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<!--'''Ilpen''' (perhaps also called ''Ylpen'',''Jip'' and ''Firren'') is a language whose original concept is essentially mashing Scandinavian sound changes with an anachronistic mix of Vulgar Latin, Latin, and Greek lexemes. The point of this however is not to make a hodgepodge of Europeanisms but to make a language that seems familiar yet strangely out of place.<br />
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The language's endonym, Ilpen, means "made of or consisting of Hope" ("Sperine" I guess would be a good adhoc neologism for comparison). The name came about as a result of trying to find a name that emphasised that all the influences from the language came from the periphery of Europe. Originally, Jæste(r)n was chosen (Exter+en). Then came the observation that many great states of Europe have come from the periphery. That a nation might be on the edge of a continent yet rise to greatness was an interesting thought, so the idea of "hope" came up (the observation anyway is not particularly accurate; the Italic peninsula points to the middle of the Mediterranean, the Balkans are between Western Europe and the Levant, and Scandinavia is between the North Sea and the Baltic sea).--><br />
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'''Ilpen''' (Ylpen, Firren, Jip) is the language of the vikstådt of Ylp. The language is spoken beyond the borders of the city-state to an unknown extent.<br />
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==Phonology==<br />
===Orthography===<br />
===Consonants===<br />
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===Vowels===<br />
Vowels are considered long if their root word is only followed by one consonant, although in practice speakers may fudge the rules. Some speakers stick to 5~6 phonemic short vowels (often collapsing /e~E/ and /o~O/), while others use more. These are demonstrated in the "cardinal phonemes" section.<br />
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! Orthography !! Rough IPA !! Examples !! Cardinal Phonemes<br />
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| a || ä ~ ä: || ja, ''and'' || /ja/<br />
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| æ/ä || E ~ E: || lætt, ''milk''; næg, ''kill'' || /lEt:/, /nE:(g~j~Ø)/<br />
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| å || O ~ O: || stådt || /stot//<br />
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| au || äü || naut, ''ship'' || /näüt/<br />
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| e || e ~ e: || let (leit), ''happy'' || /le:t~lEit/<br />
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| ei || Ei || neist, ''necessity''; neiya, ''hurt'' || /nEist/, /nE(:)ja/<br />
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| i || i ~ i: || vik, ''town, city'' || /vi:k/<br />
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| o || o ~ [o: ~ u:] || otta, ''eight''; nolla, ''novel'' || /ot:a/, /no(:)l:a/<br />
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| ø/ö || Œ ~ ø || nöt ''ship'' || /nø:t/<br />
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| u || ü ~ ü: || ju, ''good'' || /jü:/<br />
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| y || y ~ y: ~ i || ylläg, yllät, ''village'' || /yl:e(g~t)/<br />
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Due to inconsistent umlauting and consonant realisations, some words have doublets. For example, "noctem" yields nott (via *nocta) and nytt (via *nujti). This often happens as a result of other influences, such as "nyx".<br />
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There is a tendency to eliminate traditional /e/, <br />
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===Prosody===<br />
====Stress====<br />
Stress tends to be on the first syllable, with secondary stress appearing on other heavy syllable if need be (this can basically lead to a word having no real sense of stress at all, if it is small enough with enough heavy syllables). Syllable weight is generally dictated by the (traditional) vowel used in the syllable (such as y, ä, ö, å), for -VC syllables; -VCC syllables, if they exist, tend to automatically heavy no matter the vowel.<br />
====Intonation====<br />
Emphasis can be placed on bisyllabic CVCV- words by pronouncing the first stressed syllable with a dipping tone, then the second with a higher falling tone.<br />
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