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Ɛlzen [ɛl.ʃen]

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Language type Proto-Conlang

Species Human/humanoid

About Elshen Elshen is a proto-conlang set in the world of Rahndel. Rahndel is a post-post-apocalyptic earth-like low-fantasy setting where humanity was brought to the brink of extinction and only managed to survive in refuges. These refuges were slowly destroyed except for one: Silesya. Located on the peninsula between a Caspianesque sea and an Aralesque sea this refuge was the sole bastion of humanity following the blank era. The language was developed by a group of individuals in the refuge of Silesya. Numerous individuals who either had power (King and Queen), linguists, or oversaw specific departments (Head of Medicine, Head of Engineering, Head of Agriculture, etc...) were consulted in the creation of the language. The intent of this language was to give a way for the numerous peoples of the refuge to communicate. Before its creation linguistic differences were one of the main points of contention among the populace - linguistic groups lived with each other and fought with others for resources (this resulted in some refuges dying off due to civil war). After the creation and intensive promotion of the language most of the populace spoke it. When the world calmed down enough for migration, Elshen was the sole language used by humanity; thus in the new age (~7000 years) all languages descend from Elshen.

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Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial

Labio-
dental

Dental

Alveolar

Retroflex

Palatal

Labio-
velar

Velar

Uvular

Glottal

Nasal

Plosive

pʰ

tʰ

kʰ

q¹

Fricative

[v]²

[ð]³

s̻

[z̻]⁴

[ʐ]⁵

[ɣ]⁶

[ʁ]⁷ [ʁ̞]⁸

Affricate

t͡s̺

[d͡z̺]⁹

ʈ͡ʂʰ

ɖ͡ʐ

Lateral approximant

Lateral fricative

Approximant

ɹ̠

j¹⁰

[ʍ]¹¹

w¹²

Trill

[r]¹³

[ʀ]¹⁴

Flap

Can Only Be in a Syllable With an Adjacent Back Vowel
Intervocalic and/or Stressed, allophone of /f/
Intervocalic and/or Stressed, allophone of /θ/
Intervocalic and/or Stressed, allophone of /s̻/
Intervocalic and/or Stressed, allophone of /ʂ/
Intervocalic and/or Stressed, allophone of /x/
Adjacent Rhotics, Approx. Second - e.g., <ʀr>/<rr>, allophone of /ɹ̠/
Free Variation, allophone of /ɹ̠/
Intervocalic and/or Stressed, allophone of /t͡s̺/
"Dialectal" Palatalizes Preceding Consonants (Except /w/, /h/, /q/, /ɾ/, /ɹ̠/)
Triggered by Preceding Glottal (Aspirated Consonant or <h>), allophone of /w/
"Dialectal" Labializes Preceding Dorsal Consonants (Except <k>, Which Devoices <w>)
Adjacent Rhotics, Flap Second - e.g., <rʀ>/<ʀʀ>, allophone of /ɾ/
Adjacent Rhotics, Approx. Second - e.g., <ʀr>/<rr>, allophone of /ɹ̠/

Vowels	Front	Central	Back
Close	i			u
Close-mid	e
Mid		[ə]¹		o̞
Near-open	æ
Open			ɑ̝	[ɒ]²

Polyphthongs

o̞ɪ

aʊ

e̞ʊ

aɪ

Word Final, allophone of /æ/
Following /w/, allophone of /ɑ̝/

Orthography

Below is the orthography for Elshen. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.

ElshenOrthography [edit]
Aa/æ/, [ə]¹	Bb/b/	Cc/ʈ͡ʂʰ/	Ç ç/t͡s̺/, [d͡z̺]²	Dd/d/	Ee/e/	Ff/f/, [v]³	Gg/g/	Hh/h/
Ii/i/	Jj/ɖ͡ʐ/	Kk/kʰ/	Ll/l/	Mm/m/	Nn/n/	Oo/o̞/	Pp/pʰ/	Qq/q/⁴
Rr/ɹ̠/, [ʁ̞]⁵	Ss/s̻/, [z̻]⁶	Tt/tʰ/	Uu/u/	Ww/w/⁷, [ʍ]⁸	Xx/x/, [ɣ]⁹	Yy/j/¹⁰	Zz/ʂ/, [ʐ]¹¹	Ææ/aɪ/
Øø/e̞ʊ/	Þþ/θ/, [ð]¹²	Łł/ɬ/	Ŋŋ/ŋ/	Œœ/o̞ɪ/	Ɔɔ/ɑ̝/, [ɒ]¹³	Ʀʀ/ɾ/	Ꜷꜷ/aʊ/
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Word Final
Intervocalic and/or Stressed
Intervocalic and/or Stressed
Can Only Be in a Syllable With an Adjacent Back Vowel
Free Variation
Intervocalic and/or Stressed
"Dialectal" Labializes Preceding Dorsal Consonants (Except <k>, Which Devoices <w>)
Triggered by Preceding Glottal (Aspirated Consonant or <h>)
Intervocalic and/or Stressed
"Dialectal" Palatalizes Preceding Consonants (Except /w/, /h/, /q/, /ɾ/, /ɹ̠/)
Intervocalic and/or Stressed
Intervocalic and/or Stressed
Following /w/

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