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It is attested in two distinct forms, namely: Old Annerish and Middle Annerish. Only a handful of vital pagan religious texts survive in the older language, first put to manuscript in the 7th century, though possibly composed a couple of centuries earlier. Despite having been affected by a series of phonological changes that had radically altered its appearance compared to other old [[:w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] languages, these ancient verse and prose exhibit abundant vocabulary of Germanic stock, albeit under a heavy [[:w:Goidelic languages|Goidelic]] superstratum. <br> | It is attested in two distinct forms, namely: Old Annerish and Middle Annerish. Only a handful of vital pagan religious texts survive in the older language, first put to manuscript in the 7th century, though possibly composed a couple of centuries earlier. Despite having been affected by a series of phonological changes that had radically altered its appearance compared to other old [[:w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] languages, these ancient verse and prose exhibit abundant vocabulary of Germanic stock, albeit under a heavy [[:w:Goidelic languages|Goidelic]] superstratum. <br> | ||
By the time of the Middle period, after centuries of diglossia, the [[:w:Celtic languages|Celtic]] influence has made the cognate language unrecognizeable to the [[:w:Viking age|Norsemen]], who ally with their distant cousins against the Christians of the British Isles and | By the time of the Middle period, after centuries of diglossia, the [[:w:Celtic languages|Celtic]] influence has made the cognate language unrecognizeable to the [[:w:Viking age|Norsemen]], who ally with their distant cousins against the Christians of the British Isles and become integral to the newly national culture, lending doublets (mostly nominal) in the process. However, a unique substratum, likely [[:w:Paleo-European languages|Old European]], leaves its mark in the later language and more specifically in the sociolect of men - the Ceccr. The matriarchal social order and polytheistic worldview is reflected extensively throughout the known literature, which unfortunately declines after a brutal period of English colonisation in the 1700's. <br> | ||
In modern times, these rich culture and language are endangered and facing extinction in both the homeland and the diaspora in the New World. | In modern times, these rich culture and language are endangered and facing extinction in both the homeland and the diaspora in the New World. | ||
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The name "Annerish" is derived simply from a combination of the endonym [[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]], whose origin is disputed, + -ish in English. Similarly, "the Anneries" derives from the native ın Annray - a compound of [[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]] + Old Norse [[:wikt:ey#Old_Norse|ey]], translating to "the Annerish islands". | The name "Annerish" is derived simply from a combination of the endonym [[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]], whose origin is disputed, + -ish in English. Similarly, "the Anneries" derives from the native ın Annray - a compound of [[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]] + Old Norse [[:wikt:ey#Old_Norse|ey]], translating to "the Annerish islands". | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
It is hypothesised that the Annerish people are either one and the same with, or a subgroup of the [ | It is hypothesised that the Annerish people are either one and the same with, or a subgroup of the [[:w:Belgae|Balgae]] who migrated from the Gallo-Germanic confederation to south Britain and later fled to Ireland at the wake of the Roman conquest. Many characteristic features of [[:w:Common_Brittonic|Brythonic]] and Goidelic languages are shared with the Anrish language, which has previously been regarded as Celtic. True classification has also been obscured by the crucial lack of [[:w:Verner%27s_law|Verner's law]], along with sweeping sound changes by analogy with the mutation strategies of the dominant languages that reverse some of the effects of [[:w:Grimm%27s_law|Grimm's law]], though notably not in reflexes of *hw- and *þw- initials. | ||
A list of the most important changes will be given below (in approximate order): | A list of the most important changes will be given below (in approximate order): | ||
*wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Annerish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ȳ, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> cuír, not **puír) | *wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Annerish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ȳ, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> cuír, not **puír) | ||