Lilin

Lilin (literally Lily Language) is a personal language with 18 consonants and 9 vowels created by Lily Jane, which was conceived on 27 May 2024. The number of consonants and vowels are a reference to Lily Jane's birthday; 18 September.

Phonology

Orthography

Letters of the Lilin Alphabet
Aa	Åå	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ðð	Ee	Ææ	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	ʻ	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Øø	Rr	Ss	Þþ	Uu	Vv	Yy	Zz

If not otherwise specified, the letters are pronounced like in the IPA. Exceptions are the following:

• The letter å makes the sound /ɒ/, similarly to Swedish.
• The letter c makes the sound /ç/, similar to the h in the English "hue".
• The f and v in Lilin are bilabial, created by bringing the lips close together instead of the upper teeth touching the lower lip. Pronounced /φ/ and β/.
• The letter j makes the sound /ʝ/, similar to the letter Gamma in Greek before front vowels.
• The letter ʻ stands for the glottal stop /ʔ/, like the break in uh-oh.
• o and u are "open" /ɔ/ and /ʊ/

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Coronal		Dorsal		Glottal
Nasal		m		n
Stop		b		d		ɡ	ʔ
Fricative	φ	β	θ	ð	ç	ʝ	h
Sibilant			s	z
Approximant				l		j
Trill				r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Back
Close	i y	ʊ
Mid	e ø	ɔ
Open	æ ä	ɒ

Prosody

Stress

Stress always falls unto the penultimate syllable.

Phonotactics

Following phonotactical rules apply:

• (C)(L)V(C).
• No two liquids in a row in the onset.
• No two nasals in a row in the onset.
• Liasion but no fusion between vowels in series.
• Special rule for nasals
  • moraic n and m: always their own syllable, written as ʻn and ʻm
  • syllabic n and m: can be rendered as their own syllable, written as n and m, otherwise behaves like any other letter.