HLBarvolaskentaa

HLBarvolaskentaa is a constructed language (conlang) developed by the HL Barvolaskentaa Project, a community focused on world-building and linguistic experimentation. It is designed to be internally coherent and to support storytelling, data visualization, and comparative studies of hypothetical language families. The language has documented grammar, vocabulary, and example texts produced by its community of speakers and writers.

Etymology: The name HLBarvolaskentaa combines several fictional morphemes used in its world-building framework. The initials “HL” denote the project’s founders, while the remainder is a blend intended to evoke rhythm and consonance. In-universe lore, the term is treated as a named language; its internal glosses vary by source.

Phonology and script: It has a compact consonant inventory including p, t, k, m, n, s, l, r, v, h and five vowels a, e, i, o, u. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable in most words. The preferred writing system is the Latin alphabet with optional diacritics; a stylized syllabary is sometimes depicted in cultural artifacts.

Grammar: HLBarvolaskentaa is largely agglutinative and shows nominative-accusative alignment. The basic word order is subject–object–verb, with rich suffixation for case, number, and aspect. Nouns carry suffixal marks for cases such as subject, direct object, and indirect object; verbs encode tense, aspect, mood, and aspect via affixes and auxiliary words. Pronouns are heavily cliticized.

History and usage: The language emerged in the early 2010s within online conlang communities. It has since published a descriptive grammar, a learner's phrasebook, and several short texts. HLBarvolaskentaa is primarily used for creative writing, role-playing settings, and pedagogical demonstrations in linguistics courses.

External resources include project materials and sample texts published by community contributors.