Pyggers

This concerns the Pyggerish language, an a posteriori conlang that can be best described as a "NW" Germanic language having a strong resemblance to Scandanavian languages as well as to Dutch and Low German (and heavily influenced from all three!). The Pyggers homeland would best be described as islands in the North Sea.

The Pyggerish Alphabet
* Q and Z are only found in words of foreign origin.

Pronunciation Guide
NOTE: Pyggerish vowels always pronounced as long if they are followed by a consonant and a vowel in sucession (ie “lane”). Pyggerish vowels are short if they are followed by two consonants (unless otherwise indicated), (ie hand)

Grammar
Syntax is SV1OV2 with V2-word order in main clauses and SOV in subordinate clauses. Emphasized elements go to the beginning of a main clause and to the end of a subordinate clause.

Most vocabulary comes from Germanic sources with a some Romance (mainly French and Latin) and Celtic influences as well.

Gender
In Pyggerish, there are 3 genders: masculine, feminine and neutral. The feminine gender is used with animate, feminine nouns only (ie da ku, da kwen, etc) but it is entirely optional as all animate, feminine gender nouns can be declined as masculine (or more appropriately called "common" gender). Using the feminine gender is common in high-style and can also be confined to dialectal speech outside of the standard language.

Definite Article
Pyggerish possesses a definite article.

The definite article precedes the noun and is inflected for both gender and number.

Indefinite Article
Pyggerish possesses an indefinite article, in the singular only.

The indefinite article precedes the noun and is inflected for gender only. In order to express indefiniteness in the plural, there simply is no article.

Adjectives
Adjectives typically precede the noun and are inflected for both gender and number. Like many other Germanic languages, Pyggerish possesses both a "weak" and a "strong" declension for adjectives. Adjectives used attributively with indefinite nouns must use the "strong" declension. Adjectives used attributively with definite nouns must use the "weak" declension. Adjectives used predicatively must use the "strong" declension.

Personal Pronouns and Possessive Determiners
Personal pronouns are inflected for gender, animacy, case and number in 3rd person singular only. All other personal pronouns are inflected for case and number.

Reflexive pronouns general are the same as object pronouns except in the 3rd person.

Possessive Determiners are only inflected in the 1st person and in the 3rd person reflexive.

When inflected, they are always strong.

"Every (as in "All")
Every (as in "Each")

Numbers


Our Father in Pyggerish
Wåår Fader

Wåår Fader er i dan hemmen is. Helig were je naam.

Kome je rijk.

Were je wil skied, hu i dan hemmen, so op dan jerd.

Geu os idai wåårt dailige brood.

On föörgeu os wåre sönde so hu we dem föörgeve er geens os sönde.

Föör os inke i dan freesting maar frels os frå dan ovel.

Amen

Hail Mary
De Engels’rs Helsing

Helst were je, Maria, ful nade

Dan Härri is met je

Welsegned e je bland kwenne

On welsegnedt is je liu’s fruht, Jesús

Helige Maria, Guds modder

Bid föör os, arme sönders

Nu on i wåår doodtijm

Amen