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'''Evonish''' (subject to constant renaming) is a constructed language (for a possible constructed world) mostly limited to my day dreaming and notebooks. It is a-posetriori and influenced primarily by (West) Germanic, (Insular) Celtic, and Russian. Its phoneme inventory is based on [[w:General American pronunciation|General American phonology]]. The wordstock has many influences of [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic languages]], [[w:Celtic languages|Celtic languages]], [[w:Slavic languages|Slavic languages]], and some [[a priori]] vocabulary.

Imagine Germanic tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons ~~with~~ eastern ~~tribes~~ gathering together with Celts and sailing the Baltic Sea. They landed near modern day Saint Petersburg where they established their own nation, absorbing some northern Russian groups~~. Essentially, it is the Romania of the Northwest in a sense. Sweet maps of this will be made~~.

Imagine Germanic tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons and the eastern gathering together with Celts and sailing the Baltic Sea. They landed near modern day Saint Petersburg where they established their own nation-state, absorbing some northern Russian groups.

{{ClassMeter

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*to preserve Celtic vocabulary

*to create a left-hand friendly writing system

~~Previous Task: Define Goals -->~~

~~'''Current Task: Determine Consonants''' -->~~

~~Next Task: Determine Vowels~~

==Phonology==

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| style="text-align: center;"|þ /θ/ ð /ð/

| style="text-align: center;"|s /s/ z /z/

| style="text-align: center;"|c /ʃ/ /ʒ/

| style="text-align: center;"|c /ʃ/ ʒ /ʒ/

| style="text-align: center;"|

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! scope="col" style="width: 90px; "|

|-

| style="text-align: center;"|i /i/

| style="text-align: center;"|í /i/

| style="text-align: center;"|

| style="text-align: center;"|u /u/

| style="text-align: center;"|ú /u:/

! style="text-align: center; "|Close

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! style="text-align: center; "|Near-close

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| style="text-align: center;"|e /e/, er /e˞ː/

| style="text-align: center;"|é /e:/, /e˞ː/

| style="text-align: center;"|

| style="text-align: center;"|o /o/

| style="text-align: center;"|ó /o:/

! style="text-align: center; "|Close-mid

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! style="text-align: center; "|Mid

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| style="text-align: center;"|e /ɛ/, er /ɛ˞ː/

| style="text-align: center;"|e /ɛ/, /ɛ˞ː/

| style="text-align: center;"|

| style="text-align: center;"|ur /ɝː/

| style="text-align: center;"|/ɝː/

| style="text-align: center;"|

| style="text-align: center;"|u /ʌ/ '''·''' /ɔ/, or /ɔ˞ː/

| style="text-align: center;"|u /ʌ/ '''·''' œ /ɔ/, or /ɔ˞ː/

! style="text-align: center; "|Open-mid

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| style="text-align: center;"|a /æ/ (æ̝ˑ)

| style="text-align: center;"|æ /æ/ (æ̝ˑ)

| style="text-align: center;"|

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==Writing==

The writing system may be from right to left~~. The thirty~~ letter ~~alphabet~~ is ~~a modified Latin alphabet that contains~~ the ~~following bookstaves:~~

The writing system is based on a Latin alphabet, which represents the scope of the romance influence on the language. Additionally, the alphabet is greatly modified from the traditional Roman variant with a handful of relatively unique characters. The language may be written from right to left, so long as the capital letter at the beginning of the sentence is at the write, and the form is consistent throughout. The exact phonetic equivalents can be found in the tables above. A tailed z gradually developed to represent the zh sound, now represented by the character ʒ.

*a, b, ~~c, d, ð, e, f, g, h i, j, k, l, m, n, ŋ, o, p, q (ƕ), r, s, t, þ, u, v, w (ƿ), x, y, z~~

*~~ṡ /ʃ/~~, ~~ż /~~ʒ/

The thirty-two letter alphabet is a modified Latin alphabet that contains the following bookstaves:

*æ, a, b, c, d, ð, e, f, g, h i, j, k, l, m, n, ŋ, œ, o, p, q, r, s, t, þ, u, v, w, x, y, z, ʒ.

The [[IPA for Varevon]] is sorely out of date, and is subject to change soon~~. A dot is placed over s and z which changes them to distinct, but related sounds; these are regarded as separate letters~~. Umlauts are written with a diaeresis/umlaut, and doubled vowels indicate long vowels or gemination.

The archaic characters are ƕ(hwair) and ƿ(Wynn), which represent q and w respectively. The [[IPA for Varevon]] is sorely out of date, and is subject to change soon. Umlauts are written with a diaeresis/umlaut, and doubled vowels indicate long vowels or gemination.

==Pronouns==

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! rowspan="4"|Singular

!First

|Ik

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|~~Mek~~

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|~~Meyn~~

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|Mě

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!Second

|Ðǔ

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|~~Ðek~~

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|~~Ðeyn~~

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|Ðě

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!Common

|~~Sey~~

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!Neuter

|~~Hit~~

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|~~Hin~~

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|~~His~~

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|~~Him~~

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! rowspan="3"|Plural

!First

|Wě

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|~~Uns~~

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!Second

|Jě

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!Third

|Hě

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|~~Hen~~

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|~~Her~~

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|~~Hem~~

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!Indefinite

!Reflexive

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|~~Sek~~

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|~~Seyn~~

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|Sě

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! rowspan="2"|Interrogative

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! rowspan="2"|Common

!Singular

| style="text-align: center; " rowspan=2|~~Ðee~~

| style="text-align: center; " rowspan=2|

| style="text-align: center; "|~~Een~~