Plattdytch [DYT]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Plattdytch
Plattdytch is a Low German dialect that gave rise to Town Speech, Plattdytch is mutually intelligible with Town Speech, but there are several differences between Plattdytch and Town Speech:
- word: Plattdytch tends to use much more Germanic-origin words compared to Town Speech.
- writing: Plattdytch uses a Latin-based script; Town Speech uses a writing system derived from Japanese.
- ethnicity: Plattdytch speakers are genetically European as expected by the language; Town Speech speakers are genetically East Asian
- word: Plattdytch tends to use much more Germanic-origin words compared to Town Speech.
- writing: Plattdytch uses a Latin-based script; Town Speech uses a writing system derived from Japanese.
- ethnicity: Plattdytch speakers are genetically European as expected by the language; Town Speech speakers are genetically East Asian
Sample of Plattdytch[view] It maakt niet, ik selfs ne have to leven.
Nevermind, I don't even have to live.[view all texts]
Nevermind, I don't even have to live.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Plattdytch
Some sound samples of Plattdytch. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
he bemaled de haus rood
He painted the house red
He painted the house red
nah all weten leges von flucht, daar is keen weg dat en bee kan fleegen. Sy flegels sind too kleen t...
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings...
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings...
A spraak is en streektunge mit a here un seemacht.
A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
my hand is in warm water
my pen is in my hand
my hand is in warm water my pen is in my hand
my hand is in warm water my pen is in my hand
Language family relationships
Language treeGermanic
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ West Germanic
⤷ Old Saxon
⤷ Middle Low German
⤷ Plattdytch
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ West Germanic
⤷ Old Saxon
⤷ Middle Low German
⤷ Plattdytch
[view] About GermanicThe Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of approximately 500 million people mainly in North America, Oceania, Western and Northern Europe. Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approxima...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | [v]1 | s | [z]2 | ʃ | [x]3 | h4 | |||||||||
Affricate | (t͡s) | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w |
Blends | ks | kk |
- allophone of /f/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /h/
- only before vowels
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i: | u: | ||||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
Mid | e̞: | ə | o̞: | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
Open | ä | ɑ: |
Polyphthongs | äɪ | äʊ | ɔɪ | ɪu: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Plattdytch. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
PlattdytchOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/1 | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/2 | Ii/ɪ/ |
Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/k/ | Rr/ɹ/ |
Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Vv[v] | Ww/w/ | Xx/ks/ | Yy/j/ | Zz[z] | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- loan words only
- only before vowels
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