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==Orthography==
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! colspan="30" | Vinnish Alphabet
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| Aa || Bb || Cc || Dd || Ðð || Ee || Ff || Gg || Hh || Ii || Jj || Kk || Ll || Mm || Nn || Oo || Pp || Qq || Rr || Ss || Tt || Uu || Vv || Ww || Xx || Yy || Zz || Ææ || Øø || Åå
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The Vinnish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet, with the addition of four extra letters, Ð, Æ, Ø, and Å. The alphabet was codified with the translation of the Bible into Vinnish by scholar Johan Goðmundsson around the time of the Protestant Reformation in Vinland. Until then, Vinnish was largely unwritten, with the exception of a few runestones written in Medieval Runes, as well as several documents in churches written in ad hoc orthographies based on the Latin script.


==Phonology==
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The pronunciation of each letter is as follows. Vinnish words are almost always stressed on the first syllable. In non-diphthong syllables stress is shown by lengthening the vowel.
 
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!
!'''Pronunciation'''
!'''Example'''
!'''IPA'''
!'''Translation'''
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''a'''
|[aː] when stressed
|t'''a'''ke
|[ˈtʰ'''aː'''kə]
|to take
|-
|[a] when unstressed
|vinsk'''a'''p
|[viːnʃk'''a'''p]
|friendship (n)
|-
|[ə] word-finally (only loanwords)
|past'''a'''
|[ˈpʰaːʂt'''ə''']
|pasta; noodles (c)
|-
|'''au'''
|[oʊ]
|ð'''au'''
|[ˈð'''oʊ''']
|they (referring to neuter nouns)
|-
|'''b'''
|[b] (in some dialects, [p])
|'''b'''ogi
|[ˈ'''b'''oːgi]
|bow (c)
|-
|'''bl'''
|[pl]
|'''bl'''år
|[ˈ'''pl'''ɔːr]
|blue
|-
|'''br'''
|[pr]
|'''br'''oðar
|[ˈ'''pr'''oːðər]
|brother (c)
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''c'''
|same as “k” (loanwords only)
|'''C'''anade
|[ˈkʰaːnadə]
|Canada
|-
|[s] before i/e (loanwords only)
|'''c'''enter
|[ˈ'''s'''eːntr̩]
|center; central office (n)
|-
|'''ch'''
|same as “k” (loanwords only)
|'''ch'''ronologi
|[ˈkroːnologi]
|chronology (c)
|-
|'''d'''
|[d] (in some dialects, [t])
|'''d'''ager
|[ˈ'''d'''aːgr̩]
|day (c)
|-
|'''dr'''
|[tr]
|'''dr'''epe
|[ˈ'''tr'''eːpə]
|to kill
|-
|'''ð'''
|[ð]
|sta'''ð'''er
|[ˈʂtaː'''ð'''r̩]
|town, city (c)
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''e'''
|[eː] when stressed
|sk'''e'''re
|[ʂk'''eː'''rə]
|to cut, to part
|-
|[e] when unstressed
|Vinl'''e'''ndenger
|[ˈviːnl'''e'''ndeŋkr̩]
|Vinnish (person)
|-
|[ə] word-finally
|Els'''e'''
|[ˈeːls'''ə''']
|a proper name; Elsa
|-
|'''ei'''
|[ei]
|ð'''ei'''r
|[ˈð'''ei'''r]
|they (common pl)
|-
|'''er'''
| rowspan="2" |syllabic word-finally
|mað'''er'''
|[ˈmaːð'''r̩''']
|man, person (c)
|-
|'''el'''
|komb'''el'''
|[ˈkʰoːmb'''l̩''']
