Bilen
# Bilen

Le bilen, aussi appelé bilin ou blin, est une langue afro-asiatique faisant partie du groupe des langues agew des langues couchitiques, parlée par les Bilens, ethnie habitant dans le centre de l’Érythrée, dans la région de Keren, et à Kassala dans l’Est du Soudan. Elle est parlée par environ 100 000 personnes.

## Écriture

Alphasyllabaire guèze bilen :

| | ə | u | i | a | e | ɨ | o | ʷə | ʷu | ʷi | ʷa | ʷe |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| h | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | ዀ | ዅ | ዂ | ዃ | ዄ |
| l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | | | | ሏ | |
| ħ | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | | | | ሗ | |
| m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | ᎀ | ᎃ | ᎁ | ሟ | ᎂ |
| s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | | | | ሷ | |
| r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | | | | ሯ | |
| ʃ | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | | | | ሿ | |
| kʼ | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | ቈ | ቍ | ቊ | ቋ | ቌ |
| ʁ | ቐ | ቑ | ቒ | ቓ | ቔ | ቕ | ቖ | ቘ | ቝ | ቚ | ቛ | ቜ |
| b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | | | | ቧ | |
| t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | | | | ቷ | |
| n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | | | | ኗ | |
| ʔ | አ | ኡ | ኢ | አ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | | | | | |
| k | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | ኰ | ኵ | ኲ | ኳ | ኴ |
| x | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | ዀ | ዅ | ዂ | ዃ | ዄ |
| w | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | | | | | |
| ʕ | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | | | | | |
| j | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | | | | | |
| d | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | | | | ዷ | |
| dʒ | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | | | | ጇ | |
| g | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | ጐ | ጕ | ጒ | ጓ | ጔ |
| ŋ | ጘ | ጙ | ጚ | ጛ | ጜ | ጝ | ጞ | ⶓ | ⶖ | ⶔ | ጟ | ⶕ |
| tʼ | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | | | | ጧ | |
| tʃʼ | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | | | | ጯ | |
| f | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | ᎈ | ᎉ | ᎋ | ፏ | ᎊ |
| tʃ | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | | | | ቿ | |
| ɲ | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | | | | ኟ | |
| z | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | | | | ዟ | |
| ʒ | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | | | | ዧ | |
| sʼ | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | | | | ጿ | |
| pʼ | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | | | | ጷ | |
| p | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | | | | ፗ | |
| v | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | | | | ቯ | |

## Sources

* (byn) Tekie Alibekit, ብሊና ክታበትዲ ግብራ ጋቡዅዲ ድሞ ጠፍሓ ሕቱም = Bilin language introductory phonetics and grammar, revised edition,‎ 2014 (1re éd. 1992) (lire en ligne)
* (en) Tekie Alibekit, Blin language registered in the Unicode Standard, 2004–2018 (lire en ligne)
* (byn) Tekie Alibekit, Kiflemariam Hamde et Fessehazion Zemicael, ጠፍሓት ብሲና ክታበቱዅ = Some standardization of Blin writing, Stockholm,‎ 1994 (lire en ligne)
* (en) The Ge'ez Frontier Foundation, Principles and specification for mnemonic Ethiopic keyboards, 2013 (keyboards.ethiopic.org/specification/)
