Middle High Jermench (MGR)

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Middle High Jermench Jërmenech
Spoken in:	Holy Roman Empire
Conworld:	Mundus Germaniae Romanae
Total speakers:	unknown
Genealogical classification:	Indo-European Romance Northern-Romance Middle High Jermench
Basic word order:	SVO
Morphological type:	inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
P Collier, BP Jonsson	2006+

Introduction

Modern Descendants

• (High) Jermench
• Fitzekaselch
• Jiddich

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
		Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m				n						ŋ
Plosive		p   b				t   d						k   g
Affricate		p͡f				t͡s
Fricative				f   v		s     z		ʃ				x		h
Approximant		w								j
Trill						r
Lateral						l

Vowels

Vowels
				Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High				iː   yː								uː
Near-high						ɪ   y				ʊ
High-mid						e   øː						oː
Mid								ə
Low-mid						ɛ   ø						ɔ   ɔː
Low						æ   æː		a   aː

Morphology

Nouns

1st Declension

During the Middle High Jermench period, the reduction of unstressed vowels led to a reanalysis of the final /ə/, which was ultimately present in all forms, as being part of the noun stem.

Group I

Feminine.

A Standard paradigm 1st Declension – Group Ia Singular Plural Nominative – – s Accusative – – s Genitive – – r Dative – ̈– s

B Nouns with loss/assimilation of final -s after /s/, /z/, or /t͡s/. 1st Declension – Group Ic Singular Plural Nominative – – Accusative – – Genitive – – r Dative – ̈–

2nd Declension

Group I

Masculine.

A Standard paradigm 2nd Declension – Group Ia Singular Plural Nominative – ̈– (e) Accusative – – s Genitive – s – er Dative ̈– (e) ̈– (e)s

B Nouns with loss/assimilation of final -s after /s/, /z/, or /t͡s/. 2nd Declension – Group Ib Singular Plural Nominative – ̈– (e) Accusative – – Genitive – – er Dative ̈– (e) ̈– (es) Group II Masculine. A Standard paradigm 2nd Declension – Group IIa Singular Plural Nominative – s ̈– (e) Accusative – – s Genitive – s – er Dative ̈– (e) ̈– (e)s B Nouns with loss/assimilation of final -s after /s/, /z/, or /t͡s/. 2nd Declension – Group IIb Singular Plural Nominative – ̈– (e) Accusative – – Genitive – – er Dative ̈– (e) ̈– (es) Group III Masculine. A Standard paradigm 2nd Declension – Group IIIa Singular Plural Nominative – s ̈– (e) Accusative – – s Genitive ̈– (e) – er Dative – ̈– (e)s B Nouns with loss/assimilation of final -s after /s/, /z/, or /t͡s/. 2nd Declension – Group IIIb Singular Plural Nominative – ̈– (e) Accusative – – Genitive ̈– (e) – er Dative – ̈– (es) Group IV Masculine. A Standard paradigm 2nd Declension – Group IVa Singular Plural Nominative – ̈– (e) Accusative – – s Genitive ̈– (e) – er Dative – ̈– (e)s B Nouns with loss/assimilation of final -s after /s/, /z/, or /t͡s/. 2nd Declension – Group IVb Singular Plural Nominative – ̈– (e) Accusative – – Genitive ̈– (e) – er Dative – ̈– (es) 3rd Declension Group I Feminine. A Standard paradigm 3rd Declension – Group Ia Singular Plural Nominative – s – s Accusative – – s Genitive – s – Dative ̈– (e)¹ – es B Nouns with loss/assimilation of final -s after /s/, /z/, or /t͡s/. 3rd Declension – Group Ib Singular Plural Nominative – – Accusative – – Genitive – – Dative ̈– (e)¹ – es ¹ Forms arising from primary I-mutation had generally lost their final vowel in OHJ. In nouns that underwent secondary I-mutation in MHJ, the final vowel was retained (and weakened to /ə/). Pronouns Pronouns Singular Plural masculine feminine reflexive impersonal masculine feminine reflexive 1st person Nominative ju ― ― nus ― Accusative mei ― nus Genitive mi ― ― noster ― Dative möue ― ― nous ― 2nd person Nominative zu ― ― wus ― Accusative zei ― wus Genitive twi ― ― wëster ― Dative zöue ― ― wous ― 3rd person Nominative el elle ― hom illî ellas ― Accusative sei hom sei Genitive schwi ― homs schwi ― Dative söue ― hœme sis ― Interrogative & relative Nominative ki ― ― ki ― Accusative kie ― ― kus quas Genitive köus quæs ― ― kour quar ― Dative ki quæ ― ― kius ― Verbs Indicative Mood 1st Conjugation 2nd Conjugation Subjunctive Mood 1st Conjugation 2nd Conjugation Imperative Mood Infinitive and Past Participles Auxilliary Verbs Ëstzer (to be) Present Singular Plural 1st person sou soums 2nd person ës ësts 3rd Person ëst suntz Preterite (Simple Past) Singular Plural 1st person düe doums 2nd person düste dusts 3rd Person dus dourntz Ëstzer was used in conjunction with a passive participle to create the passive voice. Haber (to have) Present Singular Plural 1st person hab habems 2nd person hos habets 3rd Person hous hontz Preterite (Simple Past) Singular Plural 1st person houwe houwems 2nd person houweste houwests 3rd Person houwt houwerntz Wiener (to come) Present Singular Plural 1st person wien wienems 2nd person wienes wieneszes 3rd Person wienes wienentz Preterite (Simple Past) Singular Plural 1st person winwe winwems 2nd person winweste winwests 3rd Person wines winwerntz Articles Definite Article Definite Article Masculine Feminine Nom. sing. lie li Acc. sing. lou lus Gen. sing. löus lour Dat. sing. löu lis Nom. plur. la las Acc. plur. la las Gen. plur. læs lour Dat. plur. læ lis Indefinite Article Indefinite Article Masculine Feminine Nom. sing. uns une Acc. sing. un une Gen. sing. unöus unæs Dat. sing. unöu unæ Sample Texts