Appendix:Hen Linge orthography

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The Hen Linge language is written with the Hen Wökina alphabet. The Hen Wökina are unicameral and written horizontally from left to right.

Many Hen Linge words have spellings not matching their pronunciations, and many Hen Wökina have inconsistent pronunciations, it is therefore challenging to correctly read and write Hen Linge.

Letters

Hen Wökina		Source spelling	Name	IPA	Romanization
Plain	Final
a©	a	a	ard	a	a
aa		aa or á	atfenshil ard	a, silent	a, ∅
ae©	ae	ae		e, ɛ, a	ei, e, a
ai		ai		e, ɛ, ai	ei, e, ai
aie		aie		a, ɛ	a, e
b		b		b	b
bb		bb		b	b
bh		bh		b, v	b, v
k		c or k	kor	k	k
z		c, x or z		z, s	z, s
kh		ch		k	k
d		d		d	d
dd		dd		d	d
dh©	dh	dh		d, θ, w	d, th, w
e©	e	e		ɛ, silent	e, ∅
ea©	ea	ea		e, ɛ	ei, e
eai		eai		ɛ, i, a	e, i, a
ee		ee or é		e	ei
ei©	ei	ei		e, ɛ	ei, e
f		f		f	f
fh		fh		f	f
g		g		g	g
gh©	gh	gh		g, silent	g, ∅
gw		gw		gw	gw
h		h		h, silent	h, ∅
i©	i	i		i	i
ie		ie		i	i
ii		ii or í		i	i
io		io		io	io
j		j or y		j	y
l©	l	l	leish	l	l
ll©	ll	ll	atfenshil leish	l	l
m		m		m	m
mb		mb		mb	mb
mm		mm		m	m
n©	n	n		n	n
nd		nd		nd	nd
ng		ng		ŋg	ng
nn©	nn	nn		n	n
o		o		o	o
oe©	oe	oe or ö		ø, ɛ	ö, e
oi©	oi	oi		wa	wa
oia©	oia	oia		wa	wa
oo		oo or ó		o	o
p		p		p	p
ph		ph		f	f
kw		qu		kw	kw
r©	r	r	rath	ɾ	r
rh		rh		ɾ	r
rr©	rr	rr	atfenshil rath	ɾ	r
s©	s	s		s, ʃ	s, sh
sh©	sh	sh		ʃ	sh
ss©	ss	ss		s	s
t		t		t	t
th©	th	th		θ	th
tt		tt		t	t
u		u		u, w, silent	u, w, ∅
ui©	ui	ui		u, i, wi	u, i, wi
uu		uu or ú		u	u
v©	v	v		v, f	v, f
w		w		w	w
y		y		ɨ	y

Numerals and punctuation

Hen Wökina	Latin
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
'	Beginning of text, pause, end of sentence, contraction