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| − | 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 | + | 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/, which may only appear as a syllable coda. Syllable codas in addition to /θ/ are limited to /s/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /r/ and /nd/. |
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | ! | ||
| + | ![[wikipedia:front vowel|front]] | ||
| + | ![[wikipedia:dback vowel|back]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''[[wikipedia:close vowel|close]]''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:close front unrounded vowel|i]]}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:close back unrounded vowel|ɯ]]}} | ||
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| + | | '''[[wikipedia:mid vowel|mid]]''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]}} | ||
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| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''[[wikipedia:oprn vowel|open]]''' | ||
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| + | | style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]]}} [[wikipedia:open back rounded vowel|ɒ]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
| + | 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]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:04, 13 June 2007
Eruvite is one of the primary spoken languages of Eluvatar.
Phonology
Consonants
| bilabial | labio- dental |
dental | alveolar | velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | |||
| 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/, which may only appear as a syllable coda. Syllable codas in addition to /θ/ are limited to /s/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /r/ and /nd/.
Vowels
| front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| close | i | ɯ |
| mid | ɛ | |
| open | ɑ ɒ |
Grammar
Eruvite is infamous for the complex system of inflection it employs.
