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#+title: The Country of Eittland
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* The Country of Eittland
** Eittlandic Geography
Eittland is an active volcanic island. In its center we can find the
most active volcanoes, surrounded by glaciers and some regular
mountains. It is surrounded by some taiga, taiga plains covered mainly
by ashen pines (/pinus fraxinus/), and a large cold desert covering most
of the center of the island and its northern eastern part. Outside of
this largely unpopulated region, Eastern Eittland mainly consists of
grasslands with some temperate rainforests on its southern shores as
well as some occasional wetland and marshes. On the other hand,
Western Eittland has a lot more temperate deciduos forests, temperate
rainforests and some more wetlands and marshes still. Three small cold
deserts spawn in Western Eittland, including one north east of
Đeberget not far from the city. More details can be found in the map
below. Overall, the southern and western parts of Eittland can be
compared to Scotland in terms of temperatures, or a warmer Iceland.
#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/map-biomes.png">Biomes of the Eittlandic Island</ImgFigure>
Eastern Eittland is also recognizable by its great amount of flat
shorelines, especially in its northern and eastern parts which are part
of the more recent paths of lava flows. On the other hand, its few
fjords and the numerous fjords found in the western part of the island
are characteristic of much older parts of Eittland. The Fjord
themselves were formed during the last ice age, while the smoother
shore lines formed since. Western Eittland also has two main bays
which are two very old caldeira volcanoes. It is not known whether
they will be one day active again or not.
** Culture
The Eittlandic people share a common basis for their culture which
remained rather conservative for much longer than the other nordic
people due to its resistance towards Christianity conversion. The
number of people adhering to Norse beliefs remained very high through
the ages and only recently began declining, going from 93% of
Eittlanders declaring themselves follower of the Norse Faith in 1950
to 68% in 2019. This decline is also due to either people converting
to a religion or due to the immigration boom from the last seventy
years, though the main reason is the decline in people identifying to
any faith at all --- the number of atheists went from only 2% of
Eittlanders in 1940 to 15% in 2019. The evolution of the religious
population is shown in the chart below, and a geographical
distribution of these in 2019 can be found in the map following the
chart --- note that only the main religion is shown in a particular
area and religions with less people in said area are not shown. You
can also see on said map the population repartition of Eittland.
#+headers: :cache yes :exports none
#+begin_src gnuplot :file img/eittlandic/religions.png :var data=eittland-religions
set title "Religions in Eittland since 1950"
set title boxed offset 0,0 font ",15"
set key invert reverse Left outside
set yrange [0:100]
set grid y
set ylabel "Percentage"
set border 3
set style data histograms
set style histogram rowstacked
set style fill solid border -1
set boxwidth 1
plot data u 2:xticlabels(1) axis x1y1 title 'Norse Faith', \
data u 3:xticlabels(1) axis x1y1 title 'Atheism', \
data u 4:xticlabels(1) axis x1y1 title 'Church of Eittland', \
data u 5:xticlabels(1) axis x1y1 title 'Christianity', \
data u 6:xticlabels(1) axis x1y1 title 'Buddhism', \
data u 7:xticlabels(1) axis x1y1 title 'Other'
#+end_src
#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/religions.png">Religious Evolution of Eittland Since 1900</ImgFigure>
#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/map-religion.png">Religious population of Eittland in 2019</ImgFigure>
There is also a regional cultural difference between Western, Eastern,
and Southern Eittland marked with some differences in traditions and
language. There is currently a nationalist movement in Southern
Eittland so a new state is created within the Kingdom of Eittland. The
repartition of the different eittlandic cultures is shown in the map
below.
#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/map-cultural.png">Cultural Map of Eittland</ImgFigure>
Standard Eittlandic is a relatively young language, created in the
1960s by the government in order to create a standard dialect to
facilitate communications between Eittlanders and make learning the
language easier. Standard Eittlandic is now enforced as the /de facto/
legal language of the High Kingdom of Eittland, used by its
government, schools, and universities, but the local dialects are
still widely spoken privately and in business which remains regional.
They still have a strong presence in popular media and are still
spoken by younger generations, however, a decline has been registered
since the 90s among young people living in cities, speaking more and
more in Standard Eittlandic instead. Dialects are also rarely used on
the internet outside of private conversation. An estimate of 17% of
the Eittlandic population younger than 25 in 2017 do not speak any
dialectal Eittlandic outside of Standard Eittlandic, although only 2%
of them do not understand their family’s dialectal Eittlandic.
Standard Eittlandic also became the default dialect for Eittlandic
communities living outside of Eittland --- in these communities the
inability of speaking other dialects rise to 61% while the ability to
understand them rises to 25% among Eittlanders younger than 25 in 2018
and who still have Eittlandic as their mother tongue.
It is estimated only 0.05% of people living in Eittland do not speak
any Eittlandic dialect, all of them being immigrants or children of
immigrants. It is therefore safe to say Eittlandic is still going
strong and does not face any risk of disappearing anytime soon,
although we might be at the start of the decline of the historical
dialects of Eittland in favor of Standard Eittlandic.
In this document, you will see references to both Standard Eittlandic
and Modern Eittlandic. Although some people use the terms
interchangeably, they are not. /Standard Eittlandic/ refers to the
official dialect described above, while /Modern Eittlandic/ refers to
all modern dialects of Eittlandic. This document focuses on Modern
Eittlandic in general, and when details about specific dialects are
given, the name of said dialect will be shared.
** Name of the Country
The origins of the name of Eittland are unclear, two main theories
exist regarding its etymology.
The first theory says the root of the name of “Eittland” is the
accusative of /einn/ (Old Norse /one/, /alone/) and /land/ (Old Norse /country/,
/land/. This is due to how remote it seemed to the people who
discovered, before Iceland and Greenland were known. Hence, a possible
translation of “Eittland” can be /Lonely Land/. The term “Eittlandic” is
relatively transparent considering the term “Icelandic” for “Iceland”
and “Greenlandic” for “Greenland”.
However, the second but least probable theory is the island is named
after /eitr/, a mythical poison from which the first Jøtunn Ymir was
created. Eittland’s waters near the volcanoes containing high amounts
of sulfur, a poison, could be what named the island. This association
with poison, as well as the association to the place where it was
found, /Ginnungagap/, could have acted as a deterrent to prevent people
outsiders from coming.
This last theory’s first recorded mention is from the 18th century,
while the first theory appears to be much older, and therefore much
more likely. It is possible the latter was thought of as a way to
re-invigorate Eittland’s identity as a pagan country unlike its other
Nordic counterparts, maybe even as a fearsome country.
Although the country is known as Eittland, the island itself bears a
few other names. Early records show the island being referred to as
/Vestrheim/ by early settlers, meaning /West Home/, and its inhabitants
being referred to as /Vestrheiming/ and /Vestrheimingjar/ (singular and
plural respectively). Around the same time, settlers living closer to
the mountains would also call the inner lands /Fjallheim/, meaning
/Mountain Home/, which stuck until now as a name for the Northwestern
peninsula of Eittland. Lastly, the name /Eldøy/, /Fire Island/, was used
to refer both to Eittland and Iceland due to their volcanic activity.
Nowadays, the name morphed into /Eldfjall/ to refer to the volcanic
cluster at the center of the Island.
** History
*** Early Eittlandic History (7th-12th centuries)
According to historical records, Eittland was first found in 763 by
Norwegian explorers. Its first settlement appeared in 782 on its
eastern shores with hopes of finding new farmland. The population grew
rapidly after the discovery of the southern shores, and in 915
Eittland became self-governing with Ásmundr Úlfsonn declared the first
Eittlandic king. However, in order to avoid any unnecessary conflicts,
the new king swore allegiance to the Norwegian king Harald I
Halfdansson. Eittland thus became a vassal state to the Norwegian
crown while retaining autonomy from it, which was granted due to the
distance between the two countries.
Shortly after however, the beginning of the christianisation of the
nordic countries and especially of Norway created a new immigration
boost in Eittland with norsemen seeking a pagan land untouched by
christian faith. In 935, a year after Haakon I Haraldsson became king
of Norway and began trying to introduce Christianity to its people,
the newly crowned king Áleifr I Ásmundson of Eittland adopted a new
law forbidding the Christian faith to be imported, promoted, and
practiced in Eittland. This decision forever weakened the alliance
between the two countries and detariorated their relationship.
As more and more people in Eittland were moving to its western part
due to larger opportunities with its farmlands, king Áleifr I chose in
936 to move the capital of Eittland from Hylfjaltr to Đeberget and
split in half the country. He appointed his brother Steingrímr, later
known as Steingrímr I Áleifsbróðr, as his co-ruler and gave him
authority over Eastern Eittland while he kept ruling himself over
Western Eittland. This choice is due to the difficulty of going from
one side of the island to the other by land --- lava flows often
forcefully close and destroy paths joining the two parts together.
This gave birth to the two states of the Kingdom of Đeberget (also
called the /Western Eittlandic Kingdom/) and the Kingdom of Hylfjaltr
(also called the /Eastern Eittlandic Kingdom/). More on that in
[[Political Organization][#Political-Organization]].
