Craitish language

Craitish

Cräitelandóspul
Pronunciation	/kreɪt'lændɔspʊl/
Spoken natively in	Craitland
Language family	Constructed languages Craitish
Writing system	Latin
Source	English, others
Dialects	Kej Craitish
Official status
Official language in	Craitland
Language codes
MOS-9 codes	cr

The Craitish language (Craitish: Cräitelandóspul /kreɪt'lændɔspʊl/) is a conlang originating from and spoken in Craitland, where it has official status.

Craitish is primarily influenced by English, and has previously been described as a dialect thereof despite little mutual intelligibility, but also takes some vocabulary and grammar influences from French, Welsh and Swedish.

Craitish is written using the Latin alphabet, with the addition of six letters formed by diacritic marks.

Alphabet

Craitish uses 32 letters; thirty of which are utilised regularly within written Craitish, with two only having usage for particular grammatical instances. These two letters; ń and ś are not included as a part of the full Craitish alphabet, instead being considered punctuation.

Capital letters

A

Ä

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Ĵ

K

L

M

N

Ņ

O

Ó

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Ń

Ś

Lower case

a

ä

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

ĵ

k

l

m

n

ņ

o

ó

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

ń

ś

IPA key

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximations
b		buy, cab
ç		hue
d		dye, cad, ladder
d͡ʒ		giant, badge
ð		thy, breathe, father
f		fan, leaf
ɡ		guy, bag
h		high, ahead
j		yes, hallelujah
k		sky, crack
l		lie, sly, gal
m		my, smile, cam
n		nigh, snide, can
ɲ		canyon
ŋ		sang, sink, singer
p		pie, spy, cap
q		Arabic Quran
r		trilled rye, try, very
s		sigh, mass
ʃ		shy, cash, emotion
t		tie, sty, cat, latter
t͡s		cats, Tsar
t͡ʃ		China, catch
θ		thigh, math
v		vine, leave
w		wine, swine
x		Scottish loch
ɣ		Spanish fuego
z		zoo, has
ʒ		pleasure, beige
ʔ		uh-oh /ˈʔʌʔoʊ/

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximations
ɑ		palm, bra
ɑː		long palm, bra
ɑ̤		breathy palm, bra
ɒ		lot, blockade
æ		trap, tattoo
æː		long trap, tattoo
æ̤		breathy trap, tattoo
aɪ		price, pie
aʊ		mouth, how
ɛ		dress, prestige
e		may
eɪ		face
eɪə		player
ɪ		kit, historic
ɪə		near, serious
i		fleece, pedigree, idea
i̤		breathy fleece, pedigree, idea
oʊ		goat
ɔ		thought
ɔɪ		choice
ʊ		foot
ʊə		tour, cure
u		goose, cruel
y		German über