Dúvsprak

A common, easy-to-learn germanic zonelang created for personal en liturgical purposes

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Introduction

Dúvsprak is a project that has been ongoing for several years. I haven't been working on it all that time, but I occasionally add something to it. It is designed to be reasonably easy for all people of Germanic background. Therefore, it has regular grammar and spelling. The Dúvsprak (literally: dove language) is still in early development and has around 500 words and basic grammar.

Phonology

Rune	Rune name	IPA sound	Romanisation
ᛗ	magt	[m]	m
ᚾ	nadhr	[n]	n
ᛜ	slang	[ŋ]	ng
ᛈ	páw	[p]	p
ᛒ	bók	[b]	b
ᛏ	treu	[t]	t
ᛞ	dag	[d]	d
ᚱ	rún	[ɾ]	r
ᚲ	kindh	[k]	k
ᚠ	fór	[f]	f
ᚹ	leuv	[v]	v
ᚦ	thun	[θ]	th
ᚧ	stadh	[ð]	dh
ᛋ	sun	[s]	s
ᚺ	hund	[h]	h
ᚻ	gaur	[x]	g
ᚤ	wer	[w]	w
ᛚ	laug	[l]	l
ᛃ	jeul	[j]	j
ᛁ	ili	[ɪ]	i
ᛡ	ís	[i:]	í
ᛖ	erth	[ɛ]	e
ᛇ	él	[e:]	é
ᚢ	us	[ə]	u
ᚥ	údhar	[u:]	ú
ᛟ	ost	[ɔ]	o
ᚮ	óthal	[o:]	ó
ᚨ	ang	[ɑ]	a
ᛆ	air	[aː]	á

There are five diphthongs:

au, ai, eu, iu, oi

[au], [ai], [ɛu], [ɪu], [ɔi]

Pronouns

		Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
First Person
	Singular	ek	mé	mín	mir
	Plural	wir	uns	ur	us
Second Person
	Singular	thú	thé	thín	thir
	Plural	júr	iu	eu	iur
Third Person
	Animate	sí	é	er	ér
	Inanimate	it	in	es	im
	Plural	ír	oi	ór	aim
Reflexive
		Ø	sek	sir	sír