Wallen language
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| Wallen | |
|---|---|
| Olílò | |
| Pronunciation | [oˈlílò] |
| Native to | Wallenland and worldwide diaspora |
Native speakers | L1: 11,800,000 (2020) L2: 700,000 (no date) |
language isolate
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Early form | Old Wallen
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| Latin script (Wallenlander alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Wallenland |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ol |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Wallen is a Paleo-Adulan language in Iearth. Spoken by the native Wallenlanders of Wallenland and in various Wallenlander communities across Iearth and even 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 Wallen 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 ...
Decline of Wallen
Wallenland Renaissance
Post-War and 'Decolonisation of Wallen'
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
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.