Caseyan
The Caseyan Language (Caseyan: Кăзèйски езыкэнзy, [kɐˈzɛjski jɛzɨəkənzu], English transcription: Kazeysky yezykenzu, scientific transliteration: Kăzèjski jezykənzu) 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 | |||||||
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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 alfavítənzu 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
Grapheme | IPA | Pronounciation in English |
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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. |
work in progress |