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{{Infobox language
|name = Islander Norse
|nativename = Éljansk
|pronunciation = [eːʎansk]
|creator = Neil Whalley
|region = British Isles
|states = Kingdom of the Isles
|nation = Kingdom of the Isles
|familycolor = Indo-European
|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
|fam3=[[North Germanic languages|North Germanic]]
|fam4=[[Old West Norse|West Norse]]
|ancestor=[[Old West Norse]]
|ancestor2=[[Early Éljansk]]
|script        = [[w:Latin script|Latin script]]
}}
'''Éljansk''' /eːʎənsk/ or '''Islander Norse''' is a heavily Gaelic-influenced West Norse language that developed in the medieval Kingdom of the Isles from the 9th century.  
'''Éljansk''' /eːʎənsk/ or '''Islander Norse''' is a heavily Gaelic-influenced West Norse language that developed in the medieval Kingdom of the Isles from the 9th century.  


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=Morphology=
=Morphology=
==Nouns==
===Nouns===
Nouns are declined according to three genders (Masculine, Feminine and Neuter), three cases (Nominative, Genitive and Dative) and two numbers (Singular and Plural).  
Nouns are declined according to number only (singular or plural). There are no grammatical genders in Éljansk and case is not marked.
 
The base form of the noun is always singular, e.g. ''man'' "man", ''barn'' "child", ''ríķ'' "kingdom". In most cases the plural is formed by adding ''-er'' to the singular form, e.g. ''maner'' "men", ''barner'' "children", ''ríkjer'' "kingdoms".
 
The genitive of possession is shown by placing the possessor after the possessed, e.g. ''hús Duvan'' "Duvan's house", ''kirķ Patriķ'' "Patrick's church". When the possessor is a definite noun, the article ''en'' may be placed before it, e.g. ''Kong en Éljaner'' "King of the Isles".
 
===Articles===
There is no indefinite article and the noun alone is considered indefinite, e.g. ''stól'' "(a) stool", ''ár'' "(an) oar". The definite article is ''en'' for both the singular and plural; it always precedes the noun, e.g. ''en stól'' "the stool", ''en árer'' "the oars".
 
===Adjectives===


{| class="wikitable" width="300;"
===Numerals===
|+ First Declension: ''man'' "man" (m.)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Numerals
|-
! width="50;" | !! width="200;" | Cardinal !! width="200;" | Ordinal
|-
! 1
| ''éin'' || ''first''
|-
! 2
| ''twéi'' || ''aner''
|-
! 3
| ''thrí'' || ''thridh''
|-
! 4
| ''fjór'' || ''fjórdh''
|-
! 5o
| ''fim'' || ''fimt''
|-
! 6
| ''ses'' || ''set''
|-
! 7
| ''sjó'' || ''sjónd''
|-
! 8
| ''át'' || ''átand''
|-
|-
! !! Singular !! Plural
! 9
| ''ní'' || ''nínd''
|-
|-
! Nominative
! 10
| ''man'' || ''maner''
| ''tí'' || ''tínd''
|-
|-
! Genitive
! 11
|''mans'' || ''man''
| ''elif'' || ''elift''
|-
|-
! Dative
! 12
| ''maņ'' || ''manum''
| ''tólf'' || ''tólft''
|-
|-
|}
! 13
 
| ''thrí tán'' || ''thrí tánd''
{| class="wikitable" width="300;"
|-
|+ First Declension: ''ríķ'' "kingdom" (n.)
! 14
| ''fjór tán'' || ''fjór tánd''
|-
! 15
| ''fim tán'' || ''fim tánd''
|-
! 16
| ''ses tán'' || ''ses tánd''
|-
! 17
| ''sjó tán'' || ''sjó tánd''
|-
! 18
| ''át tán'' || ''át tánd''
|-
! 19
| ''ní tán'' || ''ní tánd''
|-
! 20
| ''tutú'' || ''tutúnd''
|-
! 21
| ''éin eg tutú'' || ''first eg tutú''
|-
|-
! !! Singular !! Plural
! 30
| ''þrítí'' || ''þrítínd''
|-
|-
! Nominative
! 40
| ''ríķ'' || ''ríkjer''
| ''fjórtí'' || ''fjórtínd''
|-
|-
! Genitive
! 50
|''ríķs'' || ''ríķ''
| ''fimtí'' || ''fimtínd''
|-
|-
! Dative
! 60
| ''ríķ'' || ''ríkjum''
| ''sestí'' || ''sestínd''
|-
|-
|}
! 70
 
| ''sjótí'' || ''sjótínd''
{| class="wikitable" width="300;"
|+ Second Declension: ''fadher'' "feather" (f.)
|-
|-
! !! Singular !! Plural
! 80
| ''átí'' || ''átínd''
|-
|-
! Nominative
! 90
| ''fadher'' || ''fadhrer''
| ''nítí'' || ''nítínd''
|-
|-
! Genitive
! 100
|''fadhrer'' || ''fadher''
| ''títí'' || ''títínd''
|-
|-
! Dative
! 110
| ''fadher'' || ''fadhrum''
| ''eliftí'' || ''eliftínd''
|-
|-
! 120
| ''hunredh'' || ''hunrest''
|}
|}


===Articles===
===Pronouns===
There is no indefinite article in Éljansk. The definite article is declined according to gender, number and case.
====Personal====
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable" width="800;"
|+ Personal Pronouns
|-
! width="75;" | !! width="40;" | !! width="100;" | Subject !! width="100;" | Object !! width="100;" | Prepositional
|-
! rowspan="5;" | Sing || 1
| ''ik'' || ''mik'' || ''mé''
|-
! 2
| ''thú'' || ''thik'' || ''thé''
|-
! 3m
| colspan="2;" | ''han'' || ''ham''
|-
|-
! || colspan="2;" | Masculine || colspan="2;" | Feminine || colspan="2;" | Neuter
! 3f
| colspan="2;" | ''hon'' || ''hen''
|-
|-
! !! Singular !! Plural || Singular || Plural || Singular || Plural
! 3n
| colspan="2;" | ''that'' || ''thí''
|-
|-
! Nominative
! rowspan="3;" | Plural || 1
| ''en'' || ''ener'' || ''en'' || ''ener'' || ''et'' || ''en''
| ''vé'' || colspan="2;" | ''os''  
|-
|-
! Genitive
! 2
| ''ens'' || ''ena'' || ''ener'' || ''ena'' || ''ens'' || ''ena''
| ''é'' || colspan="2;" | ''í''  
|-
|-
! Dative
! 3
| ''eņ'' || ''enum'' || ''en'' || ''enum'' || ''en'' || ''enum''
| ''théi''|| ''thá'' || ''them''
|-
|-
|}
! colspan="2;" | Reflexive
| - || ''sik'' || ''sé''
|}  
 
====Demonstrative====
The demonstrative pronouns are:
* ''then'' "this", ''thes'' "these"
* ''that'' "that" (near you), ''thó'' "those"
* ''hit'' "that" (at a distant, abstract), ''hin'' "those".
 
These pronouns are used as stand-alone forms. When demonstratives qualify a noun it is more common to use the adverbs ''hér'' "here", ''thar'' "there" and ''than'' "yonder" with a definite noun, e.g. ''en man hér'' "this man", ''en hund thar'' "that dog".
 
====Indefinite====
 
===Verbs===


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