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==Morphology==
==Morphology==


===Nouns===
e, u, a
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Neuter
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
|'''–'''
| -a(s)
|'''–'''
|'''–'''
|-
!Dative
| -é/i
| -on
| -é/i
| -on
|-
!Genitive
| -es/is
| -o
| -es/is
| -o
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Neuter
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
|'''–'''
| -i(os)
|'''–'''
|'''–'''
|-
!Dative
| -ie
| -ium
| -e
| -um
|-
!Genitive
| -ies
| -io
| -es
|?
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Feminine
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
|'''–'''
| -é/i
|'''–'''
| -é/i
|-
!Dative
| -é/i
| -in
| -é/i
| -in
|-
!Genitive
| -es/is
| -o
| -é/i
| -o
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Feminine
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
|'''–'''
| -i
|'''–'''
| -i
|-
!Dative
| -e
| -ium
| -i
| -ium
|-
!Genitive
| -es
| -io
| -i
| -io
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Neuter
! colspan="2" |Feminine
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
|'''–'''
| -os
|'''–'''
| -u
| -a
| -a
|-
!Dative
| -é
| -um/un
| -e
| -um/un
| -u
| -um/un
|-
!Genitive
| -es
| -o
| -es
| -a
| -o
| -ono
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Neuter
! colspan="2" |Feminine
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
| -i
| -ios
| -i
| -i
| -ia
| -ia
|-
!Dative
| -ie
| -ium/iun
| -ie
| -ium/iun
| -iu
| -ium/iun
|-
!Genitive
| -ies
| -io
| -ies
| -o
| -io
| -iono
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Strong X and weak feminine declension
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Feminine
|-
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
| -a
| -a/on
|-
!Dative
| -o
| -on
|-
!Genitive
| -on
| -ono
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Weak masculine-neuter declensions
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Masculine
! colspan="2" |Neuter
|-
!Singular
!Plural
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative-<br>Accusative
| -o
| -on
| -a
| -on
|-
!Dative
| -in
| -on
| -in
| -on
|-
!Genitive
| -in
| -ono
| -in
| -ono
|}
[[Category:Meckelnburgh]]
[[Category:Meckelnburgh]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]

Revision as of 22:59, 1 January 2024

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The Meckelnish language is an official language of the Kingdom of Meckelnburgh, where it is spoken second to Istvanistani by a majority of the population. Mekelnish is a Crando-Batavian language, with heavy influences of Alexandrian, another minority language in Meckelnburgh.

[Page contains only Old Meckelnish at this time]

Phonology

Old Meckelnish consonant phonemes
Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Plosive p b t d k (g)
Fricative
(sibilant)
f (v) θ (ð) (ç~ç̠) (x) ɣ h
s (z)
Approximant l j w
Rhotic ɾ

Notes:

  • /f/, /θ/, /s/ were realized as /v/, /ð/, /z/ between vowels.
  • /ɣ/ was realized as /g/ after /n/.
  • /n/ was realized as /ŋ/ before /g, k/.
  • /ɣ, h/ were realized as /x/ between vowels and in syllable-final positions.
  • /ɣ, h/ were realized as /ç/ before front-closed vowels and /ç̠/ before front-open vowels.
Old Meckelnish monophthongs
Front Back
unrounded rounded
Close i (y) u
Close-mid (e) (ø) o
Open-mid ɛ ɛː
Open æ æː ɑ ɑː
Old Meckelnish diphthongs
Front Back
Close (ei) ou
Mid ɛu (ɔi)
Open (ai) ɑu

Notes:

  • /u/, /o/ were rounded as /y/, /ø/ before /i, j/.
  • /e, ɛ/ were realized as /ei/ before /i/.
  • /ɑ, æ/ were realized as /ai/ before /i/.
  • /y, e, ø/ only appeared as short vowels during rounding.
  • /ɛ, e/, /o/, were realized as /ɛu/, /ou/ before /j, w/.
  • /ɑ/ was realized as /ɑu/ before /w/ and /ɔi/ before /j/.
  • /ɑu/ was realized as /ɔi/ before /i/.

Orthography

Old Meckelnish alphabet
A a B b D d E e F f Ƀ ƀ G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p R r S s T t U u Æ æ Ð ð
Name /ɑː/ /bei/ /dei/ /ei/ /ɛf/ /vei/ /çei/ /ɑx/ /iː/ /jɑː/ /kɑː/ /ɛl/ /ɛm/ /ɛn/ /oː/ /pei/ /ɛɾ/ /ɛs/ /tei/ /uː/ /æː/ /ɛθ/
Consonants
IPA
b /b/
d /d/
f /f/
ƀ /v/
g /ɣ/, /g/
gh /x/, /ç~ç̠/
h /h/
j /j/
k /k/
l /l/
m /m/
n /n/, /ŋ/
p /p/
r /ɾ/
s /s/, /z/
t /t/
uu /w/
ð /θ/, /ð/
Vowels
IPA Notes
a /ɑ/, /ɑː/
â /ɑu/
å /ɔi/ ⟨a⟩ before ⟨j⟩
ai /ai/
âi /ɔi/
e /ɛ/, /ɛː/, /e/
é /ei/ Word-final ⟨e⟩
ê /ɛu/
ei /ei/
i /i/, /iː/
o /o/, /oː/
ö /ø/
ô /ou/
u /u/, /uː/
ü /y/
æ /æ/, /æː/
æi /ai/

Morphology