Thûtsc

Information
Thûtsc is a constructed language that could be used as an auxiliary language. Its main goal is to show how Limburgish would have looked like if Limburg had been an independ country. Largely based on Old (South) East Lower Franconian.

Alphabet
It has less letters than modern Limburgish, but more than old.

A Â B C D E Ê EI ÊI ÊO F G H I Î L M N O Ô ÔU P QU R S T U Û ÛA W Y

Phonology
Sound and letter often agree. There are several diphtongs like [oːu̯] (ôu), [eːo̯] (êo) and [uːa̯] (ûa). There are long closed front vowels, [i] (î), and both long and short closed back vowelsân ga aftarcanta, [u] and [uː] (u and û) There also is a central front vowel, [ɪ] (i). The mid vowels are [e] (e), [eː] (ê), [ə] (a ~ e), [o] (o) and [oː] (ô). There are also open vowels like [æː] (ae), [ɐ] (a ~ e), [ɑ] (a) and [a] (â).

For consonants see this table.

[v] is an allophone of [f], [z] of [s], [ʒ] of [ʃ], [ç] and [x] of [h], [ɲ] and [ŋ] of [n], [ð] of [θ] and [ʁ] of [r]. Sometimes even [j] is an allophone of [g]. [ʔ] occurs when two words are placed together, like tha âfant or falla  ongar nâma  ût.

/h/ is pronounced as [h] or [ç] and [x]. /sc/ as [sk] or [ʃ].

Nouns
Nouns can have three genders, namely masculine, feminine and neuter. There are two grammatical numbers, singular and plural, though sometimes dual occurs too. There are six cases, grouped in two. Group one is the "daily" group, nominative, genitive, and accusative. Group two is the "occasional" group, dative, locative and vocative. Cases are marked with case endings and articles are (sometimes) used.


 * gast meaning person or guest is a masculine word.
 * sprâca meaning language is a feminine word.
 * cind meaning child is a neuter word.

A diminutive could be made using (-a) ca(-), placed behind the root. Other possible suffixes should be placed behind ca-.
 * gast -> gasta ca
 * sprâcan -> sprâca can
 * cindar -> cinda car

Pronouns
There are different pronouns.

Personal and reflexive
First for the first person (I, me, we, us, myself, ourselves)

Now for the second person (thou, thee, ye, you, theeself, yourselves)

Last for the third person, masculine (he, they, him, them, himself, theirselves), feminine (she, they, her, them, herself, theirselves) and neuter (it, they, it, them, itself, theirselves).

Interrogative
* = Inflected like an adjective.

Adjectives

 * 1) gôd means good

Comparison is made using -ar and -ast Some adejctives are irregular.
 * 1) âld - âldar - âldast (old, elder, elderst)
 * 2) hôh - hôhar - hôhast (high, higher, highest)
 * 3) beingibrôcan - beingibrôcanar - beingibrôcanast (with a broken leg - with an even more broken leg - with the most broken leg)
 * 1) gôd - better - betst (good, better, best)
 * 2) fôl/fîl/mêda - mêdar - mêdast (much/many - more - most)

Articles
There's no plural for 'ein'. git etc is used when preceded by a preposition.