Nebulonic language

The Foglandic language (Foglandic: ? //; Tözen Tan: Tozeñmosés; Sajem Tan: Tözenêc, Tözenmocêc) is the native language of the Foglanders. It is thought to be a language isolate, made up of several dialects. The Central Highlands dialect is adopted as the standard. It is an endangered language, with its speakers having switched largely to Sajem Tan and Tözen Tan. Over 75% of its speakers are concentrated in the interior of the Highlands. Revitalization attempts are underway and are meeting with some success. The National Institute of the Foglandic Language (NIFL) has promoted revitalization. Standard Foglandic, Sajem Tan, and Tözen Tan are all equally official in Tözendin (Fogland) and all public officials must be proficient in all three languages.

Phonology and Orthography
The Foglandic language natively uses a version of Tözenţeknoc, and is conventionally transcribed in the real world with the Roman alphabet.

Vowels
Foglandic uses a six-vowel system. There are two dimensions of frontedness (front and back) and three dimensions of height (close, mid, and open). All six vowels also have long equivalents, marked with an acute accent.

Standard Foglandic has no true diphthongs, although /eː/ and /oː/ may be pronounced by some speakers as /ei̯/ and /ou̯/, respectively.

Morphosyntax
Foglandic is isolating with some agglutination.

Word order
Foglandic sentences are typically SOV, though VSO can be used to emphasize the verbs. As a slightly topic-prominent language, in order to emphasize the subject or the object, it is put into a focus phrase: "salmon TOP you enjoy" : "Salmon you enjoy." : "You enjoy salmon."

Verbs
The verb in Foglandic does not receive any agglutinative markers, but it is marked with particles that are not attached. Each verb must be followed by a marker that shows the tense and aspect (see chart below), and a mood marker may be placed before the verb as well.

Decline and Revitalization
After the Foglanders migrated into the Fog Mountains, they quickly adopted the language and some cultural elements of the neighboring Sajem Tan tribe. Within a short span of time, Sajem Tan was the primary home language of 55% of Lowland families, 38% of Highland families, and 48% of Bogland families. Over the next few years this continued until today, when only 10-15% of families have Foglandic as the home language.

The situation in Tözenšömak is that Foglandic immigrants originally dropped the language in favor of Sajem Tan, if they knew it at all. However, two generations later, people from Tözenšömak of Foglandic descent have begun to recover their language. This is a slow process, but it has seen fruit. The Jikin University of Cicâ offers classes in the language and its publishing house puts out books i Foglandic as well as the periodical Name, written entirely in Foglandic.