Crethian language

Crethian
Krøtinsk
Region	Ambrose Crethia
Native speakers	~17 million (2010) L2: ~5 million
Language family	Indo-European Artezi-Nordanic Nordanian Crethian
Writing system	Latin (Crethian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	2 countries Ambrose Crethia
Regulated by	(Council for Crethian Speakers)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ctn

The Crethian language (Crethian: Krøtinsk [kʰɾˠøt̪ˠɪnɕ]) is a Nordanian language spoken in Crethia. It originated as a divergent dialect of Old East Nordanian, with a heavy Lyonic substrate and phonological influence. This unique mixing of peoples within Crethia led to a creolized culture sharing features, names, and a great deal of history. The language produced is highly reflective of this creolized culture: while not itself a creole, the heavy Lyonic influence makes it difficult to understand for other Nordanian peoples outside of its more conservative written form.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial		Alveolar		Alveolo -palatal	Velar		Glottal
Nasal	m	m̩	n	n̩		ŋ	ŋ̍
Plosive	pʰ	bˠ	t̪ˠˠ	d̪ˠ		kʰ	ɡ
Fricative	fˠ		s					h
Approximant	ʋ		l l̩	lˠ	j

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	i, iː			u, uː
Near-close	ɪ, ɪː
Close-mid	e, eː	ø, øː
Mid		ø̞, ø̞ː	ə, ə:
Open-mid	ɛ, ɛː	œ̞, œ̞ː
Near-open	æ, æ:		ɐ, ɐ:
Open		ɶ, ɶː	ä, äː