Elw language
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Elw (kyll Ellion) | |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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base | - | -i | araq | araqi |
adj./gen. | -on | -oi | araqon | araqoi |
voc. stem | -o- | -oi- | araqo- | araqoi- |
con. stem | -- | -- | araq- | araq- |