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Frenkisch is an a posteriori constructed language. Its 8 source languages are English, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French & Russian. It is an attempt to make a language that is a mixture of multiple modern Germanic languages. It is intended to look like a typical Germanic language in vocabulary and phonology. It also has significant Romance and Slavic influences. My approach in building it, is based on the Interlingua (IL) method but with a sample of mainly Germanic languages.

There are 5 source language units: 1 English; 2 Dutch; 3 German; 4 Danish, Norwegian & Swedish; 5 French & Russian. The 3 Scandinavian languages are treated as one source language unit. (Similar to how IL treats Spanish & Portuguese.) French and Russian are treated as secondary source languages - they count as a maximum of one source language unit. (Similar to how IL treats German & Russian.)

Linguistic features (such as grammar, words or sounds) require the presence of cognates in at least 3 of the source language units. The forms of words are derived by regular evolution from etymological prototypes.

Check out the files section for current versions of the grammar and dictionary.

If you would prefer not to join Yahoo!, you can access files for the Frenkisch grammar and dictionary on my blog:
http://konstspraik.blogspot.com/

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Re: New file uploaded to frenkisch
Schön dank Hermann. Das war zu schnell! I'm working on a English to Folksprak Dictionary at the moment. Should have something for poor Ingmar within an hour.
Posted - Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:42 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the frenkisch group. File :
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Re: Berejt aut Tudischland
Hi David, yes, it's a true story from yesterday's newspaper. Thanks for your hints. I almost suspected that there might be something wrong with my word order.
Posted - Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:15 am
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Re: Berejt aut Tudischland
Ha ha. That's all quite good. Is this a true story? In my travels in rural Germany, I noticed many fields and meadows are not fenced off from the road, so I'd
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Re: Berejt aut Tudischland
Ferbett'ring: Berejt aut Tudischland: Kou steut mid en moped tousamen "De niewntejnde af oktober, 2011. Forig mondagaivend hadd en seventejnjairig jonge en
Posted - Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:13 pm
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