Nayelan language - Revision history

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Standard Weatherplague Caseic

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	* /ɲ/ became /ʑ/ word-finally, elsewhere it became /n/		* /ɲ/ became /ʑ/ word-finally, elsewhere it became /n/
	* /aʉ/ raised to /eʉ/		* /aʉ/ raised to /eʉ/
			* Long vowels typically kept their quality, but short /e/, /a/, and /o/ reduced to /a/

	[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]		[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]

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A treat for the lingustics nerds :tieteran:

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	'''Nayelan''' was a language spoken in the north of the island of [[Casea]] from around 2000 TT to 500 TT. It was a key influence in the development of [[Standard Weatherplague Caseic]]. There is some linguistic evidence that Nayelan shares a common ancestor with the [[Sawaji language]] spoken in [[Kelelemi]].		'''Nayelan''' was a language spoken in the north of the island of [[Casea]] from around 2000 TT to 500 TT. It was a key influence in the development of [[Standard Weatherplague Caseic]]. There is some linguistic evidence that Nayelan shares a common ancestor with the [[Sawaji language]] spoken in [[Kelelemi]].

			== Phonology ==

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+ Consonants
			\|-
			! !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar
			\|-
			\| Nasal stop \|\| m \|\| n \|\| ɲ \|\|
			\|-
			\| Plosive \|\| p b \|\| t d \|\| \|\| k g
			\|-
			\| Affricate \|\| \|\| ts \|\| tɕ \|\|
			\|-
			\| Fricative \|\| f v \|\| z \|\| ʑ \|\|
			\|-
			\| Approximant \|\| w \|\| ɾ l \|\| j \|\| (w)
			\|}

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+ Vowels
			\|-
			! !! Front !! Back
			\|-
			\| Close \|\| i \|\| u
			\|-
			\| Mid \|\| e \|\| o
			\|-
			\| Open \|\| a \|\|
			\|-
			\| Diphthongs \|\| colspan=2 \| iʉ, aʉ
			\|}

			Vowels also have a length distinction

			== Orthography ==

			=== Romanisation ===

			This is the orthography used to represent Nayelan on the wiki

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Letter !! Sound !! Notes
			\|-
			\| a \|\| a \|\|
			\|-
			\| á \|\| aː \|\|
			\|-
			\| au \|\| aʉ \|\|
			\|-
			\| b \|\| b \|\|
			\|-
			\| c \|\| ts \|\|
			\|-
			\| ć \|\| tɕ \|\|
			\|-
			\| d \|\| d \|\|
			\|-
			\| e \|\| e \|\|
			\|-
			\| é \|\| eː \|\|
			\|-
			\| f \|\| f \|\|
			\|-
			\| g \|\| g \|\|
			\|-
			\| i \|\| i \|\|
			\|-
			\| í \|\| iː \|\|
			\|-
			\| iu \|\| iʉ \|\|
			\|-
			\| j \|\| j \|\|
			\|-
			\| k \|\| k \|\|
			\|-
			\| l \|\| l \|\|
			\|-
			\| m \|\| m \|\|
			\|-
			\| n \|\| n \|\|
			\|-
			\| ń \|\| ɲ \|\|
			\|-
			\| o \|\| o \|\|
			\|-
			\| ó \|\| oː \|\|
			\|-
			\| r \|\| ɾ \|\|
			\|-
			\| t \|\| t \|\|
			\|-
			\| u \|\| u \|\|
			\|-
			\| ú \|\| uː \|\|
			\|-
			\| v \|\| v \|\|
			\|-
			\| w \|\| w \|\|
			\|-
			\| z \|\| z \|\|
			\|-
			\| ź \|\| ʑ \|\|
			\|}

			== Standard Weatherplague Caseic ==
			Many Nayelan words became part of the Standard Weatherplague Caseic lexicon. As they did so, they went through some phonological changes:

			* /ɾ/ became /l/ everywhere
			* /v/ became /f/ everywhere
			* /d/ became /t/ everywhere
			* /ts/ became /s/ everywhere
			* /z/ became /ʑ/ everywhere
			* /ɲ/ became /ʑ/ word-finally, elsewhere it became /n/
			* /aʉ/ raised to /eʉ/

	[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]		[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]

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	'''Nayelan''' was a language spoken in the north of the island of [[Casea]] from around 2000 TT to 500 TT. It was a key influence in the development of [[Standard Weatherplague Caseic]].		'''Nayelan''' was a language spoken in the north of the island of [[Casea]] from around 2000 TT to 500 TT. It was a key influence in the development of [[Standard Weatherplague Caseic]]. There is some linguistic evidence that Nayelan shares a common ancestor with the [[Sawaji language]] spoken in [[Kelelemi]].

	[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]		[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]

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'''Nayelan''' was a language spoken in the north of the island of [[Casea]] from around 2000 TT to 500 TT. It was a key influence in the development of [[Standard Weatherplague Caseic]].

[[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]