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]
 * nq→[ŋk]
 * nh→[ŋkx]

Phonotactics

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


 * f, v, r, y, ÿ, y, ń

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 to
Present Past Future

Yè: to go
Present Past Future