
| Tense | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | jag skriva (I write) | vi skriva (we write) |
| Past Simple | jag geskriva (I wrote) | vi geskriva (we wrote) |
| Past Participle | skrivit (written) | skrivit (written) |
| Future Simple | jag will skriva (I will write) | vi will skriva (we will write) |
| Future Anterior | jag würde skrivit (I will have written) | vi würde skrivit (we will have written) |
| Present Perfect | jag har skrivit (I have written) | vi har skrivit (we have written) |
| Past Perfect | jag hade skrivit (I had written) | vi hade skrivit (we had written) |
| Future Perfect | jag will ha skrivit (I will have written) | vi will ha skrivit (we will have written) |
| Zero Conditional | om jag skriva (if I write) | om vi skriva (if we write) |
| First Conditional | om jag will skriva (if I will write) | om vi will skriva (if we will write) |
Syntax
In Prillovanian, just like in German, it is possible to invert the word order in a sentence, but with some differences. Inversion mainly occurs in questions or when a sentence starts with a complement. In a normal sentence, the verb follows the subject (e.g., Jag äter = "I eat"), but when the order is inverted, the verb precedes the subject.