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Language

 * Prefixes and Suffixes
 * Subjunctive mood
 * Irregular verbs
 * Strong verbs
 * Weak verbs
 * Thou
 * Reconstructed strong verbs
 * Pronominal adverbs
 * Archaic grammar
 * Umlaut
 * Ablaut derivatives
 * Old Norse Words

Tales

 * The Nightingale

Spelling reform
Spelling reform is a popular topic among Anglishers, and with the removal of phonemes of foreign origin, the implementation of spelling reform would certainly be a bit easier. I am of the opinion that a spelling reform ought to be done in stages. This has two advantages: first, it gradually makes people accustomed to a new spelling system, and second, it removes confusion that reforming orthography all at once might introduce. This is inspired by Spelling Reform 1, which was thought up by Harry Lindgren.

Note: as I am an American speaker, I have made this spelling reform with American pronunciation in mind, but much of this should be applicable to other standard dialects.

Phonemes found only in foreign words:


 * 1) /ɔɪ/, as in boil.
 * 2) Initial /dʒ/, as in judge.
 * 3) /ʒ/, as in vision.

The following are the changes for the vowels. They can be split into two groups: the "short" group and the "long" group. In the short group:


 * 1) The consonant after the vowel is always doubled, even in final position, e.g., bed > bedd, in > inn.
 * 2) If the vowel is followed by a consonant cluster, the first consonant in the cluster is doubled, e.g., hint > hinnt, think > thinnk.
 * 3) For words with the vowel in final position, two hs are used, e.g., heh > hehh, duh > duhh, draw > drohh.
 * 4) If the consonant is k, the doubled consonant is ck instead of kk, e.g., stick.

In the long group, there is no doubling of consonants.

The following changes are made in order. Hence, the changes for the short group are made before those for the long group. The consonant changes can be introduced gradually alongside them.

Short group:


 * 1) /ɛ/ is shown with e, e.g., bury > berry, heifer > heffer, dead > dedd, friend > frennd.
 * 2) /ɪ/ is shown with i, e.g., build > billd, busy > bizzy, sin > sinn.
 * 3) /ʌ/ and /ʊ/ are shown with u, e.g., wonder > wunnder, some > summ, good > gudd, foot > futt, wool > wull.
 * 4) /ɔ/ and /ɑ/ are shown with o, e.g., wander > wonnder, rot > rott, taught > tott.
 * 5) /æ/ is shown with a, e.g., fan > fann, glad > gladd.

Long group:


 * 1) /eɪ/ is shown with ei, e.g., play > plei, slain > slein, gray/grey > grei, came > keim.
 * 2) /aɪ/ is shown with ai, e.g., fly > flai, high > hai, time > taim.
 * 3) /aʊ/ is shown with au, e.g., thou > thau, house > haus, out > aut.
 * 4) /oʊ/ is shown with ou, e.g., know > knou, loaf > louf, hope > houp.
 * 5) /u/ is shown with u, e.g., moon > mun, flew > flu, new > nu.
 * 6) /i/ is shown with i, e.g., flee > fli, team > tim.

Consonant changes:


 * 1) wh for /ʍ/ or /w/ is replaced with hw, e.g., when > hwenn, whit > hwitt, whine > hwain.
 * 2) c for /k/ is replaced with k, e.g., cat > katt, cup > kupp.
 * 3) ch/tch for /tʃ/ is replaced with c, e.g., chin > cinn, cheap > cip, choke > couk.
 * 4) sc/sch for /sk/ is replaced with sk, e.g., school > skul, scone > skoun.
 * 5) sh for /ʃ/ is replaced with sc, e.g., ship  > scipp, shut > scutt.
 * 6) qu for /kw/ is replaced with kw, e.g., queen > kwin, quick > kwick.
 * 7) gh for /f/ is replaced with f, e.g., laugh > laff.
 * 8) dge for /dʒ/ is replaced with cg, e.g., singe > sinncg, edge > eccg.
 * 9) ew for /ju/ is replaced with iu, e.g., few > fiu, hew > hiu.

Retentions:


 * 1) Silent consonants in initial position are kept, e.g., kn, gn, wr.

Pronouns
Notes:


 * Ha is from an ME dialectal variant of the feminine he from OE hēo; the variant arose as a weak form of he. I have adopted it, as its homophony with the masculine would be troublesome, and she itself is dubious in its origin. Here, ha is usually pronounced as /hɑ/.
 * All the plural forms for the third person are the native ones; the th- set is from Norse.
 * Hy is regularly gotten from the OE nominative hī.
 * Hem is from OE heom, and in fact, it survives up to this day as 'em, which was later reanalyzed as a weak form of them.
 * Hare is from an ME dialectal variant of her from OE heora; the variant itself can be traced back to OE heara. I have adopted it instead of her (the form used in Chaucer's works) to avoid homophony with the feminine her. Here, hare is usually pronounced as /hɛr/.

Verbs
In my ideal Anglish, this is how verbs are conjugated.

Abbreviations:


 * 1) ind. - indicative
 * 2) subj. - subjunctive

Archaic forms include:


 * 1) sind for the plural present ind. of be
 * 2) sie for the present subj. of be
 * 3) -en for the infinitive
 * 4) -en for the plural present and past ind. and subj.
 * 5) -eth for the plural imperative
 * 6) -end for the present participle
 * 7) y- for the past participle

Irregular verbs
For irregular verbs, I generally stick with the forms currently used. The list below is how I would change the overall state of irregular verbs, however.

Here, all verbs of foreign or unknown root are not included. This includes Norse verbs such as take and fling. Since the currently strong forms of hang were ultimately due to influence from Norse hengja, the reflexes of the native forms are used instead. The native verbs stick, dive, and saw are now regular. All strong verbs' past participles now consistently end with -en.

All new forms are in bold. Innovative forms are labeled (I) as well. If a verb is reconstructed, or a current verb has a new meaning, then it is glossed.

Many weak verbs of Class 5, lean, and clothe are now regular verbs.