Ghearmynraeg

Ghearmynraeg, or Ghearminrhaeg in it's language, is a Celtic language spoken primarily in northern Weimar. The language comes from the Irish people fleeing the potato famine in the 1840s. The Irish heard of Weimar’s religious tolerance and many Irish people settled in northern Weimar.

## Origin

### Recognition

Ghearmynraeg is a Celtic language but has many hints of Germanic. The language was first recognized in Weimar during the 1850s but was usually called the Celtic-German dialect, and not until the Ghearmynraeg People's of North Weimar spoke to the Royal Family did Ghearmynraeg have any real recognition.

### Word

The name of the language is said to come from a miscommunication between Frederic Weiss, a Duke in North Weimar, and Hu Fern, it is said the Duke told the translator, "What do they (intending the Ghearmynraeg) speak" in which the translator asked Fern "What do the they (intending the Germans) speak" and Fern responded "German" in Ghearmynraeg which is in fact, Ghearminrhaeg.

Spellings:

Ghearmynraeg: German language

Ghearminrhaeg: Ghearmynraeg language

Gernraig: English language

Ghearmynrheag: Old German spelling

Keltgerms: Outdated term, usually used in unkind ways and used by the Weimarian National Party during their anti-immigration campaigns.

### Hu Fern

Hu Fern considered himself the first speaker of the Ghearmynraeg language, and even wrote the 1st edition of the Ghearmynraeg Dictionary. North Weimar commissioned him and then his son, after his death, as the first Ghearmynraeg People's Representatives.

### Revolutions

Ghearmynraeg workers were very involved in the Marxist revolutions of Northern Weimar in the 1860s, because the vast majority were working class. During the revolutions against the Weimar National Party's dictatorship, the Ghearmynraeg Revolutionary Front, which consisted of Cofen Archur, Nia Mac Gureo and many others, was a major player in the end of the First Republic.

### First Republic of Weimar

After the three States of Weimar were united and Holstein was made one of the 16 Federal States, one of the President of Holstein's first acts was to establish Ghearmynraeg a co-official language along with German. Later, Hamburg and Pfalz also made the language co-official.

## Culture

Ghearmynraeg people both follow Celtic and Germanic traditions.

Saint Senan Day is a recognized holiday in Pfalz on August 5 that celebrates the Ghearmynraeg culture through their patron Saint.

## Famous Speakers

Popular Weimarian individuals who speak or spoke Ghearmynraeg are:

* Cofen Archur: Revolutionary
* Caecae: Folk story Character
* Dhirae Cersiulur: Poet
* Hu Fern: First Ghearmynraeg speaker (disputed), Ghearmynraeg representative
* Nia Mac Gureo: Revolutionary
* Hans Archur: Comedian
* Tillmann Mac Niadh: President
* Anna Mac Hamburg: Singer
* Walter Daeth: Singer
* Nicola Pherseh: Actress
* Ronan (UDS/MP-PF): Member of Parliament
* NosseSosse: Member of Parliament
* MP Rihannsu (UDS - SN): Member of Parliament
* Pertwee (PUL): Member of Parliament

## Phonology

The language's phonology is derived from Irish but has had influence from german, such as the loss of many of the consonants affected by the palatalized-velarized split present in its parent language.

Orthography is shown within parentheses.

The velar nasal /ŋ/ may appear as an allophone of /n/ before /k/ or /g/. This only occurs in loanwords like *pingwin* /'piŋgwin/ (penguin) and not native words like *dongren* /'dongren/ (Funny, enjoyable). This distinction is weaker among younger speakers and in cities.

The vowel inventory is comtaratively small for a celtic language, phonemic length does, however, exist.

Vowels
 Mid
 Open

/ə/ is an allophone of /a/ and /e/ in casual or radid speech during unstressed syllables.

Long vowels are written by adding an h after a vowel.