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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. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 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. | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category:Casey]] | [[Category:Casey]] | ||