Wexalian

General Informaton
Wexilian comes from Old High German. The speakers live on the islands of Terschelling, Vlieland, Ameland, and in a reletively large chunk of lang in the modern-day Netherlands in order of incorporation into the ethnic groups majority. The name came from the medevil name of the island, Wexalia. The Wexalian name for itself, Feschle [ˈfɛʃlə], comes from the native term wecsile.

Consonants
¹ Also an allophone before /k/ or /g/ ² Allophone of [x] finally

Vowel
Phonemic Diphthongs: {aɪ̯ eɪ̯ oʊ̯ oʏ̯ oɪ̯} [ʁ] allophonically becomes [a̯ˤ] in a closed syllable or [ə̯] in an open one. This allophony doesn't occur in an initial open syllable.

Stress
Stress usually falls on the antepenultimate syllable. In syllables with three or less syllables, the closed syllable take precedence.

i-umlaut
The i-umlaut occurs when [i eː l j eɪ̯] occur in the adjacent syllable. The i-umlaut is not a strict i-umlaut.
 * u > y
 * o/ɔ > ø/œ
 * ɑ > æ
 * oʏ̯ > oɪ̯

Alphabet
(1) Only appears in the digraph ck representing the old geminate K, but now just means a short vowel before it (2) Stressed E and O in an open syllable are long. Everywhere else is short. E in particular is always [ə] finally. (3) [ʁ] allophonically becomes [ə̯ˠ] in a closed syllable or [ə̯] in an open one. This allophony doesn't occur in an initial open syllable. (4) Þ and S are [ð] and [z] respectivally finally, intervocalically, or pre-voiced consonant. S is [ʃ] before another consonant. (5) H is always silent within a word. Initially, it's either [ç] before [i y ɪ ʏ e: ø:] and [h] elsewhere.. (6) Closed syllable. (7) voiceless finally, {p t k}. (8) Before [ə], initially, finally after a consonant.

Diacritcs and Multigraphs

 * Tz tz - [t͡s]
 * Ch ch - [x] or [ç] ([ç] allophonically before [i y ɪ ʏ e: ø:])
 * Sch sch - [ʃ] anywhere
 * SS ß – [s] anywhere
 * (double letter) - pseudo-closed syllable (or geminate ^)
 * Ei ei - [aɪ̯]
 * Ie ie - [eɪ̯]
 * Ou ou - [oʊ̯]
 * Eu eu - [oʏ̯]
 * Oi oi - [oɪ̯]
 * Oa oa, Ea ea, Öa öa - [ɔː ɛː œː]
 * Ä ä - [æ] ([ɛ] before [j])
 * Ü ü - [y] or [ʏ] (the latter in a closed syllable)
 * Ö ö - [øː] or [œ] (the latter in a closed syllable)
 * -en, -el, -er, -eN - [n̩/ən] [l̩/əl] [ə] [əC] (where C = consonant)

Grammar
The superscript +i means that the i-umlaut is applied.

Noun Declension
Red and Blue declensions are from feminine and masculine declensions in OHG respectivally.
 * Nom-Acc : nominative and accusative
 * Gen : genitive/possessive
 * Prep : within a prepositional phrase (including dative)

Class I – blue a/o declension
It came from the a-stems (where the ja-stems merged). þäj is from tag.

Class II – eo declension
It came from the wa-stems. njee is from kneo.

Class III – red a/o declension
It came from the ō-stems. gebe is from gëba. ¹ Since gebe already ends in [ə], the genitive form doesn't change.

Class IV – long i-declension
It came from the "feminine abstract noun" declension. höchi comes from hōhī.

Class V – blue i/0 declension
It came from the masculine i-declension. gäst is from gast.

Class VI – red i/0 declension
It came from the feminine i-declension. staþ comes from stat. Staþ and others like it (where the word ends in /ɑC/ where C = {f d x}) suffer a regular irregularity where in the nom-acc form, they're their standard form (staþ), but /ɑ/ becomes /æ/ and the fricative if fortified to {p t͡s k}.

Class VII – n-declension
It came from the n-stem weak declension. All of the gendered declensions fused. herze comes from hërza.

Class VIII – monosyllabic declension
It came from the masculine and feminine monosyllabic declensions and applies to the old OHG -nt declension. man came from man.

Class X – r-declension
It came from the -r declension. fater came from fater.

Class XI – os/es declension
It came form the os/es declension. lam came from lamb.

Adjective Declension
Class VII can be in the Blue or Red class based on the old OHG gender system. For example, herze would take the Red Class adjectives while stern is in the Red Class.

Class I – Blue
Applies to Noun Classes I, II, V, VII, X, and XI.

Class II - Red
Applies to Noun Classes III, IV, VI, and VIII.

Article
The only article in Wexalian is the definite article which acts similar the one in Modern Standard Arabic in that it is used in contexs where the applied noun has been previously mentioned and/or the noun is particular compared.

Verbs
The Subjunctive is much more common in Wexalian than most germanic laguages because it began to mean anything that's irrealis. This can be used in various paraphrastic phrases for more moods such as the conditional and exhorative among others. Verb conjugations have been standardized to two sets of suffixes based on the first and second weak conjugations (though, there are a few irregulars for many common verbs such zenken, to think, furken, to work, and häven, to have).

