Eruvite
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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.