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The '''Nordaþ''' language is a Germanic language spoken in [[Terra Matsu]], and parts of [[Kart-Hadašt]] and [[Mitsujiya]]. There are about 4 billion speakers, most of which live in Terra Matsu. Nordaþ is distantly related to [[Dydrain]], a language Celtic in origin. These languages borrow from each other sparsely.
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''Nordaþïski''</font></big>
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| Spoken in:
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| [[Terra Matsu]], [[Mitsujiya]], [[Kart-Hadašt|Qrthdst]], [[Säämike]], and [[Kythe]].
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| Total declared fluent or learning speakers:
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| 4 739 000 000 (Approximate number as of 2005)
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| Genetic classification:
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| [[Wikipedia:Indo-European language family|Indo-European]]<br/>
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&nbsp;[[Wikipedia:Germanic languages|Germanic]]<br/>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Nordaþ'''<br/>
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| ''Nordaþïskïþoiteääkädemi''
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The '''Nordaþ''' language (Nordaþ: ''Nordaþïskïï'') is a Germanic language spoken in [[Terra Matsu]], and parts of [[Kart-Hadašt|Qrthdst]] and [[Mitsujiya]]. There are about 4 billion speakers, most of which live in Terra Matsu. Nordaþ is related to [http://wiki.frath.net/Kythish Kythish], a language Germanic in origin. These languages borrow from each other sparsely.
  
 
Nordaþ is most noticeably influenced by [[Proto-Säämi]], a Finno-Ugric language and the predecessor of [[Säämi]], a language still spoken in Terra Matsu. From it Nordaþ has acquired [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_harmony vowel harmony] and the trema, as well as the letters 'j' and 'y'.
 
Nordaþ is most noticeably influenced by [[Proto-Säämi]], a Finno-Ugric language and the predecessor of [[Säämi]], a language still spoken in Terra Matsu. From it Nordaþ has acquired [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_harmony vowel harmony] and the trema, as well as the letters 'j' and 'y'.
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== Geographic distribution ==
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Nordaþ is spoken primarily in Terra Matsu, in half of Mitsujiya, and in a quarter of Kart-Hadašt. Nordaþ is also spoken on the extreme western edges of Kythe. [[Säämiki]] has its own set of Nordaþ dialects within its small territories. In the places that do speak Nordaþ there, most master the standard dialect.
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== History ==
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Nordaþ arrived with several stranded ships carrying Germanic-speaking peoples. No records exist of the language before it was in its current state at the time. However, Nordaþ soon developed many dialects as the populace began to grow and the people parted, often being separated by deep forests, rivers, and large mountains.
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During the formation of the Matsui Empire, literature began to boom. As the Empire encountered the Säämi peoples to the north, the small empire assimilated their concept of vowel harmony. However, only the northern parts of the empire had began to assimilate it. This disunification increased the difficulty in authors' striving to write works that were comprehensible within the majority of the nation. Writers were the sole power in unifying the language as they worked to produce titles understandable in the widest area possible. Most writers of the time adopted vowel harmony, which eventually was fully integrated into every part of the growing land.
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As the empire's influence grew, this gradual standardisation became quicker. Children began being educated in the standard dialect and not in their local dialect. Gradually, the dialects of major cities and many regions dissolved, and eventually, so too did the more rural and obscure dialects. As the language unified, the grammar solidified. Nordaþ shifted into a pro-drop language and became more inflectional. The production of the Nordaþ Dictionary marked the first official lingual resource for the language and marked the begining of modern Nordaþ. Before the empire dissolved, a spelling reform was instituted to correct the difference in the spelling system of Nordaþ, which then reflected Late Old Nordaþ, to properly reflect modern Nordaþ. This reform ushered in the completion of the maturity of Nordaþ.
  
