Twisspraak

Phonology

Short Vowels

middle	suffixal	as in	Standard	Accents
				Omberland	Sloum	Beikland	Meivelland	Spuovreik
<a>		wat, dag	a	ɑ, æ	a	ɑ	ɑ	a
<e>		reght	ɛ	ɛ	e	ɛ	ɛ	ɛ
	<e>	mucke, swimme	ə	ə	ə	ə	ə	ə, a, ɛ
<i>		find	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ
<o>		folk	ɔ	ɒ	ɔ	ɔ	ɔ	ɔ
<u>		yung	ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	ʊ

Long Vowels and Diphthongs

non-final	final	as in	Standard	Accents
			Omberland	Sloum	Beikland	Meivelland	Spuovreik
<aa>	<a>	yaar	aː	ɑː	aː	aː	aː	ɑː
<ee>	<ee>	steen	eː	eɪ	eː	eː	eː	eː
<ei>	<ei>	wein	aɪ	aɪ	æɪ	aɪ	ɛi	ɛː
<ie>	<ie>, <y>	diev	iː	iː	iː	iː, yː	iː	iː, yː
<oo>	<o>	doov	oː	oʊ	oː	oː, øː	oː	øː
<ou>	<ou>	broun	aʊ	aʊ	ʉː	aʊ	œʏ	ʉː
<uo>	<u>	guod	uː	uː	ʊə	uː	uː	uː

Consonants

Transcription	as in	Standard	Accents
		Omberland	Sloum	Beikland	Meivelland	Spuovreik
<b>	buok	b	b	b	b	b	b
<d>	dogh	d	d	d	d	d	d
<f>	find	f	f	f	f	f	f
<g>	guod	g	g	g	g	ɣ	g
<gh>1	aght, reght	x	x	x	x, ç2	x	ɧ
<h>	hund	h	h	h	h	h	h
<j>	januar	j	dʒ	dʒ	j	j	j
<k>, <ck>3	kon, ken	kʰ	kʰ	kʰ	kʰ	kʰ	kʰ, ɕ4
<l>	land	l	l	l	l	l	l
<m>	mucke	m	m	m	m	m	m
<n>	naght	n	n	n	n	n	n
<ng>1	sing	ŋ	ŋ	ŋ	ŋ	ŋ	ŋ
<p>3	pein	pʰ	pʰ	pʰ	pʰ	pʰ	pʰ
<r>	reid	r	ɹ	ɹ	r	r	r
<s>	so, housen, swim	s, z5	s, z5	s, z5	s, z5, 6, ʃ6, 7	s, z5, 6	s
<sh>	shu, shee	ʃ	ʃ	ʃ	ʃ	sx	sk, ɧ4
<t>3	teen	tʰ	tʰ	tʰ	tʰ	tʰ	tʰ
<v>	violien, dreiv	v	v	v	f1, b5, v6	f1, v5, 6	v
<w>	wat	w	w	w	v	ʋ	v
<y>	yung	j	j	j	j	j	j

¹ - Never occurs word-initially.
² - After a front vowel.
³ - Not always aspirated at non-initial position.
⁴ - Before a front vowel.
⁵ - Between vowels.
⁶ - Occurs word-initially.
⁷ - In the clusters <sl>, <sm>, <sn>, <sp>, <st> and <sw>.

Morphology

Pronouns

ig	mie	mein
du	die	dein
hie	him	hies
sie	hir	hir
dat	dat	dats
wie	us	us
yu	yu	ier
dee	dem	deer

Numerals

1 - een
2 - twee
3 - drie
4 - fier
5 - finf
6 - siks
7 - sev
8 - aght
9 - nien
10 - teen
11 - elf
12 - twelf
13 - drieteen
14 - fierteen
15 - finfteen
16 - siksteen
17 - sevteen
18 - aghtteen
19 - nienteen
20 - tweety
30 - driety
100 - hunder
1,000 - dousen

Sample

Phrases

Hello.	Hei.
Good morning.	Guode morn.
Good afternoon.	Guode aftermiddag.
Good evening.	Guode aaven.
Good night.	Guode naght.
What is your name?	Wat/Hu ar dein naam / Wat/Hu heet du?
My name is ...	Mein naam ar ... / Ig heet ...
How old are you?	Hu alde ar du?
I am 25 years old.	Ig ar tweety-finf yaaren alde.
Where are you from?	Wer ar du av / Wer kom du out?
I am from ...	Ig ar av ... / Ig kom out ...
Are you married?	Ar du eely?
Yes, I am.	Ya, ig ar.
No, I'm not.	Nee, ig ar nit.
I'm learning Twisspraak but do not speak it very well.	Ig lern twisspraak dogh ig kon nit sprecke dat muk guod.
How do you say that in Twisspraak?	Hu sag man dat in twisspraak?
What does that mean?	Wat bedied dat?
I don't understand.	Ig fersta nit.

De keisers ny kleeden

Befor mucke yaaren, livde een keiser welk denkte so muk av ny kleeden, at hie outgav al hies pennien for tu werre reght shoone. Hie kummerde selv nit om hies soldaaten, kummerde selv nit om teater or om tu ga in de wald, outer aleen for tu forstelle hies ny kleeden. Hie hade een kleedingstuck for ever uor av de dag, en as man sag av een kung, "Hie ar in de raad", so sagde man hier alteid: "Hie ar in de kleedroum!".

In de groote stad wer hie woonde, war de leiv muk luckly. Ever dag, kam mucke fremde menshen dar. Een dag, kam twee swindleren. Dee outgav selv for tu werre wevveren en sagde at dee konde wevve de feinste stof welk man kon denke. De farven en de munster war nit aleen unwoonly shoone, dogh de kleeden welk war naade av de stof hadde de wonderbare eegenshap at dee war unsightbare for ever mensh welk war nit guode for hies ambd or ook war untuolaatly dumme.

"Dat sholde werre een feine kleed", denkte de keiser; "if ig sholde dragge dem, konde ig outfinde welke mannen in mein reik ar nit guode for de ambd welk dee hav; ig konde undersheide de kluoken av de dummen!"