*** Crusades and Independence (13th century - 1400)
As soon as the 13th century, and through the 14th century, the
Teutonic Order and the Livonian Order, backed by the Holy Roman
Empire, proposed crusades against Eittland to get rid of its norse
faith. However, these never came to be due to the distance between
Eittland and mainland Europe, despite the papal authorisations in
1228, 1257, 1289, 1325, and 1367.
In 1397, the creation of the Kalmar Union kicked a new crusade, this
time backed by the Union itself as well as the Teutonic Order --- Eric
of Pomerania aimed to unify his country both religiously by getting
rid of the norse faith in Eittland and politically by getting rid of
its established monarchy. A contingent sailed to Eittland to submit
the island, however they were met with fierce resistance by the locals
on arrival. Estimates show that while some 2.400 Eittlandic people
died during this first invasion, most of the 3.000 men sent were
either killed or taken prisoners.
In 1398, a new contingent of 12.000 men landed in Eittland. This time,
a much more prepared army of 14.000 men faced them on a battlefield
east of the eastern capital of Hyfjaltr. This resulted in an
Eittlandic victory, however the Monarch of Hylfjaltr Eiríkr IV
Ásgeirsbróðr lost his life during the battle. Coincidentally, the High
King Ásgeirr I Biœrgson died of unknown causes around the same time.
Historians still debate whether it is due to the ongoing conflict, and
if it is by who. Theories range from poisoning by spies from the
Kalmar Union, to assassination by the next rulers, to a much more
simple, unknown health condition which coincided with the ongoing
events.
During the same year, the Althing elected Arvid I Geirson as the new
High King who nominated his brother Havardr I Arvidbróðr as the
Monarch of Hylfjaltr. While the previous monarchs took a more
defensive approach, they chose to become much more aggressive,
striving for independence. After demands were sent to the Kalmar
Union, Eittland began a series of raids on its territories, ranging
from Iceland to the Faroese Islands to even two raids in Norway and
Denmark. These raids only aimed trade and military ships but severely
handicaped the Union’s marine.
On September 17th, 1400 High King Arvid Geirson of Eittland and King
Erik of the Kalmar Union met in Reykjavik to sign the Treaty of
Reykjavik, during which the Kalmar Union recognized the independence
of Eittland and renounced its claims to the island. On the other hand,
Eittland ceeded its Greenlandic colonies to the Kalmar Union. Both
parties agreed to end the hostilities towards one another.
While the Union no longer launched any crusades against Eittland, the
Teutonic Order attempted to land again in 1407 with 4.000 men.
Although the Kingdom of Hylfjaltr took a devastating blow during the
initial days of the crusade, loosing well over 6.000 men, the invaders
were ultimately defeated thanks to reinforcement from the Kingdom of
Ðeberget. This marked the end of crusades in Eittland.
*** The Absolute Monarchy (1400-1852)
Once independent, Eittland quickly became isolated among the European
nations due as it was percieved as a pagan nation by the rest of the
continent. For over a century, the country had to be almost entirely
self-sufficient. This lead to a more in-depth survey of the resources
of the land launched in 1421. Large quantities of iron were discovered
in 1432 in Western Eittland in the geologically older parts of the
island as well as copper and some gold.
Unfortunately for the island, no coal deposit ever got found, the
islanders turned to charcoal instead. During the following century, an
important deforestation of Eittland took place until the royal decree
of 1542 was proclaimed in order to protect the forests. It ruled that
for each tree felled in the next hundred years, four shall be planted,
and only one once the period ended. The only exceptions were for
creating new pastures with the condition of the request being
submitted and accepted by the local Jarl and its government.
The discovery of important marble deposits in the geologically more
recent parts of the island in 1512 was the event that reopened trades
with the continent. England was the first country to openly trade with
Eittland, swiftly followed by states from the Holy Roman Empire and
other protestant countries. The country became famous for its pure
white and green marble, which became its emblem. Walking in the
streets of major cities today, we can still see most of the monuments
and buildings from during that era made of marble. It is particularly
the case in Hylfjaltr, known by the nickname of “The White City” due
to the sheer amount of monuments made of ouf this material.
It is around this time religious wars broke out in mainland Europe,
and war refugees coming at first from Scandinavia and soon enough from
all Northern and Western Europe came to Eittland to seek refuge. They
were accepted on the condition never to try and spread their religion
on the island with the risk of expulsion back to continental Europe.
At the time, the influx of refugees represented around one percent of
its total population, with about two thirds of it being protestants
and the rest catholics. The local protestant population officially
founded in 1587 the Church of Eittland.
You can find in the chart below a breakdown of the various countries
and regions religious refugees came from. Although Scandinavia was one
of the first regions to take refuge in Eittland, most of refugees came
from the Holy Roman Empire and from France where religious wars were
particularly violent. It is estimated most of the Protestant
population of Eittland are mainly from French descent, while the HRE’s
and Scandinavian population came with mixes of Christians and
Protestants. On the other hand, most if not all of the English
population was Christian.
#+header: :exports none
#+header: :file img/eittlandic/religious-refugees.png :cache yes
#+begin_src gnuplot :var data=nationality-religious-refugees
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#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/religious-refugees.png">Breakdown of the country or region of origin of religious refugees in the 1500s</ImgFigure>
With the beginning of coloniolization of Northern America, Eittland
became a naval hotspot. Its position allowed ships to cut in half
their journey if necessary and replenish their supplies. England and
the Netherlands were the first countries to halt in Eittland for such
reasons, participating in an important economic boom in the early 16th
century on a national scale. France later joined this trade route
starting in 1619 when going to their colonies in modern-day Canada.
On the 30th of March 1775, England demanded from Eittland a port to be
used as a military port as part of their war effort during the
American revolution. Eittland refused these demands, invoking a
neutrality concerning the ongoing conflict. In response, England sent
an ultimatum, asking the port of Vátrsteinn to be their military base.
On Eittland’s second refusal, England declared war and launched a land
invasion of the island. The general in charge of the invasion, Sir
Andrew Sapping, decided to avoid landing in fjords, judging it too
risky and prone to ambushes. Instead, English troops landed in the
flatlands west of Vátrsteinn. While eittlandic troops were massing in
the nearby town of Vestrfjoðarkjapt, a volcano erupted into a
pyroclastic flow. The English landing site being on its path, half of
the invading English forces were immediately wiped out, and two thirds
of their vessels were badly dammaged or destroyed. Immediately after
this, Sir Sapping surrendered to the Eittlandic troops which were
captured as prisonners of war. Due to this defeat and the sudden
reduction in available men and ships in the English army, the Treaty
of Hylfjaltr was signed on the 25 of May of the same year. While
England recognized its defeat, Eittland promised not to intervene on
any side in the current rebellion of the American colonies (which was
not the intent of Eittland in the first place).
After the independence of the United States of America, Eittland
retained its status as a maritime hotspot between Northern America and
Europe. Its ports of Kóparvall and Tvinnár, near Ðeberget and
Hylfjaltr respectively, became the two major ports in Eittland, with
Tvinnár generally favoured by ships coming from Europe and Kóparvall
favoured by ships coming from Northern America.
** Political Organization
*** Kingdoms and Monarchy
While Eittland is a single country, it is host to two kingdoms: the
Kingdom of Đeberget in the western part of the country, and the
Kingdom of Hylfjaltr in its eastern part. This is due to a separation
of the country in two halves during the reign of Eittlands second king
Áleifr I when he realized the difficulties he and the following
monarchs of the island would face trying to rule the country alone
while the latter is almost always split in two by active volcanoes.
Thus, while the two kingdoms operate very independently from each
other --- each have their own policies on economics, education,
industry, and so on --- they also operate in cooperation as the
Eittlandic High Kingdom with the king of Đeberget at its head when it
comes to common policies, such as military decision and internrational
affairs.
#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/map-political.png">The Two Eittlandic States</ImgFigure>
This means that while both governments are independent from each other
and are legally equals to each other, the western monarch is the one
with the authority to decide on national actions after negotiations
between them and the eastern monarch. This is reflected by the throne
rooms found in official buildings such as the royal palaces where
three thrones can be found: a central, very large throne surrounded by
two other identical thrones, the right one for the monarch of
Hylfjaltr and the left one for the king of Đeberget. Most of the time,
both monarchs sit on their side throne, including when they meet each
other as the monarchs of Hylfjaltr and Đeberget. However, when the
monarch of Đeberget is meant to act as the High Monarch of Eittland,
they step up to the central throne and then represent the country as a
whole.
At the end of the reign of the High King, either through abdication or
their death, his successor is enthroned within a month. Then, within a
year, the new High King has to appoint a new monarch for Hylfjaltr.
Traditionally, the new co-ruler is a brother of the current High
Monarch, however history showed it could be sometimes an uncle, a son,
a sister or even sometimes a daughter. When the eastern monarch either
abdicates or dies, the High Monarch has a month to designate a new
one.
Up until the 14th century, the monarch of Hylfjaltr was rarely the
successor of the High Monarch. However, High King Ólafr I changed this
tradition and created a new one. He named his brother and co-ruler
King of Eittland and his son Prince of Eittland. From here on, the
King (or occasionally the Queen) of Eastern Eittland was meant to
become the new High Monarch of Eittland and make the Prince (or
occasional Princess) the ruler of Hylfjaltr. Then, once the reign of
the King ends, the Prince becomes the new High King and nominates a
new King and a new Prince. This was done to ensure the upcoming High
Monarch would be prepared in ruling the whole country by first ruling
the state. If anything were to happen to the Prince or Princess of
Eittland while the King or Queen of Hylfjaltr is on the throne, they
would have to nominate a new heir among the other possible heirs
possible for the late High Monarch.
