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| =Holding Page=
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| This is a holding page for Fínlæ̨sk /viːnlãʒ/, one of the languages of my forthcoming AU North America.
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| It is derived from Old Norse, with adstrates from Scots, Scots Gaelic, English, Algic, Iroquoian, Eskimo-Aleut and Beothuk.
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| The tentative alphabet is something like
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| a b d ð e f g h i k l m n o p r s t u v x y z æ œ ᵫ (Orthographic)
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| ɑ b d <nowiki>*</nowiki> e f g † i k l m n o p r s t u v x ə z a ø y (IPA)
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| <nowiki>*</nowiki> The glyph ð marks either interdental fricative.
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| † The glyph h is used to prefix voiceless liquids where phonotactic devoicing is not expected.
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| Doubled ðð, ff, kk, pp, ss, tt, xx force voiceless sounds where phonotactic voicing would be expected.
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| Doubled bb, dd, ðð, gg force voiced sounds where phonotactic devoicing would be expected.
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| Diacritics include acute for long vowels, and macron for nasal vowels. I don't know whether there will be long nasal vowels yet, nor whether tone or phonation will be employed.
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| Right now, I don't know enough about the language families involved, so this is about all I can say.
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