Harléndemra (Harlen's Tongue)
Alphabet/Pronunciation:
Aa ['a' in 'father']
Ää ['a' it 'cat']
Bb ['b' in 'big']
Cc ['c' in 'cat']
Dd ['d' in 'do']
Dh ['th' in 'that']
Ee [varies from the 'e' in 'café' to the 'e' in 'bed']
Ëë [ə]
Ff ['f' in 'fire']
Hh [varies from the 'h' in 'hot' to a softer [x] sound]
Ii [varies from 'i' in 'bromine' to the 'i' in 'big']
Ll ['l' in 'lamp']
Mm ['m' in 'man']
Nn ['n' in 'new']
Ng ['ng' in 'running' or 'ng' in 'anger' depending on the word]
Oo [varies from the 'o' in 'orb' to the 'o' in 'octopus']
Pp ['p' in 'application'; usually not aspirated]
Rr [can be 'r' as in spanish 'pero', 'r' as in 'miner', or a mixture of the two]
Ss ['s' in 'snake']
Tt ['t' in 'tell']
Th ['th' in 'thin' but NOT the the 'th' in 'that']
Uu ['u' in 'rule', but in some dialects in may sound almost like a Canadian 'o']
Vv ['v' in 'very']
Ww or Üü ['w' in 'world']
Yy or Ïï ['y' in 'yet']
Rules:
The letters b, f, g, h, p, (v?), w, y, and (z?) never fall at the end of a word.
All nouns end in vowels, but there is no gender system.
Stress marks take precedence over all other stress rules.
The vowel before long consonants is always stressed, unless a stress mark indicates otherwise.
Stress naturally falls on the first syllable of a two-syllable word, and on the second-to-last syllable in a word with three syllables or more.
Long consonants at the ends of verbs do not need to be pronounced longer, they are there for the sole purpose of creating stress on the prior vowel, and for differentiating words such as "amón" (lookout) from "amonn" (to see).
More to come soon.
The Constructed Languages Guild
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