Names and Loanwords

Native Nordsippisk vocabulary follows native orthography. Foreign material is allowed more latitude when preserving its identity is useful.

Proper names

Proper and foreign names may preserve their original spelling even when that spelling contains letters or sequences outside native Nordsippisk orthography.

Naturalized spellings are also allowed when useful.

For example, Luci may remain Luci, or be adapted as Lusi.

Preserving an original proper-name spelling does not expand the native alphabet.

Loanwords

Loanwords are handled by judgment rather than a mandatory mechanical conversion rule.

Two broad treatments are available:

• naturalize the word into legal Nordsippisk spelling and pronunciation;
• retain recognizable source-like spelling or pronunciation when doing so is useful and does not make the word needlessly awkward.

A naturalized loan behaves like native vocabulary. A visibly foreign loan may preserve foreign-looking material without changing the rules for native roots.

When naturalizing, prefer minimal change: alter what conflicts with Nordsippisk spelling or pronunciation while preserving useful recognizability.

For example, English crucifix could be naturalized as krusifiks.

Loans take ordinary Nordsippisk morphology where practical:

• krusifiksar — crucifixes
• krusifiksen — the crucifix
• krusifikss — the crucifix’s

A final root s does not trigger a special possessive allomorph; possessive -s simply stacks.

A loan may be used provisionally to fill a lexical gap without automatically becoming a permanent glossary entry. Adoption into the core lexicon remains a separate decision.