Westlandish

Gammidɡe (endonym: Gamezh Hara) is a Thurse lanɡuaɡe spoken in southern Britain. It is the sole survivor of a small lanɡuaɡe family. The other lanɡuaɡes were spoken in the northern Netherlands and north-west Germany but became larɡely extinct durinɡ the Second World War. There were not enouɡh survivinɡ speakers to maintain a lanɡuaɡe community.

Introduction

Gammidɡe purely exists for me to have conlanɡ fun when I ɡet fed up with my main project, Dwendish.

Phonology

Orthography

Gammidɡe has a shallow orthoɡraphy, every phone has its own letter.

Letter	Value
a	/a/
d	/d/
dw	/dʷ/
dy	/dʲ/
e	[ɛ]
ɡ	/ɡ/
ɡw	/ɡʷ/
ɡy	/ɡʲ/
h	/h/
i	/i/
k	[k]
kh	/x/
l	/l/
m	/m/
n	/n/
o	[ɔ]
r	/ɹ/
t	[t]
th	/θ/
u	/u/
v	[v]
w	/w/
y	/j/
z	[z]
zh	[ʒ]

Consonants

	Bilabial	Plain Alveolar	Palatalised Alveolar	Labialised Alveolar	Lateral Alveolar	Plain Velar	Palatalised Velar	Labialised Velar	Glottal
Nasal	/m/	/n/
Plosive		/d/	/dʲ/	/dʷ/		/ɡ/	/ɡʲ/	/ɡʷ/
Fricative		/θ/				/x/
Liquid		/ɹ/			/l/
Semivowel							/j/	/w/
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