Nordish

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Nordish (Nordsk)
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Genetic classification:	Scandinavian languages
Official status
Official language of:	None
Regulated by:	None
Language codes
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ISO 639-2	None
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See also: Language – List of languages

Nordish, or nordsk (language from the North), is a constructed language, based in Norwegian and it's roots in the languages of Faroese and Icelandic. Nordish has a simple grammar, which is inspired from the mentioned languages, and a vocubulary created to fit most Scandinavs.

Contents 1 Alphabet 1.1 Phonology 1.1.1 Diphtongs 2 Grammar 2.1 Nouns 2.1.1 Utrum 2.1.2 Neutrum 3 Footnotes

[edit] Alphabet

UPPER CASE

A

Á

B

D

Ð

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

Ó

P

R

S

T

U

V

Y

Æ

Ø

lower case

a

á

b

d

ð

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

ó

p

r

s

t

u

v

y

æ

ø

Names

a

á

be

de

edd

e

eff

ge

há

i

jó

ká

el

em

en

o

ó

pe

er

es

te

u

ve

y

æ

ø

[edit] Phonology

• A/a is like in Spanish and Scandinavian, amarillo or arbeid.
• Á/á is like an å (pronounced like on in English) that turnes out to be an a.
• B is like in English, box.
• D is like in English, dark.
• Ð is mute, and does not represent the English th-sound like in English (IPA) and Icelandic, but stands like a voiceless consonant all the time. There aren't any exeptions from this rule in Nordsk as there are in Faroese. Ð is meant to mark where a voiceless d can be found in Scandinavian daily speech, while those words still are written with a (silent) d. No words in Nordish start with this letter, so the upper case variant is only to find in texts written in upper case (as maps).^[1]
• E is like in Spanish, entrada.
• F is like in English, father.
• G is like in English, gadget.
• H is like in English, harm.
• I is like in English, impossible.
• J is like in English, Jehova.
• K is like c in English, camp.
• L is like in English, lamb.
• M is like in English, mother.
• N is like English, name.
• O is like u in Spanish, una.
• Ó is like the name of the vowel o in English.
• P is like in English, prank.
• R is like in Spanish, tocar.
• S is like in English, sell.
• T is like in English, take.
• U is in IPA: /ʉ/, /u/ (like in Scandinavian).
• V is like in English, various.
• Y is like in English, yell.
• Æ is like in English, abortion..
• Ø is like in English, under.

[edit] Diphtongs

There are some few diphtongs in Nordish:

• ai is like a followed by i.
• au is like æ followed by u.
• ei is like æ followed by i.
• ey is like e followed by i.
• oi is like o followed by i.
• oy is like å (Scandinavian) followed by i.

[edit] Grammar

To get a overview of the grammar in Nordish:

• Two genders of nouns, masculine/feminine (utrum) and neuter (neutrum).
• Three grammar cases, nominativ, accusative and genitive, as dative (found in Faroese and Icelandic) is removed.
  • However, accusative is only used to inflect personal pronouns, never other kinds of words.
• Verb only inflected by time, never by person, number or grammar case.
• Numbers never inflected.
• Adjective inflected by grade (English: good – better) and singular/plural.

[edit] Nouns

[edit] Utrum

[edit] Neutrum

[edit] Footnotes

1. ↑ The letter can be typed in any Windows system by typing Alt+0208 (upper case), or Alt+0240 (lower case), at the numeric keyboard (at the right).