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Reardish, having developed alongside Old English, experienced many of the sound changes that affected Old English, though it alsk lacks several of the sound changes that would qualify it for a closer classification to Old English, it cannot even be labeled [[w:West Germanic|West Germanic]] due it lacking some of the distinctive sound changes of the family. As such, it must be classed in its own branch, this is typically referred to as the "Reardic" branch. However, it is unclear whether it should even be classified as such since the early form is, in large part, still intelligible to the modern language, thus leading most linguists to simply place Reardish as a divergent descendant of Proto-Germanic and give it no specific familial classification. | Reardish, having developed alongside Old English, experienced many of the sound changes that affected Old English, though it alsk lacks several of the sound changes that would qualify it for a closer classification to Old English, it cannot even be labeled [[w:West Germanic|West Germanic]] due it lacking some of the distinctive sound changes of the family. As such, it must be classed in its own branch, this is typically referred to as the "Reardic" branch. However, it is unclear whether it should even be classified as such since the early form is, in large part, still intelligible to the modern language, thus leading most linguists to simply place Reardish as a divergent descendant of Proto-Germanic and give it no specific familial classification. | ||
Today, Reardish is typically written in the Latin alphabet, still using the Insular script, the alphabet is near-identicle to that of Old English. In many artistic works, and quite often in elders, Anglo-Frisian runes are still used. Efforts to reinstate runes have been successful, leading to nearly all government issued writings (letters, signs, documents, etc) being offered in both scripts. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||