Western Léna

Western Léna
Language family	Hakhpha
Writing system	Latin Alphabet Cyrillic Alphabet
Official status
Spoken in	Hárǝsi, Cékwely Kwojongoka (unofficial minority language)
Speaker
Demonym	Ijhenggínga, Lénga Offéstǝnóm
Number of speakers	unknown
Technical information
Language code	GIG

Western Léna, natively Ijhenggínga, is a Western Hakhpha language or dialect spoken in on the western coast of Hárǝsi. It is hotly debated whether this is a separate language from Standard Léna, though external linguists tend to conclude that they are closely-related (but ultimately not mutually intelligible) languages. Ijhenggínga is primarily spoken in the Cékwely Kwojongoka (Ijh.: Qunjongok aihá Céqez).

Phonology

Consonants

Western Léna has 24 phonemic consonants, 6 less than Standard Léna. It is notable for its uvular series.

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ ~ ɴ
Plosive	p b	t		k g	q
Affricate			c͡ɕ ɟ͡ʑ
Fricative	f	s z	ɕ ʑ		χ ʁ	h
Liquid	w	r	j	(w)
Lateral		l

Vowels

Western Léna has 6 phonemic vowels, one less than standard Léna, having fused /ɨ/ and /ǝ/ together. Additionally, the backed /ɑ/ is present rather than the fronted /a/ seen in most other dialects of Léna, including standard Léna.

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ǝ	u
Mid	e		o
Low			ɑ