Lees'hin
Introduction
Lees'hin (lees'hin s'hon) is lees'hinian language spoken in Democratic Republic of Lees'hinia (Vas’hat Nhelhuk Lees’hin) by 48 000 native speakers. It was created in 2015. The language has no cognate with natural languages. I want to make some very strange language with strange vocubalary. And I made it, Lees'hin was my strange language. Also Lees'hin is intelligable with 2 other lees'hinian languages. They are Mihrulen and Basti.
Phonology
Orthography
Lees'hin orthography is special, because every letter except y has version with the letter h. For digraphs ch, sh, nh, lh and jh , version with h is c'h s'h, n'h, l'h and j'h.
| Letter | Name of letter |
|---|---|
| a | akú |
| ã | a kamã |
| á | a acún |
| b | bãh |
| bh | abhú |
| c | ca |
| ch | cha |
| c'h | ac'ha |
| d | da |
| dh | adhe |
| e | ekú |
| é | e acún |
| f | fa |
| fh | efhe |
| g | gu |
| gh | aghe |
| h | hu |
| i | ikú |
| í | i acún |
| j | ja |
| jh | jhe |
| j'h | aj'he |
| k | kã |
| kh | akhã |
| l | la |
| lh | lha |
| l'h | al'he |
| m | ma |
| mh | amhe |
| n | ne |
| nh | nhe |
| n'h | an'he |
| o | okú |
| õ | o kamã |
| ó | o acún |
| p | pu |
| ph | aphú |
| q | qu |
| qh | aqhú |
| r | ra |
| rh | arha |
| s | se |
| sh | she |
| s'h | as'hé |
| t | tan |
| th | athan |
| u | ukú |
| ú | u acún |
| v | vãku |
| vh | vhãku |
| y | yun |
| z | za |
| zh | azha |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolar-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | Example | Example | nh /ɲ/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | |||
| Plosive | p /p/ b /b/ | t /t/ d /d/ | Example | Example | k /k/ g /g/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | |||
| Affricate | c /t͡s/ | ch /t͡ʃ/ jh /d͡ʒ/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | ||
| Fricative | f /f/ v /v/ | s /s/ z /z/ | sh /ʃ/ j /ʒ/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | |
| Approximant | Example | Example | y /j/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | ||||
| Trill | r /r/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | |||
| Flap or tap | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | |||
| Lateral fric. | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | |||
| Lateral app. | Example | Example | lh /ʎ/ | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | ||||
| Lateral flap | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |