Difference between revisions of "Eruvite"

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Revision as of 14:03, 28 November 2006

Eruvite is one of the primary spoken languages of Eluvatar.

Phonology

Consonants

  bilabial labio-
dental
dental alveolar velar
nasal m     n ŋ
plosive p  b     t  d k  g
fricative   f  v θ s x
trill       r  
lateral approximant       l  
  labial-velar
approximant w

Eruvite lacks any consonant clusters within the same syllable except for "nd", which appears as a syllable coda. Syllables may begin with any of the language's consonant sounds with the exception of /θ/ and /ŋ/, which may only appear as a syllable coda. Syllable codas in addition to /θ/ are limited to /s/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/, /r/ and /nd/.

Vowels

Grammar

Orthography