Leubantian

Leubantian is the language of Leubantia. It is a Germanic language.

=Setting= Leubantian is a Germanic language. It is closely related to English, and is more distantly related to German and Dutch. Current Leubantian dates from about 1562 AD. =Basic Grammar=

Alphabet

 * Vowels: &Auml;, &Eacute;, &Icirc;, &Ouml;, &Uuml;
 * Consonants: B, C, CH (sometimes), D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, SH (sometimes), T, V, W, X, Y, Z

Pronounciation

 * &Auml; - O as in "cot"
 * B - B as in "big"
 * C - C as in "cat"
 * CH - CH as in "chamber"
 * D - D as in "dog"
 * &Eacute; - ai as in "chain"
 * F - F as in "food"
 * G - G as in "good"
 * H - H as in "hat"
 * &Icirc; - ee as in "wheel"
 * J - J as in "jam"
 * K - K as in "king"
 * L - L as in "long"
 * M - M as in "mat"
 * N - N as in "naughty"
 * &Ouml; - O as in "more"
 * P - P as in "present"
 * Q - Q as in "queen"
 * R - R as in "ring"
 * S - S as in "sad"
 * SH - SH as in "shame"
 * T - T as in "tall"
 * &Uuml; - oo as in "woo"
 * V - V as in "valley"
 * W - W as in "wait"
 * X (at the front of a word) - Z as in "zeal"
 * X (otherwise) - X as in "saxophone"
 * Y (in the middle of a word) - always silent
 * Y (otherwise) - Y as in " yak"
 * Z - Z as in "zoo"

