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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This version of Yená is no longer spoken on Sahar, see New Yena for the Yerlanis language

Sample of Jená[view] ullwáfokorrs wé
I didn't expect that to be exactly how you explained it, but then after you explained it it made so much sense that that's exactly how that would work, but now I'm wondering why the fuck would you do that. [view all texts]
I didn't expect that to be exactly how you explained it, but then after you explained it it made so much sense that that's exactly how that would work, but now I'm wondering why the fuck would you do that. [view all texts]
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.
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' ' /ʔ/ | - - // | . . // | a a /ɐ/ | á á /ʌ/ | b b /b/ | c c /t͡ʃ/ | d d /d/ | e e /e/ | é é /ə/ | f f /f/ |
g g /g/ | i i /i/ | j j /j/ | k k /k/ | l l /l/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ | o o /o/ | p p /p/ | r r /ɹ/, /r/ | s s /s/ |
ŝ ŝ /ʃ/ | t t /t/ | u u /u/ | v v /v/ | w w /w/ | ẑ ẑ /ʒ/ | z z /z/ | \ \ // | { { // | } } // | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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