Difference between revisions of "Eruvite"

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===Vowels===
 
===Vowels===
 
==Grammar==
 
==Grammar==
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Eruvite is infamous for the complex system of inflection it employs.
 
==Orthography==
 
==Orthography==
 
Eruvite is written with the [[Eruwar]], a [[wikipedia:featural alphabet|featural]] [[wikipedia: abugida|abugida]].
 
Eruvite is written with the [[Eruwar]], a [[wikipedia:featural alphabet|featural]] [[wikipedia: abugida|abugida]].

Revision as of 23:00, 10 December 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 syllable codas. Syllable codas in addition to /θ/ and /ŋ/ are limited to /s/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /r/ and /nd/. The phoneme /ŋ/ only appears before the phonemes /k/ or /g/.

Vowels

Grammar

Eruvite is infamous for the complex system of inflection it employs.

Orthography

Eruvite is written with the Eruwar, a featural abugida.