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Catralian, natively Cātralus, was the primary language of the Cātran Empire. Hailing from the southwest of Sandula, the ancestor of Catralian is little understood (if I'm being honest, it doesn't exist). Catralian had very regular morphological patterns and syntax that was very loose. Catralian's descendants are among the most spoken languages in modern Sandula.

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Catralian Cātralus
Spoken in:	The Cātran Empire
Conworld:	Sandula
Total speakers:	16.5 Million
Basic word order:	SOV
Morphological type:	Agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Accusative
Writing system:	Statatris sen Cātralus
Created by:
Gabriel Wysong	2020

Phonology and Orthography

The phonology of Catralian was relatively small compared to its neighbor Kalersan. It's most distinctive feature are the geminate consonants /pː/ /tː/ /kː/ and /sː/. It also features long vowels in every place.

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m						n
Plosive	p pː	b					t tː	d					k kː	g
Fricative			f				s sː
Affricate
Approximants		w										j
Trill								r
Lateral Approximant								l

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High	i iː									u uː
High-mid			e eː							o oː
Low					a aː

Allophony and Sound Change

Catralian exhibited allophonic nasal vowels at the end of words. This sound change is found in most of the Central Catran languages, excluding the North and Northwest Central groups. /s/ following long vowels changed to /h/, eventually being dropped. /k(ː)/ shifted to /ʧ(ː)/ before front vowels, as did /g/ to /ʤ/. /n/ before velars shifted to /ŋ/.

Writing System

Catralian was written in the Catralian alphabet, known natively as Statatris sen Cātralus. It is derived from the old Kalersan script.