Neragese language

Neragese
Pronunciation	/ˌnærəˈɡiz/
Ethnicity	Neragese people North Veragon (historically)
Native speakers	(360–400 million cited 1998) 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	Alarican (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, 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	ber
æ		hat
ɑː	ɑ	garantir
ɒ		jedoch
	ɔ, ɑ	preisgekrönt
ɔː		simau
uː	u	groub
ʊ		doof
ʌ		bildun
ɜː	ɜɹ	cender
ə		thema

Closing diphthongs

Standard	Domican	Word
eɪ		breit
əʊ	oʊ	oben
aɪ		thy
aʊ		brout
ɔɪ		fois

Centring diphthongs

Standard	Domican	Word
ɪə	ɪɹ	üere
eə	ɛɹ	affaires
ʊə	ʊɹ	moor

External links

English to Neragese An English to Neragese translator (WIP)