Novatlantean language

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Novatlantean
Modern Atlantean, Novatlantidan
Novatlantida lingvo
Spoken natively inNovatlantida
Native speakers~5 million  (2010)
Language family
Atlantean
  • Novatlantean
Writing systemAtlantean alphabet, Latin
Official status
Official language inNovatlantida
Language codes
ISO 639-1nat
ISO 639-2nat
ISO 639-3nat

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

Voicing is only contrastive in the plosive consonants.

Labial Alveolar Palatal/Post-alv. Velar/Glottal
Nasal m n
Stop p/b t/d k/g
Affricate z(ts)
Continuant f/v s/l 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. The pronunciation of "r" varies as well.