Wallen language

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Olílò
Pronunciation[oˈlíˌlò]
Native toWallenland and worldwide diaspora
Native speakers
L1: 11,800,000 (2020)
L2: 700,000 (no date)
Early form
Proto-Olílò
Latin script (Wallenlander alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Wallenland
Language codes
ISO 639-1ol
ISO 639-3
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Olílò is a Paleo-Adulan language in Iearth. Spoken by Wallens in Wallenland and in various Wallene communities across as well as various diasporas in Wallenland. It is linguistically classified as a language isolate, as any relationship to any of the other known extinct languages of Adula has not been established.

History

Prehistory

Adulan Contact

The existence of Olílò was unchallenged until Emmirian contact in the 900s, changing traditional life through religion, customs, ideas and language, all of which still resounds with Emmirian loanwords in Wallene vocabulary - one example is bándaril (port; harbour), phonemes from Emmirian phonology and the formation of a creole language - Banaḫdālemērai. The next point of change was Quetanan colonisation, beginning with efforts in the 1540s by companies tasked to establish settlements. By the beginning of the 1700s, Qoati was the language of trade and governance for the Companhia Imperial das Ilhas das Especiarias Quetanan

Decline of Olílò

Wallenland Renaissance

Post-War and 'Decolonisation of Olílò'

After the World War, the question of Wallene independence rose into prominence once again

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
Close i (ʊ) u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid œ
Open a

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Labialvelar Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m ɱ n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k͡p ɡ͡b k g ʔ
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Lateral affricate t͡ɬ d͡ɮ
Fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ x (ɣ) χ (ʁ)
Lateral fricative ɬ ɮ
Approximant j w
Lateral approximant l (ʎ)
Liquid ɾ

Tone

Olílò is a tonal language with three tones

Orthography

Grammar

Syntax

Olílò follows a unique VSO word-order ...

Morphology

Sample Text

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Olílò:
Asaḿesbe hále mœsegè líbinake gan igúalke er dignidáodà gan dirétogò. Ḍa'aġalbe ebe pā ratsò gan kōncíencià gan abfarájbe vehógpe mœsè er ēspirítò pā fratūnadáodò.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English:
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.