Derans

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Deiranst or det deiranse spruge (English: Deirish) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 23 million people in the northern half of Great Britain and its surrounding islands, the north-east of Ireland, and around the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in North America. It is the sole national official language of the Republic of Deirland(Folksrige Deiran), co-official with English and Gaelic in the Irish Republic, and in the North American nations of Newfoundland (Nyfundlann) and New Bernica (Ny Bernigan). It is an East Scandinavian language which conserves some features lost in Swedish and Danish, such as a separate feminine gender and a dative case. This article discusses modern standard Derish, spoken in Jorvik and the surrounding area in south-eastern Deirland)

Phonology

Compared to the other North Germanic languages, standard Deirish has a rather small vowel inventory.

High Vowels: /i ɪ u/ High-Mid Vowels: /e ø o/ Low Vowels: /ʌ a/

/ʌ/ and /ɪ/ occur only in unstressed syllables.

Deirish has the following phonemic consonants:

Labial: /p pʰ m f/ Dental: /t tʰ s n ɹ l/ Palatal: /ʨ ʥ ɕ ʎ/ Velar: /k g ŋ/ Glottal: /h/