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The language's vocabulary is largely derived from a plethora of languages such as Russian, Icelandic, German, Toki Pona, Ukrainian and Italian. It is written in the Caseyan alphabet.
The language's vocabulary is largely derived from a plethora of languages such as Russian, Icelandic, German, Toki Pona, Ukrainian and Italian. It is written in the Caseyan alphabet.


==Alphabet==
== Alphabet ==
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! colspan="8" |'''Caseyan Alphabet'''
! colspan="8" |'''Caseyan Alphabet'''
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Since the last spelling reform in March 2022, the Caseyan alphabet consists of 32 letters, where 12 represent vowels — '''а''', '''ă''', '''е''', '''è''', '''э''', '''и''', '''о''', '''ō''', '''ö''', '''y''', '''ÿ''', '''ы''' — and the remaining 20 represent consonants.
Since the last spelling reform in March 2022, the Caseyan alphabet consists of 32 letters, where 12 represent vowels — '''а''', '''ă''', '''е''', '''è''', '''э''', '''и''', '''о''', '''ō''', '''ö''', '''y''', '''ÿ''', '''ы''' — and the remaining 20 represent consonants.


==Phonology==
== Phonology ==
=== Overview ===
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!'''Grapheme'''
!'''Grapheme'''
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|Like the "e" in b'''e'''d.
|Like the "e" in b'''e'''d.
|-
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-size:125%" |'''work in progress'''
| Э э
|[​ə]
|Like the "a" in '''a'''bout.
|-
|Ф ф
|[f]
| Like the "f" in '''f'''riggin.
|-
|Г г
|[g]
|Like the "g" in '''g'''et.
|-
|Х х
|[x]
|Like the "ch" in Scottish Lo'''ch'''.
|-
|И и
|[i]
|Like the "ea" in h'''ea'''t.
|-
|Й й
|[j]
|Like the "y" in '''y'''ankee.
|-
|Λ λ
|[l]
|Like the "l" in '''l'''etter (received pronounciation).
|-
|М м
|[m]
|Like the "m" in '''m'''other.
|-
|Н н
|[n]
|Like the "n" in '''n'''o.
|-
|О о
|[ɔ]
|Approximately like the word '''awe'''.
|-
|Ō ō
|[o]
|Approximately like the "o" in '''o'''r (received pronounciation).
|-
|Ö ö
|[ø]
|Like an exaggerated "ea" in British h'''ea'''rd.
|-
|П п
|[pʰ]
|Like the "p" in '''p'''eople.
|-
|Р р
|[r]
|The "rolled"/trilled "r".
|-
|С с
|[s]
|Like the "sc" in '''sc'''issors.
|-
|Ç ç
|[θ]
|Like the "th" in '''th'''ing.
|-
|З з
|[z]
|Like the "z" in ha'''z'''y.
|-
|Т т
|[tʰ], [​ʈ]
|First variant: Like the "t" in '''t'''ime; second variant: No English equivalent.
|-
|Y y
|[u]
|Approximately like the "u" in r'''u'''de.
|-
|Ÿ ÿ
|[y]
|No English equivalent — like the "ü" in German G'''ü'''te.
|-
|В в
|[v]
|Like the "v" in '''v'''ase.
|-
|Ы ы
|[ɨ​]
|No English equivalent — somewhat like the "ÿ" from previously.
|-
|Ш ш
|[​ʃ]
|Like the "sh" in '''sh'''ade.
|}
|}
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