Frenkisch

Frenkisch
Created by	David Parke
Users	Small internet-based groups
Purpose	Constructed languages International auxiliary languages Zonal constructed languages Frenkisch
Sources	Vocabulary, phonology and grammar from Germanic languages
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Frenkisch is an already complete zonal constructed language based on Germanic languages intended to have a simple grammar and a regular spelling system. As it is a pan-Germanic language, it is also intended to be easy to learn (specifically) for any native speaker of a Germanic language. Its vocabulary contains more than 6,000 created words and terms, see external links.

Frenkisch is mainly based on five source languages, but this may have increased with time. Its five base source languages are: English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, French and Russian. The Scandinavian languages are treated as a unique language and French and Russian are treated as secondary source languages.

Relationship with Folksprak

Frenkisch was initially a Folksprak "dialect" that lately turned into a language. Their vocabulary building efforts are compatible and reusable; however, Frenkisch uses different orthography and phonology, so some cognates are often different. For example, the Frenkisch word ryde [ˈraɪdə] means the same as the Folksprak word ride [ˈriːdə], and both have the same origin, although they have different phonology and orthography. The Frenkisch word ryde is also a strong/irregular verb, which isn't the case of Folksprak, where it's a regular verb. A main criterion of Folksprak was the ease of learning, but Frenkisch actually doesn't consider this as a criterion for building the language. Instead, Frenkisch has a more complex grammar (with more Germanic features) and has a less regular (although it's intended as much as possible to be regular) spelling system.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	ɪ ʏ	iː yː			ʊ	uː
Close-mid		eː øː				oː
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ	æː			ɔ
Open	a					ɑː

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Dental/ alveolar		Post- alveolar/ palatal		Velar
Nasal		m		n				ŋ
Stop	p	b	t	d			k	ɡ
Affricate			t͡s
Fricative	f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ
Approximant		ʋ				j		w
Lateral				l
Trill				r

External links

• The Concise Frenkisch Grammar — Source for most of the information displayed here.
• The Great Frenkisch Dictionary — The full and actual Frenkisch dictionary, containing more than 6,000 words and terms.

References

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