Nordaþ

Introduction

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 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'.

Writing system/Phonology

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.

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): Nordaþvami [noɹ.dɑθ.ˌvɑ.mi]
• Nordaþ (language): Nordaþïski [noɹ.dɑθ.ˌɪs.ki]
• 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]