Velyan

Velyan is one of the two main classical languages of the continent Pellargos, on the planet Máa. Máa is an alternate Earth planet.

Phonology

Vowels

There are 12 vowels, each of which can be short or long.

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High	i	y								u
Near-high
High-mid			e	ø						o
Mid					ə
Low-mid			ɛ	œ						ɔ
Near-low			æ
Low					a

Consonants

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal		m				n						ɲ	n
Palatalised Nasal		mʲ				nʲ							ŋʲ
Labialised Nasal		mʷ				nʷ						ɲʷ	nʷ
Plosive	p					t						c	k		q
Aspirated Plosive	pʰ					tʰ							kʰ		qʰ
Palatalised Plosive	pʲ					tʲ							kʲ		qʲ
Labialised Plosive	pʷ					tʷ						cʷ	kʷ		qʷ
Fricative						s	(ʃ)					(x)	h
Palatalised Fricative						sʲ	ʃʲ					(xʲ)	(hʲ)
Labialised Fricative						sʷ	ʃʷ					(xʲ)	(hʷ)
Approximant	ʋ	ʍ			ð							j
Palatalised Approximant	ʋʲ				ðʲ
Labialised Approximant					ðʷ
Trill								rː
Aspirated Trill								rːʰ
Palatalised Trill								rːʲ
Labialised Trill								rːʷ
Flap								ɾ
Aspirated Flap								ɾʰ
Palatalised Flap								ɾʲ
Labialised Flap								ɾʷ
Lateral Approximant								l				ʎ
Palatalised Lateral Approximant								lʲ
Labialised Lateral Approximant								lʷ

Orthography

Below is a table of the IPA sounds of Velyan, with transcription.

IPA	Letter	IPA	Letter
a	a
æ	ä
c	c
e	e
ə	ə
ɛ	ɛ
h	h
i	i
j	j
k	k
l	l
ʎ	ll
m	m
n	n
ɲ	ñ
ƞ	ƞ
o	o
ɔ	ɔ
œ	œ
ø	ö
p	p
q	q
r	r
ɾː	rr
s	s
ʃ	š
t	t
u	u
ʋ	v
ʍ	w
y	ÿ

Notes:

1. Long vowels and geminate consonants are written double, e.g. aa, bb, except for /lː/, which is written l·l to avoid confusion with /ʎ/, written ll.

1. Palatalised, labialised, and aspirated consonants, and tone marks, are not shown. These are explained below.

Marking Aspiration, Labialisation, and Palatalisation

• Palatalisation is marked by writing a y (without a diaeresis) after the letter, except at the end of a word, when it is marked by writing '.
• Labialisation is marked by writing