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iljena {{IPA|[iʎjena]}} is spoken by the [[iljena/Leyen|Leyen]] people of [[iljena/lijin kovt|lijin kovt]] {{IPA|[lijin kovt]}}, a planet orbiting Δ Pavonis, a star about 20 light years from Earth in the southern hemisphere. The name means, literally "Leyen speak", illustrating a key point of iljena grammar - that every word is a noun and a verb at the same time. The language has a monovalent clause-chaining syntax. | iljena {{IPA|[iʎjena]}} is spoken by the [[iljena/Leyen|Leyen]] people of [[iljena/lijin kovt|lijin kovt]] {{IPA|[lijin kovt]}}, a planet orbiting Δ Pavonis, a star about 20 light years from Earth in the southern hemisphere. The name means, literally "Leyen speak", illustrating a key point of iljena grammar - that every word is a noun and a verb at the same time. The language has a monovalent clause-chaining syntax. | ||
The Leyen are in cultural contact with Earth, which they call himin kovt {{IPA|[himin kovt]}} (English is generally known as ihmena{{IPA|[ | The Leyen are in cultural contact with Earth, which they call himin kovt {{IPA|[himin kovt]}} (English is generally known as ihmena{{IPA|[ixmena]}}, although the term can be applied to any human language), and [http://www.terjemar.net/kelen.php Terjemar], which they refer to as kilin kovt{{IPA|[kilin kovt]}}, (Kēlen is known as iklena {{IPA|[iklena]}}) | ||
*[[iljena/Phonology|Phonology]] | *[[iljena/Phonology|Phonology]] | ||
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*[[iljena/Script|Script]] | *[[iljena/Script|Script]] | ||
*[[iljena/Verse|Verse forms]] | *[[iljena/Verse|Verse forms]] | ||
*[[iljena/Corpus|Corpus]] | |||
*[[iljena/Dictionary|Dictionary]] | *[[iljena/Dictionary|Dictionary]] | ||
[[Category: Conlangs]] | |||
[[Category: Artlangs]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:31, 20 January 2014
iljena [iʎjena] is spoken by the Leyen people of lijin kovt [lijin kovt], a planet orbiting Δ Pavonis, a star about 20 light years from Earth in the southern hemisphere. The name means, literally "Leyen speak", illustrating a key point of iljena grammar - that every word is a noun and a verb at the same time. The language has a monovalent clause-chaining syntax.
The Leyen are in cultural contact with Earth, which they call himin kovt [himin kovt] (English is generally known as ihmena[ixmena], although the term can be applied to any human language), and Terjemar, which they refer to as kilin kovt[kilin kovt], (Kēlen is known as iklena [iklena])
