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|name = Brytho-Hellenic | |name = Brytho-Hellenic | ||
|nativename = Elynic (to cain) | |nativename = Elynic (to cain) | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = ɛ'li:nik 'tɔ 'kai̯n | ||
| | |setting = Europe | ||
|states = Elas to Cain | |states = Elas to Cain | ||
|nation = Elas to Cain | |nation = Elas to Cain | ||
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|date = 2012 | |date = 2012 | ||
|familycolor = Indo-European | |familycolor = Indo-European | ||
|fam2 = [[w:Hellenic_languages|Hellenic]] | |fam2 = [[w:Hellenic_languages|Hellenic]] | ||
|fam3 = Celto-Hellenic | |fam3 = Celto-Hellenic | ||
|map = Elas_mini.gif | |map = Elas_mini.gif | ||
|mapcaption = New Greece or "Elas to Cain" | |mapcaption = New Greece or "Elas to Cain" | ||
| | |script1 = Latn | ||
| | |creator = User:Llyn | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Brytho-Hellenic''', '''Brythohellenic''' or simply '''Neohellenic''' (the native name is ''Elynic'') is a language that is spoken nowadays in a different timeline in a country that corresponds almost exactly to our England and to our Wales. | |||
'''Brytho-Hellenic''', | |||
In that timeline the Persians won the wars against Greece and the Greeks were forced to emigrate and to flee. Firstly the Greeks find protection in Magna Graecia, but, as the Persians conquer those territories, they shift to Northern Italy, where the Romans withstand the Persian troops. In 389 b.C. Rome is destroyed and both Romans and Greeks flee to Carthage, enemy of the Persian empire. Together they try to attack the Persian fleet, but they are defeated again. | In that timeline the Persians won the wars against Greece and the Greeks were forced to emigrate and to flee. Firstly the Greeks find protection in Magna Graecia, but, as the Persians conquer those territories, they shift to Northern Italy, where the Romans withstand the Persian troops. In 389 b.C. Rome is destroyed and both Romans and Greeks flee to Carthage, enemy of the Persian empire. Together they try to attack the Persian fleet, but they are defeated again. | ||
In the last days of 382 b.C. an imposing expedition sails away from a harbour on the coast of New Carthage - our Cartagena in Spain. Its mission is to find new territories where they can live in peace and prosperity, far from the Persian threat. | In the last days of 382 b.C. an imposing expedition sails away from a harbour on the coast of New Carthage - our Cartagena in Spain. Its mission is to find new territories where they can live in peace and prosperity, far from the Persian threat. | ||
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===Alphabet=== | ===Alphabet=== | ||
After the defeat against the Persians almost the | After the defeat against the Persians almost all of the Greek population fled towards Roman territory; Rome tripled its population and was Hellenized. During their living together Greeks and Romans used mainly the '''Greek language''' to communicate, whereas the ''Latin language'' became a secondary and socially lower language, spoken mainly by common people. Nevertheless - almost incomprehensibly - the Greeks adopted the '''Latin alphabet''', maybe trying to be understood even by the lower social classes. | ||
As we are talking about the modern language, we don't consider the first versions of the alphabet that were used in ancient times. The alphabet of Brytho-Hellenic contains 24 letters: | As we are talking about the modern language, we don't consider the first versions of the alphabet that were used in ancient times. The alphabet of Brytho-Hellenic contains 24 letters: | ||
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===Consonantal phonemes=== | ===Consonantal phonemes=== | ||
Brytho-Hellenic has the following | Brytho-Hellenic has the following consonant phonemes: | ||
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===Vocalic phonemes=== | ===Vocalic phonemes=== | ||
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There are also other colour terms that come from Ancient Greek, such as '''clur''' (= "green"), '''porhir''' (= "purple-red"), '''aruirin''' (= "silver") or '''hegin''' (= "bronze-coloured"), but they are old-fashioned nowadays and they are used almost exclusively in literature. | There are also other colour terms that come from Ancient Greek, such as '''clur''' (= "green"), '''porhir''' (= "purple-red"), '''aruirin''' (= "silver") or '''hegin''' (= "bronze-coloured"), but they are old-fashioned nowadays and they are used almost exclusively in literature. | ||
[[File: | [[File:Brythohellenic_colours.png|thumb|356px|Colours in Brytho-Hellenic.]] | ||
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[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Indo-European languages]][[Category:Hellenic languages]] | ||