Kythish

Introduction

Kythish (cwiþeś), also known as Hacean, is a Germanic language spoken in the cantons of Kythe, on the world of Oktosii. It is derived from Old English, with a substrate of Celtic.

Phonology

Alphabet

Kythish is written using a variant of the Latin alphabet, omitting some letters and adding several more. The collation order is as follows:

a á b c ć d ð e é f g ǵ h i í j l m n ŋ o ó p r ŕ s ś t þ u ú v w ẃ ƿ y ý z ź

In addition, there are four glyphs used exclusively for more divergent dialects, these are as follows:

ç ḉ (collated between ć and d)

ø ǿ (collated between ó and p)

There are also 7 consonantal digraphs, 6 standard and one dialectal, which result from initial consonant mutation. In the rare occurrence that they need to be collated, they are placed directly between the parent consonant and the next letter in the alphabet. These digraphs are as follows:

bh ch çh dh gh ph th

Note: Sometimes hƿ is considered a digraph, due to pronunciation differences, but it has no special collation position.

Phonemes

See Kythish phonemes.