Rútenunk

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Rútenunk, literally meaning "Rooting" or "of the root" is a Walnerian term describing the evolution of the Walnerian language from a very simplified pidgin language mixing Early New High Dolch with Yasic lingustic base. It can generally be subdivided into 4 seperate phases, based on linguistic and orthographic development of the language.

Phases

  1. Zusamëlfasunk - Creation of the language as a result of the intermixing populace shortly after the Entenian Wars, the language itself was only a Yasic-Dolch pidgin language in this stage
  2. Sontŕrismus - The stabilisation of the Walnerian grammar, establishment of rigid rules on inflection and verbs, as well as a more Dolchic linguistic base. Linguistic purists centered on Yasic roots, triggering the Yasic cultural rebirth movements as a response
  3. Smíŕní - A boomerang effect of the Yasic cultural rebirth as well as a political situation of that time. Walnerian language incorporates more Yasic words and grammatic features, although keeping mostly germanic grammatical system
  4. Vortspílí - Era of where the languages mixed grammar is used in a creation of a more diverse language. Many lost and new words are imported from both Yasic and Germanic languages, creating a rather rich vocabulary. This era in extension spans to the present day

Zusamëlfasunk

A a Æ æ B b C c D d E e ə F f G g H h
I i J j K k L l Lͤ lͤ Ł ľ Łͤ ľͤ M m N n Nͤ nͤ
O O Œ œ P p Q q R r S ſ s ß T t U u
V v W w X x Y y Z z

The Zusamëlfasunk (literally "Putting together") is the historical process that happened at the and and after the Entenian Wars, which lead to the creation of the modern Walnerian language as a mixture of Yasic languages and the Early New High Dolch language. Even though the language itself began as a pidgin language, it developed into a full-blown language in the era of Walnerian purism and at the end of the Zusamëlfasunk era.

The oldest surviving text from the era of Zusamëlfasunk, which could be considered to be written in a predecessor of modern Walnerian is dated into the year 1442 by one of the knights of the king's of Walneria's expedition in Saldania and reads:

Original text: „[...] Jec hahbnͤ wieꝛ ainen noien Nekamarahd, tehr Kehnik Saldaniaꝛ, wehꝛ yns in tehr Krieg ſſikt byľ gehgnͤ Petꝛ Ente ai zainꝛ Gruppe [...]“
Transcription: „[...] Jec hahbnͤ wieꝛ ainen noien Nekamarahd, tehr Kehnik Saldaniaꝛ, wehꝛ yns in tehr Krieg ſſikt był gehgnͤ Petꝛ Ente ai zainꝛ Gruppe [...]“
Modern orthography: „[...] Jec hábën víŕ ainen noien nekamarád, tér kénik Saldaniaŕ, véŕ yns in tér kríg ssikt byl gégën Petŕ Ente ai zainŕ grupe [...]“
Modern Walnerian: „[...] Cez hábën víŕ ainen noien neŕád, ten król Saldanissën, véŕ yns in tér kríg ssikal gégën Petŕ Ente ai igoŕ grupeŕ [...]“
Into Anglish: „[...] Yet we have a new opponent, the king of Saldania, who has sent us into war against Petŕ Ente and the group of his followers [...]“
Fraktur Transcript Current Explanation
Æ æ Æ æ É é Letter Æ was used to denote a phonetic shift from Ä to É until the mid 18th cenutry
Œ œ Œ œ Letter Œ was used to denote a phonetic shift from Ö to É until the mid 18th cenutry
ͤ ͤ ë Letter Ë was noted as a subscript diacritic over the syllabic letter until the early 20th century (most commonly for the letters lͤ,łͤ and nͤ)
ə ə Letter Ë was noted as flipped e (ə) for the cases where it represents the sound /ə/
Ł ľ Ł ł L l Letter ł was used for harder pronciation, msot commonly followed by a consonant. Currently, the two sounds are merged
L l L l Letter l was used for softer pronuciation, most commonly followed by a vowel or a nasal. Currently, the two sounds are merged
ŕ Before the diacritics was introduced for Ŕ, letter R rotunda was used
S ſ s S ſ s S s Letter miniscule long S (ſ) existed until mid 19th cenutry and was used in the middle and on the beginning of a syllable
Letter rounded S (s) was used on the end of a syllable

Sontŕrismus

The Sontŕrismus (literally "Cleanism") TBA

Smíŕní

The Smíŕní (literally "Reconciliation") TBA

Vortspílí

The Vortspílí (literally "Games with words") TBA

Present day

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