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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.

Phonology

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)

Vowels
	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a
Diphthongs	iʉ, aʉ

Vowels also have a length distinction

Orthography

Romanisation

This is the orthography used to represent Nayelan on the wiki

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/
Long vowels typically kept their quality, but short /e/, /a/, and /o/ reduced to /a/

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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]].
+== 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/
+* Long vowels typically kept their quality, but short /e/, /a/, and /o/ reduced to /a/
 [[Category:Languages of the Caseic Archipelago]]