Language scratchpad/Altlangs

This subarticle lists alternate versions of real-life languages in Innocence Seekers. Due to the series incorprating aspects of alternate history, languages will evolve differently.

Alternate English
English is the lingua franca of Earth and one of the official languages of the Federation of Four Earths.

Orthography
The orthography is similar to Blylandic, except the hooked letters ę and ǫ are not used (/ɛː/ and /ɔː/ are represented as ea and oa, respectively), and that the letter s represents both /s/ and /z/.

Nouns
The declension of nouns is comparatively simple when compared to Old English. All declensional classes share the same declensions in the singular.

This is an example of a strong noun. Note that the nominative/accusative plural ending may differ between nouns. The genitive plural is -re if the stem ends in a vowel, while the dative singular ending disappears.

This is an example of a weak noun.

This is an example of a noun that displays an -r- infix in the plural. This is largely a relic class.

Personal pronouns
The possessive forms decline as strong adjectives.

Adjectives
Strong declension:

Weak declension:

Determiners
Definite article:

Indefinite article:

Cardinal numerals
Numerals from 4 to 99 use the genitive suffix -re and the dative suffix -(e)m. The numerals hundred and þausend are strong nouns (plural hundred and þausend), not determiners.

Strong verbs
Strong verbs have five principal parts: the infinitive (stelen), the third person singular present indicative (stileþ), the third person singular past indicative (stal), the plural past indicative (steilen) and the past participle (stolen). There are huge variations between strong verbs, meaning that the principal parts must be learned separately.

Weak verbs
Weak verbs only have two principal parts: the infinitive (heilen) and the past participle (heild).

Syntax
Syntax is similar to real-life English. In poetry, both SVO and V2 word order can be used, but prose typically uses SVO.