Northeadish
Northeadish (Nurðþþᵫ̄ðesc) is an a posteriori Germanic conlang. It is written in two main alphabets: a "Standard Literary Alphabet" and a more simplified "Reform Alphabet." I was created by BenJamin P. Johnson between 2000 and 2010.
Spelling & Orthography
The Standard Literary Alphabet
The Standard Literary Alphabet contains forty-three letters, three of which (I, O, and Œ) are not used because of particular vowel shifts that rendered them obsolete (though their long equivalents are still used extensively). Long vowels are marked with a macron, and alphabetically they count as separate letters from their short-vowel counterparts. There are also five syllabic sonorants which are alphabetically differentiated from their non-syllabic liquids and nasals. Finally, there are also three labiovelar letters with fairly complicated rules surrounding them which shall be further explained below.
| Upper | Lower | IPA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | a, ə | (See rules below) |
| Ā | ā | aː | |
| Æ | æ | ɛ | This is phonetically equivalent to <e>, but is used only for the i-umlaut of <a>. |
| Ǣ | ǣ | eː | |
| B | b | b | |
| C | c | k | |
| Q | q | (u)k(w) | |
| D | d | d | |
| Ð | ð | ð | |
| E | e | ɛ | |
| Ē | ē | eː | |
| F | f | f | |
| G | g | g | |
| Ӡ | ᵹ | (u)g(w) | |
| H | h | h | |
| Ƕ | ƕ ɧ | (u)x(w) | |
| I | ı | ɪ | |
| Ī | ī | iː | |
| İ | i | j | |
| L | l | l | |
| Λ | ʌ | ɫ̩ | |
| M | m | m | |
| M | ᴍ | m̩ | |
| N | n | n | |
| N | ɴ | n̩ | |
| Ŋ | ŋ | ŋ | |
| X | x | ŋ | |
| O | o | ɔ | |
| Ō | ō | oː | |
| Œ | œ | œ | |
| Œ̄ | œ̄ | øː | |
| P | p | p | |
| R | r | ɾ | |
| R | ʀ | ɾ̩ | |
| S | s | s | |
| T | t | t | |
| Þ | þ | θ | |
| U | u | ʊ | |
| Ū | ū | uː | |
| Y | ᵫ | ʏ | |
| Ȳ | ȳ | yː | |
| V | v | v | |
| W | w | w |