When the High Monarchs steps up to the central throne, they may
designate someone to fill in the role of the monarch of Đeberget for
the time being. They can also authorize the monarch of Hylfjaltr to do
so in case they are unavailable and someone need to represent the
country in front of foreign representatives. The last example was
during the two last years of Eríkr IX’s reign from 1987 to 1989 when
he could not act as High King due to his illness. While he did not
abdicate, he authorized king Harald III to act as High King while he
appointed his daughter and present-day High Queen Njall III as the
acting monarch of Đeberget.
*** Regions and Jarldoms
While each kingdom is ruled by a monarch and the country is ruled by
the High Monarch, the kingdoms are divided into several kinds of
subdivisions. The most common one is the jarldom, historically ruled
by and still represented by a jarl during ceremonies. “Jarl”
translates as “Earl” in English, and they were the nobles in charge of
managing parts of the land in the name of the ruler.
#+html: <ImgFigure src="/img/eittlandic/map-provinces.png">Eittlandic Provinces</ImgFigure>
Some parts of the land are directly under the control of the crown,
such as the districts of Đeberget and Hylfjaltr, which the ruler ruled
without intermediaries. They are the private possessions of the family
of the rulers.
On top of this the center of the island is divided in territories, one
administered by the government of Đeberget and two by the government
of Hylfjaltr. These territories are supposedly not inhabited by anyone
and are currently natural parks. This is mostly where you can find the
mountains and volcanoes of Eittland as well as its cold deserts.
Due to the Last Royal Decree of 1826, jarls no longer rule their
jarldom themselves anymore. Instead, a local elected government takes
care of this role now.
*** Governments
**** Monarchy and Things
The first form of government created in Eittland revolved around
Things (/þing/ in Eittlandic), assemblies of varying size occasionally
created at various levels of the state to decide on important matters,
with the Althing being the highest Thing to exist in Eittland. The
Things allow at first any adult man to participate, but as the
population grew some restrictions were put in place in order to limit
the amount of participants. Only one man could represent a household
starting from 982. Then, starting from 998, only jarls were allowed to
the ruler’s Thing, and only ten jarls from each kingdom, elected among
all the jarls from the same kingdom, would be allowed to attend the
High Monarch’s Thing. These jarls would then act as representatives of
the kingdom to the High King and his counsellors.
In 1278, the first formal ministry (or department) was created in the
Ðeberget Kingdom, called a /Ráðuneyt/ (litt. “fellowship of
counsellors”) with a /Ráðunautr/ at its head, to aid the King Hallþórr V
Gunhildson’s in administering agriculture. The Hylfjaltr Kingdom soon
followed, creating its own in 1283 by order of Eyvindor III
Steingrímson. From then, ráðuneyts were created as needed with a
growing number.
**** Constitutional Monarchy
In 1826, fearing the revolutionary climate in mainland Europe, Ólafr V
passed the appropriately named “Last Royal Decree” in 1826. This act
put in place a new form of government based on the British monarchy.
The king transfers all the royal power from the rulers of Đeberget and
Hylfjaltr to the House of the People and the House of the Land (the
equivalent of the lower and upper Houses respectively). The House of
the People is composed of men elected during general elections every
eight years. It was decided for each jarldom and district, one
representative would be elected plus another one for each percentage
of the population of the kingdom the jarldom represents.
A similar system was created for jarldoms in order to replace jarls
with locally elected governments, as well as the organisation of
municipalities.
At first only male land owner of the Nordic Faith could vote and could
be elected. In 1886, all men of the Nordic Faith got the right to vote
and be elected in the general elections. In 1902, women gained the
right to vote and they gained the right to be elected in 1915. The law
that allowed women to vote also made the authorities stop enforcing
the restriction on the faith of the participants --- while the
original texts of 1826 and 1886 were clear on the fact only men of the
Nordic Faith were allowed to vote and be elected, women had no such
restriction making it unclear if it only applied to women or if this
restriction was revoked for everyone. Organizers of the next elections
in 1914 chose not to enforce this religious restriction and ever since
then. In 1998, Queen Siv I exceptionally used her powers of High Queen
to pass a law to clarify this issue and formally make Eittland a
non-religious country. This also removed the long unenforced ban on
other religions in Eittland.
Note that while the rulers of Đeberget and Hylfjaltr have lost all
their power with the “Last Royal Decree”, the High Monarch remained
unaffected by the text though they act and are expected to act as if
it were the case. To replace them, the eastern and western governments
elect a single national representative meant to act as the head of
both states instead of the High Monarch who now holds only a
ceremonial position. However, it happens from time to time the High
Monarch passes a law, although they only write down in the law already
well established traditions, such as the ban on the religious
restrictions for voters which had not been enforced for almost a
century by that point.
Today, Ráðuneyts still exist, but their head is no longer designated
by the monarch but by the head of the House of the People. Here is the
list of Ministries that exist in Eittland in 2022:
- /Bærráðuneyt/ :: Agriculture Ministry
- Dæmaráðuneyt :: Justice Ministry
- Erlendslandsráðuneyt :: Foreign Affair Ministry
- Fræðiráðuneyt :: Education Ministry
- Heilsráðuneyt :: Health Ministry
- Konungdómráðuneyt :: Kingdom’s Ministry (State Affairs)
- Náttúrráðuneyt :: Nature Ministry (including ecology)
- Rógráðuneyt :: War Ministry
- Teknikráðuneyt :: Technology Ministry
- Kaupráðuneyt :: Economy Ministry
- Vinnaráðuneyt :: Employment Ministry
With the separation of the State with its religious departments
following the law of 1998, the /Heiðniráðuneyt/ (the Heathendom
Department) became an entity separate from the Government. Its
Ráðunautr used to be exceptionally appointed by the House of the Land,
unlike the rest of Ráðunautrs.
* Private Data :noexport:
#+name: eittland-religions
| / | < | | | | | |
| Year | Norse Faith | Atheism | Church of Eittland | Christianity | Buddhism | Other |
|------+-------------+---------+--------------------+--------------+----------+-------|
| 1900 | 97 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 69 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
#+name: nationality-religious-refugees
| Country | Percentage |
|-------------------+------------|
| France | 36 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 24 |
| Scandinavia | 22 |
| United Kingdom | 14 |
| Others | 4 |

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* Dictionary
** A
** Á
** Æ
** B
*** bræð
m. {{{phon(brɛð)}}}
See [[file:dictionary.md#broð][/bróð/]]
*** bróð
m. {{{phon(brɔð)}}}
1. brother, plural /bræð/
Re-analysis of /bródir/ decomposed into /bróð/ + /-ir/ by popular
etymology. Same goes for its former plural /bræðir/ which got
re-analyzed into /bræð/ + /-ir/.
| / | <r> | | |
| | | Singular | Plural |
|---+------+----------+--------|
| | Nom. | bróðr | bræðr |
| | Acc. | bróð | bræð |
| | Gen. | bróðir | bræðir |
| | Dat. | bróð | bræðum |
*** bók
f. {{{phon(bɔk)}}}
1. book, plural /bøk/
| / | <r> | | |
| | | Singular | Plural |
|---+------+----------+--------|
| | Nom. | bókr | bøkr |
| | Acc. | bók | bøk |
| | Gen. | bókar | bøkar |
| | Dat. | bók | bøkum |
*** bøk
f. {{{phon(bøk)}}}
See [[file:dictionary.md#bok][/bók/]]
** C
** D
*** djúp
adj. {{{phon(dʒop)}}}
1. deep
2. profound (figuratively)
*** djúpligr
adv. {{{phon(dʒopliɡr̩)}}}
1. deeply
*** dóttir
f. {{{phon(dɔʧir)}}}, plural *dœtr* {{{phon(dœtr̩)}}}
1. daughter
** Đ
** E
*** edda
f. {{{phon(ed)}}}
1. great grandmother
2. female ancestor, beyond the grandmother
*** Eittland
n. {{{phon(ɑɪʔlɑnd)}}}
1. (n) High Kingdom of Eittland, island of Eittland
** É
** F
*** feð
m. {{{phon(feð)}}}
See [[file:dictionary.md#føð][/føð/]]
*** fé
n. {{{phon(fɛ)}}}
1. wealth
From Old Norse /fé/.
| | Singular | Plural |
|------+----------+--------|
| Nom. | fé | fé |
| Acc. | fé | fé |
| Gen. | fés | fés |
| Dat. | fé | férum |
*** fisk
m. {{{phon(fiʃk)}}}
1. fish
From Old Norse /fiskr/.
| | Singular | Plural |
|------+----------+--------|
| Nom. | fiskr | fiskr |
| Acc. | fisk | fisk |
| Gen. | fiskar | fiskar |
| Dat. | fisk | fiskum |
*** føð
m. {{{phon(føð)}}}
1. father, plural /feð/
From Old Norse /fødir/ and /feðir/ which got re-analyzed as /føð/
appended with a grammatical /-ir/ (which later got reduced to a /-r/).
