Jená [YNA]
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EvanFyous on 23 April 2015
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Jená
A sister language of 
Eiyrnas, which is spoken on Sahar. It is the predominant language of the Joint Republic of Yerlan, with 95.8% of the population speaking Yená.
This version of Yená is no longer spoken on Sahar, see New Yena for the Yerlanis language
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Eiyrnas, which is spoken on Sahar. It is the predominant language of the Joint Republic of Yerlan, with 95.8% of the population speaking Yená.This version of Yená is no longer spoken on Sahar, see New Yena for the Yerlanis language
Sample of Jená[view] fárpauntur, fártela a'beu, ŝugétér lotojer a'beu.
According to him, all of his issues are inevitable.[view all texts]
According to him, all of his issues are inevitable.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeYeni-Eiyran
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Proto-Yenán
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Jená
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Proto-Yenán⤷
Jená[view] About Yeni-EiyranFamily containing EYR , YNA , and the proto-language of the aforementioned: PYE
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | [ɨ]1 | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ʌ | |||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ɐʊ | ɔɪ |
- [i] -> [ɨ] / #_(C) (unstressed), allophone of /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Jená. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| JenáOrthography | ||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | -// | .// | Aa/ɐ/ | Áá/ʌ/ | Éé/ə/ | Ẑẑ/ʒ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ |
| Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɹ/, /r/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/z/ | Ŝŝ/ʃ/ | \// | {// | }// | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
Additional NotesThere is no majuscule/minuscule distinction in the Yenán script. Also ignore the 5 null 'consonants', they're just to keep the sorting page from messing up.
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