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Wedish is a Judeo-Christian language spoken only between a husband and a wife. It is a essentially a combination of Anglish (Germanic English without Latin influence) and Hebrew/Aramaic.

Phonology

Wedish generally has British English consonants, Hebrew vowels, and simpler phonotactics. The Roman alphabet (plus two other letters) is used as an abjad. The writing of vowels is typically passed over.

Consonants

Consonants in IPA
	Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m				n						ŋ
Plosive	p	b			t	d					k	g	ʔ
Fricative	f	v	θ	ð	s	z	ʃ	ʒ					h
Affricate							tʃ	dʒ
Approximants		w								j
Trill						r
Lateral Approximant						l

Consonants as Written
	Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		M				N						ְNG
Plosive	P	B			T	D					K	G	A
Fricative	F	V	Θ	Ð	S	Z	C	J					H
Affricate							ְTC	ְDJ
Approximants		W								Y
Trill						R
Lateral Approximant						L

Q is used for the sound /q/ (as in Quran/Koran), but it almost universally pronounced /k/. X is only used for the foreign sound /x/ (as in Bach/ַBX, or as in loch/ַLX)

Vowels

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Back
High	i							u
High-mid			e					o
Mid					ə
Near-low			æ
Low					a

The Hebrew vowel points are used around Latin letters, with only slight modification. The glottal stop A is used here as a place holder.

Written	Sound	Name
ִA	/i/ as in feet	Hireq/ִHֶRQ
ֶA	/e/ as in bet	Segol/ֶSGֹL
ָA	/æ/ as in Sally	Qæmets/ָQֶMְTS
ֻA	/u/ as in boot	Qibuts/ִQֻBְTS
Aֹ	/o/ as in boat*	Holem/HֶֹLM
ַA	/a/ as in father	Pathach/ַPַΘX
ְA	/ə/ as in careen	Schwa/ְCַW

The Schwa may or may not be indicative of a separate syllable (see Phonotactics below).

Grammar

Because this language is only ever spoken between two, specific people, a great deal of narrowing in scope is possible.

Person

#	Designation	Use	Example
1M	1st Person Masculine	Used by the husband	I am here
1F	1st Person Feminine	Used by the wife	I am here
1D	1st Person Dual	Used by the couple	We are here
2M	2nd Person Masculine	Used by the wife of the husband	You are here
2F	2nd Person Feminine	Used by the husband of the wife	You are here
3M	3rd Person Masculine	Used by the wife to refer to that which is of the husband	Your hair is gone
3F	3rd Person Feminine	Used by the husband to refer to that which is of the wife	Your hair is perfect
3D	3rd Person Dual	Used by either to refer to that which is theirs	Our children are eating (now)
3N	3rd Person Neither	Used by either to refer to that which is neither's	Other people's kids are making noise.