| | Singular | Plural |
|------+----------+--------|
| Nom. | føðr | feðr |
| Acc. | føð | feð |
| Gen. | føðar | feðar |
| Dat. | føð | feðum |
** G
*** gauð
n. {{{phon(jɔʊð)}}}
1. a barking
2. a quarrel
*** gegn
adv. {{{phon(jeɡn̩)}}}
1. against, opposing
*** gjøf
f. {{{phon(jøv)}}}
1. gift, present
** H
*** heilsa
f. {{{phon(hɑɪls)}}}
1. health
*** hjól
n. {{{phon(çɔl)}}}
1. wheel
*** hlóð
n. {{{phon(l̥ɔð)}}}
1. hearth
2. living room
*** hneisa
f. {{{phon(n̥ɑɪs)}}}
1. shame, disgrace
2. social isolation
*** hneising
n. {{{phon(n̥ɑɪsinɡ)}}}
1. hermit
2. (modern) shut-in, hikikomori
*** hnjósa
v. {{{phon(ɲ̥ɔs)}}}
1. to sneeze
*** hrifs
n. {{{phon(r̥ivs)}}}
1. assault, mugging
*** hvat
adv. {{{phon(ʍɑt)}}}
1. what
*** hví
adv. {{{phon(ʍe)}}}
1. why
** I
** Í
** J
** K
*** kaup
n. {{{phon(kɔp)}}}
1. commerce
2. bargain, barter
** L
** M
** N
*** noregsúlf
m. {{{phon(norejsolv)}}}
1. wolf, litt. Norway’s wolf.
Wolves do not naturally live in Eittland. Their only relatives
introduced to the island were dogs and wolf-dogs, and the latter
inherited the simpler /úlfr/ term. Noun composed by Old Norse /noregs/
(genitive of /Noregr/, /Norway/) and /úlfr/.
** O
** Ó
*** óglaðr
adj. {{{phon(ɔɡʲɑðr̩)}}}
1. very sad, depressed, miserable
** Ø
** Œ
*** Œgir
m. {{{phon(œjir)}}}
1. A mythical beast residing in the forests of the western
Eittlandic fjords.
** P
** Q
** R
** S
*** sitja
v. {{{phon(sitʃ)}}}
1. to sit
2. to represent (politics)
*** sjá
v. {{{phon(ʃɛ)}}}
1. to see
2. to understand
*** skilja
v. {{{phon(ʃkiʎ)}}}
1. to differenciate
2. to segregate, to separate
3. to understand a difference
*** snjór
m. {{{phon(sɲɔr)}}}
1. snow
** T
** Þ
** U
*** uppá
prep. {{{phon(upɸə)}}}
1. upon
** Ú
*** úlf
m. {{{phon(olv)}}}
1. wolf-dog. See also /noregsúlfr/.
** V
*** veisheit
f. {{{phon(βɑɪshɑɪt)}}}
1. knowledge or wisdom. From German /Weisheit/. See also /vizka/
*** viska
f. {{{phon(βiʃk)}}}
1. practical knowledge or wisdom, acquired from experience
See /veisheit/ for a more general term for /wisdow/
** Y
** Ý
** Z

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* Functional System :noexport:
** Grammatical Relationship
# Examplify some simple intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive
# clauses. Three-argument clauses may not unequivocally exist.
# - What are the grammatical erlations of this language? Give
# morphosyntactic evidence for each one that you propose.
# - Subject?
# - Ergative?
# - Absolutive?
# - Direct object?
# - Indirect object?
# There are basically four possible sources of evidence for
# grammatical relations:
# - morphological case on NPs
# - person marking on verbs
# - constituent ord
# - some pragmatic hierarchy
# - Is the system of grammatical relations in basic (affirmative,
# declarative) clauses organized according to a
# nominative/accusative, ergative/absolutive, tripartite, or some
# other system?
# - Is there a split system for organizing grammatical relations? If
# so, what determin
# - Is there split instransitivity? If so, what semantic or
# discourse/pragmatic factor conditions the split?
# - Does the system for pronouns and/or person marking on verbs
# operate on the same basis as that of full NPs?
# - Are there different grammatical-relation systems depending on
# the clause type (e.g. main vs. dependent clauses, affirmative
# vs. negative clauses)?
# - Are there different grammatical-relation assignment systems
# depending on th
# - Are there any syntactic processes (e.g. conjunction reduction,
# relativization) that operate on an ergative/absolutive basis?
** Constructions Link
** Valence Increase
*** Causative
*** Applicative
*** Dative Shift
*** Dative Interest
*** External Possession

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* Eittland
Eittland (Eittlandic: /Eittland/, {{{rune(eittland)}}}, {{{phon(ɑɪʔlɑ̃d)}}}) is part
of the family of Nordic countries and a member state of the Nordic
Council, with a population of 31.5 millions as per the 2019 national
census. It has a superficy of 121 km^{2}, making it the second largest
island in Europe after Great Britain. Its capital Đeberget is the
largest eittlandic city with a population of 1.641.600 in 2019. The
island is naturally separated in two, its western and eastern sides,
by a chain of volcanoes spawning on the separation of the North
American and the Eurasian plates, much like its northern sister
Iceland. Thus, its Eastern side covers 49km^{2} of the island and hosts
11.3 million inhabitants while the western side covers 72km^{2} with a
population of 20.1 millions.

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* Phonetic Inventory and Translitteration
** Evolution from Early Old Norse to Eittlandic
Eittlandic evolved early on from Early Old Norse, and as such some
vowels it evolved from are different than the Old Norse vowels and
consonants some other Nordic languages evolved from. In this chapter,
we will see the main list of attested phonetic evolution Eittlandic
lived through.
The history of Eittlandic goes from the late 8th century until
modern-day Eittlandic. Its history is divided as shown on table below.
It is not an exact science though as changes happened progressively
through the country. Changes were also progressive, meaning the dates
chosen to go from one language to the other are relatively arbitrary.
In evolution examples, it will be indicated whether the Eittlandic
pronunciation is specific to a certain time area (with /Early Middle
Eittlandic/, /Late Old Eittlandic/, etc…) but if it only specifies
/Eittlandic/ it means no significant changes in pronunciation occurred
since the phonetic rule shown. Meaning is also shown between
parenthesis. In case of semantic shift, its new meaning in Eittlandic
is shown --- the same goes for the word’s spelling.
#+name: table:history-eittlandic-language
#+caption: Linguistic eras of Eittland
| Period | Language |
|-----------------------------+-------------------|
| 8th century - 12th century | Old Eittlandic |
| 13th century - 16th century | Middle Eittlandic |
| 17th century - today | Modern Eittlandic |
It is generally considered the gj-shift of the 13th century is the
evolution that marks the change from Old Eittlandic to Middle
Eittlandic while the great vowel shift marks the change from Middle
Eittlandic to Modern Eittlandic between the 16th and the 17th century.
*** hʷ » ʍ
One of the first evolution of the Eittlandic was the evolution of the
{{{phon(hʷ)}}} into a {{{phon(ʍ)}}} (written «hv»). It differs from other nordic
languages which evolved their {{{phon(hʷ)}}} into a {{{phon(v)}}}, like in
Icelandic or in Norwegian. However, this evolution is cause to debate,
mainly due to the original phoneme {{{phon(hʷ)}}} which could be inherited
from Proto-Norse instead.
+ Example :: Early Old Norse or Late Proto-Norse /hvat/ (what)
{{{phon(hʷɑt)}}} » Eittlandic /hvat/ (what) {{{phon(ʍɑt)}}}
*** C / #h_ » C[-voice]
When preceded by a {{{phon(h)}}}, word-initial consonants such as «l», «r»,
«n» would lose their voicing and become voiceless consonants. Note
«hj» went to {{{phon(ç)}}}.
+ Example ::
- Early Old Norse /hlóð/ (/hearth/) {{{phon(hloːð)}}} » Old Eittlandic /hlóð/
{{{phon(l̥oːð)}}}
- Early Old-Norse /hneisa/ (/shame, disgrace/) {{{phon(hneisɑ)}}} » Early Old
Eittlandic {{{phon(n̥eisɑ)}}}
- Early Old Norse /hrifs/ (/robbery/) {{{phon(hrifs)}}} » Old Norse {{{phon(r̥ifs)}}}
- Early Old Norse /hjól/ (wheel) {{{phon(hjoːl)}}} » Old Eittlandic {{{phon(çoːl)}}}
*** g / {#,V}_⁣{V,#} » ɣ
In word-initial position and followed by a vowel or when between
vowels, Early Old Norse {{{phon(g)}}} gets palatalized into a {{{phon(ɣ)}}}.
+ Example :: Early Old Norse /gegn/ (/against, right opposite/) {{{phon(gegn̩)}}}
» Old Eittlandic {{{phon(ɣegn̩)}}}
*** V / _⁣# » ∅ ! j _
When finishing a word, short unaccented vowels disappeared.
Historically, they first went through a weakening transforming them
into a {{{phon(ə)}}}, but they eventually disappeared before long vowels got
affected by the first part of the rule. However, it did not apply to
final vowels following a «j».
+ Example :: Old Norse /heilsa/ (/health/) {{{phon(heilsɑ)}}} » Late Old
Eittlandic /heils/ {{{phon(heils)}}}.
