Sprekandte

Classification and Dialects
Sprekan (native: Sprekandte) is an extinct Germanic language. It was spoken in Bued (native: Búdte) in the 1200's.

Nouns
Sprekan nouns are declined due to case and number. for instance, the word fiske (fish) has the following forms: Example subject in archaic Sprekan:


 * the horse in the flowering meadow's black mane = blóand médvaí isand hrussas svart mane

Verbs
Verbs are conjugated according to tense. Perfect and present participles as adjectival verbs are very common, and adding the suffix -te can create a noun out of a participle:
 * A fried fish = bréðane fiske (bréð = to fry)
 * A stinking fish = rókande fiske (rók = to stink, to reek)
 * I see that he has fried the fish = ek e bréðane fiska seg (I he-fried-fish see)

Lexicon


Example text
''alvós manós verðandtaí and rettandtaím fríadlí and líkandlí berandaí. es vétja and saivallívista ber, and ainanðera líkeblóðevétjó handel.''

(AHL-voss MAH-noss VEHR-ahn-tee ahnd REHT-tahn-teem FREED-lee ahnd LEE-kahnd-lee BEH-rahn-dee. ehss VEH-chah ahnd SAH-ee-vahl-lee-veess-tah behr, ahnd  AH-ee-nahn-theh-rah LEE-keh-blohd-eh-veh-choh HAHN-dehl) 

''Literally: All humans are born freely and equally in worth and rights. They bear wit and consience, and they will handle each other with brotherhood''

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.