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|ancestor2=[[w:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] | |ancestor2=[[w:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] | ||
|ancestor3=[[w: | |ancestor3=[[w:Old Frisian|Old Frisian]] | ||
|script = [[w:Hebrew script|Hebrew]] | |script = [[w:Hebrew script|Hebrew]] | ||
|creator = [[User:Aquatiki|Robert Murphy]] | |creator = [[User:Aquatiki|Robert Murphy]] | ||
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'''Weddish''' is a [[w:West Germanic language]] spoken by several small communities within [[w:Wales]]. Approximately 40,000 people speak Weddish as their L1. It is of considerable interest to linguists and ethnographers, because of its complex history and unique place in the world. | '''Weddish''' is a [[w:West Germanic language]] spoken by several small communities within [[w:Wales]] and several large the United States. Approximately 40,000 people speak Weddish as their L1. It is of considerable interest to linguists and ethnographers, because of its complex history and unique place in the world. | ||
Weddish | Weddish begun as a dialect of [[w:Old Frisian]], which fell under the influence of its Welsh-speaking neighbors (unlike its Anglo-Saxon kin). It was "conquered" by Jews in 1066, and "freed" by the [[w:Edict of Expulsion]] in 1290, and so returned to being under Welsh influence. English has exerted some small sway over its development. | ||
== Design Goals == | == Design Goals == | ||
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{{Main|Weddish/History}} | {{Main|Weddish/History}} | ||
=== Early Antiquity === | === Early Antiquity === | ||
Weddish was born under a different name: Frisian. While there are individual words that cannot be explained under this rubric, the overwhelming majority of Weddish vocabulary is clearly of Frisian – not Anglo-Saxon – ancestry. While the differences are small, the evidence is clear. Unlike the Frisians of the continent, however, and unlike the conquering Anglo-Saxons, the ancestors of the Wedds were heavily influenced by the nearby Celts. The Old Welsh language rubbed off on Old Weddish, winnowing many consonant clusters, producing significant vowel changes, and greatly altering the phonology and phonotactics. | Weddish was born under a different name: Frisian. While there are individual words that cannot be explained under this rubric, the overwhelming majority of Weddish vocabulary is clearly of Frisian – not Anglo-Saxon – ancestry. While the differences are small, the evidence is clear. Unlike the Frisians of the continent, however, and unlike the conquering Anglo-Saxons, the ancestors of the Wedds were heavily influenced by the nearby Celts. The Old Welsh language rubbed off on Old Weddish, winnowing down many consonant clusters, producing significant vowel changes, and greatly altering the phonology and phonotactics. | ||
Old Welsh (Proto-Brythonic) also gave Weddish is system of consonantal mutations. Certain words and grammatical processes trigger regular changes in the first consonant of the ''next'' word. This is also the only period where Latin words came into the language (until the modern, international terminology). | Old Welsh (Proto-Brythonic) also gave Weddish is system of consonantal mutations. Certain words and grammatical processes trigger regular changes in the first consonant of the ''next'' word. This is also the only period where Latin words came into the language (until the modern, international terminology). | ||
=== Late Antiquity === | === Late Antiquity === | ||
Some time in the eighth or ninth century, a charismatic leader supposedly brought the Weddish community into his quasi-Jewish cult. He also introduced two key elements of the Basque language into Weddish: ergative-absolutive morphosyntax and animate-inanimate distinctions in noun phrases. Folk stories continue to warn young Wedds of the danger of crying wolf, i.e. being like | Some time in the eighth or ninth century, a charismatic leader supposedly brought the Weddish community into his quasi-Jewish cult. He also introduced two key elements of the Basque language into Weddish: ergative-absolutive morphosyntax and animate-inanimate distinctions in noun phrases. Folk stories continue to warn young Wedds of the danger of crying wolf, i.e. being like Conrad and hiding under the auspice of false-Judaism, when he was actually just creating a cult. | ||
=== 1066 === | === 1066 === | ||
With the arrival of William the Conqueror, ''actual'' Jews arrived from the Continent and called the Wedd's bluff. Mandatory Hebrew schools were formed, and a similar situation to the rest of the U.K. developed for two centuries. The elites and leaders spoke Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic. Ethnic Jews arrived from Spain and the continent. The common folk spoke Weddish, but like England with the Norman language, Hebrew dominated the upper crust. | With the arrival of William the Conqueror, ''actual'' Jews arrived from the Continent and called the Wedd's bluff. Mandatory Hebrew schools were formed, and a similar situation to the rest of the U.K. developed for two centuries: strata. The elites and leaders spoke Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic. Ethnic Jews arrived from Spain and the continent. The common folk spoke Weddish, but like England with the Norman language, Hebrew dominated the upper crust. | ||
=== 1290 === | === 1290 === | ||
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== Pronouns == | == Pronouns == | ||
{{Main|Weddish/Pronouns}} | {{Main|Weddish/Pronouns}} | ||
Weddish pronouns are split in two groups. The 1st and 2nd person | Weddish pronouns are split in two groups. The 1st and 2nd person align nominative-accusative. The third person pronouns are ergative-absolutive. | ||
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{{Swadesh | {{Swadesh | ||
|language=Weddish | |language=Weddish | ||
|nativename= | |nativename=ודסק | ||
|I= אח | |I= אח | ||
|you (singular)= תו | |you (singular)= תו | ||