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| '''g''' || like ''s'' in ''measure'' after front vowels, like ''g'' in ''good'' elsewhere | | '''g''' || like ''s'' in ''measure'' after front vowels, like ''g'' in ''good'' elsewhere | ||
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| '''gj'' || like ''s'' in ''measure'' | | '''gj''' || like ''s'' in ''measure'' | ||
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| '''h''' || very lightly pronounced if at all | | '''h''' || very lightly pronounced if at all | ||
Revision as of 02:38, 3 June 2005
Germanech (also known as Mosel Romance) is a conlang invented by Jörg Rhiemeier. It is a Romance language of Germany which was inspired by Andrew Smith's Brithenig. In the world of the League of Lost Languages, it is spoken in a few villages in the vicinity of Trier, Germany.
Germanech has undergone certain sound changes similar to the ones of German, including the High German consonant shift and i-umlaut. Otherwise, it is a pretty normal Romance language without any "cool" features.
Phonology
Alphabet and pronunciation
The consonants are pronounced as in English, with the following exceptions:
| c | like sh after front vowels, like k elsewhere |
| ch | as in German |
| cj | always like sh |
| dj | like j in job |
| g | like s in measure after front vowels, like g in good elsewhere |
| gj | like s in measure |
| h | very lightly pronounced if at all |
| j | like y in yes (but see cj, dj, gj and tj) |
| qu | like k |
| r | uvular r as in French |
| s | always as in sing |
| tj | like ch in chin |
| x | the same as s |
| z | the same as s |
The vowels are pronounced as in German.
Accent falls on the last non-e vowel, unless there is an e with an acute accent (é), in which case the latter is stressed.