 
== Writing system/Phonology ==
 
== Writing system/Phonology ==
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[[Nordaþ phonology|Pronunciation]]<br />
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[[Writing system of Nordaþ|Writing system]]<br />
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[[Nordaþ grammar|Grammar]]<br />
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*[[Nordaþ determiners|Determiners]]<br />
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*[[Nordaþ nouns|Nouns]]<br />
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**[[Nordaþ noun cases|Cases]]<br />
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**[[Nordaþ affixes|Affixes]]<br />
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*[[Nordaþ pronouns|Pronouns]]<br />
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*[[Nordaþ adjectives|Adjectives]]<br />
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*[[Nordaþ prepositions|Prepositions]]<br />
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*[[Nordaþ verbs|Verbs]]<br />
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**[[Nordaþ verb paradigm|Conjugation]]<br />
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Nordaþ is written using a variant of the Latin alphabet, and has a phonemic orthography - pronunciation can be exactly determined from the written language. Nordaþ's alphabet omits a few letters from the Latin alphabet. Accented letters (''äëï'') are considered separate letters in Nordaþ. Nordaþ's alphabet includes the following:
 
Nordaþ is written using a variant of the Latin alphabet, and has a phonemic orthography - pronunciation can be exactly determined from the written language. Nordaþ's alphabet omits a few letters from the Latin alphabet. Accented letters (''äëï'') are considered separate letters in Nordaþ. Nordaþ's alphabet includes the following:
  
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Doubled consonants do not exist. Doubled vowels do, however, and are pronounced for a slightly longer duration of time than the single vowel.
 
Doubled consonants do not exist. Doubled vowels do, however, and are pronounced for a slightly longer duration of time than the single vowel.
  
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Stress falls on the penultima in Nordaþ, unless the final syllable's vowel is doubled.
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Stress falls on the penultima in Nordaþ, unless the final syllable or prepenultima has a double vowel. However, words with only one syllable have no stress.
  
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''See [[Nordaþ phonology]] for a table including Nordaþ's alphabet and IPA/X-SAMPA equivalents''
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''See [[Nordaþ phonology]] for a table including Nordaþ's alphabet and IPA equivalents''
  
 
== Grammar ==
 
== Grammar ==
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The order of words in a sentence are not determined by individual word functions but instead are largely free. However, if a word is to be stressed, it is put at the beginning of the sentence and stressed harder than normally.
 
  
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Nordaþ is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language synthetic language], and is undefinable further as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutinative_language agglutinative] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusional_language fusional] language as it exhibits signs of both. In language, agglutination is where there are several "chunks" - affixes which come together at the end of a word to give it meaning. Such languages include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language Turkish], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl_language Nahuatl] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language Japanese]. Fusional languages, however, only use one affix to give meanings. These affixes carry more than one meaning, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language Spanish] ''com'''í''''', wherein '''''í''''' carries the meanings of indicative mood, past tense, first person singular subject and perfect aspect.
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:''See the main article [[Nordaþ grammar]]''
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Nordaþ is a highly inflected language, with over a hundred verb forms and over thirty noun declensions.
  
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=== Vowel Harmony ===
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Syntax is largely unbounded, although an idea to be stressed will often be put in the beginning of the sentence.
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Nordaþ is unique from all other Germanic (and PIE) languages in the fact that it has vowel harmony. Vowel harmony was inherited from a neighbouring language when the language was young - Proto-Säämi. In Nordaþ, there are three types of vowels: Front (''ä, e, ë, i, y''), middle (''ï, ai, äu, oi''), and back (''a, o, u''). Front vowels cannot under any circumstance appear with a back vowel, though they can appear with each other and middle vowels (same for back vowels). Affixes to words in Nordaþ must also follow vowel harmony according to the word they are inflecting. Affixes will have either front/neutral forms, or neutral/back forms. It is improper for a front-vowel word to take a middle affix if it could take a front affix instead - the same is true of back-vowelled words. However, a word with all middle vowels will take a front-vowel affix.
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=== Nouns ===
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=== Noun Inflection ===
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Nouns are given their function by suffixes attached to the stem, of which 21 cases and 23 "prepositional cases" are used to give the stem its noun role. Other suffixes, however, attach to the stem before the main case suffixes - these are used to indicate such things as the one which does the act, the one which receives the act, etc. For example:
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Nordaþ nouns inflect into:
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*One of three genders: neuter, feminine and masculine
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*One of two numbers: singular, plural
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*49 cases/postpositional attachments
  
