Roman Germanech

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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.