The Walnerian language (Walnerian: Rósbériss) is a Dolchic language spoken in Walneria.

History

Walnerian
Walnerian
Rausberian
Rósbériss - Rósberissŕ Sproch
	Walnerian villagers in northern Walneria, circa 1910
Pronunciation	/rɔːsbɛːriʃ/
Native to	Walneria
Ethnicity	Walnerians
Native speakers	L1: 11,450,000; L2: 812,000; FL: 581,000
Language family	Indo-European Dolchic West Dolchic High Dolch Walnerian; ; ; ;
Dialects	Central; Tyrámeniss; Bitreliss; Ósburkŕ; Méraniss; Kólínŕ; Nortŕiss;
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Walneria
Language codes
ISO 639-1	WN
ISO 639-2	WLN
ISO 639-3	WLN
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Zusamëlfasunk

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Linguistic purism

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Slavic influence

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Present day

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Phonology and orthography

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 Dolch, 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	ʁ̩ ə	s	ʃ ɕ	t	u	uː	v	w ɰ	k͡s	y yː	z

Phonology

Place Manner	Labial													Dorsal					Laryngeal
Place Manner	Bilabial		Labiodental		Linguolabial	Dental	Alveolar		Postal-veolar		Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m̥ (m)	m (m)					n̥ (n)	n (n)								ŋ (nk)
Plosive							t (t)	d (d)			ʈ (t)	ɖ (d)			k (k)	g (g)
Sibilant affricate							t͡s (c)	d͡z (dz)	t͡ʃ (cs)	d͡ʒ (dzs)
Sibilant fricative							s (s)	z (z)	ʃ (ss)	ʒ (zs)
Non-sibilant fricative			f (f)	v (v)										ʝ (j)	x (ch)	ɣ (ch)		ʁ (ŕ)		h (h)	ɦ (h)
Approximant								ɹ (ŕ)						j (j)		ɰ (w)		ʁ (ŕ)
Tap/Flap								ɾ (r)
Trill							r̥ (r)	r (r)									ʀ̥ (r)	ʀ (r)
Latelar approximant							l̥ (l)	l (l)

Tongue position	Front		Near-front	Central	Back
Close	i (i)	y (y)		ɨ (y)		u (u)
Near-close			ɪ (i)
Close-mid	e (e)					o (o)
Mid				ə (ë)
Open-mid	ɛ (e)				ʌ (o)	ɔ (o)
Near-open	æ (e)			ɐ (ŕ)
Open	a (a)			ä (a)	ɑ (a)	ɒ (a)
Long vowels	aː (á) ~ ɛː (é) ~ eː (é) ~ iː (í) ~ ɪː (í) ~ oː (ó) ~ ɔː (ó) ~ uː (ú) ~ yː (y)

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

Changes in phonology

Walnerian, being Dolchic, as a direct descendant of Early New High Dolch, uses mostly a Dolch 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 ~ ɛːɐˑ/)^[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/)
PF (/pf/) → P (/p/)
DT (/dt/) → D (/d/)

↑ 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
↑ Example may include the Walnerian name "Mér" (Meaning "sea" in English), which is pronounced as /mɛːr/
↑ Example may include the Walnerian name "Méŕ" (Meaning "more" in English), which is pronounced as /mɛːaˑ/
↑ 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 Dolchic 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
Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	English
Masculine	Tér	Tes	Tem	Ten	Tí	Ten	Ten	Tí	The
Neutrum	Tas	Tes	Tem	To
Feminine	Ta	Tér	Tér	Tí

Masculine	Ain	Aines	Ainem	Ainen	—	—	—	—	A/An
Neutrum	Ain	Aines	Ainem	Aino
Feminine	Aine	Ainŕ	Ainŕ	Aine

Masculine	Kain	Kaines	Kainem	Kainen	Kainí	Kainen	Kainen	Kainí	PRO.
Neutrum	Kain	Kaines	Kainem	Kaino
Feminine	Kaine	Kainŕ	Kainŕ	Kaine

Nouns

The noun inflections are done based on the article inflections, changing suffixes. It is used only in cases, when the article is not used, else it remains in its nominative form. There are three versions of declensions for each gender, distinguishing between:

Consonantal suffix: The word ends with a consonant, that is not a sonorant
Sonorant suffix: The word ends with a -m, -n, -l, -r or -j
Vowel suffix: The word ends with a vowel or a set of vowels

Types	Singular				Plural				English
Types	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	English
Masculine
Consonantal	Tiss	Tisses	Tissem	Tissen	Tisse	Tissën	Tissën	Tisse	Table
Consonantal	∅	-es	-em	-en	-e	-ën	-ën	-e	Table

Sonorant	Man	Mans	Manem	Manen	Manen	Manen	Manŕn	Mane	Man
Sonorant	∅	-s	-em	-en	-en	-en	-ŕn	-e	Man

Vowel	Junke	Junkes	Junkem	Junken	Junkens	Junkes	Junken	Junkens	Boy
Vowel	∅	-s	-m	-n	-ns	-s	-n	-ns	Boy
Feminine
Consonantal	Caitunk	Caitunkŕ	Cautinkŕ	Caitunkí	Caitunkí	Caitunkën	Caitunkën	Caitunkí	Newspaper
Consonantal	∅	-ŕ	-ŕ	-í	-í	-ën	-ën	-í	Newspaper