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''dekäsdeeri'' (The helper) vs. ''dekäseneri'' (A helper), ''dekäsdenäi'' (The helped) vs. ''dekäsenäi'' (A helped), and ''dekäsdei'' (The help).
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Nordaþ is a highly inflectional language with 147 possibilities for a noun.
  
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Prefixes are additionally added to convey extra meaning, such as "self-" or "mis-". For example:
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Nordaþ forms left-branching noun compounds, where the first noun modifies the category given by the second. Unlike English, which uses a space between the modifying noun and the second noun, Nordaþ merges the words. Vowel harmony is only recognised within the individual nouns and no changes must be made to the entire compound for harmony. Nordaþ allows for arbitrarily long compounds.
  
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:''mïswaktjanï''
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=== Verb inflection ===
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:mis observation-(nominative)
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All Nordaþ verbs are 'weak'. Thus, there are no irregular verbs within the language. Additionally, all verbs inflect:
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* By nine pronouns
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* Into five moods: Indicative, Conditional, Subjunctive, Jussive, and Imperative
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* By three aspects: Perfect, imperfect, and progressive
  
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As another example:
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== Cognates with English ==
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:''ïlkäelewäräneren''
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:self password-(performer noun)-(nominative plural)
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:self-passworders
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''See also [[Nordaþ noun cases]] and [[Nordaþ affixes]]''
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|ädeese* || address || address
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=== Verbs ===
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|alas* || all || all
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Nordaþ verbs can take on a maximum of 180 conjugations. Verbs conjugate by pronoun and tense/aspect/mood. Subjects of verbs are always omitted as the verb inflection carries this information. Like nouns, verbs can take on prefix modifiers to indicate, for example, in what fashion actions are completed. For example:
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|baaþ* || bath || bath
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:mis understand-(he indicative past)
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|blasos* || blaze || blaze
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:he misunderstood
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|kaltïs* || cold || cold
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''See also [[Nordaþ verbs]] and [[Nordaþ verb paradigm]]''
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|laiþra* || ladder || ladder
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|lipäz* || lip || lip
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|netä || net || net
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|renes* || rain || rain
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|sunþa* || south || south
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|watras* || water || water
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== Name order ==
 
== Name order ==
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Nordaþ uses uses the "eastern" name order, wherein the family name comes before the surname. Unlike many languages, these words are declined regularly - that is to say, the family name is given the appropriate noun suffix, and the surname is given the adjective suffix.
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Nordaþ uses uses the "eastern" name order, wherein the family name comes before the surname. Unlike many languages, these words are declined regularly - that is to say, the family name is given the appropriate noun suffix, and the surname is given the adjective suffix. Referring to someone by their given name is considered inappropriate unless the person speaking is both talking specifically to  the person they are referring to, and even then only if they are close friends (or in any relationship more intimate). In that case, the given name is declined as a noun instead of an adjective.
  
 
== Examples ==
 
== Examples ==
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* Nordaþan (person): ''Nordaþvami'' {{IPA|[noɹ.dɑθ.ˌvɑ.mi]}}
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* Nordaþan (person): ''Nordaþvamï'' {{IPA|[noɹ.dɑθ.ˌvɑ.mɪ]}}
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* Nordaþ (language): ''Nordaþïski'' {{IPA|[noɹ.dɑθ.ˌɪs.ki]}}
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* Nordaþ (language): ''Nordaþïskï'' {{IPA|[noɹ.dɑθ.ˌɪs.kɪ]}}
 
* hello: ''halojï'' {{IPA|[hɑ.ˌlo.jɪ]}} (used formally and casually)
 
