Ataši

Introduction

Marèngil is a constructed language inspired by both Elvish and Dwarvish, languages spoken by the elves and dwarves respectively in the fictional world of Middle Earth, invented by J. R. R. Tolkien. Thus, the language is spoken by an elf-like people, but of a more hardy stock, akin to the dwarves. These elves are known as the Lárï, and live in a mountainous, dry, jungle-like region of the planet Arâti. This planet could be likened to Caladan, from Frank Herbert's Dune, with very little deserts or arid, inhospitable biomes. While the words themselves have no correlation to Elvish or Dwarvish, it is intended to mimick it in terms of phonology and syllable and sentence structure. It keeps a similar tonal musicality to Elvish, it also has aspects of the harsher Dwarvish, and with a combined phonetic inventory of the both.

Consonants

IPA chart of the Marêngil consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar		Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
			central	lateral
Plosive	p   b		t   d				k   g
Fricative	f   v	θ   ð	s   z	ɬ	ʃ   ʒ		x	h
Affricate			t͡s	tɬ	t͡ʃ   d͡ʒ
Nasal	m		n				ŋ
Tap/Flap			r
Approximant				l		j	w