Thiedish

Thiedish is a direct descendant of Middle English and a sibling to English and Scots. Unlike English, it preserves most of the original lexis inherited from Old English. Comparable to Scots, Thiedish has moderate influences from Old Norse, Low German, French and Latin. Old English and Modern English both exert considerable influence upon new vocabulary.

Setting
The language developed as a scholarly lingua franca under the auspices of the English Academy in response to the outright borrowing of foreign terms. The Academy's objective was to establish grammar rules and standardisation for the newly burgeoning Saxon tongue throughout Mediaeval Britain.

Phonology
Alphabet

Thiedish uses the Frankish/Carolingian alphabet, a descendant of the Latin, in conjunction with some Old English letters. Combinations of letters can be used to produce single phonemes, as in English.