Background information:
Noêllen is the language of the highest socioeconomic class and is the official language of McCallavre. It was invented and implemented as such in order to further segregate the lower two classes on the other three platforms of McCallavre from the Noêllans.
Noêllen is incredibly difficult to speak, understand, and pronounce, making it nigh inaccessable to any but the most intelligent (or clever or motivated) of the lowest class and leaving it useless to those who comfortably sit in the middle class (save to pass through grade school where it is mandatory). Those who do actually master the language on top of their class's language, however, can easily make ir way into the upper class by exploiting the poor and extorting the rich.
Alphabet:
Consonants:
B C D F G H J K L M N P R S T V Z
µ § þ (these three are never at the beginning of words, so will never be seen capitalized)
Vowels:
A Ã Ä Æ E I O Õ Ø U Y ¥
Pronounciations
...coming soon...it's really hard...
To be continued...
Noêllen language
- Oroigawa Koreyasu
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Noêllen language
Oroigawa Koreyasu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
- Oroigawa Koreyasu
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Re: Noêllen language
Pronunciations
Vowel monophthongs
A as o in hot
à as aw in awful
Ä as a in made
Æ as i in high
E as eh in meh
Ê as...voiceless exhale (shape your lips for an EE sound and just exhale)
I as ee in need
O as o home
Õ as ou in ouch
Ø as german ö
U as uh
Y as oo in hoot
¥ as i in hit
Consonants when not paired with other consonants
B as b in boy
C as ch in cherry
D as d in dog
F as f in final
G as g in gourd
H as gutteral h as ch in Chaim (aka, glottal fricative)
J as y in young
K as k in kid
M as m in mother
N as ñ in spanish: niño
P as p in pat
R as flipped r in german: roin short
T as th in thorn
V as v in very
Z as z in seizure
µ as h in hat
§ as s in seven
þ as t in tower
will continue later...
Vowel monophthongs
A as o in hot
à as aw in awful
Ä as a in made
Æ as i in high
E as eh in meh
Ê as...voiceless exhale (shape your lips for an EE sound and just exhale)
I as ee in need
O as o home
Õ as ou in ouch
Ø as german ö
U as uh
Y as oo in hoot
¥ as i in hit
Consonants when not paired with other consonants
B as b in boy
C as ch in cherry
D as d in dog
F as f in final
G as g in gourd
H as gutteral h as ch in Chaim (aka, glottal fricative)
J as y in young
K as k in kid
M as m in mother
N as ñ in spanish: niño
P as p in pat
R as flipped r in german: roin short
T as th in thorn
V as v in very
Z as z in seizure
µ as h in hat
§ as s in seven
þ as t in tower
will continue later...
Oroigawa Koreyasu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
- Ari Rahikkala
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Re: Noêllen language
I like, but... needs moar international phonetic alphabet!
No-one should be without a parasol, Sirocco.
Re: Noêllen language
How come the circumflexed E isn't included in the list? As in Noêllen...
His Grace the Lord Brookshire, LK GMNS
Arbiter, Imperial Judex
Duke of Brookshire, Baron of Lakhesis
Knight of the Dragon
Fan of SOAD
Arbiter, Imperial Judex
Duke of Brookshire, Baron of Lakhesis
Knight of the Dragon
Fan of SOAD
- Oroigawa Koreyasu
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Re: Noêllen language
GAH! Missed that one...
...that one's my favorite, too, it acts funny...
...that one's my favorite, too, it acts funny...
Oroigawa Koreyasu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
- Oroigawa Koreyasu
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Re: Noêllen language
...I'm thinking about an alphabet and pronunciation reform...
...the grammar will be hard enough...
...don't worry, I'm still using ê and it still does fun things...
...the grammar will be hard enough...
...don't worry, I'm still using ê and it still does fun things...
Oroigawa Koreyasu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
Count of McCallavre, Straylight
Count of Lesser Attera, Kildare
Count of Asantelian, Brookshire
Chairman, Senate of the Lakes, Hurmu
- Maksym Hadjimehmetov
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Re: Noêllen language
I'm trying to get all the Shirereithan ConLangs I can find (and believe me, there have been a few over the course of the years, it would seem) into the Wiki- if you wouldn't mind making even the simplest of pages for this one, I'd be much obliged. And it will be immortalised in our grand ShireWiki.
- Kaiser Reynardine I
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Re: Noêllen language
This actually need to be completely overhauled...
I'll get back to it some time soon, hopefully before school starts up again...
I'll get back to it some time soon, hopefully before school starts up again...
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