|grave, monument (n)
|-
|'''em'''
|[əm] word-finally
|skåp'''em'''
|[ˈʂkɔːp'''əm''']
|“we do”
|-
|'''en'''
|[ən] word-finally
|vat'''en'''
|[ˈvaːt'''ən''']
|water (n)
|-
|'''es'''
|[əs] word-finally in mediopassive verbs
|hør'''es'''
|[ˈhøːr'''əs''']
|mediopassive infinitive of “høre”
|-
|'''et'''
|[ət] word-finally in definite articles and neuter adjectives
|barn'''et'''
|[ˈbaːrn'''ət''']
|the child (n)
|-
|'''eu'''
|[øy]
|'''Eu'''rope
|[ˈ'''øy'''ropə]
|Europe (c)
|-
|'''f'''
|[f]
|'''f'''å
|[ˈ'''f'''ɔː]
|to obtain, to get
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''g'''
|[g] (in some dialects, [k])
|'''g'''øre
|[ˈ'''g'''øːrə]
|to make
|-
|[ʂ] before i/e in certain loanwords
|'''g'''eographi
|[ˈ'''ʂ'''eːokrafi]
|geography
|-
|[ɣ] word-finally, post-vocalically before a consonant
|e'''g'''
|[ˈeː'''ɣ''']
|I (first person pronoun)
|-
|'''gr'''
|[kr]
|'''gr'''år
|[ˈ'''kr'''ɔːr]
|gray; gloomy
|-
|'''gl'''
|[kl]
|'''gl'''åpe
|[ˈ'''kl'''ɔːpə]
|to stare (+d); to focus on (+a)
|-
|'''gv'''
|[kv]
|'''gv'''er
|[ˈ'''kv'''eːr]
|who
|-
|'''h'''
|[h]
|'''h'''ester
|[ˈ'''h'''eːstr̩]
|horse (c)
|-
|'''hl'''
|[l̥] for older speakers; otherwise same as “l”
|'''hl'''aupe
|[ˈ'''l̥'''oʊpə]
|to jump
|-
|'''hr'''
|[r̥]~[ɹ̥] for older speakers; otherwise same as “r”
|'''hr'''inger
|[ˈ'''r̥'''iːŋkr̩]
|ring (c)
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''i'''
|[iː] when stressed
|f'''i'''lgi
| rowspan="2" |[ˈf'''iː'''lg'''i''']
| rowspan="2" |friend; pal (c)
|-
|[i] when unstressed
|filg'''i'''
|-
|'''j'''
|[j]
|'''j'''eter
|[ˈ'''j'''eːtr̩]
|hot (adj.)
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''k'''
|[kʰ] prevocalically outside of clusters
|'''k'''one
|[ˈ'''kʰ'''oːnə]
|woman (c)
|-
|[k] in clusters and at the end of a word
|'''k'''ristni
|[ˈ'''k'''riːʂtni]
|Christianity (c)
|-
|'''l'''
|[l]
|'''l'''anger
|[ˈ'''l'''aːŋkr̩]
|long, tall (adj)
|-
|'''m'''
|[m]
|'''m'''ame
|[ˈ'''m'''aːmə]
|mom; mama (c)
|-
|'''n'''
|[n]
|'''n'''eme
|[ˈ'''n'''eːmə]
|to take; to grab
|-
|'''ng'''
|[ŋk]
|ga'''ng'''e
|[ˈgaː'''ŋk'''ə]
|to go
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''o'''
|[oː] when stressed
| rowspan="2" |m'''o'''t'''o'''r
| rowspan="2" |[ˈm'''oː'''t'''o'''r]
| rowspan="2" |motor (c)
|-
|[o] when unstressed
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''p'''
|[pʰ] prevocalically outside of clusters
|'''p'''ape
|[ˈ'''pʰ'''aːpʰə]
|dad; papa (c)
|-
|[p] in clusters and at the end of a word
|ski'''p'''
|[ˈʂkiː'''p''']
|ship (n)
|-
|'''ph'''
|[f] (only used in Greek loanwords)
|'''ph'''oto
|[ˈ'''f'''oːto]
|photograph (n)
|-
|'''qu'''
|[kv]~[gv] (only used in French/Latin loanwords)
|'''q'''uantite
|[ˈ'''kv'''aːntitə]
|quantity (c)
|-
|'''r'''
|[r]
|'''r'''auðer
|[ˈ'''r'''oʊðr̩]
|red (adj)
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''s'''
