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Nithish (''niδiske ṛstine'', from the word ''niδya'' "one's own") is an Indo-European language in the Nithic branch, a satem branch in a clade with [[Azalic]]. It's spoken in a parallel-Earth Ukraine, Belarus, and Korea, and is influenced by Uralic languages. It's also spoken in the island of Nōye Ceme (Isle of Man in our timeline), and substantial Nithish-speaking communities exist in parts of Russia, Alaska and Tibet. More recently it has absorbed words and calques from various Mediterranean languages. | Nithish (''niδiske ṛstine'', from the word ''niδya'' "one's own") is an Indo-European language in the Nithic branch, a satem branch in a clade with [[Azalic]]. It's spoken in a parallel-Earth Ukraine, Belarus, and Korea, and is influenced by Uralic languages. It's also spoken in the island of Nōye Ceme (Isle of Man in our timeline), and substantial Nithish-speaking communities exist in parts of parallel-earth Russia, Alaska and Tibet. More recently it has absorbed words and calques from various Mediterranean languages. | ||
Modern Nithish is notable for mostly preserving PIE's syllabic approximants, ḷ and ṛ. However, Nithish consonants display various innovations including Grimm's law taken a step further (as in Dutch in our timeline). | Modern Nithish is notable for mostly preserving PIE's syllabic approximants, ḷ and ṛ. However, Nithish consonants display various innovations including Grimm's law taken a step further (as in Dutch in our timeline). | ||