Difference between revisions of "Eruvite"
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!verb | !verb | ||
!adjective | !adjective | ||
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| − | | | + | |min<br>''city'' |
|noun-verb | |noun-verb | ||
| − | | | + | |min'''as'''<br>''city'' |
| − | | | + | |mina'''suvo''', mina'''sivo'''<br>''be urban, urbanize'' |
| − | | | + | |mina'''ende'''<br>''urban'' |
|- | |- | ||
|mend<br>''go'' | |mend<br>''go'' | ||
|noun-verb | |noun-verb | ||
| − | |mend<br>''departure'' | + | |mend'''um'''<br>''departure'' |
| − | | | + | |mend'''uvo''', mend'''ivo'''<br>''go, send'' |
| − | | | + | |mend'''ende'''<br>''departing'' |
|- | |- | ||
|annu<br>''new'' | |annu<br>''new'' | ||
|adjective | |adjective | ||
| − | | | + | |ann'''um'''<br>''originality'' |
| − | | | + | |ann'''uvo''', ann'''ivo'''<br>''be new, restore'' |
|annu<br>''new'' | |annu<br>''new'' | ||
| + | |ann'''ende'''<br>''newly'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
==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 02:11, 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.
| root | type | noun | verb | adjective | adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| min city |
noun-verb | minas city |
minasuvo, minasivo be urban, urbanize |
minaende urban | |
| mend go |
noun-verb | mendum departure |
menduvo, mendivo go, send |
mendende departing | |
| annu new |
adjective | annum originality |
annuvo, annivo be new, restore |
annu new |
annende newly |
