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.

Orthography

Eruvite is written with the Eruwar, a featural abugida.