The change from present to preterite and past participle has an ablaut (which is affected by the i-umlaut): Paraphrastic Phrases
 * Passive
 * Conditional
 * Jussive
 * Perfect

Class II

 * Infinitive: -en
 * Present Participle: -t
 * Past Participle: ge -t+i

Translation
Lord's Prayer

Below is Old High German. NOT Wexalian XD.

fater unser du dar bist in himile, | si giheilagot din namo, | queme dīn rihhi, | si dīn willo | sō hēr in himile ist, | sō si hēr in erdu. | unsar brōt tagalihhaȥ gīb uns hiutu, | inti furlaȥ uns unsara sculdi, | sō wīr fūrlaȥemes unsaren sculdigon, | inti ni gileistest unsih in costunga, | ūzouh ārlosi unsih fōn ubile.

Sound Changes II
C - consonant; V - vowel; grave - unstressed; acute - stressed; Ɵ - closed syllable; O - open syllable; C̬ = {b d g l m n}

Notes: /e/ and /ɔ/ are recognized as [ɛ] and [ɔ]. /a/ is recognized as [ä]. /r/ is recognized as [r~ɾ]. /s/ and /s̱/ are recognized as [s̪] and [s~s̱]. s̱ > ʃ / _C  *s̱co:no > ʃko:no ʃk > ʃ / _# *fis̱k > fiʃk > fiʃ w > v / #_ *wīs > vīs t > t͡s / V_{i i: u u: e e:} *xiutu > xiut͡su g > ɣ / V_V, _# *skuldigon > ʃkuldiɣon {p k} > {f x} / _C *weksile > vexsile d > θ / C_# t > θ / #_VCV, C_VCV x > ç / before or after {i e ī ē} *rix:i > riç:i –New Stress Rules¹– V̀ > ə / C_# ! V: *ʃko:no > ʃko:nə | CV̀{n l r} > Cə{n l r} / _# ! i > ɪ *ʃkuldiɣon > ʃkuldiɣən | {e a o} > ə / Ɵ_# i-umlaut²: {u u: o o: a a:} > {y y: ø ø: æ æ:} *ubile > ybilə a a: > ɑ ɑ: *furlas > fyrlɑs ɣ > ∅ ! (_#, #_) > j |³ loss of intertonic vowel⁴ *ybilə > yblə {i y ø e o u} > {ɪ ʏ œ ɛ ɔ ʊ} / Ɵ, V_# *fyrlæs > fʏrlæs æ > ɛ / _j V́ > V́: ! Ɵ {V: V́ V́:}t > {V: V́ V́:}s / _# *bro:t > bro:s eɪ̯ > aɪ̯ | ie̯ > i: | io̯ > ø: | ou̯ > oʊ̯ | uo̯ > u: | iu̯ > oʏ̯ ! _{ʃ t͡s x⁵ k} > oɪ̯ eo > i oʏ̯ > oɪ̯ / i-umlaut r > ʁ v > f *vīs > fīs i: > eɪ̯ ! _{n ʁ l z} > ɛ | {è: ò: ø̀:} > {ɛ ɔ œ} | {æ: ɑ: u: y:} > {æ ɑ u y} t͡:s > s: | ç: > ʃ | x: > xk C: > C ! {t p k} > {d b g} / V_V̀ xs > ʃ *vexsile > fɛʃlə kn > nj {e: o: ø:} > {ɛ: ɔ: œ:} / Ɵ –Final Obstruent devoicing⁶– (p t k) > (f θ x) / ɑ_# *stat > ʃtɑθ ə > ∅ / Ɵ_ *sterno > ʃtɛʁn.ə > ʃtɛʁn b > v / V_C, V_Cə{n l} , V_V̀ *yblə > yvlə d > z / V_V̀ *fater > fɑzəʁ | d > d͡z / #_{i e: e ɛ æ} t͡s > d͡z / V_V̀, #_ , C̬_# s > z / V_V, _C̬ , _# , #_ *a:rlosi > ɑʁlœzə| θ > ð / V_V , #_  *tagalix:as > ðælʃæz Vʁ > Va̯ˤ / Ɵ | Vʁ > Və̯ / O _C *fʏʁlæs > fʏə̯læz ən, əl > n̩, l̩ {x k} > h / #_ | ç > h / #_{ɛ œ} x > χ / _# <- allophonic ç > ʃ / {i e:}_#, _{l t s t͡s}# {θ ð} > t d ¹ Stress usually falls on the antepenultimate syllable. In syllables with three or less syllables, the closed syllable take precedence.

² The i-umlaut in Wexalian occurs if an adjacent syllable contains one of {i i: e: l j ɣ}. The i-umlaut is not an i-umlaut by the strictest definition.

³  When lost intervocalically, vowels fuse into diphthongs and two of the same vowels don't become long

⁴ Short intertonic vowels are lost. Long intertonic vowels are shortened and simplified to their schwa sound, {ɪ ɪ ə ə ə ə ə} for {i y ø e o ɑ/æ u}. This is nullified if it would create a triple consonant cluster.

⁵ Becomes [ç]

⁶ Applies to {b d g ð z} –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Ideas:
 * Make verb ending suffixes but no classes
 * Noun declension with classes
 * Lone definite article