Old Neressan language

Old Neressan was the language of the Neressan Empire in its very beginning. Although records are sparse, they nevertheless give insight in the early evolution of the language. Neressan the only descendant of Proto-Elven that continues to preserve the original three-way distinction between all three velar series (palato-velar, velar, labio-velar) to this day, even though the palato-velar series has become palatal sibilants.

Consonants

 * Word-final devoicing of fricatives.
 * Nasal Rhotacism: becomes, eventually merging with
 * Chain Fronting: the original proto-Elven become, while  become.
 * become before  and, and also word-finally after front vowels. Sometimes, even  were effected - for example, the proto-Elven  becomes  in Old Neressan, and eventually  in Middle Neressan
 * The velar nasals merged with.
 * Fricatization: the aspirated stops become fricatives
 * The voiced stops develop postvocalic fricative allophones.

Consonants

 * The voiced fricatives were postvocalic allophones of the voiced stops.