Common Elvish
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Introduction
Phonology
Vowel inventory Consonant inventory Syllable structure Stress Intonation
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Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
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Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
ni ben, embë bemmë ae bes, elyë berrë il beli, endë belembar e-i [3p]
The root QUE- "speech" descends from Adamic -q-f-l- "speech", or more specifically, from its canonic verbal form qua-. The root KHÛ- "dog" derives from hū- "to bark". The root LÁ- from lā- "to use the tongue". KHE- from qia-"...
If no suffix is added to the root, the singular is formed by adding -le if the last vowel is any other than u. In case it is not, an -o is added respectively.
- QUE- > quele "sound", queli "sounds"
- HÚ- > húo "dog", hý "dogs"
If a suffix is added to the root, there may be two singulars; one ending in -a and one in -ë
- QUE- + -n- [verbal affix] > quenda, quendar "speech", quendë, quendi speaker"
LÁ- > lámba "tongue", lámbë "language" *irregular extension; compare gásca "throat"
ULU- "to pour" from hua- "to moisten"
lunda "flood", lundë "rain"
hen, hendi "eye, eyes" (not *hendë) húa (acc.) quen "I speak"
Sound Laws
Common Elvish
- If two bordering syllables/syllable portions possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable (portion) disappears.
EX: Adamic vāl "person" and vār "people" become alf (not *falf) and elbi.
- Assimilation:
- Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]
- Mutation: consonants extend grade until there is only one.
m/n + p -mb [extension of p]
m/n + t -nd [extension of t]
r/l + f -lb [extension of l]
r/l + c -rd [extension of r]
r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]
r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]
- /s/ and /d/ can only happen before /a/, and if the opposite were to happen, the nucleus would be dropped.
alba "people" [alf, elbi] arda "things" [arc, irida] alma "high faculties" [a, elmi] arna "emotions, sensations" [an, erni] amba "time" [amf, embi] anda "space" [anc, inida] - endar "land", arni "lands" embal "celestial body", ambeli...
NA > ni [0], nae [1] alba enir ni, pe, ae MA NA PA TA LA RA - ALBA ARDA AMBA ANDA ALMA ARNA
iru > eri > ere anu > ni