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Caseic is the most common language of the Caseic Archipelago. It is subdivided into three dialects: the Southern Dialect, which is considered standard in the Caseic Federation; the Northern Dialect, which is considered standard in the Greater Nayela Union and Prefichi; and the Esiga Dialect, which is considered standard in Esiga.

Phonology

Consonants
	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasal stop	m	n
Plosive	p b	t	k g
Affricate		t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Fricative	f	s
Approximant	w	ɹ	j (w)

Vowels
	Front	Central
Close	i	ʉ
Mid	e~ɛ	ɞ~ə
Open	a
Diphthongs	ae, œy, ei

Orthography

Romanisation

This is the orthography used to represent Caseic on this wiki.

Romanisation
Letter	Sound	Notes
a	a
ae	ae
ai	øy
b	b
br	br
bw	bw
c	k
ch	tS
cr	kr
cy	kj
e	e
ei	ei
f	f
g	g
h	h	Only used in transcriptions of Esiga Caseic
i	i
j	dZ
l	l	Only appears in Northern and Esiga dialects
m	m
n	n
o	o
p	p
pr	pr
r	r
s	s
sw	sw
t	t
u	u
w	w
y	j

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 | Nasal stop || m || n ||
 |-
-| Plosive || p b || t || c g
+| Plosive || p b || t || k g
 |-
-| Affricate || || ch j ||
+| Affricate || || t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ||
 |-
 | Fricative || f || s ||
 |-
-| Approximant || w || r || y (w)
+| Approximant || w || ɹ || j (w)
 |}
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 ! !! Front !! Central
 |-
-| Close || i || u
+| Close || i || ʉ
 |-
-| Mid || e || o
+| Mid || e~ɛ || ɞ~ə
 |-
 | Open || a ||
 |-
 |-
-| Diphthongs || colspan=2 | ae, ai, ei ||
+| Diphthongs || colspan=2 | ae, œy, ei ||
 |}