Axolisc

This whole section is so messy, unorganized, intertwined, and more, I couldn't find a way to split it cleanly into multiple pages, might in future, but cant right now.

Axolisc (Axolish) is a West Germanic/Anglo-Frisian/Anglic language spoken in Axolotlia that split off from Middle English during the early colonial days. It’s very similar to English. One of the reasons Axolisc diverged from English so quickly, is because it has no rules other than the few necessary to make it work.

The UK tried desperately to eradicate Axolisc before it became a unique language, at one point, only 100 people could fluently speak it in 1941. People started learning Axolisc in an attempt to keep it alive, nowadays 23.5% of Axolotlians can speak it fluently, or around 445,500 people.

Axolisc Alphabet

CAPS: A B C Æ D Ð E F G H I J K L M N O P Ŋ Þ R S T U V W X Y & Z

lowercase: a b c æ d ð e f g h i j k l m n o p ŋ þ r s t u v w x y ε z

Both: Aa Bb Cc Ææ Dd Ðð Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Ŋŋ Þþ Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy &ε Zz 

There are 30 letters. 

Yes that's right I found a mostly usable lowercase ampersand, it is even used as a simpler version irl.

Do not ask how the Axolisc Alphabet song works. It has 5 more letters than English, and is missing Q, so a total of 4 more. If you want you can try making one, good luck.

How to write Axolisc’s unique letters.

Axolisc’s unique letters can be found as follows.

Þþ, Ðð, Ææ, &ε, and Ŋŋ can all be typed on the current default Samsung keyboard.

The following can be found by holding these respective keys…

þ-t, ð-d, æ-a, ŋ-n (Ŋ will appear as N form)

ε is the only one not, it is greek, but you can use latin epsilon found by holding "e" key if you want, just not on this slideshow. & is literally already commonly used in English so you know where to look.

Shavian

Axolotlia nearly adopted shavian as its alphabet for Axolisc, it almost caught on and made it as far as getting a few street signs, but did die out. It is still taught in schools for Axolisc as an alternative to the Axolisc Alphabet, even though it is borderline useless nowadays. About 1/5 of Axolisc speakers can easily read and write Shavian.

It still has a tiny user base of 2k in a few towns.

Below is “The Republic of Axolotlia” in English in both Shavian and Latin

The Republic of Axolotlia

·𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑐𐑳𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑒 𐑝 𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑑𐑤𐑾

Axolisc Keyboard Layout

It is also called the Þwerty keyboard, I made sure to keep WASD unchanged. I nearly put Æ where Q was but I chose Þ instead. Imagine if this was real… that's not foreshadowing because i have no intentions to make one.

Since there are 30 letters and 10 digits, the keyboard is a 10 x 4 grid of keys.

Q is usually available in a submenu with other symbols like ? @ and #.

Axolisc Letter Names English

Axolisc Letter Names Axolisc

Axolisc Number Names

Why & and ε is used like this?

Axolotlians got lazy and wanted to write “and” quicker, so they used & as intended. But then they got lazier and started writing other words with it like “lander” as “l&er”, They also wanted to save ink.

Why is ε used as a lowercase &? That's simple, when writing, many people use a epsilon with a line through it as an ampersand, so Axolisc wanted a lowercase for its & letter because (l&er) looked stupid, so they took that simplified ampersand and repurposed it.

Is & a vowel? I dunno. It has a in its sound but ends with nd so… maybe?

Þ and Ð

Þ is used for unvoiced th, Ð is used for voiced th. One exception however, because people thought Þ looked cooler (and other historical stuff), they decided that ð cannot appear at the start of words. So… get fucked I guess. You just have to guess wether þ at the start of words is voiced or not lmao. Languages are quirky get over it.

When transliterating into English, thorn is th and eth is the.
Baþr is Bathr

Baðr is Bather

Axolisc Alphabet

These examples are just so you know the pronunciation of the letters using English words, these are not translations of the example words.

Axolisc still uses Þþ (thorn) and Ðð (eth).

“Think” -> “Þink”, “With” -> “Wið”

Also &ε is in the alphabet, like it had been in English, but it's use has expanded to not just be the word “and”, but to also replace all “and"s in any word. It even got a lowercase version. When writing just the word and it stays capitalized.

“Blandly” -> “Blεly”, “Android” -> “&roid”, “Andesite” -> “&esite”

Ŋŋ makes the ng sound.

“Singing” -> “Siŋiŋ”

Axolisc Alphabet 2

Ay sound is represented by æ.

“Blade” -> “Blæd”, “Crazy” -> “Cræzy”

Due to the dropping of Qq in the 1850s, the “Qu” sound like in Queen is now represented by… cw, like in Old English. Obviously. 

“Quilt” -> “Cwilt”. “Queen” -> “Cween”

Some changes

F when voiced is always v (of -> ov)

All ph’s are now f’s.

Soft G’s are now all Js. So yes it's name is now pronounced like ghee.

Silent letters have disappeared, but a few became repronounced when after a vowel.

R can drop any silent e’s before and after (before -> befor, after -> aftr) may seem half assed for a while. Until I decide to overhaul the project and remove the e’s from major cities spread across the project, it will be very inconsistent. Also Grest Powder is not getting renamed to fit this rule as Grest Powdr, he is far too important to change. Would not be Grst because that e is clearly making a sound.

More changes

Sh sound is now Sc, like in old English. (Ship is Scip, Axolisc is Axolisc) 

Pseudo Base 12

Axolisc is still very very heavily influenced by the ancient Germanic base 12, even more so than English and other Germanic languages (for example in English 11 and 12 have unique names compared to the teens). Axolotlians even still count using the thumb to point at the segments of the fingers, so 12 on each hand, and Axolotlians see 0-12 as more normal than 0-10.

So even though Axolisc is kinda base 12, with 12, 24, 36, 60, etc. seen more commonly than 10, 20, 30, 100, etc. it is still written as base 10 like English.

Axolisc Dialects

There are 5 main Axolisc dialects:

Axoton: A modern dialect with more influence from English, as its the capital and most connected to outside world.

Urban: Similar to Axoton, but a bit more conservative, spoken in most cities of over 5k people.

Rural: Spoken in the Central Mountains.

Arada: Spoken in the Arada Desert, and Minift and cities in The Arada Desert.

Bræ: Spoken in rural Bræ Island.