Appendix:Hen Linge orthography

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Hen Linge is written with an alphabet, called Hen Wökina, which is unicameral and written horizontally from left to right. Many Hen Linge words have spellings not matching their pronunciations, and many glyphs have inconsistent pronunciations. It is therefore challenging to correctly read and spell the language.

Letters

Hen Wökina Source spelling Name IPA Romanization
Plain Final
a a ard a a
aa aa or á atfenshil ard a 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 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, ɨ i, y
ie ie i i
ii ii or í i i
io io io io
j j or y j y
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
nd nd nd nd
ng ng ŋg ng
nn© nn nn n n
o o o, silent o,
oe© oe oe or ö ø, ɛ ö, e
oi© oi oi wa, wɨ wa, wy
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 rath ɾ r
rh rh ɾ r
rr© rr rr atfenshil rath ɾ r
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, f v, f
w w w, v w, v
y y ɨ y

Numerals and punctuation

Hen Wökina Roman
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
( Parenthesis

Miscellaneous

Hen Wökina Latin
= the symbol for the Scoia'tael army
$z a symbol meaning thempurme "rebirth" used by the Scoia'tael