Setting

Above is a map of the areas where wetejo is spoken. These are a few of the Oetasa islands. There are four major dialects, represented by different shades of purple on the map; Northern, Central, Southern, and Eastern. Northern wetejo is the dialect with the most speakers and the one most learners are taught, so it has become a prestige dialect. Most of the information given here is about Northern wetejo.

The islands are southeast of mainland Antillea, the name I have given to the fictional mid-Atlantic continent. Directly to the north of the northernmost island, a little more than 200 km away, lies the mouth of the biggest river system in Antillea, draining most of the Azorean Plateau. This is the site of a large trading port, comparable to real Amsterdam in Europe. Thus, the islands directly to the south could be compared to England, though they have somewhat less importance. Since roman times, these islands have been ruled mostly by Tinkaja, the city that lies directly straddling its namesake strait between the two northern islands, Áliten and Télisen. This was what led to Northern Wetejo becoming the prestige dialect; it is the dialect spoken in Tinkaja

Southeast of the islands, a long chain extends all the way to the coast of Morocco, with the far eastern end being the real Canary Islands. With that in mind, I've given the eastern half of this chain its real name. The northwestern half, made up of the larger Oetasa islands, are where my language and its closest relatives are spoken.