Crethian language
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| Crethian | |
|---|---|
| Krøtinsk | |
| Region |  Ambrose Crethia |
Native speakers | ~17 million (2010) L2: ~5 million |
| Latin (Crethian alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | |
| 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.
History
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 | |||