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{{Infobox language
| name            = Neragese
| name            = Neragese
| pronunciation    = {{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|æ|r|ə|ˈ|g|i||z}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|æ|r|ə|ˈ|g|i||z}}
| region          =  
| region          =  
| image            = Neragese Keyboard.png
| imagecaption    = Neragese AZERTY-layout.
| speakers        = 360{{ndash}}400 million
| speakers        = 360{{ndash}}400 million
| ethnicity        = [[Neragese people]] <br/> [[North Veragon]] (historically)
| dialects        = X recognized dialects
| date            = 2019
| ethnicity        = [[Neragese people]] <br/> X (historically)
| date            = 1998
| ref              =  
| ref              =  
| speakers2        = {{wp|Second language|L2 speakers}}: XXX;<br/>as a {{wp|foreign language}}: XXX
| speakers2        = {{wp|Second language|L2 speakers}}: X;<br/>as a {{wp|foreign language}}: X
| familycolor      = [[Oranish language|Oranish]]
| nation          = {{flag|Neragon}}
| fam2            = [[Veragian language|Veragian]]
| minority        = X
| fam3            = XXX
| familycolor      = Oranish
| fam2            = X
| fam3            = X
| ancestor        = [[Old Neragese]]
| ancestor        = [[Old Neragese]]
| ancestor2        = [[Middle Neragese]]
| ancestor2        = [[Middle Neragese]]
| ancestor3        = [[Early Modern Neragese]]
| ancestor3        = [[Early Modern Neragese]]
| script          = {{plainlist|
| script          = {{plainlist|
* {{wp|Latin|Alarico}} ({{wp|English alphabet|Neragese alphabet}})
* !Latin ([[Neragese alphabet]])
* XXX
* X
}}
}}
| agency          = X
| iso1            = ne
| iso1            = ne
| iso2            = ner
| iso2            = ner
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'''Neragese''' is er XXX language of the [[Oranish language]] family originally spokan by the people of the island of [[Neragon]] in [[Alabon]]. The language is nam-ed after the XXX, one of the [[Veragian peoples]] that migrat-ed te Neragon from [[Oranland]].
'''Neragese''' is a X language of the [[Oranish language]] family originally spoken by the people of [[Neragon]]. The language is named after the X, one of the X that migrated to [[Neragon]] from [[Oranland]].
 
== Phonology ==
 
The {{wp|phonetics}} and {{wp|phonology}} of the Neragese language differ from one dialect to another, usually without interfering with mutual communication. Phonological variation affects the inventory of {{wp|phoneme}}s (i.e. speech sounds that distinguish meaning), and phonetic variation consists in differences in pronunciation of the phonemes.
 
=== Consonants ===
 
Most Neragese dialects share the same 25{{nbsp}}consonant phonemes. The consonant inventory shown below is valid for [[Domican Neragese|Domican]], and for Standard Neragese.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|+ Consonant phonemes
!
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Labial consonant|Labial}}
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Interdental consonant|Dental}}
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Alveolar consonant|Alveolar}}
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br/>alveolar}}
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Palatal consonant|Palatal}}
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Velar consonant|Velar}}
! colspan="2" | {{wp|Glottal consonant|Glottal}}
|-
! {{wp|Nasal consonant|Nasal}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|m}}
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|n}}
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ŋ}}
| colspan="2" |
|-
! {{wp|Stop consonant|Stop}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|p}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|b}}
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|t}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|d}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|k}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ɡ}}
| colspan="2" |
|-
! {{wp|Affricate consonant|Affricate}}
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|tʃ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|dʒ}}
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" |  || style="border-left: 0;" |
| colspan="2" | 
|-
! {{wp|Fricative consonant|Fricative}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|f}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|v}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|θ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ð}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|s}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|z}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ʃ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ʒ}}
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ʁ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPAlink|h}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
|-
! {{wp|Approximant consonant|Approximant}}
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|l}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|ɹ}}*
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPAlink|j}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|w}}
| colspan="2" |
|}
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Conventionally transcribed {{IPA|/r/}}</small>
 
