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 | |||
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.