* hello: ''halojï'' {{IPA|[hɑ.ˌlo.jɪ]}} (used formally and casually)
 
* hey: ''haajï'' {{IPA|[ˌhɑː.jɪ]}} (used intimately)
 
* hey: ''haajï'' {{IPA|[ˌhɑː.jɪ]}} (used intimately)
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* Do you speak English?: ''sprecäs Inglïndïskeiti?'' {{IPA|[ˌsprɛ.tʃæs in.ɡlɪnd.ˌɪskɛˌiti]}}
 
* Do you speak English?: ''sprecäs Inglïndïskeiti?'' {{IPA|[ˌsprɛ.tʃæs in.ɡlɪnd.ˌɪskɛˌiti]}}
 
* I love you: ''duïïtï libiie'' {{IPA|[du.ˌɪː.tɪ li.ˌbiː.ɛ]}}
 
* I love you: ''duïïtï libiie'' {{IPA|[du.ˌɪː.tɪ li.ˌbiː.ɛ]}}
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* I love you (platonic or otherwise): ''duïïtï liepiie'' {{IPA|[du.ˌɪː.tɪ li.ɛ.ˌpiː.ɛ]}}
 
* help!: ''dekäsnäs!'' {{IPA|[dɛ.ˌkæs.næs]}}
 
* help!: ''dekäsnäs!'' {{IPA|[dɛ.ˌkæs.næs]}}
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=== Numbers ===
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These numbers listed have been declined as nouns in the nominative case. A comma used here is to be considered a decimal point, and a period to be considered a hundreds divider.
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* 0: niili {{IPA|[ˌniː.li]}}
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* ,0001: milienþäi {{IPA|[mi.li.ɛn.ˌθæ.i]}}
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* ,001: däusenþäi {{IPA|[daʊ.sɛn.ˌθæ.i]}}
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* ,01: hynþäi {{IPA|[hyn.ˌθæ.i]}}
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* ,1: dekääsþäi {{IPA|[de.ˌkæːs.θæ.i]}}
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* 1: sëëmi {{IPA|[ˌseː.mi]}}
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* 2: dosïï {{IPA|[do.ˌsɪː]}}
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* 3: trejesi {{IPA|[trɛ.ˌjɛ.si]}}
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* 4: keresi {{IPA|[kɛ.ˌrɛ.si]}}
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* 5: penkesi {{IPA|[pɛn.ˌkɛ.si]}}
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* 6: sekesi {{IPA|[sɛ.ˌkɛ.si]}}
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* 7: septesi {{IPA|[sɛp.ˌtɛ.si]}}
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* 8: oktosïï {{IPA|[ok.to.ˌsɪː]}}
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* 9: nääsi {{IPA|[ˌnæːsi]}}
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* 10: dekääsi {{IPA|[dɛ.ˌkæː.si]}}
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* 11: sëëmiondekääsi {{IPA|[ˌseː.mi.on.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]}}
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* 12: dosïïondekääsi {{IPA|[do.ˌsɪː.on.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]}}
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* 20: dosïsdekääsi {{IPA|[ ˌdo.sɪs.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]}}
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* 21: sëëmiondosïsdekääsi {{IPA|[ˌseː.mi.on.ˌdo.sɪs.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]}}
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* 100: hynti {{IPA|[ˌhyn.ti]}}
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* 101: sëëmiondhynti {{IPA|[ˌseː.mi.ond.ˌhyn.ti]}}
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* 110: dekääsiondhynti {{IPA|[dɛ.ˌkæː.si.ond.ˌhyn.ti]}}
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* 111: sëëmiondekääsiondhynti {{IPA|[ˌseː.mi.on.dɛ.ˌkæː.si.ond.ˌhyn.ti]}}
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* 200: dosïshynti {{IPA|[ˌdo.sɪs.ˌhyn.ti]}}
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* 1.000: däuseni {{IPA|[daʊ.ˌsɛ.ni]}}
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* 10.000: dekääsesdäuseni {{IPA|[dɛ.ˌkæː.sɛs.daʊ.ˌsɛ.ni]}}
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* 100.000: hyntesdäuseni {{IPA|[ˌhyn.tɛs.daʊ.ˌsɛ.ni ]}}
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* 1.000.000: milieni {{IPA|[mi.li.ˌɛ.ni]}}
  
