Common Nord-Language

The Common Nord-Language( Norðaulkn : Sa Gemyinra Norð-sprekn, also called 'Nordic' ) is a language spoken by the nordic people of Skyrim. The language stems from the Proto-Germanic language with a moderate influence from Old Norse, Dutch, Afrikaans and Old English, thusly creating a language that can reflect the cold and harsh environment of the Nords. The language has approximately 11 different dialects and many smaller dialects spoken among the thugs and bandits of Skyrim. For this article, we will be writing in the dialect of the Winterhold region. Nordic is a fairly inflectional language with 2 genders, 2 numbers and 4 cases.

Reason for Nordish
While playing through Skyrim, I noticed the poor excuse of a conlang called, 'Dragon' Language, I decided that the nords deserve better, thusly the birth of Nordish. The main goal for this conlang is to translate the entire Skyrim dialogue in Nordish - this does not include the loading screens and interface.

Consonants
¹* written〈þ〉 ²* written 〈kv〉

Consonant and Vowel Changes from Proto-German
Consonants 

[ɸ] (β) →[f](v) [t̪] [d̪] → [t] [d] [x] (ɣ) → [x] [ŋ] → [ð]

Loss of labialization, replaced by the labial-velar approximate, [w].

Vowels

[ĩ] + [ĩː] → [i] + [i:] [ũ] + [ũː] → [u] + [u:] [ɔ̃ː] + [ɔ̃ːː] → [ɔ] [ɛː][ ɛːː] → [æː] [ɔːː] → [ɔ] [ɑː] → [a]

Syllabary Changes
As result of the consonant and verbal changes, easing of speech and the slurring of words; the syllabaries changed.

[d] → [t] [g] → [k] [w] → [v] [z] → [s]
 * Final devoicing :


 * Final vowels were lost :

skūta → skut falkan → aulkn
 * Prothesis before the [m] + clusters, [l] + clusters, [n] + clusters and [r] + clusters by the diphtong [au].
 * I-umlaut mutation and umlaut mutation:

kuniðr → kyniðr. wereldiz → werøldr

manwaz → manr
 * Slurring of the last syllable caused the second syllable to merge with the first :

​aldaz → auldr
 * Final [z] was replaced by a [r] :

Feloz → Elr
 * Initial [f],[h] and [w] were lost :

Prepositions
Nordish is a pro-drop language, thusly the pronouns are used rarely in writing, though can be found used in various dialects of speach in Skyrim. It is considered rude to use pronouns when speaking to strangers or one's superiors, one uses one's name and title instead, for example :


 * "Mary, the Jarl of Windhelm"

Noun declension
Nouns in Nordish are declined by case, number and gender. They stem from the *a noun declension, though with a few exceptions. The female declension was replaced by the *i noun declension, as result of the ambiguity between the Nominative, Vocal and Accusative cases. The case, Dative Masculine Plural, was shortend from *amaz to á.