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==Grammar==
 
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Eruvite is a heavily inflected language.
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Eruvite is a heavily inflected language. The language is based on '''root morphemes''' which are subsequently modified to create nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Root morphemes fall into two distinct classes: noun-verb roots and adjective roots.
  
 
==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 01:57, 20 June 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     t d k g  
fricative   f  v θ s x  
trill       r    
approximant           w
lateral approximant       l    

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 a heavily inflected language. The language is based on root morphemes which are subsequently modified to create nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Root morphemes fall into two distinct classes: noun-verb roots and adjective roots.

Orthography

Eruvite is written with the Eruwar, a featural abugida.