 
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Nordaþ

Nordaþïski

Spoken in: Terra Matsu, Mitsujiya, Qrthdst, Säämike, and Kythe.
Total declared fluent or learning speakers: 4 739 000 000 (Approximate number as of 2005)
Genetic classification: Indo-European

 Germanic
  Nordaþ

Official status
Official language of: 3 countries
Regulated by: Nordaþïskïþoiteääkädemi

The Nordaþ language (Nordaþ: Nordaþïskïï) is a Germanic language spoken in Terra Matsu, and parts of Qrthdst and Mitsujiya. There are about 4 billion speakers, most of which live in Terra Matsu. Nordaþ is related to Kythish, a language Germanic in origin. These languages borrow from each other sparsely.

Nordaþ is most noticeably influenced by Proto-Säämi, a Finno-Ugric language and the predecessor of Säämi, a language still spoken in Terra Matsu. From it Nordaþ has acquired vowel harmony and the trema, as well as the letters 'j' and 'y'.

Geographic distribution

Nordaþ is spoken primarily in Terra Matsu, in half of Mitsujiya, and in a quarter of Kart-Hadašt. Nordaþ is also spoken on the extreme western edges of Kythe. Säämiki has its own set of Nordaþ dialects within its small territories. In the places that do speak Nordaþ there, most master the standard dialect.

History

Nordaþ arrived with several stranded ships carrying Germanic-speaking peoples. No records exist of the language before it was in its current state at the time. However, Nordaþ soon developed many dialects as the populace began to grow and the people parted, often being separated by deep forests, rivers, and large mountains.

During the formation of the Matsui Empire, literature began to boom. As the Empire encountered the Säämi peoples to the north, the small empire assimilated their concept of vowel harmony. However, only the northern parts of the empire had began to assimilate it. This disunification increased the difficulty in authors' striving to write works that were comprehensible within the majority of the nation. Writers were the sole power in unifying the language as they worked to produce titles understandable in the widest area possible. Most writers of the time adopted vowel harmony, which eventually was fully integrated into every part of the growing land.

As the empire's influence grew, this gradual standardisation became quicker. Children began being educated in the standard dialect and not in their local dialect. Gradually, the dialects of major cities and many regions dissolved, and eventually, so too did the more rural and obscure dialects. As the language unified, the grammar solidified. Nordaþ shifted into a pro-drop language and became more inflectional. The production of the Nordaþ Dictionary marked the first official lingual resource for the language and marked the begining of modern Nordaþ. Before the empire dissolved, a spelling reform was instituted to correct the difference in the spelling system of Nordaþ, which then reflected Late Old Nordaþ, to properly reflect modern Nordaþ. This reform ushered in the completion of the maturity of Nordaþ.

Writing system/Phonology

Nordaþ

Pronunciation
Writing system
Grammar

Nordaþ is written using a variant of the Latin alphabet, and has a phonemic orthography - pronunciation can be exactly determined from the written language. Nordaþ's alphabet omits a few letters from the Latin alphabet. Accented letters (äëï) are considered separate letters in Nordaþ. Nordaþ's alphabet includes the following:

a ä b c d e ë f g h i ï j k l m n o p r s š t þ u v w y z ž

Doubled consonants do not exist. Doubled vowels do, however, and are pronounced for a slightly longer duration of time than the single vowel.

Stress falls on the penultima in Nordaþ, unless the final syllable or prepenultima has a double vowel. However, words with only one syllable have no stress.

See Nordaþ phonology for a table including Nordaþ's alphabet and IPA equivalents

Grammar

See the main article Nordaþ grammar

Nordaþ is a highly inflected language, with over a hundred verb forms and over thirty noun declensions.

