Caseic language

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~ɥ	ɹ	j (w~ɥ)

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~aj
ai	øy
b	b
br	bɹ
bw	bˠw
c	k
ch	t͡ʃ
cr	kɹ
cy	kj
e	ɛ
ei	ei~ej
f	f
g	g
gr	gɹ
gy	gj
h	h	Only used in transcriptions of Esiga Caseic
i	i~y
j	d͡ʒ
l	l	Only appears in Northern and Esiga dialects
m	m
n	n
o	o
p	p
pr	pɹ
r	ɹ
s	s
sw	sw
t	t
u	ʉ
w	w~ɥ
y	j

Tildes indicate phonetic variation, e.g. ⟨w⟩ is realised as /w/ before ⟨a⟩ or ⟨o⟩ but as /ɥ/ before ⟨i⟩.