Northumbric language
| Northumbric | |
|---|---|
| ᛄᛠᚱᛗᚣᛗᛒᚢᚱᚠᚪᛞᚪ Hjermymbervada | |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəːmɪːmˌbɚːˈvad̪a/ |
| Native to | Ambrose |
| Region | Esquarium |
Native speakers | X (2015) |
Uralic
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Early form | =
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| Runic Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Ambrose
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Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Northumbric Language Preservation Institute |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nmb |
Northumbric (ᛄᛠᚱᛗᚣᛗᛒᚢᚱᚠᚪᛞᚪ tr. Hjermymbervada, "language of the north river") is a Nevanic language spoken in the Northumberland region of Ambrose. It is the most widely spoken of the Voragonevanic languages in Esquarium, with its closest modern relative (aside from several other Ambrosian minority languages) being the distantly-related Nordonevanic Nevan language. Despite this, it is spoken by only a token minority of Northumbrians.
Orthography
The 32-character alphabet of the Northumbric language is based on the Runic script; specifically the Anglish futhorc, a rune set derived from the Sjealandian elder futhark. Unlike modern Anglish, it continues to be written in Runic as well as being transliterated to the Latin script, using the standard 26 letters as well as additional characters: ʼ and ˮ.
| ᚠ /f/ |
ᚢ /u/ |
ᚦ /θ/ |
ᚩ /o/ |
ᚱ /r/ |
ᚳ /k/ |
ᚷ /ɣ/ |
ᚹ /w/ |
ᚻ /h/ |
ᚾ /n/ |
ᛁ /i/ |
| ᛄ /j/ |
ᛇ /ç/ |
ᛈ /p/ |
ᛉ /ks/ |
ᛋ /s/ |
ᛏ /t/ |
ᛒ /b/ |
ᛖ /e/ |
ᛗ /m/ |
ᛚ /l/ |
ᛝ /ŋg/ |
| ᛟ /e:/ |
ᛞ /d/ |
ᚪ /a/ |
ᚫ /æ/ |
ᚣ /y/ |
ᛡ /ja/ |
ᛠ /æɑ/ |
ᛢ /kw/ |
ᛥ /st/ |
ᚸ /g/ |
ˮ /ʔ/ |
The Runic script has no direct counterpart for the phoneme schwa, [ə], and as such it may appear as may appear as ⟨ᚪ⟩ or ⟨ᚩ⟩.
Sample
| Northumbric Runic | Transliteration | English translation |
| ᛖᛏ ᛉᛁᛒᛄᚫᚱᛁ ᚾᛖᚾᛖᚳ ᛋᚩᛄᚪᛗᚪᚱᛠᚾᛏᚪ ᛉᚢᚱᚳᚪᚱᛁ ᛈᚱᚪᚠᚪᚪ ᛏᚾᛄᚪᚠᚪ, ᚾᚩᛒᚩᛄ ᚾᛖᚾᛖᛖᛄᚪ ᚾᛁᛞᚢ ᚾᛁᚳ ᛏᚩᚳᚪᛚᛒᚪ, ᚾᚣᛒᛏᚪᛗᚪ ᛁᚳᛖᚠᚪᛏᚢ ᛏᚪᚱᚪ | Et xibjæri nenėc’ sojamareanta xurkari pravada tnjava, ṇoboj nenėėja nidu nic’ tokalba, ṇybtamba ilevatu tara. | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. |