Syntax is largely unbounded, although an idea to be stressed will often be put in the beginning of the sentence.

Noun Inflection

Nordaþ nouns inflect into:

  • One of three genders: neuter, feminine and masculine
  • One of two numbers: singular, plural
  • 49 cases/postpositional attachments

Nordaþ is a highly inflectional language with 147 possibilities for a noun.

Nordaþ forms left-branching noun compounds, where the first noun modifies the category given by the second. Unlike English, which uses a space between the modifying noun and the second noun, Nordaþ merges the words. Vowel harmony is only recognised within the individual nouns and no changes must be made to the entire compound for harmony. Nordaþ allows for arbitrarily long compounds.

Verb inflection

All Nordaþ verbs are 'weak'. Thus, there are no irregular verbs within the language. Additionally, all verbs inflect:

  • By nine pronouns
  • Into five moods: Indicative, Conditional, Subjunctive, Jussive, and Imperative
  • By three aspects: Perfect, imperfect, and progressive

Cognates with English

Nordaþ word Meaning of Nordaþ word English cognate
ädeese* address address
alas* all all
baaþ* bath bath
blasos* blaze blaze
kaltïs* cold cold
laiþra* ladder ladder
lipäz* lip lip
netä net net
renes* rain rain
sunþa* south south
watras* water water

Name order

Nordaþ uses uses the "eastern" name order, wherein the family name comes before the surname. Unlike many languages, these words are declined regularly - that is to say, the family name is given the appropriate noun suffix, and the surname is given the adjective suffix. Referring to someone by their given name is considered inappropriate unless the person speaking is both talking specifically to the person they are referring to, and even then only if they are close friends (or in any relationship more intimate). In that case, the given name is declined as a noun instead of an adjective.

Examples

  • Nordaþan (person): Nordaþvamï [noɹ.dɑθ.ˌvɑ.mɪ]
  • Nordaþ (language): Nordaþïskï [noɹ.dɑθ.ˌɪs.kɪ]
  • hello: halojï [hɑ.ˌlo.jɪ] (used formally and casually)
  • hey: haajï [ˌhɑː.jɪ] (used intimately)
  • goodbye: jamanjï [jɑ.ˌmɑn.jɪ] (used formal/casual)
  • bye: iräje [i.ˌɾæ.jɛ] (used intimately)
  • please: betlës (duanja) [ˌbɛt.les du.ˌɑn.jɑ] (the full phrase means "if you please")
  • I would like ___, please: wyyläie ___deja, betlës duanja [wyː.læ.ˌi.ɛ ___dɛ.jɑ, ˌbɛt.les du.ˌɑn.jɑ]
  • sorry: sjunïï ynzyes [sjun.ˌɪː yn.ˌzy.ɛs]
  • thank you: dankjanïï duïïtï [dɑnk.jɑ.ˌnɪː du.ˌɪː.tɪ]
  • that/this: þäsemi [θæ.ˌsɛ.mi] þesämi [θɛ.ˌsæ.mi]
  • how much?: watïsï latasïïtï? [wɑ.ˌtɪ.sɪ lɑ.tɑ.ˌsɪː.tɪ]
  • how much does it cost?: watïsï latasïïtï awïrïï? [wɑ.ˌtɪ.sɪ lɑ.tɑ.ˌsɪː.tɪ ɑ.wɪ.ˌrɪː]
  • yes: jajï [ˌjɑ.jɪ]
  • no: neje [ˌnɛ.jɛ]
  • I don't understand: nanasmïganïï [nɑ.nɑs.ˌmɪ.ɡɑ.ˌnɪː]
  • where's the bathroom?: rumasï þwanïs wiseiti? [ɾu.ˌmɑ.sɪ ˌθwɑ.nɪs wi.sɛ.ˌi.ti]
  • juice: wosasï [wo.ˌsɑ.sɪ]
  • water: watrasï [wɑ.ˌtɾɑ.sɪ]
  • tea: tajaï [tɑ.ˌjɑ.ɪ]
  • milk: mïlkasï [mɪl.ˌkɑ.sɪ]
  • Do you speak English?: sprecäs Inglïndïskeiti? [ˌsprɛ.tʃæs in.ɡlɪnd.ˌɪskɛˌiti]
  • I love you: duïïtï libiie [du.ˌɪː.tɪ li.ˌbiː.ɛ]
  • I love you (platonic or otherwise): duïïtï liepiie [du.ˌɪː.tɪ li.ɛ.ˌpiː.ɛ]
  • help!: dekäsnäs! [dɛ.ˌkæs.næs]

