Caseyan

The Caseyan Language (Caseyan: Кăзèйски езыкэнзy, [k​ɐˈz​ɛjski j​ɛzɨ​​k​ənzu], English transcription: Kazeysky yezykenzu, scientific transliteration: Kăzèjski jezyk​ənzu) is a constructed language spoken in eastern Antarctica — most notably Casey where it was also first observed in. It is one of the first known indigenous Antarctican languages and has official status in Casey. It's a mostly religious and poetic language. 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

Caseyan Alphabet
А а	Ă ă	Б б	Ц ц	Д д	Ð ð	Е е	È è
Э э	Ф ф	Г г	Х х	И и	Й й	К к	Λ λ
М м	Н н	О о	Ō ō	Ö ö	П п	Р р	С с
Ç ç	З з	Т т	Y y	Ÿ ÿ	В в	Ы ы	Ш ш

Caseyan is written in Caseyan alphabet (csyn. аλфавитэнзy кăзèйски alfavít​ənzu kăzèjski), a derivative from the Cyrillic, Latin and Greek scripts.
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

Overview

Grapheme	IPA	Pronounciation in English
А а	[a]	Like the "a" in bath when you sound posh.
Ă ă	[​ɐ]	Approximately like the "u" in nut (received pronounciation).
Б б	[b]	Like the "b" in bottle.
Ц ц	[t͡s]	Like the "ts" in cats.
Д д	[d], [ɖ]	First variant: Like the "d" in dad; second variant: No English equivalent
Ð ð	[ð]	Like the "th" in that.
Е е	[e]	Approximately like the "é" in café.
È è	[ε]	Like the "e" in bed.
Э э	[​ə]	Like the "a" in about.
Ф ф	[f]	Like the "f" in friggin.
Г г	[g]	Like the "g" in get.
Х х	[x]	Like the "ch" in Scottish Loch.
И и	[i]	Like the "ea" in heat.
Й й	[j]	Like the "y" in yankee.
Λ λ	[l]	Like the "l" in letter (received pronounciation).
М м	[m]	Like the "m" in mother.
Н н	[n]	Like the "n" in no.
О о	[ɔ]	Approximately like the word awe.
Ō ō	[o]	Approximately like the "o" in or (received pronounciation).
Ö ö	[ø], [œ]	Like an exaggerated "ea" in British heard.
П п	[pʰ]	Like the "p" in people.
Р р	[r]	The "rolled"/trilled "r".
С с	[s]	Like the "sc" in scissors.
Ç ç	[θ]	Like the "th" in thing.
З з	[z]	Like the "z" in hazy.
Т т	[tʰ], [​ʈ]	First variant: Like the "t" in time; second variant: No English equivalent.
Y y	[u]	Approximately like the "u" in rude.
Ÿ ÿ	[y]	No English equivalent — like the "ü" in German Güte.
В в	[v]	Like the "v" in vase.
Ы ы	[ɨ​]	No English equivalent — somewhat like the "ÿ" from previously.
Ш ш	[​ʃ]	Like the "sh" in shade.

Example Texts

Example Text 1

Caseyan:	IPA:	Translation:
Мистер Тшèков тōрте! - Скèнэнзy поλностевйе, Кăпитан. Никтоказy есÿтно резyλткаогōга. Yрōвèнэнзy обышλи есÿтно радиациэногōрy. Ăтмосфèрэнзy ă тèрèэнзy λибэзă интерyпкаогōга. Никтоказy синказy бÿргэногōрy ō фортэногōрy, которэногōрy бyдÿтйе шè èλэнио нèкарÿтйе.	Mist​ɛr t͡ʃ​ɛkɔv tɔrt​ɛ Sk​ɛn​ənzu pɔlnɔstj​ɛvj​ɛ k​ɐpitan. Niktɔkazu esytnɔ rezultkaɔgora Uroːv​ɛn​ənzu ɔbɨ​​ʃli esytnɔ radjat͡si​ənɔgoru ​​ɐtmɔsf​ɛr​ənzu ɐ t​ɛr​​ɛnzu lib​əz​ɐ interupkaɔgora Niktɔkazu sinkazu byrg​ənɔgoru o fort​ənɔgoru kɔtɔr​ənɔgoru budytj​ɛ ​ʃ​ɛ ​ɛl​ənjɔ n​ɛkarütj​ɛ	Mister Chekov, report! - Complete scan, Captain. There are no results. Level of radiation is normal. Atmosphere and terrain free of interruptions. No signs of a settlement or a force, that could have eliminated it.
(Дшèрōм Биксбы, вèдиăкλyп: Стар Трèк СО (1968ÿг г.) С3Ф7) (Jerome Bixby, wediaklup: Star Trek TOS (1968) S3E7)

