Heleni [HELE]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersHeleni is spoken by a population of around 830,000 in Helenastan and the Koloz Province in Tauzakitia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Heleni
Heleni (Heleni: Þoloj lurȩnǵȩ) is a Crescented Nateri language of the Tropical Aferjite branch spoken in East Africa. Heleni is the official language of the Republic of Helenastan and a significant minority language in the Koloz Province in Tauzakitia and a few small villages of Qeritandia. Amongst the other Crescented Nateri languages (
Tauz and Eborok), Heleni is considered the most complex. There are two main dialects of Heleni: Classical Heleni, spoken with the original pronunciations and phonologies, and Simplified Heleni, which removes the few complex letters of the language to make it easier to teach and learn.
Tauz and Eborok), Heleni is considered the most complex. There are two main dialects of Heleni: Classical Heleni, spoken with the original pronunciations and phonologies, and Simplified Heleni, which removes the few complex letters of the language to make it easier to teach and learn.
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Language family relationships
Language treeAarellic
⤷ Proto-Aarellian
⤷ Aarelo-Aferjite
⤷ South Aferjite
⤷ Tropical Aferjite
⤷ Crescented Nateri
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Heleni
⤷ Proto-Aarellian
⤷ Aarelo-Aferjite
⤷ South Aferjite
⤷ Tropical Aferjite
⤷ Crescented Nateri
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HeleniPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q1 | ɢ | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s2 | z3 | ʃ | ʒ | χ | ʁ | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | q͡χ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ | |||||||||||||||||
- 2 of this letter make [q͡χ]
- makes [ʒ] when placed before "z"
- makes [ʒ] when put after "s"
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i: | u: | ||||
| Close-mid | o: | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ: | |||||
| Open | a: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Heleni. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| HeleniOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa Aa /a:/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Ćć Ćć /t͡ʃ/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ḑḑ Ḑḑ /ð/ | Ee Ee /ɛ:/ | Ff Ff /f/ | Gg Gg /g/ | Ǵǵ Ǵǵ /d͡ʒ/ |
| Ġġ Ġġ /ʁ/ | Hh Hh /h/ | Ii Ii /i:/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Ll Ll /l/ | Mm Mm /m/ | Nn Nn /n/ | Ńń Ńń /ŋ/ | Ňň Ňň /ɲ/ |
| Oo Oo /o:/ | Pp Pp /p/ | Qq Qq /q/1 | Ꝁꝁ Ꝁꝁ /ɢ/ | Rr Rr /ɾ/ | Ŕŕ Ŕŕ /r/ | Śś Śś /ʃ/ | Ss Ss /s/2 | Tt Tt /t/ |
| Þþ Þþ /θ/ | Uu Uu /u:/ | Vv Vv /v/ | Xx Xx /χ/ | Jj Jj /j/ | Zz Zz /z/3 | ! ! /ʘ/ | - - /ʔ/ | Ęę Ęę /ə/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- 2 of this letter make [q͡χ]
- makes [ʒ] when placed before "z"
- makes [ʒ] when put after "s"