Sonorant	Lérërin	Lérëriner	Lérëriner	Lérëriní	Lérëriní	Lérërinen	Lérërinen	Lérëriní	Female teacher
Sonorant	∅	-er	-er	-í	-í	-en	-en	-í	Female teacher

Vowel	Frau	Frauŕ	Frauŕ	Frauie	Frauën	Frauien	Frauien	Frauie	Woman
Vowel	∅	-ŕ	-ŕ	-ie	-ën	-ien	-ien	-ie	Woman
Neuter
Consonantal	Hund	Hundes	Hundëm	Hundo	Hunde	Hundën	Hundën	Hunde	Dog
Consonantal	∅	-es	-ëm	-o	-e	-ën	-ën	-e	Dog

Sonorant	Bychlain	Bychlains	Bychlainem	Bychlaino	Bychlaine	Bychlainen	Bychlainen	Bychlaine	Booklet
Sonorant	∅	-s	-em	-o	-e	-en	-en	-e	Booklet

Vowel	Nivëó	Nivëós	Nivëóm	Nivëó	Nivëós	Nivëónen	Nivëónen	Nivëós	Level
Vowel	∅	-s	-m	∅	-s	-nen	-nen	-s	Level

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.

Pronouns

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Combinations of words

Articles, adjectives and nouns effect each other in cases, depending on which are present.

Color coding for word combinations for the purposes of the following sections:

Nominative case
Genitive case
Dative case
Accusative case

The examples use the words Man and Junk, but this rules apply to any adjective or noun, regardless of gender. The pronouns and articles are mutually exclusive and work in the same way. The example includes the pronoun Kain.

Nominative combinations

Pronoun	Adjective	Noun
		Man
—	—	Nominative

	Junk	Man
—	Nominative	Nominative

Kain		Man
Nominative	—	Nominative

	Junk
—	Nominative	—

Kain	Junk
Nominative	Nominative	—

Kain	Junk	Man
Nominative	Nominative	Nominative

Genitive combinations

Pronoun	Adjective	Noun
		Mans
—	—	Genitive

	Junkes	Mans
—	Genitive	Genitive

Kaines		Mans
Genitive	—	Genitive

	Junkes
—	Genitive	—

Kaines	Junkes
Genitive	Genitive	—

Kaines	Junkes	Mans
Genitive	Genitive	Genitive

Dative combinations

Pronoun	Adjective	Noun
		Manem
—	—	Dative

	Junkem	Manem
—	Dative	Dative

Kainem		Man
Dative	—	Nominative

	Junkem
—	Dative	—

Kainem	Junk
Dative	Nominative	—

Kainem	Junkem	Man
Dative	Dative	Nominative

Accusative combinations

Pronoun	Adjective	Noun
		Manen
—	—	Accusative

	Junken	Manen
—	Accusative	Accusative

Kainen		Man
Accusative	—	Nominative

	Junken
—	Accusative	—

Kainen	Junk
Accusative	Nominative	—

Kainen	Junken	Man
Accusative	Accusative	Nominative

Examples

Salvian Lord's Prayer

	Anglish	Walnerian
1	Our Father, who art in heaven,	Ynsŕ Fotër, du bist in hymëler
	hallowed be thy Name,	Dain Nám svenk sain!
	thy kingdom come,	dain kénkraich kom,
	thy will be done,	dain wula stán,	4
	on eurth as it is in heaven.	óf tér eurder ják óf ím hymëlem.
	Give us this day our daily bread.	Ynsŕen téglichen brót gib yns dnéz.
	And forgive us our trespasses,	Ai fŕcain yns ynser zynden,
	as we forgive those	ják víŕ fŕcainen ten	8
	who trespass against us.	véŕ zyndet gégën yns.
	And lead us not into temptation,	Ai nefyrt yns in fŕlókunkëm,
	but deliver us from evil.	ál chránt yns ód toifëls.
2	For thine is the kingdom,	Neb dain ist tas kénkraich,	12
	and the power, and the glory,	ai ta macht, ai ta rúm,
	for ever and ever. Amen.	fyr imërasdy. Ámen.	14

Tacolist Lord's Prayer

	Anglish
1	Saviour, who gave us the meal of life,
	we who hunger for salvation thank you;
	Blessed be your Holy Son,
	who so instructed man in the recipes of savoury goodness.	4
	Grant upon us the virtues to be
	as your son has been on Eurth.
	Give us this day our daily tortilla;
	and bless this with your forgiveness and your holy spices.	8
	Forgive those who are ignorant
	and lead us not into the wrappings of soft-shelled sin,
	but deliver us from the blandness of life,
2	Amen.	12

[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

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History

Zusamëlfasunk

Linguistic purism

Slavic influence

Present day

Phonology and orthography

Orthography

Phonology

Changes in phonology

Grammar

Articles

Nouns

Adjectives

Pronouns

Combinations of words

Nominative combinations

Genitive combinations

Dative combinations

Accusative combinations

Examples

Salvian Lord's Prayer

Tacolist Lord's Prayer

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Linguistic purism

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Present day

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Orthography

Phonology

Changes in phonology

Grammar

Articles

Nouns

Adjectives

Pronouns

Combinations of words

Nominative combinations

Genitive combinations

Dative combinations

Accusative combinations

Examples

Salvian Lord's Prayer

Tacolist Lord's Prayer

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