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The '''Albic''' language family constitutes the main conlanging project | The '''Albic''' language family constitutes the main conlanging project | ||
of [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]]. It is a family of languages spoken in the | of [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]]. It is a family of languages spoken in the | ||
British Isles and the Canary Islands (and a few other places where [[British Elves]] settled) in the [[League of Lost Languages | British Isles and the Canary Islands (and a few other places where [[British Elves]] settled) in the [[League of Lost Languages]]. | ||
The name "Albic" is from the Old Albic self-designation '''Alba'''. | The name "Albic" is from the Old Albic self-designation '''Alba'''. | ||
[[Old Albic]] was the dominant language of Britain before the immigration | [[Old Albic]] was the dominant language of Britain before the immigration | ||
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characteristic features of the South Albic branch. | characteristic features of the South Albic branch. | ||
The Albic languages seem to be distantly related to Indo-European (see [[Europic]]) | The Albic languages belong to the wider [[Hesperic]] family and seem to be distantly related to Indo-European (see [[Europic]]) | ||
and share a number of features (such as VSO word order and initial | and share a number of features (such as VSO word order and initial | ||
mutations) with the Celtic languages of the British Isles as well as | mutations) with the Celtic languages of the British Isles as well as |
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Albic | |
Spoken in: | British Isles and elsewhere |
Timeline/Universe: | League of Lost Languages |
Total speakers: | -- |
Genealogical classification: | Albic Proto-Albic(†) |
Created by: | |
Jörg Rhiemeier | 2000- |
The Albic language family constitutes the main conlanging project of Jörg Rhiemeier. It is a family of languages spoken in the British Isles and the Canary Islands (and a few other places where British Elves settled) in the League of Lost Languages. The name "Albic" is from the Old Albic self-designation Alba. Old Albic was the dominant language of Britain before the immigration of the Celts; its speakers, the British Elves, were the bearers of a unique ancient civilization which gave rise to the Celtic and Germanic traditions of Elves, the Greek tradition of Hyperborea and possibly also of the Atlantis myth. They were essentially humans who behaved pretty much like the Elves of J. R. R. Tolkien (whose languages were influential on the creation of the Albic languages). The modern Albic languages (Low Elvish, Caledonian, Iverinian and Macaronesian) are spoken by tiny minorities; they descend from various vernacular dialects of Old Albic.
Three branches of the Albic family can be distiguished: South Albic, consisting of Classical Old Albic, Low Elvish and Macaronesian; North Albic, represented by Caledonian; and West Albic, to which belongs Iverinian. These three branches evidently already existed as dialectal divisions in classical times, with Classical Old Albic showing characteristic features of the South Albic branch.
The Albic languages belong to the wider Hesperic family and seem to be distantly related to Indo-European (see Europic) and share a number of features (such as VSO word order and initial mutations) with the Celtic languages of the British Isles as well as with the Razaric family; these three families thus form a linguistic area (see this article for details). The Albic languages are active-stative languages of the fluid-S subtype; other interesting features include autosegmental behaviour of vowel features (leading to various umlaut and vowel harmony phenomena), marking of degrees of volition by various noun cases, and suffixaufnahme (i.e., possessors agree with the possessee in number and case in addition to their own number and case marking).
The Albic languages
- Proto-Albic (reconstructed, Britain)
- South Albic
- Old Albic (classical, Britain)
- Low Elvish (modern, southwestern Britain)
- Macaronesian (modern, Macaronesian islands)
- Caledonian (modern, Scotland)
- Alfheimian (extinct, Sweden)
- Iverinian (modern, Ireland)
- Borgarnesian (extinct, Iceland)