Elene

General information
Elene (Elene, [elene])

Allophones

 * Before e, i, or j some consonants change:


 * t→[t͡ʃ]
 * d→[d͡ʒ]
 * n→[ɲ]
 * s→[ʃ]
 * h→[ç]


 * Before a velar consonant, n becomes ŋ:
 * ng→[ŋ]
 * ngg→[ŋgː]
 * nq→[ŋk]
 * nh→[ŋk͡x]

Phonotactics

 * Consonants can be doubled to become geminated [ː], except for:


 * f, h, ń, r, v, y, ÿ

Alphabet
A consonant is considered wide if it is followed by a, o, õ, u or ÿ. Consonants followed by e, i, or j are considered long. If a letter only fills one box, it maintains that pronunciation for both instances.

Conjugation
Verbs are only conjugated according to person and basic tense (past, present, future). The other tenses are formed by use of auxiliary verbs. All infinitives, the unconjugated verbs, get grave diacritics and end in à, è, ì, ò, ȍ, or ù. Conjugated verbs get a circumflex diacritic.

- à
Present Past Future

- è
Present Past Future

- ì
Present Past Future

- ò
Present Past Future

- ȍ
Present Past Future

- ù
Present Past Future

È: to be
Present Past Future

Hjuè: to have
Present Past Future

Anù: to be able
Present Past Future

Yè: to go
Present Past Future

Syntax
The usual syntax of Elene is SV(O). Conjugated verbs, however, show person so that the subject is implied. Both SV(O) and V(s)(O) is allowed.

Questions
Syntax does not change if a sentence becomes interrogative. The distiguishing features are:
 * Rising pitch on the main verb.
 * The diacritic on the first conjugated verb is changed to an acute (or double acute in the case of ỗ).

Vocabulary
Some words can double as verbs.