Anglish
Anglish Anglisc Tong | |
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Spoken in: | Anglisc Landbit |
Total declared fluent or learning speakers: | 4,486,000 (March 2006) |
Genetic classification: | Indo-European Italic |
Official status | |
Official language of: | Anglisc Landbit |
Regulated by: | Ðe Kinghead's Learnedfolk of Anglisc Landbit |
Language codes | |
ISO-640-1 | AG |
ISO-640-2 | ANG |
Anglish is an old language, descendent from Anglo-Saxon native to the Kingdom of Anglisc Landbit. It is similar to many modern Germanic languages, such as German and English, and is in some ways intelligable with English. However, not all phrases can be understood by an English speaker; there are far more Germanic roots in this language than English.
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History and general information on the language
Anglish is, in essence, a form of English with an older flair. As the language is spoken in Anglisc Landbit, the language was started by the founding fathers of that nation. These founders, explorers that set out from England in the year 1042 AD, wrecked their ships on the coast of Anglisc Landbit. Various other shipwrecks from this time caused the population to grow to a few thousand, and it is from this thousand that Anglish evolved.
Distinguishing Characteristics
Most notable about Anglish is its Germanic vocabularly. Words such as democracy have been replaced with folcsmight, which is literally "people power." This evolved from the thousand original founders of Anglisc Landbit, which were wrecked on the island in a time before the Norman Conquest. This allowed the Germanic roots to live on.
Also notable is the continued use of the letter eth (Ð, ð), which is pronounced as a th in English. Also, V is used for both the English V and U. Thus, words such as "the" are rendered as "ðe," "thou" as "ðov." This has led to some confusion with English speakers, and some movements seek the elimination of the letter eth.
Steadðingworden and Ilcworden (Pronouns and Adjectives)
personal pronoun | possessive | ||||||
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subject | object | reflexive | pronoun | adjective | |||
first-person | singular | ig | me | myself | mine | my/mine | |
plural | we | vs | t'vs | ovrs | our | ||
second-person | second-person | plural | ye | yov | yourself | yours | your |
singular | ðov | ðee | ðyself | ðine | ðy/ðine | ||
third-person | singular | masculine | he | hin | hinself | his | his |
feminine | she | her | herself | hers | sher | ||
neuter | it | it | itself | its | its | ||
plural | masculine | hey | hen | ðemselves | heirs | heir | |
feminine | shey | ðem | ðemselves | sheirs | sheir | ||
neuter | ðey | ðem | ðemselves | ðeirs | ðeir |
Grammar
Worcworden (Verbs)
Generally, verbs in Anglish follow that of English. Conjugation of verbs is also similar. An example of conjugation is as follows:
personal pronoun | |||||||||||
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pronoun | present | past | |||||||||
To be (bean or to be) | Ig | am | was | ||||||||
We | aren | weren | |||||||||
Ye | aren | weren | |||||||||
Ðov | art | wast | |||||||||
He/She/It | is | was | Hey/Shey/Ðey | aren | weren |
There are some differences, as can be seen above. A regular infinitive (weacworcworden) is usually written in the form "worcan," and the -an is dropped when conjugating. "I work" would become "Ig worce." "He works" would be "He worcs" or "He worceð."
Strongworcworden (irregular verbs)
Plurals
The plural forms of many words is created by adding -en to the end of the word. Thus, "forms" would be "formen."