Unnamed Model Germanic language

Having created Ruman, a model Romance language, I was then inspired to create a model Germanic language, for which I can’t find a name. In my notes it is nestled amongst details of the pronouns, verb forms and articles of West Germanic languages, where I call it "My language". I guess it is not so much a model general Germanic language, but West Germanic specifically. It is perhaps most influenced by Dutch. It didn’t get anywhere near as far as Ruman.

Table of pronouns:

Notes:

• It is not at all clear
• What the difference is between “2nd plural/polite” and “2nd polite”. Perhaps the latter was used for both numbers, the former for either plural familiar or polite singular/plural. Or else it was polite but plural only.
• What the role is of the “Mid” set of possessive determiners. They first seemed to be versions of the full possessives used before consonants rather than vowels. However this would not make sense of the loss of /h/ in the 3rd feminine and plural, so it seems more likely they are “half-reduced”.
• It's interesting that there are no reduced forms of the "2nd polite" series, or of "sik". In the latter case of course it must not be confused with the non-reflexive 3rd person pronouns so "se" would be no good.

Table of verb-forms:

Notes:

• The 1st and 3rd plural are consistently the same, they are not presented separately in my notes.
• No idea what the variation is with the forms of BE, e.g. in the past tense. I thought the forms in were- might be a past subjunctive but no present subjunctive is given so I think not on balance.
• The E on the end of present participles is attributive, without it is predicative.
• I don't know what the basis is of other variations; some might count as reduced forms or allomorphs before different following sounds (hab/habb).

Table of articles:

Notes:

• The first two cases are not named but are presumably the same as "Nominative" and "Accusative" in the pronoun table.
• The genitive case examples are in brackets - probably indicates they are of marginal use.

Table of adjective/determiner endings:

Notes:

• No phonetic version is given, those here are my best guesses.
• No idea what the variations are in brackets.
• The genitive is also in brackets, presumably of marginal use.
• 'Predicative' of course is not a case, but the use of adjectives after copulative verbs.

Plurals

1. -(e)n: most dier, dieren; vrow, vrowen; dag /dag/, dagen /dɑgən/; wort, worten
2. -s: foreign

 Irregular: kind, kinderen; kou, kien; skiep, skiep; skou, skoun; fout, fiet

Text on pronunciation and spellings

There are five short and five long vowels: /a, ɑ; ɛ, e; ɪ, i; ɔ, o; ʊ, u/ as in had, hard, head, été, hid, heed, hoard, os, hood, who'd. Often there is only a difference of formation and not length. Both long and short vowels can occur in open and closed syllables. The spelling rules: long vowel in open syllable: vowel and following consonant are single except final: vowel is double. Short vowel in open s[syllable]: vowel single following consonant double. Long in closed: vowel double, f[ollowing] cons[onant] single (inc[luding] final). Short in closed: vowel single, f[ollowing] cons[onant] single (inc[luding] final). Also there is the obscure vowel /ə/, spelt <e>; this normally occurs in verb endings and affixes; noun endings, plural suffixes, and other affixes; adjective terminations, monosyllabic and/or unstressed particles and pronouns; and all final syllables spelt with an <e> vowel.

The consonants are /b d g p t k m n ŋ f v s z h j w r l/. They are spelt as such except for the following conventions:

/ŋ/ : Spelt <ng>. Can only be preceded by a short vowel and not followed by /g/. If followed by /k/ is spelt <n>.

/bdg ptk/ : Final /ptk/ can be spelt <ptk> or <bdg>. Final /bdg/ do not exist.

/fvw/ : /f/ can be spelt <f> or <v>; /v/ can be spelt <v> or <w>; /w/ is rare and can be spelt <w> or sometimes <u>. <f> is always pronounced /f/, as if <ff>. Initial <v> is pronounced /f/. Medial and final <v> is pronounced /v/. <uw> is fairly common and is pronounced /uw/. Initial <w> is pronounced /v/. Final <w> is rare, pronounced /w/.

After short vowels in a closed syllable, /v/ is spelt <v>. After short vowels in an open syllable, /v/ is spelt <ww>. After long vowels, spelt single, /v/ is spelt <v>. After long vowels spelt double, /v/ is spelt <w>. In consonant clusters, except initially, /v/ is always spelt <v>. <vv> does not exist.

/sz/ : /s/ is spelt <s> or <ss>; /z/, <z> or <s>. /s/ is spelt <ss> when before a <s> before a consonant. Initial <ss> does not occur /z/ is spelt <s> before a voiced sound, <z> finally and in foreign words. /z/ after an open short vowel is spelt <zz>.

Foreign letters: the foreign letters <c> (/k/ or /s/), <qu> (/kw/ or /kv/), <x> (/ks/) are sometimes used.

<r> : Sometimes pronounced /ɾ/, and sometimes /ʀ/.

Notes:

• été and os as in French, but those vowels are pronounced long.
• Not sure if I might have meant /ʁ/ instead of /ʀ/. No clue as to when /ɾ/, and when /ʀ/.
• Hmm, this is all a bit complicated, it would work better in tables. So I created some.

Pronunciation and spelling of vowels and following consonants

Spelling of /fvw/

Spelling of /sz/

Short text on vowel spellings and lengths

Short <a e i o u> Long <aa ee ie oo ou> Obscure <e>

Diphthongs <au ei eu ai oi ow uw>

Short and Obscure vowels are short; Long vowels and Diphthongs are long.

Notes:

• The two-letter spellings of long vowels don't apply in open syllables when followed by a consonant, as explained earlier.