The island of Leng is a large island to the south of Yi Ti. It was home to an indigenous population that was conquered by the Yi Ti many centuries ago, but was overthrown four hundred years ago. From the Wiki of Ice and Fire entry:
Leng overthrew YiTish rule four hundred years ago and power returned to the god-empresses. Khiara the Great established a tradition whereby the empress takes two husbands, one each of Lengii and YiTish descent, with one commanding the island’s armies and the other its fleet.
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- Wiki of Ice and Fire Entry for Leng
- Characters Associated with Asshai: Khiara the Great
Proto-Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | p/pʰ | t/tʰ | c/cʰ | k/kʰ | ʔ |
| Fricatives | f | s, ɬ | ç~x | h | |
| Nasals | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Approximants | ɾ, r, l | j | w | ||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-Mid | e | ||
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
Note: For the sake of simplicity, the following changes have been made to the usual phonetic descriptions of various IPA characters:
- “Labial” is used as a cover term for bilabial and labio-dental.
- [ǝ] has been placed in the Open Mid row.
- To shorten the tables, “Approximant” is used as a cover term for approximants, glides, taps, and trills.
- Where a consonant or pair of consonants appears in two columns, it means that place distinction is unimportant for the phoneme(s) in question.