Old Helvoran

General information
Helvoran (Elvoir) is the native language of the Kingdom of Helvore, a Western European language closely related to French. One of the most widely spoken Romance languages in the World, Helvoran is spoken by over fourty million native speakers world-wide, in over nine different nations.

Please Note, this page is under construction.

Consonants

 * Please Notice that the writing on the right in brackets shows how this phoneme is spelled in Helvoran.
 * *Please note, I am unaware of what this sound would be in IPA, so I have shown it as a combination of t and s, as a Lateral Fricative.
 * **Northern Helvoran pronunciation (Nasal) differs from Southern Helvoran (Lateral Fricative) Pronunciation in this way.

Vowels

 * Please Note that the writing in brackets shows how the phoneme is spelled in Helvoran, whilst the left side is the IPA.

Phonotactics
Helvoran Phonotactics are fairly simple, with their being several usually followed rules, and few exceptions (apart from lone words). These rules are follows, and are listed in no particular order;
 * Firstly, if the last letter of any syllable is an 'x' or an unaccented vowel, then the letter is not pronounced. Any letters following an 'x' are also not pronounced. A vowel that is pronounced will have an umlaut. For example, Poinxt, which is pronounced /pwaɾ/, or Noire, which is pronounced /nwaɾ/, compared to Joupë, which is pronounced /ʒupə/.
 * A letter can never follow a syllable final vowel (that is, one with an umlaut, as in Joupë), nor can a word ever commence with a syllable final vowel. In the event of a multi-syllable word, in which the first syllable ends in a syllable final vowel, the vowel is no longer shown as a syllable final vowel (without an umlaut). For example, Ajour, compared to Ä-jour.
 * No consonant phoneme combination can ever be combined, (that is, a combination of two consonant phonemes without a vowel), unless they are combined through several syllables. Please note, this is for PHONEMES and not individual letters (that is, 'th' counts as one phoneme, as does 'ch'). There are a few exceptions to this rule., these being any consonant pair ending in a 'h' (for example, /mh/, /sh/). The exceptions to this rule are 'sh', 'th' and 'ch'. (Please note, it is uncommon to find such combinations).
 * Although uncommon, the consonant combination /fv/ is acceptable in Helvoran. although the two are often morphed into a single sound (commencing on the 'f' and traversing to the 'v').
 * The other consonant combinations that are acceptable are /lɾ/, /tsɾ/, /sl/, /sɾ/, /zl/,/tɾ/, /kɾ/, /gɾ/, /pl/, /bl/, /fl/, /vl/, /ʃɾ/, and /ʃl/.