Neragese language

Neragese
Pronunciation	/ˌnærəˈɡiz/
Ethnicity	Neragese people North Veragon (historically)
Native speakers	360–400 million (2019) L2 speakers: XXX; as a foreign language: XXX
Language family	Oranish Veragian XXX Neragese
Early forms	Old Neragese Middle Neragese Early Modern Neragese
Dialects	XXX recogniz-ed dialects
Writing system	Alarico (Neragese alphabet) XXX
Official status
Official language in	XXX
Recognised minority language in	Auralia, TBA
Regulated by	XXX
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ne
ISO 639-2	ner
ISO 639-3	ner

Neragese is a XXX language of the Oranish language family originally spoken by the people of the island of Neragon in Alabon. The language is named after the XXX, one of the Veragian peoples 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 Neragese, and for RP.

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/

External links

English to Neragese An English to Neragese translator (WIP)