Wessedian

Wessedian
væssoyisk
Pronunciation	[/ˈvɛsː.ɔɪ̯.isk/]
Created by	Hilda D'Haeseleer
Date	2024
Native to	Republic of Wessey
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic West Norse Wessedian
Early forms	Old West Norse Early Wessedian
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Republic of Wessey
Recognised minority language in	United Republics of Ireland and Scotland
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ws
ISO 639-2	wsd
ISO 639-3	wsd

Wessedian (endonym: væssoyisk; Wessedian: [ˈvɛsː.ɔɪ̯.isk]) is a North Germanic language spoken by several thousands of people, principally in the Republic of Wessey. Communities of Wessedian speakers are also found in the United Republics of Ireland and Scotland, where it is recognised as a minority language. There are considerable amounts of speakers in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the Monarchy of England and Wales. Smaller communities also exist in Canada and the United States.

Wessedian shares a lot of similarities with other North Germanic languages, especially with Western Norwegian dialects and Faroese, but also features some influences from Goidelic languages and Scots

Orthography

The Wessedian alphabet consists of 25 letters, nine of which are vowels and 16 are consonants. Some people also consider â and ô to be separate letters, and not just a and o with a circumflex.

Letters of the Wessedian alphabet
Aa	(Ââ)	Bb	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	(Ôô)	Pp	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Xx	Yy	Øø	Ææ	Åå

Non-native letters mostly appear in some foreign proper nouns, like toponyms and given names. They can also be found in some loanwords, but are usually spelt with the native equivalent of their sound instead, compare centimeter and sentimeter.

Wessedian letters almost always correspond to their pronunciation, Some graphemes however do not correspond directly to their pronunciation, these are:

• The letters k and g become palatised, i.e. are pronounced as /c/ and /ɟ/ respectively, when followed an e, i or j. Examples: tba
• The combinations sj, skj, stj and very rarely ti are pronounced as /ʃ/

Diasystems

Words written in Wessedian are generally spelt the same across every dialect, regardless of the speakers pronunciation. This is accomplished with the use of diasystems, which are always spelt the same but can be pronounced differently depending on the speakers dialect.

• A list of diasystems will be added soon

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n			ɲ*	(ŋ)
Plosive	voiceless	p	t			c	k
	voiced	b	d			ɟ	ɡ
Affricate					t͡ʃ*	(t͡ɕ)*
Fricative	voiceless	f		s	ʃ	(ɕ)*	(x)*	h
	voiced	v
Approximant			j
Trill			r

Notes:

• Sounds with an asterisk indicate that the usage of said consonant depends on the speaker's dialect.
• /x/ is only ever found as /xʷ/.
• /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ in front of /k/ and /g/.
• In fast speech /r/ is often pronounced as [ɾ].