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==Phonology==
 
==Phonology==
 
===Consonants===
 
===Consonants===
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!alveolar
 
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!velar
 
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!labio-<br>velar
 
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|'''nasal'''
 
|'''nasal'''
 
|m
 
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|n
 
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|n
 
 
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| '''[[wikipedia:plosive consonant|plosive]]'''
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|'''plosive'''
| style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia: voiceless bilabial plosive|p]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[wikipedia: voiced bilabial plosive|b]]}}
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|p&nbsp;&nbsp;b
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|d
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|g
 
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| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:voiceless alveolar plosive|t]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[wikipedia:voiced alveolar plosive|d]]}}
 
| style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:voiceless velar plosive|k]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[wikipedia:voiced velar plosive|g]]}}
 
 
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| '''[[wikipedia:fricative consonant|fricative]]'''
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|'''fricative
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|f&nbsp;&nbsp;v
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|s
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|x
 
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia: voiceless labiodental fricative|f]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[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:trill consonant|trill]]'''
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|'''trill'''
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|r
 
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{IPA | [[wikipedia:alveolar trill|r]]}}
 
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
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| '''[[wikipedia:lateral consonant|lateral approximant]]'''
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|'''approximant'''
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| style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA | [[wikipedia:alveolar lateral approximant|l]]}}
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|w
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|'''lateral approximant'''
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Revision as of 12:28, 6 April 2007

Eruvite is one of the primary spoken languages of Eluvatar.

Phonology

Consonants

  bilabial labio-
dental
dental alveolar velar labio-
velar
nasal m     n    
plosive p  b     d g  
fricative   f  v θ s x  
trill       r    
approximant           w
lateral approximant       l &nbsp  ;
  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.

Orthography

Eruvite is written with the Eruwar, a featural abugida.