Wessisc - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Wessisc
Language Author	Damon M. Lord
Year Began	2000
Site	Wessisc
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Site Author	Damon M. Lord
Language Type	fictional diachronic language
Uniqueness	Wessisc, inspired by Brithenig, started from a question I asked myself: What sort of language would people speak if the language of the Anglo-Saxon invaders had merged with that of native Celtic speakers in Wessex, 1500 years ago? Wessisc is my attempt to answer this question. Also, in the conculture, Wessisc died out approx. 3-500 years ago, so I am also attempting to reconstruct Wessisc, thus mirroring the culture on the reconstructed natlang Cornish. It is currently in the early stages of creation. The website was down for a long time, but will shortly be relaunched.
Language Sources	Brithenig, Anglo-Saxon, Welsh, Cornish with a few influences from German.
Design Principles	To construct a language which would be classed as Germanic, but with sufficient orthogrpahic and grammatical influences and influences in vocabulary for it also to be said to have Celtic influences.
Interest Of Others	I am very grateful for the help of other members on the Celticonlang mailing list for advice.
Dictionary	No
Etymologies	No
Grammar	No
Sample Texts	No
Unique Script	No
Primer	Yes
Babel Text	Yes
Lexicon Size	300
Submitted By	Damon M. Lord
Updated By	Ethan Dickey
Date Edited	Monday, March 07, 2005
Description Of Update	Primer, babel text, site. Added info on lexicon size.
Date To Headline	Thursday, March 17, 2005