Elw language

Background

Blah, blah, language of Elwynn

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Bilabial	Alveolar	Alveolar	Retroflex	Retroflex	Palatal	Palatal	Velar	Velar	Uvular	Uvular	Glottal	Glottal
	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced
Nasal		m		n					ŋ̊	ŋ		ɴ
Stop	p	b	t	d							q	ɢ
Sibilant fricative			s	z	ʂ	ʐ			k
Non-sibilant fricative	ɸ	β					ɕ	ʑ			χ	ʁ	h	ɦ
Trill			r̥	r
Lateral approximant			l̥	l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid			o
Mid	e	ə
Open	a

Diphtongs

	a	e	i	o	u
a	aː		ai	ao	au
e	eə				eu
i	ia	ie
o				oː	ou
u					uː

Orthography

UNDER REVISION

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]	[h]	[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]

Elw orthography has been reformed a few times since becoming a literary language when sounds change over time.

The most common obsolete letters are these (which can still sometimes be seen in names and signs):

Obsolete Latin	Ā ā, Â â	Ē ē, Ê ê	Ī ī, Î î, Í í	Ō ō, Ô ô	Ū ū, Û û	Ŷ ŷ, Ý ý	C c	NG ng	PH ph	TH th
Equivalent Cyrillic	АА аа	Е е	І і	ОО оо	Уу Уу	Ү ү	Ч ч	Ң ң	Ф ф	Ѳ ѳ
Historical pronunciation	[aː]~[ɑː]	[eː]	[iː]	[ɔː]~[oː]	[uː]	[ɜː]	[tʃ]	[ŋ]	[ɸ]	[θ]
Replaced by letters:	AA aa	E e	I i	OO oo	UU uu	Y y	X x Q q	N n M m	F f B b	T t

Grammar

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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-

any other consonant (araq, "elder")	singular	plural	example sing.	example pl.
base	-	-i	araq	araqi
adj./gen.	-on	-oi	araqon	araqoi
voc. stem	-o-	-oi-	araqo-	araqoi-
con. stem	--	--	araq-	araq-