User:DrukeTheFluke/Dradelian

The Dradelian langauge is a conlang spoken in Dradelia. It is considered an Indo-European language due to the fact the grammar and semantics are mainly European-based. It is is also influenced by the Finno-Uralic, Altaic languages and Esperanto. It is one of the official languages of Dradelia. Dradelian is mainly used for cultural purposes in Dradelia. It was created by Martin Garside and Robert Garside.

Alphabet
The Dradelian language uses the Latin alphabet. It uses the basic Latin alphabet without the letters W, Q or X. It uses the additional letters Ä, Ã, Õ and Ğ.

Diacritics
Ä, Ã, Õ and Ğ are not considered diacritics, they are considered independent letters and the diacritical marks are considered part of the letter. However, although non-standard, diacritics can be used in Dradelian in the following way.
 * Breve = Sometimes used on Z in the letter combination Rz and Sz to show that the two letters are seperate, and are not part of the Rz/Sz digraph. It is also used on vowels to show show that the vowel does not form an affix.
 * Circumflex = Sometimes used to show that an E is pronounced / eɪ/ not /e/. Sometimes used on a J to show that the J is pronounced / ʑ/ not / ɟ/.