Middle Neressan language

Middle Neressan was the language of the Neressan Empire in its maturity. It was a full-fledged literary language, literacy was high during the time it was spoken, and is still high.

Evolution from Old Neressan

 * Vowel laxing: /e o i u/ become /ɛ ɔ ɪ ʊ/
 * Final-syllable /e o/ become /ɪ ʊ/. For example, /terkemeɕ/ becomes /tɛrkɛmɪɕ/
 * Shift of /ɸ β xʷ ɣʷ x ɣ/ to /f v f w χ ʁ/
 * Shift of /t͡ɕ d͡ʑ ɕ d͡ʑ/ to /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ʃ ʒ/

Consonants

 * The voiced fricatives [ð z ʑ] were postvocalic allophones of the voiced stops /d d͡z d͡ʑ/.