Numbers

These numbers listed have been declined as nouns in the nominative case. A comma used here is to be considered a decimal point, and a period to be considered a hundreds divider.

  • 0: niili [ˌniː.li]
  • ,0001: milienþäi [mi.li.ɛn.ˌθæ.i]
  • ,001: däusenþäi [daʊ.sɛn.ˌθæ.i]
  • ,01: hynþäi [hyn.ˌθæ.i]
  • ,1: dekääsþäi [de.ˌkæːs.θæ.i]
  • 1: sëëmi [ˌseː.mi]
  • 2: dosïï [do.ˌsɪː]
  • 3: trejesi [trɛ.ˌjɛ.si]
  • 4: keresi [kɛ.ˌrɛ.si]
  • 5: penkesi [pɛn.ˌkɛ.si]
  • 6: sekesi [sɛ.ˌkɛ.si]
  • 7: septesi [sɛp.ˌtɛ.si]
  • 8: oktosïï [ok.to.ˌsɪː]
  • 9: nääsi [ˌnæːsi]
  • 10: dekääsi [dɛ.ˌkæː.si]
  • 11: sëëmiondekääsi [ˌseː.mi.on.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]
  • 12: dosïïondekääsi [do.ˌsɪː.on.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]
  • 20: dosïsdekääsi [ ˌdo.sɪs.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]
  • 21: sëëmiondosïsdekääsi [ˌseː.mi.on.ˌdo.sɪs.dɛ.ˌkæː.si]
  • 100: hynti [ˌhyn.ti]
  • 101: sëëmiondhynti [ˌseː.mi.ond.ˌhyn.ti]
  • 110: dekääsiondhynti [dɛ.ˌkæː.si.ond.ˌhyn.ti]
  • 111: sëëmiondekääsiondhynti [ˌseː.mi.on.dɛ.ˌkæː.si.ond.ˌhyn.ti]
  • 200: dosïshynti [ˌdo.sɪs.ˌhyn.ti]
  • 1.000: däuseni [daʊ.ˌsɛ.ni]
  • 10.000: dekääsesdäuseni [dɛ.ˌkæː.sɛs.daʊ.ˌsɛ.ni]
  • 100.000: hyntesdäuseni [ˌhyn.tɛs.daʊ.ˌsɛ.ni ]
  • 1.000.000: milieni [mi.li.ˌɛ.ni]


Languages of NationStates
Major constructed or created languages: Dienstadi | Gurennese | Jevian | Necrontyr | Noterelenda | Pacitalian | Pacitalian English | Rejistanian | Rethast | Riikan | Solen
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Selection of Real-life languages in NS: Albanian | Arabic | Belarusian | Catalan | Chechen | Chinese | Czech | Dutch | English | Esperanto | Faroese | Finnish | French | German | Greek | Hebrew | Hindi | Icelandic | Irish | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Latin | Latvian | Maltese | Maori | Mongolian | Norse | Norwegian | Persian (Farsi) | Polish | Portuguese | Punjabi | Russian | Samoan | Sign language | Sanskrit | Spanish | Sumerian | Swahili | Swedish | Tamil | Thai | Tibetan | Tongan | Urdu | Welsh
For a full list of NationStates languages see Category:Languages.
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