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Wharfordish
| Wharfordish | |
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| Wharfordish | |
| Pronunciation | [wɚˈɸoɹdɪʃ] |
| Created by | Astaryuu |
| Date | 2024 |
Wharfordish is one of serveral attempts at sticking to a single joke language by Astaryuu. It was created after Proto-Protogen and Muskian, but before Lunarian. It is also a fanlang for the world of Honkai: Star Rail, intended to be spoken by members of that game's Interastral Peace Corporation and places they have colonized.
The name "Wharfordish" comes from "Wharford", a neologism created by Astaryuu for Pier Point, the heart of the Interastral Peace Corporation.
Orthography
The orthography of Wharfordish is based heavily on American English.
Phonology and dialectology
There are two varieties of Wharfordish, known as Peaceful Wharfordish and Warful Wharfordish. Words in Peaceful Wharfordish are generally pronounced the way they appear to be spelled to an English-speaker. Words in Warful Wharfordish are pronounced in a pseudo-Scottish accent. The dialectology is described below.
- Peaceful Wharfordish
- Aeragan-Epharshelian: based on Southern American English
- Asdanan / Penaconian: based on Australian English
- Taikiyanian: based on New York English
- Warful Wharfordish
- Glamothian: based on Irish English, but with the rhotic pronounced [rˠ] and retaining the whine-wine distinction
- Standard Sigonian: based on Glamothian, but with all vowels leveled to one of [əj e ɛ ɐ ɔ o ʌw], and with /r t d/ all pronounced as [ɾ] except in initial position (where they're pronounced [r tʰ d̥])
Syntax
Word order in Wharfordish is SVO in Peaceful Wharfordish and Glamothian, but SOV or OSV in Standard Sigonian. Possessors, adjectives, adverbs, and dependent clauses follow their head, while numerals and demonstratives precede their head, even in Standard Sigonian.