| rowspan="2" |[s] prevocalically and in any cluster where it precedes f, l, n, r, v; also at the end of genitives in compound nouns
|'''s'''orter
|[ˈ'''s'''oːrtr̩]
|black (adj)
|-
|Egil'''s'''dottar
|[ˈeːɡil'''s'''dottər]
|a patronymic; daughter of Egil
|-
|[ʂ] word-initially/after a vowel and before a consonant
|'''st'''erker
|[ˈ'''ʂ'''teːrkr̩]
|strong (adj)
|-
|[ʃ] between two consonants
|vin'''sk'''e
|[ˈviːn'''ʃ'''kə]
|Vinnish (language) (c)
|-
|'''sj'''
|[ʂ]
|'''sj'''ør
|[ˈ'''ʂ'''øːr]
|sea (c)
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''t'''
|[tʰ] prevocalically outside of clusters
|'''t'''il
|[ˈ'''tʰ'''il]
|towards; lative preposition
|-
|[t] in clusters and at the end of a word
|sor'''t'''
|[ˈsoːr'''t''']
|neuter of “sorter” (black)
|-
|'''th'''
|same as “t” (only used in Greek loanwords)
|'''th'''eologi
|['''tʰ'''eˈoːlogi]
|theology (c)
|-
|'''tj'''
|[tʂ]
|gvi'''tj'''øre
|[ˈkviː'''tʂ'''ørə]
|kenning for a goose; literally “white-ear” (n)
|-
|'''u'''
|[uː] when stressed
|r'''u'''m
|[ˈr'''uː'''m]
|bed (n)
|-
|'''v'''
|[v]
|'''v'''inder
|[ˈ'''v'''iːndr̩]
|wind (c)
|-
|'''w'''
|[v]~[w]
|'''W'''isconsin
|['''v'''iˈʂkoːnsin]
|Wisconsin
|-
|'''x'''
|[ks]
|se'''x'''
|[ˈseː'''ks''']
|six
|-
|'''y'''
|[yː] when stressed
|gr'''y'''n
|[ˈkr'''yː'''n]
|green
|-
|'''z'''
|[z]~[s]
|'''z'''ebre
|[ˈ'''z'''eːprə]
|zebra (c)
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''æ'''
|[æː] when stressed
|s'''æ'''l
|[ˈs'''æː'''l]
|well, healthy (adj)
|-
|[æ] when unstressed
|gven'''æ'''r
|[ˈgveːn'''æ'''r]
|when (interrogative)
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''ø'''
|[øː] when stressed
|sp'''ø'''rje
|[ˈʂp'''øː'''rjə]
|to ask
|-
|[ø] when unstressed
|f'''ø'''rgefe
|[f'''ø'''rˈɡeːfə]
|to forgive
|-
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! colspan="30" | Vinnish Alphabet
| rowspan="2" |'''å'''
|[ɔː]~[oː] when stressed
|v'''å'''ge
|[ˈv'''ɔː'''gə]
|eye (n)
|-
|-
| Aa || Bb || Cc || Dd || Ðð || Ee || Ff || Gg || Hh || Ii || Jj || Kk || Ll || Mm || Nn || Oo || Pp || Qq || Rr || Ss || Tt || Uu || Vv || Ww || Xx || Yy || Zz || Ææ || Øø || Åå
|[ɔ]~[o] when unstressed
|Ol'''å'''fer
|[ˈoːl'''ɔ'''fr̩]
|Olaf (male name)
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The Vinnish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet, with the addition of four extra letters, Ð, Æ, Ø, and Å. The alphabet was codified with the translation of the Bible into Vinnish by scholar Johan Goðmundsson around the time of the Protestant Reformation in Vinland. Until then, Vinnish was largely unwritten, with the exception of a few runestones written in Medieval Runes, as well as several documents in churches written in ad hoc orthographies based on the Latin script.
===Consonants===
===Vowels===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Intonation====
===Phonotactics===
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