Nordic Finnish language

Not to be confused with Suomi (the original Finnish).

**Nordic Finnish** (*Nordic Finic*; also known as **Scandinavian Finnish**, **Germanic Finnish**, or **Norse Finnish**) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Finland.

## Letters

* Aa:
	+ /a/ (A as in GA *Flap*)
	+ /æ/ (A as in Great Lakes US *Camp*)
	+ ø (Silent E as in Late; ending only)
	+ /ɑ/ (A as in Father; after Hy for words based on Polish only)
* Bb:
	+ /b/ (B as in Bet)
* Cc:
	+ /ʃ/ (Sh as in Shine)
* Dd:
	+ /d/ (D as in Dawn)
* Ee:
	+ /e/ (Ay as in Day)
	+ /ɛ/ (E as in Met)
* Ff:
	+ /f/ (F as in Fox)
* Gg:
	+ /g/ (G as in Get)
* Hh:
	+ /h/ (H as in Horn)
	+ /ə/ (A as in About) (more than one (person, place or thing) or a thing or place of a person only)
* Ii:
	+ /i/ (Ea as in Seat)
	+ /ɪ/ (I as in Sit)
* Jj:
	+ /ʒ/ (Ge as in Garage)
* Kk:
	+ /k/ (C as in Call)
* Ll:
	+ /l/ (L as in Late) (Before vowels)
	+ /ɫ̩/ (L as in Jungle)
* Mm:
	+ /m/ (M as in Monkey)
* Nn:
	+ /n/ (N as in Name)
* Oo:
	+ /o/ (O as in Hope)
	+ /ɔ/ (Aw as in RP *Law*)
	+ /ɒ/ (O as in RP *Dog*; after Hy for words based on Polish only)
* Pp:
	+ /p/ (P as in Pie)
* Qq:
	+ /θ/ (Th as in Thorn)
* Rr:
	+ /r/ (R as in Rip) (Before vowels)
	+ /ɹ/ (Ear as in GA *Earth*)
* Ss:
	+ /s/ (S as in Son)
* Tt:
	+ /t/ (T as in Tiger)
* Uu:
	+ /u/ (Oo as in Boot)
	+ /ȹ/ (U as in Luck)
* Vv:
	+ /v/ (V as in Vase)
* Ww:
	+ /w/ (W as in Wall) (Before vowels)
	+ /au/ (Ow as in Cow)
	+ /ʊ/ (Oo as in Book)
* Xx:
	+ /ð/ (Th as in That)
* Yy:
	+ /j/ (Y as in Yolk) (Before vowels)
	+ /ai/ (Y as in Fly)
	+ /oi/ (Oy as in Toy)
* Zz:
	+ /z/ (Z as in Zone)

## Digraphs

* Ar:
	+ /ɑr/ (A as in Far)
* Cg:
	+ /ɥ/ (U as in French *Nuit*) (Before vowels)
	+ /y/ (Y as in Swedish *Tysk*)
	+ /ʏ/ (Y as in Swedish *Syl*)
* Cq
	+ /x/ (Ch as in Scottish *Loch*)
* Hy
	+ /ɩ/ (H as in Human)
* Ly:
	+ /ʎ/ (Li as in Million)
* Ng:
	+ /ŋ/ (Ng as in King)
* Ny:
	+ /ɲ/ (Ny as in Canyon)
* Or:
	+ /or/ (Or as in Corn)
* Vg:
	+ /ꜵ/ (A as in Cat but rounded)
	+ /œ/ (E as in Egg but rounded)

## Spelling

### English

The king of the kingdom did not expect the death of his wife the queen. The princess, upset about her mother's death, had no choice but to leave the kingdom to go look for help from a prince from another kingdom.

### Swedish

Rikets kung förväntade sig inte sin hustru drottningens död. Prinsessan, upprörd över sin mammas död, hade inget annat val än att lämna riket för att söka hjälp från en prins från ett annat rike.

### Uralic Finnish

Valtakunnan kuningas ei odottanut vaimonsa kuningattaren kuolemaa. Äitinsä kuolemasta järkyttyneellä prinsessalla ei ollut muuta vaihtoehtoa kuin poistua valtakunnasta mennäkseen etsimään apua prinssiltä toisesta valtakunnasta.

### Russian

Король королевства не ожидал смерти своей жены королевы. Принцессе, расстроенной смертью матери, ничего не оставалось, как покинуть королевство и отправиться за помощью к принцу из другого королевства. (Korol' korolevstva ne ozhidal smerti svoyey zheny korolevy. Printsesse, rasstroyennoy smert'yu materi, nichego ne ostavalos', kak pokinut' korolevstvo i otpravit'sya za pomoshch'yu k printsu iz drugogo korolevstva.)

### Ukrainian

Король королівства не очікував смерті своєї дружини королеви. Принцеса, засмучена смертю матері, не мала іншого вибору, як покинути королівство, щоб піти шукати допомоги в принца з іншого королівства. (Korolʹ korolivstva ne ochikuvav smerti svoyeyi druzhyny korolevy. Pryntsesa, zasmuchena smertyu materi, ne mala inshoho vyboru, yak pokynuty korolivstvo, shchob pity shukaty dopomohy v pryntsa z inshoho korolivstva.)

### Nordic Finnish

Xe kang uv xe korvgl yorq neja wanq xe deqa uv xe jingk. Xe decina, yarkytoa wom morh deqa, hev nw nast vaper manot lim xe korvgl at ga katsa far hycglp frun y pyc frun inshya korvgl.

## Translations

All Nordic Finnish translations can happen

Animals (*Jevotnye*)

* Xy (Donkey)

Others

* Sky (*Hwnx* [from proto-Germanic *hundaz* (dog)])

## Trivia

* Although Germanic, it uses 25% of Germanic, to which 50% comes from Slavic, and 25% comes from Uralic.
* It is the also one of the only two Germanic languages (along with English) to use Y for /j/ instead of J (due to the Zh sound) and W to keep /w/ since the other Germanic languages switched to /v/ due to Romanic languages using J for the Dzh or Zh sounds (although Spanish used J for H).
* Even though F and V are present, they are represented by the labiodental approximants (ʋ̥ and ʋ)
* Unlike English, It is influenced by Slavic and Uralic rather than Latin and Greek due to being a North Germanic language.
	+ However, all loanwords from other languages can still happen.
* It is only one of the three languages (along with English and Icelandic) to still use /θ/ and /ð/, but only on Q and X.
* Inspiration of spelling came from other languages
	+ C and J from French Ch and J.
	+ W from Welsh W.
	+ Y from English Y.
	+ Q and X from Icelandic Thorn and Eth.
	+ R from English R.
* Just like French, J has the "Zh" sound. C has the "Sh" sound without the H, due to the Nordic Finnish spelling.