Difference between revisions of "Eruvite"
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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| + | ![[wikipedia:front vowel|front]] | ||
| + | ![[wikipedia: central vowel|central]] | ||
| + | ![[wikipedia:dback vowel|back]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''[[wikipedia:close vowel|close]]''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:bilabial nasal|m]]}} | ||
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| + | | style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:alveolar nasal|n]]}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:velar nasal|ŋ]]}} | ||
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| + | | '''[[wikipedia:near close vowel|near close]]''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia: voiceless bilabial plosive|p]] [[wikipedia: voiced bilabial plosive|b]]}} | ||
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| + | | style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:voiceless alveolar plosive|t]] [[wikipedia:voiced alveolar plosive|d]]}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:voiceless velar plosive|k]] [[wikipedia:voiced velar plosive|g]]}} | ||
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| + | | '''[[wikipedia:central vowel|central]]''' | ||
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| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia: voiceless labiodental fricative|f]] [[wikipedia: voiceled labiodental fricative|v]]}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:voiceless interdental fricative|θ]]}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:voiceless alveolar fricative|s]]}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia: voiceless velar fricative|x]]}} | ||
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| + | | '''[[wikipedia:near open vowel|near open]]''' | ||
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| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:alveolar trill|r]]}} | ||
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| + | | '''[[wikipedia:open vowel|open]]''' | ||
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| + | | style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:alveolar lateral approximant|l]]}} | ||
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Eruvite is infamous for the complex system of inflection it employs. | 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 10:47, 11 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
| front | central | back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | m | n | ŋ | ||
| near close | p b | t d | k g | ||
| central | f v | θ | s | x | |
| near open | r | ||||
| open | l |
Grammar
Eruvite is infamous for the complex system of inflection it employs.