Reflecting this change, the last vowel got lost in the Eittlandic
orthography. However, this rule did not get applied consistently with
a good deal of people that kept them well until the [[*Great Vowel Shift][Great Vowel Shift]].
*** V / j_# » ə
While the final short vowel of words did not disappear when preceded
by a «j», they still weakened to a schwa.
+ Example :: Old Norse /sitja/ (/to sit/) {{{phon(sitjɑ)}}} » Old Eittlandic
{{{phon(sitjə)}}}
*** Vː / _# » ə
When at the end of a word, long unaccented vowels get weakened into a
schwa.
+ Example :: Old Norse /erþó/ (as though) {{{phon(erθoː)}}} » Late Old
Eittlandic {{{phon(erθə)}}}.
Notice how in the modern orthography the «ó» didn’t get lost, unlike
with the previous rule. Unlike the schwa from the previous rule, the
current schwa still bears the long vowel feature although it is not
pronounced anymore by that point, influencing the rule described in [[*ə\[-long\] / C_# »
∅][rule 15]].
*** ɣ / {#,V}_ » j
During the 13th century, continued palatalization of the letter «g»
when beginning or preceding a vowel transformed it from {{{phon(g)}}} in
Proto-Norse to {{{phon(ɣ)}}} in Old Eittlandic to {{{phon(j)}}} in Early Modern
Eittlandic.
+ Example :: Old Norse /gauð/ (a barking) {{{phon(gɑuð)}}} » Early Middle
Eittlandic /gauð/ (a barking, a quarrel) {{{phon(jɑuð)}}}.
This is the first rule of the g/j-shift along with the three next
rules, marking the passage from Old Eittlandic to Middle Eittlandic.
*** gl » gʲ
The exception to the above rule is the «g» remains a hard {{{phon(g)}}} when
followed by an «l» in which case {{{phon(gl)}}} becomes {{{phon(gʲ)}}}.
+ Example :: Old Norse /óglaðr/ (sad, moody) {{{phon(oːɡlɑðr̩)}}} » Early
Middle Eittlandic /óglaðr/ (very sad, miserable) {{{phon(oːɡʲɑðr̩)}}}
*** d g n s t / _j » C[+palat]
Another exception to the rule in [[*t / _C » ʔ ! _ʃ][rule 21]] is the «g» remains a hard
{{{phon(g)}}} when followed by a {{{phon(j)}}}, in which case {{{phon(gj)}}} becomes
{{{phon(j)}}}. Other phonemes {{{phon(d)}}}, {{{phon(h)}}}, {{{phon(n)}}}, {{{phon(s)}}}, and
{{{phon(t)}}} also get palatalized, merging with the following {{{phon(j)}}}. In
the end, we have the conversion table given by the table below.
#+name: cons:palatalization
#+caption: Consonants palatalization
| Early Old Norse | Eittlandic |
|-----------------+------------|
| {{{phon(dj)}}} | {{{phon(dʒ)}}} |
| {{{phon(gj)}}} | {{{phon(j)}}} |
| {{{phon(nj)}}} | {{{phon(ɲ)}}} |
| {{{phon(sj)}}} | {{{phon(ʃ)}}} |
| {{{phon(tj)}}} | {{{phon(tʃ)}}} |
Note this is also applicable to devoiced consonants from the rule
described in [[*C / #h_ » C\[-voice\]][rule 2]].
+ Example ::
- Early Old Norse /djúp/ (/deep/) {{{phon(djuːp)}}} » Middle Eittlandic /djúp/
(/deep, profound/) {{{phon(dʒuːp)}}}
- Early Old Norse /gjøf/ (/gift/) {{{phon(gjøf)}}} » Early Middle Eittlandic
{{{phon(jøf)}}}
- Early Old Norse /snjór/ (/snow/) {{{phon(snjoːr)}}} » Middle Eittlandic
{{{phon(sɲoːr)}}}
- Early Old Norse /hnjósa/ (/to sneeze/) {{{phon(hnjoːsɑ)}}} » Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(ɲ̥oːs)}}}
- Early Old Norse /sjá/ (/to see/) {{{phon(sjɑː)}}} » Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(ʃɑː)}}}
- Early Old Norse /skilja/ (/to understand, to distinguish/)
{{{phon(skiljɑ)}}} » Early Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(ʃkiljə)}}}
- Old Eittlandic /sitja/ (/to sit/) {{{phon(sitjə)}}} » Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(sitʃə)}}}
*** j » jə / _#
With the appearance of word-final {{{phon(j)}}}, and epenthtetic {{{phon(ə)}}}
appeared due to the phonological rule forbidding word-final consonant
clusters to end with a {{{phon(j)}}}.
+ Example ::
- Early Old Norse /berg/ (/rock/, /boulder/) {{{phon(berɡ)}}} » Middle
Eittlandic /berg/ {{{phon(berjə)}}}
*** u / V_ » ʊ
When following another vowel, {{{phon(u)}}} becomes an {{{phon(ʊ)}}}.
+ Example :: Old Norse /kaup/ (/bargain/) {{{phon(kɑup)}}} » Early Middle
Eittlandic {{{phon(kɑʊp)}}}
*** {s,z} / _C[+plos] » ʃ
If {{{phon(s)}}} or {{{phon(z)}}} precede a plosive consonant, they become
palatalized into a {{{phon(ʃ)}}} --- the distinction between «s» and «z» is
lost.
+ Example ::
- Old Norse /fiskr/ (/fish/) {{{phon(fiskr̩)}}} » Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(fiʃkr̩)}}}
- Early Old Norse /vizka/ (/wisdom/) {{{phon(βizkɑ)}}} » Middle Eittlandic
/viska/ {{{phon(βiʃk)}}}
Note that in the Modern Eittlandic orthography, the «z» is replaced
with an «s».
*** f / {V,C[+voice]}_ {V,C[+voice],#} » v
When a «f» is either surrounded by voice phonemes or is preceded by a
voiced phoneme and ends a word, it gets voiced into a {{{phon(v)}}}.
+ Example :: Old Norse /úlf/ (wolf) {{{phon(uːlf)}}} » Middle Eittlandic /úlv/ {{{phon(uːlv)}}}.
*** l / _j » ʎ
When followed by a «j», any «l» becomes a {{{phon(ʎ)}}}, merging with the
following «j».
+ Example :: Early Middle Eittlandic /skilja/ (to understand, to
distinguish) {{{phon(ʃkiljə)}}} » Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(ʃkiʎə)}}}
*** ə[-long] / C_# » ∅
As described in the [[*Vː / _# » ə][rule 6]], the schwa resulting from it kept its long
vowel feature although it wasn’t pronounced anymore. This resulted in
the current rule making all schwas resulting from short vowels at the
end of words to disappear when following a voiced consonant. This
basically boils down to any former short vowel following a «j» in
word-final position.
+ Example :: Middle Eittlandic (to understand, to distinguish)
{{{phon(ʃkiʎə)}}} » Late Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(ʃkiʎ)}}}
*** ɑʊ » oː
Sometime in the 15th century, any occurence of «au», pronounced by
then {{{phon(ɑʊ)}}}, began shifting to {{{phon(oː)}}}.
+ Example :: Early Middle Eittlandic /kaup/ (/bargain/) {{{phon(/kɑʊp/)}}} » Late
Middle Eittlandic /kaup/ (/commerce/) {{{phon(koːp)}}}
*** C[+long +plos -voice] » C[+fric] ! / _C » C[+long +plos] » C[-long]
Unless followed by another consonant, any unvoiced long plosive
consonant becomes a short affricate while other long plosives simply
become shorter.
+ Example ::
- Old Norse /edda/ (great grandmother) {{{phon(edːɑ)}}} » Late Middle Eittlandic
/edda/ (great grandmother, femalle ancestor) {{{phon(edɑ)}}}
- Old Norse /Eittland/ {{{phon(eitːlɑnd)}}} » Late Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(eitlɑnd)}}}
- Old Norse /uppá/ (/upon/) {{{phon(upːɑː)}}} » Late Middle Eittlandic {{{phon(upɸə)}}}
*** r » ʁ (Eastern Eittlandic)
From the beginning of the 16th century, the Eastern Eittlandic {{{phon(r)}}}
began morphing into an {{{phon(ʁ)}}} in all contexts except in word-final
«-r», remanants of Old Norse’s nominative «-R». This is typical in the
Eastern region of Eittland and it can be even heard in some dialects
of Southern Eittlandic.
+ Example ::
- Old Norse /dratta/ (/to trail/ or /walk like a cow/) {{{phon(drɑtʃ)}}} » Eastern Modern
Eittlandic /dratt/ (/act mindlessly/) {{{phon(dʁɑtʃ)}}}
- Early Old Norse /fjárdráttr/ (/(unfairly) making money/)
{{{phon(fjɑːdrɑːtːr̩)}}} » Eastern Modern Eittlandic /fjárdráttr/ (/to scam/)
{{{phon(fjɛʁdʁɛtr̩)}}}
*** Great Vowel Shift
The great vowel shift happened during the 16th and 17th century during
which long vowels underwent a length loss, transforming them into
different short vowels. Only three rules governed this shift:
- V[+high +long] » V[-high -long]
- V[+tense +long] » V[-tense -long]
- V[-tense +long] » V[-long -low]
Hence, the vowels evolved as shown in the table below.
