Proto-Hèkon [SJF]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Hèkon
The language is spoken in my worldbuilded world on a steppe. It’s spoken by huntergatherers in mostly summerdry continental climate, but there are also small patches of cold oceanic, always wet continental and tundra.
The population density is 8 - 15 people per 100 km2. Or. 0.5 - 1.5 bands per 100 km2.
One band is 10 - 15 persons. When two bands meet each other, they will exchange young men, an early form of marriage.
The culture is matriarchal. The oldest woman is the matriarch. Her fuction is mostly religious. The religion is a fertility cult. There is a belief in a fertility godess, often called “big mother”, “holy mother”, “good mother” or “earth’s mother”.
Outside religion, the culture is egalitarian.
The population density is 8 - 15 people per 100 km2. Or. 0.5 - 1.5 bands per 100 km2.
One band is 10 - 15 persons. When two bands meet each other, they will exchange young men, an early form of marriage.
The culture is matriarchal. The oldest woman is the matriarch. Her fuction is mostly religious. The religion is a fertility cult. There is a belief in a fertility godess, often called “big mother”, “holy mother”, “good mother” or “earth’s mother”.
Outside religion, the culture is egalitarian.
Sample of Proto-Hèkon[view] muse, na xō kōn ñop hè ‘iñ tā. ‘is ñaspin ‘e ñaska / spo spōspōx. ‘is tlōjé sō his kōn ‘utgazkon spo ge sak. / ‘is kōn hèkon sō his kōn ‘utgazkon spo lo. ‘is ‘iskon sō lu dō sèl.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeHèkon
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Proto-HèkonPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | d | k | g | ʔ | ||||||
| Fricative | β | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Hèkon. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-HèkonOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Āā/ɑ:/ | Dd/d/ | Èè/ɛ/ | Éé/ɛ:/ | Ee/ə/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/ɪ/ |
| Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ŋ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Ōō/ɔ:/ | Pp/p/ |
| Ss/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/β/ | Xx/x/ | Zz/ʒ/ | ‘/ʔ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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