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== Phonology ==
== Orthography and Phonology ==


While Elw has a calligraphic script, Elw is generally written with the Latin or Cyrillic script. The calligraphic script is used in art and for decoration, but in every-day language, either Latin or Cyrillic is employed.
The modern alphabet in Latin and Cyrillic is:
{| style="text-align:center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
! Latin Upper Case
| A
| AA
| B
| D
| E
| F
| G
| H
| I
| J
| K
| L
| LL
| M
| N
| O
| OO
| P
| Q
| R
| S
| T
| U
| UU
| V
| X
| Y
| Z
|-
! Latin lower case
| a
| aa
| b
| d
| e
| f
| g
| h
| i
| j
| k
| l
| ll
| m
| n
| o
| oo
| p
| q
| r
| s
| t
| u
| uu
| v
| x
| y
| z
|-
! Cyrillic upper case
| А
| АА
| Б
| Д
| Э
| Ф
| Г
| Х
| И
| Й
| К
| Л
| Љ
| М
| Н
| О
| ОО
| П
| Ћ
| Р
| С
| Т
| У
| УУ
| В
| Ш
| Ө
| З
|-
! Cyrillic lower case
| а
| аа
| б
| д
| э
| ф
| г
| х
| и
| й
| к
| л
| љ
| м
| н
| о
| оо
| р
| ћ
| р
| с
| т
| у
| уу
| в
| ш
| ө
| з
|-
! General pronunciation (IPA)
| [a]~[ɐ]
| [aː]~[ɑː]
| [b]
| [d]
| [e]~[eː]
| [f]
| [g]
| [g]
| [i(ː)]~[ɪ]
| [j]
| [k]
| [l]
| [lʷ]~[w]
| [m]
| [n]
| [ɔ] [o]
| [ɔː]~[oː]
| [p]
| [c]~[ɕ]~[χ]
| [r]~[r]~[ʀ]
| [s]
| [t]
| [ʊ]~[u]
| [ʊː]~[uː]
| [v]~[β]~[w]
| [ʂ]~[ʃ]
| [ɜ]~[ə]
| [z]
|-
|}


== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==

Revision as of 18:30, 23 June 2013

Elw (kyll Ellion)
Pronunciation: {{{pronunciation}}}
Spoken in: Shireroth
Region: Elwynn
Total speakers: unknown
Language family: Unclassified
Writing system: {{{alphabet}}}
Official status
Official language in: dialect
Regulated by: People's Academy of Elwynn


Background

Blah, blah, language of Elwynn


Orthography and Phonology

While Elw has a calligraphic script, Elw is generally written with the Latin or Cyrillic script. The calligraphic script is used in art and for decoration, but in every-day language, either Latin or Cyrillic is employed.

The modern alphabet in Latin and Cyrillic is:

Latin Upper Case A AA B D E F G H I J K L LL M N O OO P Q R S T U UU V X Y Z
Latin lower case a aa b d e f g h i j k l ll m n o oo p q r s t u uu v x y z
Cyrillic upper case А АА Б Д Э Ф Г Х И Й К Л Љ М Н О ОО П Ћ Р С Т У УУ В Ш Ө З
Cyrillic lower case а аа б д э ф г х и й к л љ м н о оо р ћ р с т у уу в ш ө з
General pronunciation (IPA) [a]~[ɐ] [aː]~[ɑː] [b] [d] [e]~[eː] [f] [g] [g] [i(ː)]~[ɪ] [j] [k] [l] [lʷ]~[w] [m] [n] [ɔ] [o] [ɔː]~[oː] [p] [c]~[ɕ]~[χ] [r]~[r]~[ʀ] [s] [t] [ʊ]~[u] [ʊː]~[uː] [v]~[β]~[w] [ʂ]~[ʃ] [ɜ]~[ə] [z]

Grammar

Blah blah

Nouns

Nouns are highly regular and are declined according to a system. The system is dependent on whether the noun ends in -ll, -r, -aa, -ai, -as, [include more]

For the

-LL (kyll, "language") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -ll -lloo kyll kylloo
adj./gen. -llion -llioon kyllion kyllioon
voc. stem -lly- -llia- kylly- kyllar-
con. stem -llyr- -llar- kyllyr- kyllar-


-R (door, "country") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -r -ria door dooria
adj./gen. -rion -roi doorion dooroi
voc. stem -ry- -rie- doory- doorie-
con. stem -rj- -rej- doorj-- doorej-


-AA (llynaa, "lion") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -aa -ea llynaa llynea
adj./gen. -ean -eoon llynean llyneoon
voc. stem -eo- -eoo- llyneo- llyneoo-
con. stem -aj- -ej- llynaj- llynej-


-AI (boorai, "dinner") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -ai -eai boorai booreai
adj./gen. -ajon -ajoon boorajon boorajoon
voc. stem -aja- -eje- booraja- booreje-
con. stem -aj- -ej- booraj- boorej-


-AS (kas, "nose, headland") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -as -esme kas kasme
adj./gen. -asmar -asmui kasmar kasmui
voc. stem -asmy- -asmyra- kasmy- kasmyra-
con. stem -asm- -asmyr- kasm- kasmyr-


-E (kaabe, "start") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -e -ar kaabe kaabar
adj./gen. -eon -eron kaabeon kaaberon
voc. stem -e- -a- kaabe- kaaba-
con. stem -- -yr- kaab- kaabyr-


-I (adi, "dad") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -i -ei adi adei
adj./gen. -ion -ejon adion adejon
voc. stem -ie- -ejo- adie- adejo-
con. stem -- -ej- ad- adej-


-IS (noobis, "prayer") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -is -a noobis nooba
adj./gen. -ezon -esoon noobezon noobesoon
voc. stem -y- -yze- nooby- noobyze-
con. stem -- -yz- noob- noobyz-


-OO (zoo, "friend") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -oo -eo zoo zeo
adj./gen. -oon -eoon zoon zeoon
voc. stem -oo- -eo- zoo- zeoo-
con. stem -ons- -eons- zons- zeons-


-OOS (roos, "rain") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -oos -os roos ros
adj./gen. -osar -osoon rosar rosoon
voc. stem -osmy- -osmo- rosmy- rosmo-
con. stem -osm- -osm- rosm- rosm-


-U (aranu, "prince") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -u -uu aranu aranuu
adj./gen. -on -ui aranon aranui
voc. stem -u- -uri- aranu- aranuri-
con. stem -- -ur- aran- aranur-


-UUN (jemeruun, "enemy") singular plural example sing. example pl.
base -uun -uu jemeruun jemeruu
adj./gen. -on -oon jemeron jemeroon
voc. stem -uu- -oo- jemeruu- jemeroo-
con. stem -un -on jemerun- jemeron-