#+name: vow:eittland:evolution
#+caption: Evolution of Old Norse long vowels to Eittlandic short vowels
| Orthography | Old Eittlandic vowel | Modern Eittlandic Vowel |
|-------------+----------------------+-------------------------|
| á | {{{phon(ɑː)}}} | {{{phon(ɛ)}}} |
| é | {{{phon(eː)}}} | {{{phon(ɛ)}}} |
| í | {{{phon(iː)}}} | {{{phon(e)}}} |
| ó | {{{phon(oː)}}} | {{{phon(ɔ)}}} |
| œ (ǿ) | {{{phon(øː)}}} | {{{phon(œ)}}} |
| ú | {{{phon(uː)}}} | {{{phon(o)}}} |
| ý | {{{phon(yː)}}} | {{{phon(ø)}}} |
As you can see, some overlap is possible from Old Norse vowels and
Modern Eittlandic vowels. For instance, Eittlanders will read «e» and
«í» both as an {{{phon(e)}}}.
+ Examples ::
- Middle Eittlandic /sjá/ (/to see/) {{{phon(ʃɑː)}}} » Modern Eittlandic {{{phon(ʃɛ)}}}
- Old Norse /fé/ (/cattle/) {{{phon(feː)}}} » Modern Eittlandic /fé/ (wealth) {{{phon(fɛ)}}}
- Late Proto-Norse /hví/ (/why/) {{{phon(hʷiː)}}} » Modern Eittlandic {{{phon(ʍe)}}}
- Old Norse /bók/ (/beech/, /book/) {{{phon(boːk)}}} » Modern Eittlandic (/book/)
{{{phon(bɔk)}}}
- Early Old Norse /œgir/ (/frightener/, /terrifier/) {{{phon(øːɡir)}}} » Modern
Eittlandic /Œgir/ (a kind of mythical beast) {{{phon(œjir)}}}
- Middle Eittlandic /úlv/ (/wolf/) {{{phon(uːlv)}}} » Modern Eittlandic {{{phon(olv)}}}
Diphthongs also evolved following these rules:
- {{{phon(ei)}}} » {{{phon(ɑɪ)}}}
- {{{phon(ou)}}} » {{{phon(ɔʊ)}}}
- {{{phon(øy)}}} » {{{phon(œʏ)}}}
*** V / _N » Ṽ[-tense] ! V[+high] (Southern Eittlandic)
When preceding a nasal, any vowel that is not high as determined by
the vowel tree in [[*Vowel Inventory][Vowel Inventory]] gets nasalized when preceding a
nasal consonant and loses its tenseness if it has any. Hence, the
pronunciation of the «a» in /Eittland/ is {{{phon(ã)}}}. However, Old Norse
/runa/ (rune) {{{phon(runɑ)}}} becomes /run/ (letter, character, rune) {{{phon(run)}}}
without any nasalization.
Note this evolution is mostly proeminent in the southern regions of
Eittland and the city of Hundraðskip. It is less often documented in
Eastern Eittland and almost undocumented in Western Eittland. It is
more often documented in casual conversation buch rarer in formal
conversation, especially when the majority of the speakers in a group
are not southerners.
*** t / _C » ʔ ! _ʃ
When a {{{phon(t)}}} precedes another consonant, it becomes a glottal stop.
+ Example :: Early Modern Eittlandic /Eittland/ {{{phon(ɑɪtlɑnd)}}} » Modern
Eittlandic {{{phon(ɑɪʔlɑnd)}}}
*** V^{U} » ə ! diphthongs (Western Eittlandic)
A recent evolution in Western Eittland is weakening any unstressed
vowel that is not a diphthong to a schwa. It is only documented in
casual speech but almost never in formal speech.
+ Example ::
- Standard Eittlandic /ádreif/ (spray) {{{phon(ɛdrɑɪv)}}} » Western Casual
Eittlandic {{{phon(ɛdrɑɪv)}}}
- Standard Eittlandic /einlægr/ (/sincere/) {{{phon(ɑɪnlæɡr)}}} » Western
Casual Eittlandic {{{phon(ɑɪnləɡr)}}}
** Vowel Inventory
Modern Eittlandic has a total of ten simple vowels and three
diphthongs, regardless of the dialect. Unlike its ancestor language,
Old Norse, it does not bear any distinction in vowel length anymore
since the great vowel shift (see the [[*Great Vowel Shift][Great Vowel Shift]]). The first
table below lists the Eittlandic simple vowels while the second table
lists the Eittlandic diphthongs.
#+name: tab:vow:ipa
#+caption: Vowel inventory of Modern Eittlandic
| <r> | <c> | <c> |
| | front | back |
|-----------+-------+------|
| close | i y | u |
| close-mid | e ø | o |
| open-mid | ɛ œ | ɔ |
| open | | ɑ |
#+name: tab:vow:dipththongs
#+caption: Diphthongs of Modern Eittlandic
| diphthong | phonetics |
| <c> | <c> |
|-----------+-----------|
| ei | {{{phon(ɑɪ)}}} |
| au | {{{phon(ɔʊ)}}} |
| ey | {{{phon(œʏ)}}} |
#+name: vow-dot-gen
#+header: :var vowels=vowels-featural-list
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :wrap "src dot :file eittland/vowel-feature-tree.png :exports none"
(conlanging-list-to-graphviz vowels)
#+end_src
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- a {{{phon(ɑ)}}} ::
- á {{{phon(ɛ)}}} ::
- æ {{{phon(ɛ)}}} ::
- e {{{phon(e)}}} ::
- é {{{phon(ɛ)}}} ::
- i {{{phon(i)}}} ::
- í {{{phon(e)}}} ::
- o {{{phon(o)}}} ::
- ó {{{phon(ɔ)}}} ::
- u {{{phon(u)}}} ::
- ú {{{phon(o)}}} ::
- y {{{phon(y)}}} ::
- ý {{{phon(ø)}}} ::
*** Private Data :noexport:
#+name: vowels-featural-list
- vowels
- +high
- +round
- +front
- /y/
- -front
- /u/
- -round
- /i/
- -high
- +round
- +tense
- +front
- /ø/
- -front
- /o/
- -tense
- +low
- /œ/
- -low
- /ɔ/
- -round
- +tense
- /e/
- -tense
- +low
- /ɑ/
- -low
- /ɛ/
** Consonant Inventory
*** Private Data :noexport:
** Pitch and Stress
** Regional accents
Eittlandic is a language in which three distinct main dialects exist
with their own accent. These three main dialects are Eastern
Eittlandic spoken in the majority Kingdom of Hylfjaltr, Western
Eittlandic spoken in the majority of the Kingdom of Ðeberget, and
Southern Eittlandic spoken on the southern parts of the island,
regardess of the legal kingdom (see the map shown in [[file:./country.md#culture][Culture]]. Three
main elements of their respective accent were presented above in [[*r » ʁ (Eastern Eittlandic)][rule
18]], [[*V / _N » Ṽ\[-tense\] ! V\[+high\] (Southern Eittlandic)][rule 20]] and [[*V^{U} » ə ! diphthongs (Western Eittlandic)][rule 22]].
Some regional variation can be also found in these dialects, although
less significant and less consistantly than the changes mentioned
above. As such, we can find in some rural parts of the Eastern
Eittlandic dialect area high vowels slightly more open than their
equivalent in Standard Eittlandic, as shown in table below.
#+name: vow:accent:east
#+caption: Equivalence Between Eastern Eittlandic and Standard Eittlandic
| <c> | <c> |
| Rural Eastern Eittlandic | Standard Eittlandic |
|--------------------------+---------------------|
| {{{phon(i)}}} | {{{phon(ɪ)}}} |
| {{{phon(y)}}} | {{{phon(ʏ)}}} |
| {{{phon(u)}}} | {{{phon(ʊ)}}} |
On the other hand, Southern Eittlandic tends to front its {{{phon(ɑ)}}} into
{{{phon(a)}}} after nasal consonants and glides and into {{{phon(ɐ)}}} otherwise.

