Novatlantean language

Novatlantean or Novatlantidan is the language of the Novatlantean people, and the only one with official status in Novatlantida. It is the mother tongue of approximately 80% of the country's population, and is spoken elsewhere in Internatia by the Novatlantidan diaspora. The language is written with its own exclusive alphabet, but for the sake of simplification the Latin alphabet is used in this article instead.

Phonology

The Novatlantean sound system is relatively simple.

Vowels

There are five vowels, pronounced as in the Spanish language

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

Falling diphtongs exist in the language due to the pairing any of the vowels with a semi-vowel, except for the "ij" and "uv" pairs.

Consonants

Contrast by voicing exists only with plosive consonants.

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal/Post-alv.	Velar/Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p/b	t/d		k/g
Affricate		z(ts)
Fricative/Approxim.	f/v	s	c(sh)/j	h
Rhotic		r

The consonants "j" and "v" might be pronounced as fricatives depending on a number of factors, but are considered approximants; "h" is velar or glottal depending on the dialect.