Romic

Romic, also known as Romic Gaelic (Ròmgeailgidh) is the language spoken by the inhabitants of the fictional country of Rom in the Seafaring Confederation. With approximately 92,000 speakers, it is the second smallest national language in the Seafaring Confederation. A Goidelic language, Romic developed out of w:Middle Irish, and thus ultimately descended from w:Old Irish.

Romic is the official language of the nation of Rom and one of the official national languages of the Seafaring Confederation.

Romic is spoken predominantly in the island nation of Rom, with significant numbers of speakers in Rockall, the Highlands, and Saxony.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal	m		n				ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p b			t d			c ɟ	k g				ʔ
Fricative		f v	ð	s	ʃ		ɕ ç
Approximant				ɹ			j	ɰ				h
Lateral app.				l

• An asterisk behind a consonant indicates that the usage of the consonant depends on the speaker's dialect.

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i /iu̯/		ʉ		u /ui̯/
Near-close		ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e ø /eːu̯/				o /ou̯/
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ œ				ɔ
Near-open	æ		ɐ
Open	a /aːi̯/				ɑ ɒ /ɑu̯/