Didenki

General information
The is the language spoken by the Didenki people of Erbed for the Gcallus Octavious book by Jensine L. W. The story is an ongoing work of hers, but the language was only marginally developed. She tasked me with coming up with a more robust language to accompany it.

The Didenki (as I am calling them for now) had sustained contact with humans—centralized in England—until the 1400s. Thus, their language should have some Middle English influence.

Writing System
Eh is pronounced as /ɛ/ in most cases. The pronunciation /ə/ is most often dialectal.

Ih is pronounced as /ɪ/ or /i/ except in the final syllable, if it is VC. Thus didenki (the words) is pronounced [dɪ.'dɛn.ki], but didenkit/didenkyt (these words) is pronounced [dɪ.'dɛn.kyt]. Gcas was originally pronounced as a glottal stop, but over time it became pronounced as either /k/ or /g/ depending on the region. When anglicized, it is written as 'gc'.

Vfor is the same situation as with gcas, but the original pronunciation is lost. Word-initial, vfor may be pronounced as /f/ or /v/ per regional variance. Before voiceless stops, it is pronounced /f/ (e.g., "often"). Before voiced stops and nasals, it is pronounced /v/ (e.g., "giv'd", "cov'n"). '[Note: all examples given are in English at this early stage of development. They should be switched out for Didenki words eventually.]'

Bmil's pronunciation is contextual.

Shei is pronounced as /ʃ/ except when word-initial. Then it takes the pronunciation /s/.

Prepositions
Prepositions are suffixed to the object of the phrase. E.g., Gremlan means "of Grem".