Hulunhäle

Hulun'äle (/hulun̥a:le/) is a language spoken in the nation of Atojiaqöla and it is known to be one of the oldest known languages that are still spoken by many living on the many islands.

Classification and Dialects
For clarification, this page will be talking about Ancient Hulun'äle for simplicity (however Hulun'äle's newer dialects will be mentioned).

Ancient Hulun'äle was derived from the late language Huluonasuwolasonka (Lit: Gift of speech). Huluonasuwolasonka diverged into many dialects, however Ancient Hulun'äle was the language most revered, as it is considered the language of the many deities. The other dialects (collectively known as Huluqölamon’ataroke) were seen as the dialects of the common people, because they were mostly spoken in the southern island (Kerajatojiatokani) which was the island where the lower classes mostly lived in. The divide between the lower and upper classes resulted in mass genocide after a high ranking official from Kerajatojiatokani, Ts’awomon’a Tasuwo, reportedly refused to learn Ancient Hulun'äle and was forbidden from living on the islands of Atojiaqöla. Many people rallied against the royalty and depending on the version of the story you were told the ending was different.

Some accounts of the infamous story, particularly told from those with a high social ranking, say that the royalty were seriously harmed by the protesters and were forced to use lethal measures on anyone who did not speak Ancient Hulun'äle.

Some accounts from the lower classes say that the royalty subjected lethal measures immediately to the protesters, without warning and exiled anyone to the mountains who could not speak Ancient Hulun'äle to a high standard.

Nevertheless, many dialects went extinct and the few remaining are mainly spoken by the elderly who were illiterate.

Phonotactics
Front and back vowels cannot co-exist in the same syllable unless a neutral vowel is in the next syllable or the syllable before it.

Writing System
It is a work in progress.

Nouns
Nouns usually end in an a, except if the word is a compound word. Note: 'mon'a' is the adjective marker. 'Täpa' is already a word, so even though 'täpamon'a' should be an adjective, it is one of the rare times where the adjective acts as a noun.

Examples
Jurna - Day

Atojia - Land

Toma - Place

Fawulena - Woman

Suwonka - Mango

Täpamon’a - Plant

Exceptions to the usual are when the noun is describing a part of the body, in which case the ending cannot be predicted.

Examples
Ts'ame - Eye

Part (of body) - Ts'ï

Nouns only change their ending depending on the case. There are no such things as declensions in Ancient Hulun'äle, though many linguists believe that in Huluonasuwolasonka, there were three declensions, Nature, People and Abstract.

Verbs
Verbs are conjugated depending on their person and tense. Some linguists believe that Huluonasuwolasonka had a much more complex system of plurality and tenses, however this theory is highly debatable. Unlike nouns, verb endings cannot be predicted.