Kazcadian

Classification and Dialects
Kazcadian is descended from Tharfish, a dialect of English. It is spoken in the Cascadia region of the United States and Canada. The most significant differences between Tharfish and Kazcadian are the spelling and grammar changes, along with simplification of the vocabulary. Kazcadian has been somewhat influenced by the native languages of the area as well. '''Some of the sound changes are relative to sounds that have been lost in the English language. These will not be given in IPA but instead in their English spelling. For example, gh in night is not pronounced anymore.'''

Sound Changes
Standard Tharfish > Cascadian Tharfish

Sound Simplifications take place here

kh gh > ç

ks > cç

sh > (diverges into zh and ch)

d͡ʒ > ʒ / #_V

Cascadian Tharfish > Kazcadian

Spelling Changes take place here

h > ç

ld > ɾ (but often other simplifications occur)

ð > (diverges into z and θ)

Conditional Letters
There are several conditional letters with sounds depending on those around it. These letters are c, q, and the vowels. Vowels A, E, I, O, and U follow regular patterns where the first sound is used when the vowel has a consonant on either side of it, and the second consonant is not followed by a vowel. The second sound is used otherwise. The first sound can be induced by doubling the following consonant, and the second sound can by induced by adding a -y after the noun, which is silent following a noun. Vowels A, I, and U have third sounds that apply when the sound is word initial. The third sound of an E applies when word final. Vowel pairs usually use second sounds. C-Changes are extremely relevant.

The conditional consonant C has forms k and s.  When one of the following conditions apply, k is used When the second condition applies, the second sound of the vowel is used. This is called a C-Change. K does not posess this quality. When the C is followed by an E or an I, s is used.
 * Word Final
 * Followed by A, O, or U

The conditional consonant Q has forms kʷ and k̚. The first is used when followed by a vowel, and the second is used when word-final. All non-word-final Q's will be followed by a vowel.

Pronouns
Pronouns in Kazcadian are quite similar to those of Tharfish, with some exceptions. The ones with the most degree of difference are the personal pronouns.

Verbs
Kazcadian verbs conjugate to both number and tense, except the verb Aint, signifying the negated form of To Be. When a letter is listed in the following table, it means "A variation upon ___".

Nouns
Nouns in Kazcadian decline only to number, which is done with a -z.