Northeadish (Druðþþȳðesc) is a constructed language that i’ve spent an inordinate portion of my life working on, which is really my vision of what a “south” germanic language might sound like. Ostensibly, it is an amalgamation of all the things i particularly like about germanic languages rolled up into a little ball with a fancy alphabet. A few of them, in fact! The Back Story: How Northeadish Came to Be Lexicon (in progress) The lexicon that i started years ago while working on Northeadish contains several appendices with useful information about various subjects, constructions, and aspects of the language. It may take me some time to get some of this material online, as it contains many specialized characters, tables, and graphics. I have broken up some of these appendices into more digestible pieces. Appendix i: Spelling and Orthography Appendix ii: Inflexion a. Articles, Numerals, Demonstratives, and Possessives b. Adjectives 1. Weak Declension 2. Strong Declension c. Nouns 1. Weak Declension 2. Strong Declension d. Pronouns e. Verbs 1. Weak Verbs 2. Strong Verbs i. Class I (ī - ǣ - e - e) ii. Class II (ȳ - ō - u - u) iii. Class III (e - a - u - u) iv. Class IV (e - a - ā - u) v. Class V (e - a - ā - e) vi. Class VI (a - ō - ō - a) vii. Class VII (reduplication) viii. Aorist-Presents 3. Anomalous/Athematic Verbs i. Preterite-Presents ii. Subjunctive-Presents iii. Other Modals & Auxiliaries iv. The truly bizarre (Ezmi class): dōn, gaŋɴ, stanðɴ, vern 4. Reflexive Verbs Appendix iii: Correlatives5. Passive Voice i. Mediopassive ii. Reflexive Passive iii. Compound Passive f. Adverbs Appendix iv: Abbreviations and Contraxions Appendix v: Family Units and Organization Appendix vi: Measurement of Time Appendix vii: Alternative Alphabets and Orthographies The Standard Literary Alphabet (cf. Appendix i) Appendix viii: Morphology and Relationship to ProtoGermanicThe Standard Reform Alphabet The ASCII Variations The Eastheadish Alphabet The Northeadish Runes Appendix ix: Word Order and Syntax |