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== Classification ==
== Classification ==
Although similar with Slavic languages, Veslovian is actually a South Germanic language, of which more conservative ''phonologically'' than Gothic language. Conservative (phonological features include lack of i-mutation even in the case of ''-e-'' (traditional Proto-Germanic 1SG ''*sehwō'' : 2SG ''*s'''i'''hwizi'' ≠ Molbrian ''sechva'' : ''sechvez'' "I see, you (sg.) see"), retention of ''-z-'' (English ''deer'' ≠ Molbrian ''duzu''), ''*-ō-'' > ''-a-'' and final ''-ą'' (English ''salve'' ≠ Molbrian ''slabanu'' ≠ Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽 (salbōn)).  
Although similar with Slavic languages, Veslovian is actually a South Germanic language, of which more conservative ''phonologically'' than Gothic language. Conservative (phonological features include lack of i-mutation even in the case of ''-e-'' (traditional Proto-Germanic 1SG ''*sehwō'' : 2SG ''*s'''i'''hwizi'' ≠ Molbrian ''sechva'' : ''sechvez'' "I see, you (sg.) see"), retention of ''-z-'' (English ''deer'' ≠ Mozelbrian ''duzu''), ''*-ō-'' > ''-a-'' and final ''-ą'' (English ''salve'' ≠ Mozelbrian ''slabanu'' ≠ Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽 (salbōn)).  


Innovative features include [[wikipedia:Ruki sound law|Ruki sound law]] influenced by Balto-Slavic when Veslovian still an integral part of Proto-Germanic, palatalizations, developments of yers ''*-ь-'' and ''*-ъ-'', and [[wikipedia:Slavic liquid metathesis|Slavic liquid metathesis]]. In Veslovian, there are 4 largely-unintelligible dialects resulted by parralel regular changes:
Innovative features include [[wikipedia:Ruki sound law|Ruki sound law]] influenced by Balto-Slavic when Veslovian still an integral part of Proto-Germanic, palatalizations, developments of yers ''*-ь-'' and ''*-ъ-'', and [[wikipedia:Slavic liquid metathesis|Slavic liquid metathesis]]. In Veslovian, there are 3 largely-unintelligible dialects resulted by parralel regular changes:
* Northern dialect, spoken in Molbry (cf. Vienna), parallel to Czech.
* Northern dialect, spoken in Mozelbry (exonym of ''Motlobry'', cf. Vienna), parallel to Czech.
* Central dialect, spoken in Lubado (''Lubado'', cf. Ljubljana), parallel to Slovene.
* Southern dialect, spoken in Lubado (''Lubado'', cf. Ljubljana), parallel to Slovene and some other south Slavic languages.
* Western dialect, spoken in Veťny (''Vîn'', cf. Udine), parallel to Friulian.
* Western dialect, spoken in Veťny (''Vîn'', cf. Udine), parallel to Friulian.
* Southern dialect, spoken in Zádro (''Zadro'', cf. Zadar), parallel to Chakavian, although the related language Serbian existed as neighbors.


This is some of the examples of the 4 dialects:
This is some of the examples of the 4 dialects:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | English
! rowspan="2" | English
! colspan="4" | Veslovian dialects
! colspan="3" | Veslovian dialects
! rowspan="2" | Proto-South Germanic
! rowspan="2" | Proto-South Germanic
|-
|-
! style="background:red" | Northern
! style="background:red" | Northern
! style="background:white" | Central
! style="background:white" | Southern
! style="background:blue" | Western
! style="background:blue" | Western
! style="background:yellow" | Southern
|-
|-
| man
| man
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| ''mona''
| ''mona''
| ''muene''
| ''muene''
| ''mona''
| ''*mona''
| ''*mona''
|-
|-
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| ''vibu''
| ''vibu''
| ''vîf''
| ''vîf''
| ''vibu''
| ''*vibǫ''
| ''*vibǫ''
|-
|-
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| ''sen''
| ''sen''
| ''san''
| ''san''
| ''son''
| ''son''
| ''son''
| ''*sъnъ''
| ''*sъnъ''

Revision as of 04:54, 5 December 2021


Veslovian
túdska tyhu
Pronounced: /ˈtuːtska ˈtɪɦu/
Species: Human
Spoken: Veslovia (official)
Total speakers: 15 million, unknown for individual dialects
Writing system: Latin
Genealogy: Indo-European languages
Typology
Morphological type: Fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-accusative
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: Danisht Dzakwan
DanishtD
Created: November 2021

Veslovian (túdska tyhu) is an Germanic altlang spoken in the fictional country Veslovia (Túdska). It consists of four un- (or partially) intelligible dialects, namely northern, central, western, and southern dialects. Between the four dialects, the first (also known as Molbrian) is chosen as the standard dialect for the language.

Classification

Although similar with Slavic languages, Veslovian is actually a South Germanic language, of which more conservative phonologically than Gothic language. Conservative (phonological features include lack of i-mutation even in the case of -e- (traditional Proto-Germanic 1SG *sehwō : 2SG *sihwizi ≠ Molbrian sechva : sechvez "I see, you (sg.) see"), retention of -z- (English deer ≠ Mozelbrian duzu), *-ō- > -a- and final (English salve ≠ Mozelbrian slabanu ≠ Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽 (salbōn)).

Innovative features include Ruki sound law influenced by Balto-Slavic when Veslovian still an integral part of Proto-Germanic, palatalizations, developments of yers *-ь- and *-ъ-, and Slavic liquid metathesis. In Veslovian, there are 3 largely-unintelligible dialects resulted by parralel regular changes:

  • Northern dialect, spoken in Mozelbry (exonym of Motlobry, cf. Vienna), parallel to Czech.
  • Southern dialect, spoken in Lubado (Lubado, cf. Ljubljana), parallel to Slovene and some other south Slavic languages.
  • Western dialect, spoken in Veťny (Vîn, cf. Udine), parallel to Friulian.

This is some of the examples of the 4 dialects:

English Veslovian dialects Proto-South Germanic
Northern Southern Western
man mona mona muene *mona
wife vibu vibu vîf *vibǫ
son sen san son *sъnъ

Phonology

See Phonology

Grammar

Nouns and adjectives

See Nominals

Veslovian preserve grammatical case inflection for nouns and adjectives, but also made new complexities like animacy and also the introduction of locative cases from Proto-Slavic. The western dialect, however, only has inflection in numbers but not cases, by the influence of neighbouring Romance languages.

Verbs

See Verbs

Unlike most all Germanic languages, the synthetic past tense died out and becoming archaic in favour of analytic forms by past participles with present forms of vezon: díldo jím, díldo jez, díldo jesť, ..., from dělinu "to divide". Perfective forms are derived regularly from the prefix ho-/hů-.

Samples

Sample texts