=== Vowels ===
 
The pronunciation of vowels varies a great deal between dialects and is one of the most detectable aspects of a speaker's accent. The table below lists the vowel phonemes in Standard and [[Domican Neragese]], with examples of words in which they occur from lexical sets compiled by linguists.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; float: left; margin-right: 1em;"
|+ Monophthongs
!Standard !! Domican !! Word
|-
| {{IPA link|iː}} || {{IPA link|i}} || b'''ee'''n
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|ɪ}} || '''i'''nhalt
|-
| {{IPA link|e̞|e}} || {{IPA link|ɛ}} || jup'''e'''
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|æ}} || h'''a'''t
|-
| {{IPA link|ɑː}} || rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ɑ}} || p'''a'''sgiers
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ɒ}} || jed'''o'''ch
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ɔ}}, {{IPA link|ɑ}} || p'''ò'''lerce
|-
| {{IPA link|o|ɔː}} || s'''our'''i
|-
| {{IPA link|uː}} || {{IPA link|u}} || z'''u'''letst
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|ʊ}} || da'''u'''sund
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|ɐ|ʌ}} || bild'''u'''n
|-
| {{IPA link|ə|ɜː}} || {{IPA link|ɚ|ɜɹ}} || canf'''er'''n
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|ə}} || tel'''e'''fon
|}
 
<div style="float: left;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Closing diphthongs
!Standard !! Domican !! Word
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA|eɪ}} || b'''é'''ntu
|-
| {{IPA|əʊ}} || {{IPA|oʊ}} || '''o'''ben
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA|aɪ}} || civil'''i'''sation
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA|aʊ}} || br'''ou'''t
|-
| colspan="2" | {{IPA|ɔɪ}} || f'''oi'''s
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Centring diphthongs
!Standard !! Domican !! Word
|-
| {{IPA|ɪə}} || {{IPA|ɪɹ}} || ü'''ere'''
|-
| {{IPA link|ɛ|eə}} || {{IPA|ɛɹ}} || aff'''air'''es
|-
| {{IPA|ʊə}} || {{IPA|ʊɹ}} || e'''ur'''
|}
</div>
{{clear}}


== External links ==
== External links ==


[https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoNeragese English to Neragese] An English to Neragese translator (WIP)
[https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoNeragese English to Neragese] An English to Neragese translator (discontinued)


{{Neragese}}
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 21 September 2023

Neragese
Neragese Keyboard.png
Neragese AZERTY-layout.
Pronunciation/ˌnærəˈɡiz/
EthnicityNeragese people
X (historically)
Native speakers
(360–400 million cited 1998)
L2 speakers: X;
as a foreign language: X
Oranish
  • X
    • X
      • Neragese
Early forms
DialectsX recognized dialects
Official status
Official language in
 Neragon
Recognised minority
language in
X
Regulated byX
Language codes
ISO 639-1ne
ISO 639-2ner
ISO 639-3ner

Neragese is a X language of the Oranish language family originally spoken by the people of Neragon. The language is named after the X, one of the X that migrated to Neragon from Oranland.

Phonology

The phonetics and phonology of the Neragese language differ from one dialect to another, usually without interfering with mutual communication. Phonological variation affects the inventory of phonemes (i.e. speech sounds that distinguish meaning), and phonetic variation consists in differences in pronunciation of the phonemes.

Consonants

Most Neragese dialects share the same 25 consonant phonemes. The consonant inventory shown below is valid for Domican, and for Standard Neragese.

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar 		Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop p b t d k ɡ
Affricate tʃ dʒ
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʁ h
Approximant l ɹ* j w

* Conventionally transcribed /r/

Vowels

The pronunciation of vowels varies a great deal between dialects and is one of the most detectable aspects of a speaker's accent. The table below lists the vowel phonemes in Standard and Domican Neragese, with examples of words in which they occur from lexical sets compiled by linguists.

Monophthongs
Standard Domican Word
iː i been
ɪ inhalt
e ɛ jupe
æ hat
ɑː ɑ pasgiers
ɒ jedoch
ɔ, ɑ pòlerce
ɔː souri
uː u zuletst
ʊ dausund
ʌ bildun
ɜː ɜɹ canfern
ə telefon
Closing diphthongs
Standard Domican Word
eɪ béntu
əʊ oʊ oben
aɪ civilisation
aʊ brout
ɔɪ fois
Centring diphthongs
Standard Domican Word
ɪə ɪɹ üere
eə ɛɹ affaires
ʊə ʊɹ eur

External links

English to Neragese An English to Neragese translator (discontinued)

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