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bitter_dandelion 🌟 2026-02-14 16:09 🇺🇸

poetry again, this time in Garish

-~<( Þa's än Farung )>~-

Þa's än farung, noch än farung, þus ic stricce älce stivel
Änn ic låpa langs'am weg, mið än hirn så snell änn nivel
Ic nâhe'm waldanrann, fur än scinwägan stând
Ta müsig änn befrüechtt um þam mie ta löven slân
Ic stäppt þârup mið mic, þåch ic wäet, þat kümð noj an
Ic stäppe þâraf scüldig, änn ic täre noch än dag
Förtig tioka lang, stôð ic up þâ langa ban
Förtig tioka sinne så, þåch þäi földen alta lang

Langa slenter þärtil, langa slenter tous
Ciece weg mið drör ferwhiel þe scinwägan louðð

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hexa 🌟 2026-02-14 16:22 🇮🇪

is this one inspired by german?

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bitter_dandelion 🌟 2026-02-14 16:30 🇺🇸

It's related to German, tho tbf it's actually more closely related to English. I derived it directly from Proto-West-Germanic, specifically with a lean towards North Sea (read: Anglo-Frisian) dialectisms. It also has a lot of Dutch influence (words like slentren), and some Nordic influence (words like bônn). German is High German taxonomically, while Garish is Ingvaeonic, or North Sea Germanic, so it's closest related to like Low German / Saxon

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hexa 🌟 2026-02-14 16:59 🇮🇪

interesting, do those languages have words similar to "ic," "scüldig," or "fur"?
because things like that are what made it feel German to me

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bitter_dandelion 🌟 2026-02-14 17:21 🇺🇸

ic:
- English I, earlier ich (now obsolete)
- Low German ik, ek
- Dutch ik
- Danish jeg
- The Garish word is palatalised like earlier forms of the English word

scüldig:
- no modern English cognate, but it would be shildy, and it's related to the word ‘should’
- Low German schuldig, schüldig
- Dutch schuldig
- Danish skyldig

fur:
- English before and for
- Low German för
- Dutch voor, veur (dialectal)
- Danish for
- the expected Garish reflex would actually be ‘for’, but is irregularly derived due to Middle Garish fuckery

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bananasean7 🌟 2026-02-14 16:10 🇮🇪

HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO YOU HAVE

like do these all have translations or are they like pig latin where u just replace e with `# or smth

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bitter_dandelion 🌟 2026-02-14 16:16 🇺🇸

Making languages has essentially been my only substantial hobby since middle school, so I have numerous conlangs. And they are all actual languages, not cyphers or relexes. This one is Garish, an North Sea germanic language, closest related to Anglo-Frisian and Low German, with some Dutch and Nordic influence.

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bananasean7 🌟 2026-02-14 16:18 🇮🇪

do you have like a gdoc or smth with stuff about the language or is all in your head

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bitter_dandelion 🌟 2026-02-14 16:28 🇺🇸

I generally document them in personal reference spreadsheets

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