Oxman

Oxman is a constructed germanic language spoken in the the Netherlands, and at time in the north of England, this language is very close to Dutch (Nithorlondisc and English (Englisc).

This language is based on the English phonology mixed with new sounds and on the Dutch verbs and words.

History The first origins of the Oxman were from the old Dutch dialects spoken during the Germanic invasions and viking invasions, particulary the Old Auregan. The Oxman language in spoken in the north of the Netherlands as an old Frisian dialect, there were about 50 oxman speakers in the eastern England, but now the oxman is not spoken in England.

The common oxman vocabulary is closely related to English and to Dutch : Word, woord (dutch), wurd (ox.) Water (English and Dutch), wator (ox.) Welcome, welkom (dutch), welkum (ox.)

Phonology
The oxman phonology looks like the English one but there is also a lots of differences :

Basic Grammar
The oxman grammar is difficult. A "v" or a "z" couldn't end a word, if a vowel is followed by the consonants t, d, k word-final, in the plural, we add a second t, d or k and es. When we are conjuging the oxman verbs, look at the infinitive form, if there is one or two following vowel(s), for an e, a or o, if there is only one voyel, the "e" will become a "ea", the "a" a "ae", and the "o" a "oa" :

leve = ick leaf (to live, I live),

sitte = ick sit (to sit, I sit)

Some  irregular   plural forms :

man (man) : mennes

cind (child) : cindron

bœk (book) : beoces

fœt (foot) : feotes

Dictionary See also : Dutch-Oxman dictionary (Niethorlondisc -Oxmansc wurdbœk).

Sample text
'Agh, saghte Prins, so heb ick alongwais yow yambre laif lierne forstæ. Longwail haddest'u nene othre aftrecking ehad thon thie lust thiere sonundorgong. Ick heorde thit thie fierthe days' muryons tho thu tœyen mye seidest: Ick lief sonundorgonges teminne.'

Declaration of human rights (Quide thiere Mennisce Reghtes)
'''Alle mennisces sind eborn frie ond yelaik an wertheyhead ond reghtes. Hea sind beyieven mid forstond ond mithewiton ond sculleth midwune ene atwisc elkothor in ean geast af brœthorscepe. '''


 * "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."