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#+setupfile: ../headers
* Syntax
** Word Structure :noexport:
** Word Classes
*** Nouns :noexport:
# - What are the distributional properties of nouns?
# - What are the structural properties of nouns?
# - What are the major formally distinct subcategories of nouns?
# - What is the basic structure of the noun word (for polysynthetic
# languages) and/or noun phrases (for more isolating languages)?
**** Countables and Uncountables :noexport:
**** Proper Nouns :noexport:
*** Pronouns and Anaphoric Clitics :noexport:
# - Does the language have free pronouns and/or anaphoric clitics?
# (These are distinct from grammatical agreement.)
# - Give a chart of the free pronouns and/or anaphoric clitics.
**** Personal Pronouns
**** Demonstrative Pronouns
**** Possessive Pronouns
*** Verbs :noexport:
# - What are the distributional properties of verbs?
# - What are the structural properties of verbs?
# - What are the major subclasses of verbs?
# - Describe the order of various verbal operators within the verbal
# - word or verb phrase.
# - Give charts of th
# - tense/aspect/mode, etc. Indicate major allomorphic variants.
# - Are directional and/or locational notions expressed in the verb or
# - verb phrase at all?
# - Is this operation obligatory, i.e. does one member of the
# paradigm have to occur in every finite verb or verb phrase?
# - Is it productiv
# verb stems, and does it have the same meaning with each one?
# (Nothing is fully productive, but some operations are more
# productive than others.)
# - Is this operation primarily coded morphologically, analytically,
# or lexically? Are there any exceptions to the general case?
# - Where in the verb phrase or verbal word is this operation likely
# to appear? Can it occur in more than one place?
**** Verbal Structure
**** Verbal Derivations
**** Verbal Inflexions
*** Modifiers
# - If you posit a morphosyntactic category of adjectives, give
# evidence for not grouping theseforms with the verbs or nouns. What
# characterizes a form as being an adjective in this language?
# - How can you characterize semantically the class of concepts coded
# by this formal category?
# - Do adjectives agr
# noun class)?
# - What kind of syst
# - How high can a fluent native speaker count without resorting
# either to words from another language or to a generic word like
# /many/? Exemplify the system up to this point.
# - Do numerals agree with their head nouns (number, case, noun
# class, ...)?
**** Descriptive Adjectives :noexport:
**** Non-Numeral Quantifiers :noexport:
**** Numerals
*** Adverbs :noexport:
# - What characterikes a form as being an adverb in this language? If
# you posit a distinct class of adverbs, argue for why these forms
# should not be treated as nouns, verbs, or adjectives.
# - For each kind of adverb listed in this section, list a few members
# of the type, and specify whether there are any restrictions
# relavite to that type, e.g. where they can come in a clause, any
# morphemes common to the type, etc.
# - Are any of these classes of adverbs related to older
# complement-taking (matrix) verbs?
*** Adpositions :noexport:
*** Grammatical Particules :noexport:
** Constituants Order Typology :noexport:
*** Constituants Order in Main Clauses
# - What is the neutral order of free elements in the unit?
# - Are there variations?
# - How do the variant orders function?
# - Specific to the main clause constituent order: What is the
# pragmatically neutral order of constituents (A/S, P, and V) in
# basic clauses of the language?
*** Constituants Order in Nominal Clauses
# - Describe the order(s) of elements in the noun phrase.
*** Constituants Order in Verbal Clauses
# - Where do auxliari
# verb?
# - Where do verb-phrase adverbs occur with respect to the verb and
# auxiliaries?
*** Adpositional Phrases
# - Is the language dominantly prepositional or post-positional? Give
# examples.
# - Do many adpositions come from nouns or verbs?
*** Comparatives
# - Does the language have one or more grammaticalized comparative
# constructions? If so, what is the order of the standard, the
# marker and the quality by which an item is compared to the
# standard?
*** Questions
# - In yes/no questions, if there is a question particle, where does
# it occur?
# - In information qu
** Structure of a Nominal Group
*** Composed Words :noexport:
# - Is there noun-noun compounding that results in a noun (e.g.
# /windshield/)?
# - How do you know it is compounding?
# - Is there noun-verb (or verb-noun) compounding that results in a
# noun (e.g. /pickpocket/, /scarecrow/)?
# - Are these process
# can-opener)? How common is compounding?
*** Denominalization :noexport:
# - Are there any processes (productive or not) that form a verb from
# a noun?
# - An adjective from a noun?
# - An adverb from a noun?
*** Numbers :noexport:
# - Is number express
# - Is the distinction between singular and non-singular obligatory,
# optional, or completely absent in the noun phrase?
# - If number marking is “optional”, when does it tend to occur, and
# when does it tend not to occur?
# - If number marking is obligatory, is number overtly expressed for
# all noun phrases or only some subclasses of noun phrases, such as
# animate?
# - What non-singular distinctions are there?
*** Grammatical Case
# - Do nouns exhibit morphological case?
# - If so, what are the cases? (The functions of the cases will be
# elaborated in lat
**** Cases in Modern Eittlandic
Although seldom visible, as described in [[file:./syntax.md#case-marking][Case Marking]], cases still
remain part of the Eittlandic grammar, expressed through its syntax
rather than explicit marking on its nouns and adjectives. Four
different grammatical cases exist in this language: the *nominative*,
*accusative*, *genitive*, and *dative* case.
- The *nominative* case represents the subject of a sentence, that is,
the subject of intransitive clauses and the agent of transitive
clauses. As we’ll see below, it is morphologically marked only in
dialects other than Standard Eittlandic, and only if the word is a
strong masculine word.
- On the other hand *accusative*, like Old Norse, usually marks the
object of a verb, but it can also express time-related ideas such as
a duration in time, or after some prepositions. It is also the
default case when a noun has no clear status in a clause, and it can
as such serve as a vocative.
- *Dative* usually marks indirect objects of verbs in Old Norse, though
it can also often mark direct objects depending on the verb used.
**** Case Marking
Although present in Early Old Norse, the use of grammatical cases has
been on the decline since the Great Vowel Shift (see [[file:phonology.md#great-vowel-shift][Phonology: Great
Vowel Shift]]). Due to the general loss of word-final short vowels and
to regularization of its nouns, Eittlandic lost almost all of weak
nouns’ inflexions and a good amount in its strong nouns’ inflexions.
On top of this, the root of most nouns got regularized, getting rid of
former umlauts. Hence, while in Old Norse one might find the table
below presented in Cleasby and Vigfusson (1874), Modern Eittlandic is
simplified to the table following it.
#+name: tbl:old-norse-noun-inflexions
#+caption: 1st declension of strong nouns and declensions of masculine weak nouns in Old Norse
| / | <r> | | | | |
| | | Strong Masculine | Strong Feminine | Strong Neuter | Weak Masculine |
|---+------------+------------------+-----------------+---------------+----------------|
| | Sing. Nom. | heim-r | tíð | skip | tím-i |
| | Acc. | heim | tíð | skip | tím-a |
| | Gen. | heim-s | tíð-ar | skip-s | tím-a |
| | Dat. | heim-i | tíð | skip-i | tím-a |
| | Plur. Nom. | heim-ar | tíð-ir | skip | tím-ar |
| | Acc. | heim-a | tíð-ir | skip | tím-a |
| | Gen. | heim-a | tíð-a | skip-a | tím-a |
| | Dat. | heim-um | tíð-um | skip-um | tím-um |
#+name: tbl:eittlandic-example-noun-inflexions
#+caption: Declensions for strong and weak nouns in Modern Eittlandic
| / | <r> | | | |
| | | Strong Common | Strong Neuter | Weak Nouns |
|---+------------+---------------+---------------+------------|
| | Sing. Nom. | heim-r | skip | tím |
| | Acc. | heim | skip | tím |
| | Gen. | heim-ar | skip-s | tím-s |
| | Dat. | heim | skip | tím |
| | Plur. Nom. | heim-r | skip | tím-r |
| | Acc. | heim | skip | tím |
| | Gen. | heim-ar | skip-s | tím-s |
| | Dat. | heim-um | skip-um | tím-um |
As you can see, a good amount of declensions disappeared from nouns,
with only four marked cases for strong common nouns and two for strong
neuter and weak nouns. The declension system completely merged weak
nouns which are no longer distinguished by gender. Strong masculine
and strong feminine also got merged into strong common.
Declensions are no longer productive in almost all Modern Eittlandic
dialects. They are still mostly used in formal and written speech, but
they are less and less used in less formal circumstances and in oral
speech. The Royal Academy for Literature, which authored Standard
Eittlandic, even recommends not using grammatical cases when using
this dialect as they are reduntand with other syntactic strategies.
While the recommendation is mostly followed, speakers still tend to
use the singular genetive declension oraly. Younger folks at the time
of writing even tend to regularize it as /-ar/ for strong neuter and
weak nouns.
The only exception to declensions no longer being productive is in the
Hylfjaltr Kingdom’s exclave in southern Eittland where speakers of its
local dialect tend instead to favor strong nouns for newer terms.
Hence, while most dialects agree on “internet” (pl.nom /internetr/,
pl.dat /internetum/) being a weak noun, this dialect treats it as either
a strong feminine (sg.gen /internetar/, pl.nom&acc /internetr/, pl.dat
/internetum/) or a strong neuter (sg.gen /internets/, pl.dat /internetum/)
--- the difference is due to subdivisions in said dialect, mainly
between rural and urban areas favoring the former and the latter
respectively.
There are some regular exceptions to the declension system. The first
one, inherited from Old Norse, is the /-r/ suffix becoming /-n/ or /-l/ when
a noun ends with an «n» or an «l» respectively, hence the table below
showing the declensions of strong masculine /himn/ (/heaven/) and strong
feminine /hafn/ (/harbour/, /haven/).
#+name: tbl:irregular-noun-declensions
| <r> | | |
| | himn | hafn |
|------------+--------+--------|
| Sing. Nom. | himnn | hafnn |
| Acc. | himn | hafn |
| Gen. | himnar | hafnar |
| Dat. | himn | hafn |
| Plur. Nom. | himnn | hafnn |
| Acc. | himn | hafn |
| Gen. | himnar | hafnar |
| Dat. | himnum | hafnum |
During the last five centuries, the root of the word got regularized
so that only one or two forms are allowed. Due to umlaut or ablaut, it
is possible the main vowel of a word changes between its singular and
plural form, even sometimes affecting its dative form. These changes
are due to old vowels long gone since --- with most even gone by the
time of Old Norse. These changes mainly remains in a few common words.
The table below gives some examples of such irregularities. These
words are marked as irregular in the dictionary.
