Hibernic
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Hibernic is a language of Norse America and Western Europe in the Finla AU.
It is born of a Brythonic koine, which has both Church Latin and Norse layered on top of it.
Phonology
Consonants
Mutation-oriented
Plain | Spirantised | Nasalised | |||||||
Plain | Weak | Strong | Plain | Weak | Strong | Plain | Weak | Strong | |
Labial | p | pʰ | b | ɸ | ɸʰ | β | m̥ | m̥ʰ | m |
Apical | t | tʰ | d | z | s | ð | n̥ | n̥ʰ | n |
Guttural | k | kʰ | ɡ | x | h | ɣ | ŋ̥ | ŋ̥ʰ | ŋ |
ɬ l | |||
ʍ w | r̥ r | ç j |
IPA-oriented
p pʰ b | t tʰ d | k kʰ ɡ | |
ɸ ɸʰ β | z s ð | x h ɣ | |
m̥ m̥ʰ m | n̥ n̥ʰn | ŋ̥ ŋ̥ʰŋ | |
ɬ l | |||
ʍ w | r̥ r | ç j |
Vowels
i | u |
ɪ | ʊ |
e | o |
a | ɒ |
Vowels may be long.
Diphthongs
ɪj | ʊw |
ej | ow |
aj | ɒw |
Orthography
Consonants
Plain | Spirantised | Nasalised | |||||||
Plain | Weak | Strong | Plain | Weak | Strong | Plain | Weak | Strong | |
Labial | p | ph | b | f | fh | bb | mp | mh | m |
Apical | t | th | d | z | s | dd | nt | nh | n |
Guttural | c | ch | g | x | h | gg | nc | nch | ng |
lh l | |||
wh w | rh r | yh y |
Palatalisation
si | ʃi |
sia | ʃa |
sía | ʃia |
sui | si |
súi | sʊj |
süi | swi |
sìta | ʃta |
Likewise for z (/z/ ~ /ʒ/), ts (/ts/ ~ /tʃ/), and dz (/dz/ ~ /dʒ/).
Vowels
i | w |
y | u |
e | o |
a | ø |
Long vowels are marked by a macron or circumflex. Diphthongs are marked with i or u.
Numbers
Ordinals
1. yan
2. tein
3. teddr
4. peddr
5. pymp
6. wegg
7. sedd
8. oiddr
9. nabbr
10. dic
Pronouns
Singular | Plural | |
1st Person | mî | sìne |
2nd Person | tw | sî |
3rd Person | esê | xwýnd |
Proximal | so | sobban |
Distal | siẃd | siẃbban |
Interrogative | tsiard | |
Reflexive | sodyn |