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New Germanic
Gerne
Type
Alignment
Head direction
Tonal No
Declensions Yes
Conjugations Yes
Genders 4
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect
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Creator Hollandex

New Germanic is a constructed language developed by French, German, English and Dutch scientists to make communicating easier.

Classification and Dialects[]

In New Germanic, a few dialects are spoken. But there is only one dialect which is had to learn for a New Germanic speaker, tone new germanic. Tone new germanic uses tone to conjugate verbs. For example:

  • New Germanic honom can be said with any tone, it means dog
  • Tone new germanic hònóm means human and hónòm means dog hònòm means nothing and hónóm means human and dog ("I saw a human and a dog walk" "Sede koby wekede hónómem"

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasal
Plosive
Fricative
Affricate
Approximant
Trill
Flap or tap
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.
Lateral flap

Vowels[]

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High
Near-high
High-mid
Mid
Low-mid
Near-low
Low

Phonotactics[]

Writing System[]

Letter Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ëë Ff Gg ɣ Hh Ii Jj
Sound /a/ /b/ /sj/ /d/ /é/ /è/ /f/ /g/ /ɣ/ /h/ /i/ /j/
Letter Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
Sound /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /oʊ/ /p/ /k/ /r/ /s/ /t/ /u/ /v/
Letter Ww Xx Yy Zz
Sound /ʋ/ /ks/ /ɛi/ /z/

Grammar[]

Nouns[]

The nouns in New Germanic will be different when using one of the four genders (feminine, masculine, neutral and other), the number (singular, plural or unknown) and eight cases:

  • Nominative which indicates the subject of a finite verb
  • Accusative which indicates the direct object of a verb
  • Dative which indicates the indirect object of a verb
  • Ablative which indicates movement from something, or cause
  • Genitive which indicates the possessor of another noun
  • Vocative which indicates an adressee
  • Locative which indicates a location
  • Instrumental which indicates an object used in performing an action

Verbs[]

Verbs conjugate according to person, mood, tense and number. There are 3 persons in New Germanic

  • 1st person
  • 2nd person
  • 3th person

New Germanic has 3 moods:

  • Indicative indicates that something is a statement of reality or a fact
  • Subjunctive used in dependent clauses to discuss hypothetical or unlikely events, as well as to express emotion, opinion, wishes, polite requests, and necessity; also used in conditional sentences for both the conditions and consequences
  • Imperative used for orders and requests

Only a few tenses:

  • Present actions according at the time of speech
  • Future events occurring in the future
  • Past events that have occured in the past

And 3 numbers: singular, plural and unknown. Unknown is used when talking about, for example, people breaking into your house but you don't know how many people broke in. Then, you would say: "Brokde outh by hes" (outh being number unknown)

Number 1st person 2nd Person 3th Person
Singular -by -sy -gy
Plural -be -se -ge
Unknown -th -thy -tho

Syntax[]

The official word order as described in language documents is VSO, VerbSubjectObject. But because of the suffix system any word order can be used. If writing a formal letter, it is strongly advised to use VSO or SVO.

Lexicon[]

For the main article, see: New Germanic Lexicon

Example text[]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1[]

  • All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
  • Erege hemne bernde frej et ɣleik toh diɣnet et rojks. Erege-ge andwed i rez et cosjan et sheɣewge akɣe em tho toh sperɣet eɣ bratzahɣ
  • Are human beings born free and equal in dignity and rights. Are they endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards each other in spirit of brotherhood.
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