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|name = Brytho-Hellenic
|name = Brytho-Hellenic
|nativename = Elynig (to kaen)
|nativename = Elynig (to kaen)
|pronunciation = [ɛ'ləniɟ 'tɔ 'kai̯n]
|pronunciation = [ɛ'lənig 'tɔ 'kai̯n]
|region = Europe
|region = Europe
|states = Elas to Kaen
|states = Elas to Kaen
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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.
In 381 b.C. ''Conon the Athenian'' and his Greeks reach our '''Scilly Islands''': they have chosen to sail northward, because they had heard about legends that spoke about a fertile and grassy island in the North. It is the beginning of the ''New Greece'' or '''Elas to Kaen''' (IPA ['ɛlas 'tɔ 'kai̯n]).
In 381 b.C. ''Conon the Athenian'' and his Greeks reach our '''Scilly Islands''': they have chosen to sail northward, because they had heard about legends that spoke about a fertile and grassy island in the North. It is the beginning of the ''New Greece'' or '''Elas to Kaen''' (IPA ['ɛlas 'tɔ 'kai̯n]).
= Phonology =
== Alphabet ==
After the defeat against the Persians almost the entire Greek people fled towards Roman territory: Rome triplicated its population and was greekized. 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 Brythohellenic contains 24 letters:
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!'''Letters'''
!'''Pronunciation'''
!'''Further informations'''
|-
|a
|[a]
| -
|-
|b
|[b]
| -
|-
|d
|[d]
| -
|-
|dh
|[ð]
|like the English 'th' in the word ''that''
|-
|e
|[ɛ] / [e]
|it can pronounced either open or closed, but it doesn't affect the meaning
|-
|f
|[f]
| -
|-
|g
|[g]
|it is always pronunced as in the English word "get"
|-
|gh
|[h]
|it was pronounced as [x], but nowadays it is pronounced the same as 'h'
|-
|h
|[h]
| -
|-
|i
|[i] / [j]
|often it forms a diphthong when precedes or follows another vowel
|-
|k
|[k]
| -
|-
|l
|[l]
| -
|-
|m
|[m]
| -
|-
|n
|[n]
| -
|-
|o
|[ɔ] / [o]
|it can be either open or closed, but it doesn't affect the meaning
|-
|p
|[p]
| -
|-
|r
|[r]
|trilled just as in Italian
|-
|s
|[s]
|always voiceless
|-
|t
|[t]
| -
|-
|th
|[θ]
| -
|-
|u
|[u]
| -
|-
|v
|[v]
| -
|-
|w
|[w]
| -
|-
|y
|[i] / [ǝ] / [j]
|in monosyllabic words it is read as [i], in polysyllabic words it is read [i] if in the last syllable, otherwise [ǝ]; often it is read [j] if precedes or follows another vowel
|}
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