=Dictionary=
 * Hello - H&icirc;ll&uuml;
 * Goodbye - G&icirc;d B&uuml;
 * Good Morning - G&icirc;d M&icirc;rn&uuml;ng
 * Please - Pl&uuml;&eacute;z
 * Thank you (very much) - Th&eacute;nk y&icirc; (v&uuml;r&auml; m&eacute;ch)
 * Pardon - P&uuml;rd&icirc;n
 * OK, Fine - &Uuml;K, F&auml;n&uuml;
 * Worm - W&eacute;rm
 * Finger - F&eacute;ng&uuml;r
 * Family - F&uuml;m&icirc;l&auml;
 * Bear - B&uuml;&eacute;r
 * Go away! - G&icirc; &uuml;w&auml;!
 * Shut up! - Sh&icirc;t &eacute;p!
 * Devil - D&uuml;v&auml;l
 * Bell - B&uuml;l&auml;
 * You're Welcome - Y&icirc;r V&icirc;lc&auml;m&uuml;
 * Welcome - V&icirc;lc&auml;m&uuml;
 * Rat - R&eacute;t
 * Edinburgh - &Icirc;d&uuml;nb&icirc;r&auml;
 * Lord - L&eacute;rd
 * Peasant - P&uuml;s&icirc;nt
 * Revolution - R&icirc;v&uuml;l&auml;t&eacute;n
 * Name - N&icirc;m&uuml;
 * D'oh! - D&eacute;'h!
 * Pretty - Pr&icirc;tt&auml;
 * Stupid - St&eacute;p&auml;d
 * James - J&uuml;m&auml;s
 * Edward - &Icirc;dw&auml;rd
 * Google - G&icirc;g&eacute;l
 * Zero - S&icirc;r&auml;
 * One - &Icirc;n&uuml;
 * Two - Dv&icirc;
 * Three - Vr&uuml;
 * Four - F&eacute;r
 * Five - V&uuml;f
 * Six - Z&eacute;x
 * Seven - Z&icirc;v&auml;n
 * Eight - &Uuml;&auml;t
 * Nine - N&auml;n&icirc;
 * Ten - D&icirc;n
 * Julian - J&eacute;l&uuml;&auml;n
 * Robert - R&icirc;b&uuml;rt
 * Vandal - V&uuml;nd&icirc;l
 * Fine! - F&auml;n&uuml;!
 * Egg - &Uuml;gg
 * Taxi - T&uuml;x&auml;
 * Love - L&icirc;v&uuml;
 * Radio - R&uuml;d&eacute;h&icirc;
 * Xerxes - X&icirc;r&eacute;x&auml;s
 * Kitchen - K&auml;tch&uuml;n
 * John - J&auml;n
 * Hug - H&icirc;g
 * Bavaria - B&uuml;v&icirc;r&auml;
 * Gun - G&eacute;n
 * Helmet - H&uuml;lm&icirc;t
 * Sport - Sp&icirc;rt
 * Felix - F&icirc;l&auml;
 * Valley - V&uuml;ll&auml;
 * Daniel - D&uuml;n&icirc;l
 * Xavier - X&uuml;v&icirc;&auml;r
 * Crane - Cr&icirc;n&uuml;
 * King - K&uuml;ng
 * Basil - B&uuml;z&eacute;l
 * Baldwin - B&icirc;ldw&uuml;n
 * Journey - J&eacute;rn&auml;
 * Baby - B&uuml;b&auml;
 * Monday - M&icirc;nd&uuml;
 * Tuesday - T&auml;sd&uuml;
 * Wednesday - W&ouml;dn&icirc;sd&uuml;
 * Thursday - Th&icirc;rsd&uuml;
 * Friday - Fr&auml;d&uuml;
 * Saturday - S&icirc;t&uuml;rd&uuml;
 * Sunday - S&auml;nd&uuml;
 * January - J&eacute;n&uuml;&auml;r&icirc;
 * February - F&uuml;br&icirc;&auml;r&uuml;
 * March - M&uuml;rch
 * April - &Uuml;pr&icirc;l
 * May - M&eacute;
 * June - J&eacute;n&uuml;
 * July - J&uuml;l&auml;
 * August - &Uuml;g&icirc;st
 * September - S&uuml;pt&icirc;mb&auml;r
 * October - &Uuml;ct&icirc;b&uuml;r
 * November - N&icirc;v&uuml;mb&uuml;r
 * December - D&uuml;c&icirc;mb&uuml;r
 * Jam - J&uuml;m
 * Grass - Gr&eacute;ss
 * Wind - W&uuml;nd
 * Sheep - Sh&aul;p
 * Beano - B&uuml;n&icirc;
 * Dandy - D&uuml;nd&auml;
 * Dennis - D&uuml;n&auml;z
 * Andrew - &Uuml;ndr&auml;f
 * Yolande - Y&eacute;l&uuml;nd
 * Banana - B&uuml;n&icirc;n&uuml;
 * Orange - &Icirc;r&uuml;ng
 * David - D&eacute;v&uuml;d
 * Matthew - M&icirc;tth&uuml;
 * Mark - M&uuml;rk
 * Innes - &Ouml;nn&uuml;s
 * Maureen - M&eacute;r&icrc;n

=Example text=

Greeting
''H&icirc;ll&uuml;! M&auml; n&icirc;m&uuml; &eacute;s &Uuml;sw&icirc;ld''.

- A person called &Uuml;sw&icirc;ld (Leubantian version of Oswald) greeting another person.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
First paragraph from J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone": Mr &icirc;nd Mrs D&icirc;rsl&auml;, &uuml;v n&icirc;mb&auml;r f&eacute;r, Pr&eacute;v&uuml;t Dr&auml;v&uuml;, w&uuml;r pr&eacute;d t&icirc; s&icirc;y th&uuml;t th&ouml;y w&uuml;r p&icirc;rf&uuml;ctl&auml; n&icirc;rm&uuml;l, th&eacute;nk y&icirc; v&uuml;r&auml; m&eacute;ch. Th&ouml;y w&uuml;r d&uuml; l&icirc;st p&uuml;p&icirc;l y&icirc;d &uuml;xp&icirc;ct t&icirc; b&uuml; &auml;nv&icirc;lv&uuml;d &eacute;n &uuml;n&auml;th&eacute;ng str&uuml;ng&auml; &uuml;r m&icirc;st&eacute;r&uuml;&auml;s, b&icirc;c&uuml;s th&ouml;y j&eacute;st d&auml;dnt h&eacute;ld w&auml;v s&eacute;ch n&icirc;ns&uuml;ns.