Dhenlu'i

Dhenlu'i is an island nation located in the Freshwater Ocean



Geography
Total area: 1,352k km²  

Main Island: 129.2k km²  Second Island: 65.9k km²  Southern Land: 417k km²  Western Land: 264.5k km²  Uphehlong Land: 162.9k km²  North Island: 17.4k km²  North Land: 112.7k km²  Northeast Land: 19.9k km²  Mainland: 161.4k km² 

Administration
There is no central government of Dhenlu'i. The 8 great clans however are bound by the Pact of the Clans to have a joint Administration of the ports they control, their trade agreements, their collective defense and the infrastructure and logistics of their economies. The Administration is divided in three branches: Authoritary, Military and Economic.

Administrative Council
The Administrative Council is elected every 36 month by all members of the 8 clans and is the Authoritarian branch of the administration. It manages the Dhenlu'i ports and assets, it negotiates treaties, it arbitrates disputes and it define coexistence rules for clan members. The Council elects a Premier that arbitrates major disputes, represent the Administration overseas and enacts emergencial orders.

Independent cities
The Administration has no power over cities, but most mayors are members of the 8 clans. There are however independent cities of dhenile. Their adminstration is usually communal.

Genders
Dhen society have 3 basic gender roles, to which a person can conform to one, multiple or none.


 * Lu'ine are leaders and mothers. Their role is to nurture, guide and manage. Their commands must be followed by clan members and they must see that clan needes are being addressed. They are regarded as wise and are often asked for advice. To become lu'ine a person must need to partake in the raising of a child of a younger generation. Every pregnant person is considered lu'ine for the duration of their pregnancy. There are fewer lu'ine then other genders
 * Zhuvene are protectors. Their role is to deffend their clan from threats. They are strong and can perform labor intensive tasks. They must also evaluate dangers that are not physical or cannot be solved with violence, such as natural disasters or workplace hazards. A child can become a zhuvene as soon as they are deemed fit to defend themself, if they wish to. Zhuvene do not inherit property.
 * Engone are providers. Their role is to ensure their household can sustain itself. They are farmers, artisans, masons and urban workers. They are more numerous than other genders.

Clan structure
Traditionally, clans are lead by one or a few lu'ine. Their spouses and their spouses's spouses are considered the parent generation. Lu'ine can spouse each other, but it's quite uncommon. A clan is considered balanced if the parent generation is made of all genders in a reasonable proportion. A child will consider the person who gave birth to them their birth-mother and the lu'ine responsible for their creation their clan-mother. Everyone on the mothers' generation is considered the child's parents. In rural areas all children of the same generation are considered siblings. In cities clans are bigger so a futher distincion is made: two children are considered siblings if they share at least one of the mothers, otherwise they are considered cousins.

The 8 clans
The 8 clans make record of kinship for a longer time, so another distincion is made: lu'ine in the mother's generation that are not mothers of a child are considered aunts, not parents. In those clans, other clan-members that are not in the parent generation are considered distant cousins.

Engone clans
In big cities there are clans of only engone parents. Those clans do not have leaders, even if there are lu'ine members by pregnancy, and therefore cannot vote. Those clans are usually smaller and are very proud.

Phonology
Consonants

m      n      ng p ph  t th    k g   ? β     dh    kh gh      sh zh      l  hl

Vowels i u é  ó

Grammar
??? is a nominative-accusative, head final language. It's primary word order is Subject-Object-Verb. It has 3 gramatical genders: animate, edible and inedible. 

Order  Adjectives - Nouns  Noun - Postposition  Posessor - Posessed