Example Text 2

Caseyan:	IPA:	Translation:
Агаэнзy есÿтно ираэнио дематэногōрy пекинкаогōга. Тyри энмазy модÿλи работÿтно менyнyма фитÿкаио, мид сапимонказy кениевно нōс йазyогōба. Коноказy вλифÿтно шèэнио, йаэнзy дешиyрÿтно нихагэнио иōтэогōрy ерсигэногōба.	Aga​ənzu esytnɔ ira̯​ənjɔ demat​ənɔgoru pekinkaɔgoga turi ​ənmazu mɔdyli rabɔtytnɔ menunuma fitükajɔ mit sapimɔnkazu keniʔevnɔ nos jazuɔgoba kɔnɔkazu vlifytnɔ ​ʃεnjɔ ja​​ənzu de​ʃjurytnɔ nixag​ənjɔ jot​ənɔgoru erig​ənɔgoba	Agriculture is the art of losing money, when you work four hundred hours a month so that people can be fed. They think, that I want their death by poison.
(Шпицхакè: Ираэнзy дематэногōрy пекинкаогōга (2022ÿг г.) вèрсказy 1–5) (Spitzhacke: Ira​ənzu demat​ənogōru pekinkaogōga (2022) verses 1–5)

Vowels

Vowels	front		central		back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	и /i/	ÿ /y/	ы /ɨ​/			y /u/
Near-close
Close-mid	е /e/	ö /ø/				ō /o/
Mid			э /​ə/
Open-mid	è /ε/	ö /œ/				о /ɔ/
Near-open			ă /​ɐ/
Open	а /a/

Diphthongs

In Caseyan, there are multiple diphthongs involving <и> and a following "second" vowel. In these diphthongs the /i/ from <и> becomes a /j/; this can be done with any vowel except /ɨ​/. Some other diphthongs can include <а> or <ă> and <э> (schwa), in which case the first vowel gets shortened (e.g. аэ: [a​ə] → [a̯​ə]). This is not allowed transsyllabically, should this encounter happen between two syllables, a glottal stop [ʔ] is inserted, c.f. нароçăэнзy [na​.ˈrɔː​​.ˌθ​ɐ​.ʔ​ən​.zu] (the people). If /​ɐ/ and /​ə/ are next to each other, the sound gets reduced to /​ə/.

Diphthong			Example
Grapheme	Phonemically	Phonetically	IPA	Orthography	Translation
аэ	[a​ə]	[a̯​ə]	[rada̯​ənənzu]	радаэнэнзy	radar
ăэ	[​ɐ​ə]	[​ə]	[​ɛpizɔd​ənzu]	èпизодăэнзy	episode
иэ	[i​ə]	[j​ə]	[j​əns​az​ɐ]	иэнсазă	valuable
оэ	[ɔ​ə]	[w​ə]	[gw​əd​ənzu]	гоэдэнзy
ÿэ	[y​ə]	[ʏə]	[kreaʏ​əli]	креаÿэλи	artificial
иа	[ia]	[ja]	[f​ɛd​ɛrat͡sjaʔ​ənzu]	фèдèрациаэнзy	federation
work in progress