Nethlian language

The Nethlian Language is a language spoken in (TODO: to be determined).

Note: This language is under construction.

Nouns
Declension of ulfa (common a-stem):

Declension of juk (neuter a-stem)

Declension of gev (common ō-stem):

Declension of gesta (common i-stem):

Declension of mer (neuter i-stem):

Declension of suna (common u-stem):

Declension of gumu (common an-stem):

Declension of namu (neuter an-stem):

Declension of tung (common ōn-stem):

Declension of moða (common r-stem):

Declension of lamba (neuter z-stem):

Declension of fōt (common consonant-stem):

Adjectives
Declension of gōð (a-stem)

Many adjectives have a weak form (which is declined as an an-stem adjective).

Declension of beteru (an-stem, comparative of gōð)

The superlative of gōð is betest, which declines as an a-stem adjective.

In general, comparatives are formed by adding -eru and superlatives by adding -est.

Numbers
Declension of ēn (one, a-stem)

Declension of twō (two, irregular)

Declension of þriu (three, irregular)

Declension of feda (four, irregular)

The numbers from five to 99 are indeclinable:

Verbs
Conjugation of wesan (highly irregular):

Conjugation of dōn (highly irregular):

Conjugation of gān (highly irregular):

Conjugation of beran (strong verb with four principal parts):

Conjugation of greman (weak verb with two principal parts):

Conjugation of laþan (weak verb with two principal parts):

Conjugation of havan (weak verb with two principal parts):

Conjugation of kunnan (present-preterite verb with three principal parts):

Proto-Nethlian
Not much is known about this stage of the language, as records from this long ago are fragmentary at best.

Examples of archaic grammar:
 * In one inscription, there is "ek wraita ..." (I wrote ..., Modern: ek wrēt ...) and "... wraite ..." (... [he/she] wrote ...). The Old Nethlian forms are both "wrēt".
 * Another inscription shows "wīz beramast ..." (we are born ..., Modern: wia yrama ... burani).

Reconstructed verbal suffixes:

Reconstructed nominal suffixes:

Reconstructed numbers: