Finnish-Greenlandic creole [KLU]
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Language type
Creole
Species
Human/humanoid
About Finnish-Greenlandic creole
A Finnish-Greenlandic creole! Because why not?
In the early 19th century, Finnish fishermen start to visit Greenland. Why? I don't know, maybe they wanted different fish or something. Anyway, they start to interact with the native Greenlanders and a pidgin is formed. Meanwhile, Denmark stops caring about Greenland and they give it to Finland because they seem to like it. Many finnish people move to Greenland, and the Finns' and Greenlanders' children learn the pidgin as a native language, making it a creole. Jump to modern day, and the creole is the official language of Greenland.
As you can see, the backstory is completely ridiculous, but I don't care. I'm making a Finnish-Greenlandic creole!
In the early 19th century, Finnish fishermen start to visit Greenland. Why? I don't know, maybe they wanted different fish or something. Anyway, they start to interact with the native Greenlanders and a pidgin is formed. Meanwhile, Denmark stops caring about Greenland and they give it to Finland because they seem to like it. Many finnish people move to Greenland, and the Finns' and Greenlanders' children learn the pidgin as a native language, making it a creole. Jump to modern day, and the creole is the official language of Greenland.
As you can see, the backstory is completely ridiculous, but I don't care. I'm making a Finnish-Greenlandic creole!
Sample of Finnish-Greenlandic creole[view] Mina pulii terianniak. / Terianniak pulii mina. / / Sina pulii mina. / Mina pulii sina. / / Terianniak appaipok luza mut ja pulii. / Terianniak appaipok luza mut ja si terianniak pulii.
I bit the fox. / The fox bit me. / / You bit me. / I bit you. / / The fox ran to the rat and bit it. / The fox ran to the rat and it bit the fox.[view all texts]
I bit the fox. / The fox bit me. / / You bit me. / I bit you. / / The fox ran to the rat and bit it. / The fox ran to the rat and it bit the fox.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
| Nasal | m [m:] | n [n:] | ŋ [ŋ:] | |||||||||
| Plosive | p [p:] | t | k [k:] | |||||||||
| Fricative | [f:]1 | v | s [s:] | [χ:]2 | ʁ | |||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]3 | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l [l:] | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j [j:] | |||||||||||
- allophone of /vv/
- allophone of /ʁʁ/
- allophone of /tt/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i [i:] | u [u:] | ||
| Close-mid | e [e:] | o [o:] | ||
| Open | a [a:] | |||
| Polyphthongs | ai | au |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Finnish-Greenlandic creole. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Finnish-Greenlandic creoleOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ee/e/ | Ff[f:]1 | Gg/ŋ/ | Hh[χ:]2 | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ʁ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Zz[t͡s]3 | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- allophone of /vv/
- allophone of /ʁʁ/
- allophone of /tt/
