Neragese language
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| Neragese | |
|---|---|
 Neragese AZERTY-layout. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˌnærəˈɡiz/ |
| Ethnicity | Neragese people X (historically) |
Native speakers | (360–400 million cited 1998) L2 speakers: X; as a foreign language: X |
Oranish
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Early forms | |
| Dialects | X recognized dialects |
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Neragon |
Recognised minority language in | X |
| Regulated by | X |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ne |
| ISO 639-2 | ner |
| ISO 639-3 | ner |
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.
| 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.
| 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 | |
| Standard | Domican | Word |
|---|---|---|
| eɪ | béntu | |
| əʊ | oʊ | oben |
| aɪ | civilisation | |
| aʊ | brout | |
| ɔɪ | fois | |
| Standard | Domican | Word |
|---|---|---|
| ɪə | ɪɹ | üere |
| eə | ɛɹ | affaires |
| ʊə | ʊɹ | eur |
External links
English to Neragese An English to Neragese translator (discontinued)