#+name: tbl:irregularities-root-nouns
| <r> | | | | |
| | kettle (m.) | foot (m.) | book (f.) | water (n.) |
|------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------|
| Sing. Nom. | ketll | fótr | bók | vatn |
| Gen. | ketl | fót | bók | vatn |
| Acc. | ketlar | fótar | bókar | vatn |
| Dat. | ketl | fót | bók | vatn |
| Plur. Nom. | katll | fœtr | bœkr | vótnn |
| Acc. | katl | fœt | bœkr | vótn |
| Gen. | katl | fœt | bœk | vótn |
| Dat. | katlum | fótum | bókum | vótnum |
*** Articles and Demonstratives
# - Do noun phrases have articles?
# - If so, are they obligatory or optional, and under what
# circumstances do they occur?
# - Are they separate words, or bound morphemes?
# - Is there a class of classes of demonstratives as distinct from
# articles?
# - How many degrees of distance are there in the system of
# demontsratives?
# - Are there other distinctions beside distances?
When the noun of a nominal group is not a mass noun or a proper noun,
an article must accompany it, except for indefinite plural nouns.
**** Indefinite Article
The indefinite article is /einn/, the same term as /one/ in Eittlandic. It
agrees in declension with its noun, though it is to be noted its
declension is irregular, as seen in table below. Similarly, other
numerals have declensions as discussed in [[file:word-structure-and-classes.md#numerals][Word Classes: Numerals]].
#+name: tbl:declension-einn
| | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|------+-----------+----------+--------|
| Nom. | einn | ein | eit |
| Acc. | ein | ein | eit |
| Dat. | ein | einn | eits |
| Gen. | einn | ein | eit |
**** Definite articles
As in other scandinavian languages, definite articles in Eittlandic
act as suffixes to the noun and fully replace its declension as it has
case marking itself. The full declension table of definite articles
can be found in the table below. As we can see, the definite articles
underwent an important regularization as well as merging strong neuter
and weak nouns together.
#+name: tbl:definite-articles
| / | <r> | | |
| | | Strong Common | Strong Neuter and Weak Nouns |
|---+------------+---------------+------------------------------|
| | Sing. Nom. | -(i)nn | -(i)t |
| | Acc. | -(i)n | -(i)t |
| | Gen. | -(i)ns | -(i)ts |
| | Dat. | -(i)n | -(i)t |
| | Plur. Nom. | -(i)nn | -(i)tr |
| | Acc. | -(i)n | -(i)t |
| | Gen. | -(i)n | -(i)t |
| | Dat. | -(i)num | -(i)tum |
The initial /i/ is only used when using the definite articles as a
suffix would cause a consonant cluster forbidden by Eittlandic
phonology, otherwise it is omitted. An example of the former case is
with /vatn/ (/water/) which becomes /vatnits/ when in its definite singular
genitive form, while /øy/ (/island/) becomes /øyns/ in the same form. Like
the indefinite article, the suffix agrees in gender, agreeing either
with strong masculine or feminine words (or as established before,
strong common) or with strong neuter and weak nouns.
The use of definite articles with nouns is further discussed in
[[file:./syntax.md#definiteness][Definiteness]].
*** Definiteness
Definiteness in Eittlandic serves multiple purposes. Its most obvious
one is to distinguish between an indefinite and a definite entity, as
in English /a dog/ or /the dog/, respectively /einn hundr/ and /hundinn/, as
discussed in [[file:./syntax.md#articles-and-demonstratives][Articles and Demonstratives]].
However, definiteness is also necessary with suffixed possessives and
demonstrative.
*** Possessives
# - How are possessors expressed in the noun phrase?
# - Do nouns agree with their possessors? Do possessors agree with
# possessed nouns? Neither, or both?
# - Is there a distinction between alienable and inalienable
# possesson?
# - Are there other types of possession?
# - When the possessor is a full noun, where does it usually come with
# respect to the possessed noun?
*** Gender
# - Is there a noun class system?
# - What are the classes and how are they manifested in the noun
# phrase?
# - What dimension of reality is most central to the noun class system
# (e.g. animacy, shape, function, etc.)? What other dimensions are
# relevant?
# - Do the classifiers occur with numerals? Adjectives? Verbs?
# - What is their function in these contexts?
Eittlandic inherited from Old Norse a gender system divided into three
genders: male, female, and neuter. Although the number of elements
marking it declined during its evolution, Eittlandic still marks
gender in its strong nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and to a certain
degree in its articles. However, as mentioned in [[file:./syntax.md#case-marking][Case Marking]], case
marking and by extensions gender marking is slowly disappearing in
Modern Eittlandic nouns and adjectives.
Due to the presence of declensions with strong nouns and
adjectives, its pronouns, and to a certain degree different articles,
it can still be said Eittlandic is a gendered language although it
doesn’t hold much importance in its grammar anymore. Since strong
nouns aren’t productive anymore and weak nouns lost all obvious gender
differences, we can even consider gender as not productive anymore in
Eittlandic and bound to eventually disappear. In fact, the loss of
gender is even stronger in Standard Eittlandic due to the theoretical
absence of declensions in this dialect.
In case a strong noun is used with a strong adjective, both will agree
in number and gender.
+ Examples:
- hvítr hund
white.m.sg.acc dog.m.sg.acc
white dog
- langir tungir
long.f.pl.acc tongues.f.pl.acc
long tongues
*** Diminution and Augmentation :noexport:
# - Does the language employ diminutive and/or augmentative operators
# in the noun or noun phrase?
# - Questions to answ
# - Is this operation obligatory, i.e. does one member of the
# paradigm have to occur in every full noun phrase?
# - Is it productiv
# full noun phras
# one? (Nothing is fully productive, but some operations are more
# so than others.)
# - Is this operation primarily expressed lexically,
# morphologically, or analytically?
# - Where in the noun phrase is this operation likely to be located?
# - Can it occur in more than one place?
** Predicates and Linked Constructions :noexport:
*** Nominal Predicates
# - How are proper inclusion and equative predicates formed?
# - What restrictions are there, if any, on the TAM marking of such
# clauses?
*** Adjective Predicates
# - How are predicate adjective formed? (Include a separate section on
# predicate adjectives only if they are structurally distinct from
# predicate nominals.)
*** Locative Predicat
# - How are locational clauses (or predicate locatives) formed?
*** Existential Predicates
# - How are existential clauses formed? (Give examples in different
# tense/aspects, especially if there is significant variation.)
# - How are negative
# - Are there extended uses of existential morphology? (Provide
# pointers to other relevant sections of the grammar.)
*** Possessive Clauses
# - How are possessiv
** Verbal Groups Structure :noexport:
** Intransitive Clauses :noexport:
** Ditransitive Clauses :noexport:
** Dependent Type Clauses :noexport:
*** Non-Finite
*** Semi-Finite
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* Typological Outline of the Eittlandic Language
# - Is the language dominantly isolating or polysynthetic?
# - If the language is at all polysynthetic, is it dominantly
# agglutinative or fusional? Give examples of its dominant pattern
# and any secondary patterns.
# - If the language is at all agglutinative, is it dominantly
# prefixing, suffixing or neither?
# - Illustrate the major and secondary patterns (including infixation,
# stem modification, reduplication, suprasegmental modification, and
# suppletion).
# - If the language is at all polysynthetic, is it dominantly
# "head-marking", "dependent-marking", or mixed?
# - Give some examples of each type of marking the language exhibits.
Over the last centuries, Eittlandic evolved to become a language
leaning more and more towards an analytic language, losing its
fusional aspect Old Eittlandic once had. It grammar now greatly relies
on its syntax as well as on grammatical particules rather than on its
morphology. Let’s take the following sentence as an example.
- Barn etar fisk
barn et-ar fisk
child.nom eat-3sg fish.acc
A child is eating a fish
In this sentence, the word order helps us understand the child is the
subject of the sentence while its subject is /fisk/, although we have no
information on their number; the sentence could also very well mean
/children are eating fishes/. Unlike in Old Eittlandic where we could
have the following sentences.
- Barn etar fiska
barn et-ar fiska
child.nom eat-3sg fish-pl.acc
A child is eating fishes
- Fiska etar barn
fisk-a et-ar barn
fish-pl.acc eat-3sg child.nom
A child is eating fishes
Both have the same meaning as the Eittlandic sentence. However, the
near-complete (or even complete in Standard Eittlandic) loss of case
marking makes the sentence /fisk barn etar/ much more gruesome.
- Fisk etar barn
fisk et-ar barn
fish.nom eat-3sg barn.acc
A fish is eating a child
Eittlandic is a V-2 language, meaning in most cases, finite verbs are
in second position in their clause and may be in first position
interrogative clauses and dependent clauses, as shown below.
- Han talð mér þat kom han hér í gær
han talð mér þat kom han hér í=gær
3sg.m.nom tell-3sg.pret 1sg.dat that come.3sg.pret 3sg.m.nom here yesterday
He told me he came here yesterday
Loss of case marking also affected adjectives which share most of
their declensions with nouns. The parts where Eittlandic retains its
fusional aspect is with verbs, where loss of its words’ final vowel
had much less impact, as we could see in /barn fisk etar/. In this case,
/etar/ is the third person singular declension of the verb /et/, a weak
verb.