Elvish

The language of the elves. Taught to all young elves from as early as birth, with Common soon to follow.

Writing System

b c d g h j k m n p s t w z ɟ ɲ ʤ ʧ a ã e i ĩ o u ũ ɔ ɔ̃ ɛ ɛ̃

Geographical Distribution

Worldwide

Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b c d g h j k m n p s t w z ɟ ɲ ʤ ʧ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ɲ
Stop	p b	t d		c ɟ	k g
Affricate			ʧ ʤ
Fricative		s z				h
Approximant				j

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: /a ã e i ĩ o u ũ ɔ ɔ̃ ɛ ɛ̃/

	Front	Back
High	i ĩ	ũ u
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid	ɛ̃ ɛ	ɔ̃ ɔ
Low	a ã

Syllable structure: (C)V Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable Word initial consonants: c, d, g, j, k, m, n, p, t, w, z, ɲ, ʤ, ʧ Mid-word consonants: b, c, d, g, h, j, k, m, n, p, s, t, w, z, ɟ, ɲ, ʤ, ʧ Word final consonants: N/A
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• m → w / _#
• e → i / #b_
• e → i / _(C)i
• o → ə / _n
• o → ∅ / _u
• o → u / _#

Morphology

Derivational morphology Adjective → adverb = Prefix cɛ- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix kã- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix no- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix cɔ- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ku- Noun to verb = Prefix tɔ- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix zo- Tending to = Prefix ji- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ʧũ- Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix gu- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix kɔ̃- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix nũ- Diminutive = Prefix je- Augmentative = Prefix nũ-

Syntax

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key. Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun. Adposition: prepositions

Vocabulary

Nouns

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: ɛ̃ - ě̃ jaw̃pa /ɛ̃ ˈʤɔ̃pa/ dogs

Articles

Definite	ã /ã/ the
Indefinite	zo /zo/ a, some

Pronouns

1st singular	zu /zu/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	nã /nã/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	ga /ga/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	ki /ki/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	yi /ji/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	chyaw /cɔ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	cha /ʧa/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	pã /pã/ my
2nd singular	gu /gu/ your
3rd singular masc	chyaw /cɔ/ his
3rd singular fem	u /u/ her
1st plural	ko /ko/ our
2nd plural	ě̃ /ɛ̃/ your (pl)
3rd plural	pu /pu/ their

Verbs

	Singular	Plural
Present	Prefix jĩ- yĩkũda /jĩˈkũda/ (I/you/he/she) learns	Prefix pu- pukũda /puˈkũda/ (we/they) learn
Past	Prefix kũ- kũkũda /kũˈkũda/ (I/you/he/she) learned	Prefix di- dikũda /diˈkũda/ (we/they) learned
Remote past	Prefix mi- mikũda /miˈkũda/ (I/you/he/she) learned (long ago)	Prefix mĩ- mĩkũda /mĩˈkũda/ (we/they) learned (long ago)

Jaw̃nyan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: nã - nã kũda /nã ˈkũda/ will learn

Phonetics

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɔ	aw
ɛ	ě
ɲ	ny
j	y
ʤ	j
c	chy
ʧ	ch
ɟ	j̀

Dictionary

2606 Words.

Root Languages

• German

Successor Languages

• Lizardfolk (Language)
• Druidic

Spoken by

• Elvendom

Common Phrases

yě cha ga goes ('and so it goes')