Walnerian language

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Walnerian
Rausberian
Rausbériss
Kratky, Frantisek - Sumava, drevorubci (ca 1890).jpg
Walnerian villagers in northern Walneria, circa 1910
Pronunciation/rausbɛːriʃ/ Speaker Icon.svg
Native to Walneria
EthnicityWalnerians
Native speakers
L1: 13,450,000
L2: 2,112,000
FL: 581,000
Dialects
  • Central
  • Tyrámeniss
  • Bitreliss
  • Ósburkŕ
  • Méraniss
  • Kólínŕ
  • Nortŕiss
Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in
 Walneria
Language codes
ISO 639-1WN
ISO 639-2WLN
ISO 639-3WLN
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The Walnerian language (Walnerian: Rausbériss) is a Germanic language spoken in Walneria.

History

TBA

Phonology and orthography

Orthography

Main article: Walnerian orthography

The Walnerian language uses a combination of digraph (Cs, Ch, Ss) and diacritic (Á, É, Ë, Í, Ó, Ŕ, Ú) modifications of the Latin alphabet. It developed out of the digraph orthography used by the Early New High German, introducing diacritics for vowels (and letter Ŕ, which developed from the -ER- stem).

A a Á á B b C c Cs cs D d E e É é Ë ë F f
G g H h Ch ch I i Í í J j K k L l M m N n
O o Ó ó P p Q q R r Ŕ ŕ S s Ss ss T t U u
Ú ú V v W w X x Y y Z z
Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Majuscule A Á B C Cs D E É Ë F G H Ch I Í J K L M N O Ó P Q R Ŕ S Ss T U Ú V W X Y Z
Minuscule a á b c cs d e é ë f g h ch i í j k l m n o ó p q r ŕ s ss t u ú v w x y z
IPA Sound a
ɑ		 aː
ɑː		 b t͡s t͡ʃ
t͡ɕ		 d ɛ
e		 ɛː
eː		 ə f ɡ h
ɦ		 x i
ɪ		 iː
ɪː		 j k l m n ɔ
o		 ɔː
oː		 p k͡v r ʁ
ə		 s ʃ
ɕ		 t u uː v w k͡s y
yː		 z

Phonology

Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Bilabial Labiodental Linguolabial Dental Alveolar Postal-veolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Nasal m̥ m n̥ n ŋ
Plosive t d ʈ ɖ k g
Sibilant affricate t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative f v ʝ x ɣ ʁ h ɦ
Approximant ɹ j ɰ
Tap/Flap ɾ
Trill r̥ r ʀ̥ ʀ
Latelar affricate
Latelar fricative
Latelar approximant l̥ l
Latelar tap/flap
Tongue position Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i y ɨ u
Near-close ɪ
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ ʌ ɔ
Near-open æ
Open a ä ɑ ɒ
Long vowels aː ~ ɛː ~ eː ~ iː ~ ɪː ~ oː ~ ɔː ~ uː ~ yː

Bold are the common sounds, while regular sounds may happen in dialects and/or in a world for easier pronunciation

Walnerian, being Germanic, as a direct descendant of Early New High German, uses mostly a Germanic phonology, but due to the national integration, it took notable parts from the Slavic phonology. Notable phonetical shifts include:

  • Ä (/æː/) → É (/ɛː ~ eː/)
  • Ö (/œː/) → É (/ɛː ~ eː/)
  • Ü (/y/) → Y (/yː ~ ɨː/)
  • ER (/əˑʀ/) → Ŕ (/ʁ̩ ~ ə/)[a]
    • EER (/ɛːʀ/) → ÉR (/ɛːr ~ eːr/)[b]
  • EH (/ɛh̚/) → É(/ɛː ~ eː/)
    • EHR (/ɛaˑʀ/) → ÉŔ (/ɛːʁ ~ ɛːaˑ/)[c]
  • AH (/ah̚ ~ ɑh̚/) → Á (/aː ~ ɑː/)
  • OH (/ɔh̚ ~ oh̚/) → Ó (/ɔː ~ oː/)
  • UH (/uh̚/) → Ú (/uː/)
  • AU (/au ~ ɑu/) → Ó (/ɔː ~ oː/)[d]
    • AU (Finial sound) → OV (/ɔf ~ of/)
  • EU (/ɔɪ/) → OI (/ɔj/)
  • NG (/ŋ ~ ŋɡ/) → NK (/ŋk/)
  1. ↑ On what sound is used in case of Ŕ is dependent on the word it is used in, as well as position in the word
  2. ↑ Example may include the Walnerian name "Mér" (Meaning "sea" in English), which is pronounced as /mɛːr/
  3. ↑ Example may include the Walnerian name "Méŕ" (Meaning "more" in English), which is pronounced as /mɛːaˑ/
  4. ↑ Does not apply to the monosyllabic words or composite words including a monosyllabic root. Example may be the word "Austóss" (Meaning "trip" in English), as the prefix Aus- can stand alone

Grammar

Just like many other Germanic languages, Walnerian has two grammatical numbers (singular and plural) four grammatical cases:

And three grammatical genders, while in plural, genders merge into one indifferent plural form:

  • Masculine
  • Feminine
  • Neutrum

Articles

Gender Singular Plural English
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Masculine Tér Tes Tem Ten Tí Ten Ten Tí The
Neutrum Tas To
Feminine Ta Tér Tér Tí
Masculine Ain Aines Ainem Ainen — — — — A/An
Neutrum Aino
Feminine Aine Ainŕ Ainŕ Aine
Masculine Kain Kaines Kainem Kainen Kainí Kainen Kainen Kainí PRO.
Neutrum Kaino
Feminine Kaine Kainŕ Kainŕ Kaine

Adjectives

Adjective suffixes are tied to the presence of the article (or lack there of) and the gender of the noun the adjective is tied to.

Examples

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