Twench

Twench (Native: Poewleis /puvˈlɛɪs/) is a Gallo-Romance language.

Twench
Poewleise veul
Pronunciation	[puvˈlɛɪsə føːl]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Romance Western Romance Gallo-Romance Twench

Introduction

Etymology

The endonym Poewleis is derived from poewel (< Latin populus), meaning "common folk".

The English name Twench is ultimately derived from Tuihanti, a Germanic tribe.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants spelling IPA Remarks normally final b /b/ /p/ ch /x/ d /d/ /t/ f /f/ g /ɡ/ /k/ gh /ɣ/ /x/ May instead be pronounced /ʝ/ or /x/ depending on dialect. h /ɦ/ — May be pronounced /h/ depending on dialect. j /j/ — k /k/ Written ⟨ck⟩ when doubled. l /l/ Pronounced dark/velarized ([ɫ]) before consonants. m /m/ n /n/ Assimilates place of articulation with following consonant. ng /ŋ/ p /p/ q /k/ In loanwords qu /kv/ — In loanwords r /r/ s /s/ sj /ʃ/ In loanwords t /t/ v /f/ — w /v/ /f/ x /ks/ In loanwords z /z/ — zj /ʒ/ — In loanwords

Vowels and diphthongs spelling IPA checked free a /ɑ/ /a(ː)/ aa /a(ː)/ — aai /aːi̯/ ai /ɑi̯/ au /ɔu̯/ e /ɛ/, /ə/ /e(ː)/, /ə/ ee /e(ː)/ eeu /eːu̯/ ei /ɛi̯/ eu /ø(ː)/ i, y /ɪ/, /ə/ /i(ː)/ ie /i(ː)/ ieu /iu̯/ ij /i(ː)/ o /ɔ/ /o(ː)/ oe /u(ː)/ oei /ui̯/ oi /ɔi̯/ oo /o(ː)/ — ooi /oːi̯/ ou /u(ː)/ u /ʏ/ /y(ː)/ ui /œy̯/ uu /y(ː)/ —

Alphabet

Letter Name IPA A a a [aː] B b be [beː] C c ce [seː] D d de [deː] E e e [eː] F f ef [ɛf] G g ge [ɡeː] H h ha [ɦaː] I i i [iː]

Letter Name IPA J j je [jeː] K k ka [kaː] L l el [ɛɫ] M m em [ɛm] N n en [ɛn] O o o [oː] P p pe [peː] Q q ku [ku] R r er [ɛɾ]

Letter Name IPA S s es [ɛs] T t te [teː] U u u [yː] V v ve [feː] W w we [veː] X x iks [ɪks] Y y Grieke i [ˈgɾiːkə iː] (IJ ij) longe i [ˈlɔŋə iː] Z z zet [zɛt]

Morphology

Numerals

Twench numerals

	Cardinal	Ordinal	Fractional
0	nul	nulliesem	—
1	uun	primeer, prijm	—
2	dous	zekond	demei
3	treis	tiers	tiers
4	kwatter	kwaart	kwaart
5	sink	kint	kint
6	zechs	zechsem	zechsem
7	zet	zettem	zettem
8	ocht	ochtem	ochtem
9	noew	noewem	noewem
10	dies	diesem	diesem
11	onze	onzem	onzem
12	dozze	dozzem	dozzem
13	trezze	trezzem	trezzem
14	kwattorze	kwattorzem	kwattorzem
15	kinze	kinzem	kinzem
16	zezze	zezzem	zezzem
17	zetdies	zetdiesem	zetdiesem
20	wijnt	wijntiesem	wijntiesem
21	uun et wijnt	wijntiesem-primeer	wijntiesem-primeer
30	treint	treintiesem	treintiesem
40	kwaraant	kwaraantiesem	kwaraantiesem
50	sinkaant	sinkaantiesem	sinkaantiesem
60	zechsaant	zechsaantiesem	zechsaantiesem
70	zettaant	zettaantiesem	zettaantiesem
80	ochtaant	ochtaantiesem	ochtaantiesem
90	noewaant	noewaaantiesem	noewaaantiesem
100	seint	seintiesem	seintiesem
1000	mil	milliesem	milliesem
10^6	miljoun	miljouniesem	miljouniesem