Yosman
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| Yosman | |
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| غوېٓسِنہ Ghwýsene | |
 [Pending] Flag of the Yosman Republic of Nabataea | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈʝyːzɛnɛ] |
| Created by | Vrianne |
| Date | 2024 |
| Setting | Alt-History Europe & Near East |
| Native to | Nabataea |
| Ethnicity | Yosman, Nabataean |
Early forms | Proto-Indo-European
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Standard form | Standard Yosman (---)
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Dialects |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Nabataea |
Yosman (endonym: ثِتونج ځوېٓسِنہ, th'Tundj Gwýsene, /θɛˈtund͡ʒ ˈʝyːzɛnɛ/), also known as Nabataean, is a Germanic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. Nearly all of its speakers are within the borders of the Yosman Republic of Nabataea, wherein it is the sole official language. It is also one of the two only Anglic languages, with Englisc being the second.
Classification
Yosman is an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch of the Germanic language family. The closest relatives to Yosman are those of the Anglo-Frisian languages such as Englisc and the Frisian languages.
History
Etymology
The endonym "غوېٓسِنہ" (Ghwýsene) is derived from غوېٓسِن (Ghwýsen, "a Yosman"), from Middle Gwýsene غِويسّمَن (ɣewissman), a fossilization of غِويسّ (ɣewiss, "Geuisse") + مُن (mon, "man"), from Old Gwýsene yws mn (/yewisse monn/), from Old English Ġewisse monn.
The exonym "Yosman" is an anglicization of French Yœssmanes (with the accurate Englisc exonym being Eizmenasisc), itself borrowed from Middle High German Jewissmaneisch (hence modern High German Jewissmännisch), ultimately from Middle Gwýsene غِويسّمَن (ɣewissman). The Englisc exonym particularly is a borrowing from Brithonech Euuzmenasech, itself borrowed from Middle French Yœssmanes.
Old Phrygian
Phonology
Vowels
Pre-Modern vowels
Modern vowels
Dialectical variations
Consonants
Pre-Modern consonants
Modern consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Polsive/Affricate | Voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ||
| Voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | Voiceless | f | θ | s | ʃ | (ç) | x |
| Voiced | v | ð | z | ʒ | (ʝ) | ɣ | |
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Approximant | w | (ɹ) (l) | j | ɫ | |||