The country that the language is spoken in is logically called Sigland. The language is a creoloid, like English or Afrikaans. That is, it is not a creole developed from a pidgin but a language that has been affected by foreign languages so much that some creolization has happened. It is a West-Germanic language and quite closely related to German and Dutch.
Its vocabulary is more Germanic than that of English but its syntax is even more analytic than that of English.
Consonants:
pʰ <p>, tʰ <t>, kʰ <k>
b <b>, d <d>, g <g>
t͡s <z>, t͡ʃ <c>
f <f>, s <sz>, ʃ <sc>, h <h>
v <v>, z <s>
m <m>, n <n>, ŋ <ng>
ɾ <r>
l <l>, j <j>
Vowels:
i <i>, u <u>
ɛ <e>, ɔ <o>
a <a>
Diphthongs:
aɪ <y>, aʊ <au>, ɔɪ <eu>
Vowel length is contrastive though the quality of the following consonant also affects is.
Some soud changes:
t -> t͡s /_[+stress]
θ -> tʰ
ð -> d
st -> s <sz> /_V [+stress]
sk -> ʃ <sc> /_V[+fron]
Vr -> rV /_C
zaid 'time' cognate to Engl. tide, Germ. Zeit
tink 'think'
de 'the'
szagn 'be located', cognate to Engl. stay, Germ. stehen
scal 'should', cognate to Engl. shall
scim 'swim'
ci 'tree, wood' compare. tri 'three'
u: -> au
i: -> ai
e: -> i
o -> u
a: -> a
Vowel length appears again when stressed vowel preceding some voiced consonants get long. The same appears in some English dialects. writer and rider being a minimum pair.
Vowels are lengthened before:
Voiced stops: b <b>, d <d>, g <g>
Voiced fricatives: v <v>, z <s>
/l/, /ɾ/ or /j/ if the syllable is open, i.e. /l/, /ɾ/ or /j/ is followed by some vowel
Word-finally
Vowels a not lengthened before:
Voiceless stops: pʰ <p>, tʰ <t>, kʰ <k>
Affricate: t͡ʃ (t͡s) doesn't appear after stressed vowels)
Voiceless fricatives: f <f>, s <sz>, ʃ <sc>, h <h>
Nasals: m <m>, n <n>, ŋ <ng>
Syllable-final: /l/ or /j/ (Syllable-final /ɾ/ is lost by metathesis)
Voicing of obstruents is contrastive only word-initially and before at the onsets of stressed syllables. In all ather positions it is neyralized so that obstruents are always devoiced word-finally and voiced inside words.
See that the sound changes have created new phonemes.
kirk 'church' -> kerk -> t͡ʃerk -> t͡ʃɾek <crek>
kɾi:k <krig> 'war'