Elw language

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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

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-