Elvish

Natively known as: elvish /ˈelvish/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
raw je tha thrùd mingthœr ì raw thúwme a tha jonmud ra thizě
Pronunciation: /ɹɔ ʤe θɛ θɹɜɾ ˈmiŋθœɹ ɪ ɹɔ ˈθywme ɛ θɛ ˈʤonmuɾ ɹɛ ˈθiʒʏ/
Elvish word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: l m n w ð ŋ ɹ ɾ ʋ ʎ ʒ ʤ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Affricate					ʤ
Fricative			θ ð		ʒ
Approximant		ʋ		ɹ
Tap				ɾ
Lateral approximant				l		ʎ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: e i o u y ø œ ɔ ɘ ɛ ɜ ɤ ɪ ʊ ʏ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y		u
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	e ø	ɘ	ɤ o
Low-mid	ɛ œ	ɜ	ɔ

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C) ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɛ	a
ɜ	ù
ɤ	ò
ɘ	è
ɔ	aw
ʊ	ǔ
ɪ	ì
y	ú
ʏ	ě
ɹ	r
θ	th
ɾ	d
ʒ	z
ð	dh
ŋ	ng
ʤ	j
ʎ	y
ʋ	v

---

Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have four cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.

Nominative	No affix wèr /wɘɹ/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix e- ewèr /ˈewɘɹ/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Prefix lɔ- lawwèr /ˈlɔwɘɹ/ dogʼs
Dative	If starts with vowel: Prefix ð- Else: Prefix ðo- dhowèr /ˈðowɘɹ/ to dog

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Prefix mʏ- měthliz /ˈmʏθliʒ/ boy	No affix thliz /θliʒ/ boys
Feminine	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʊnm- Else: Prefix ʊnmu- ǔnmuthroy /ˈʊnmuθɹoʎ/ girl	No affix throy /θɹoʎ/ girls
Neuter	If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix me- mewèr /ˈmewɘɹ/ dog	No affix wèr /wɘɹ/ dogs

Articles

Definite	waw /wɔ/ the
Indefinite	múz /myʒ/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	ay /ɛʎ/ I	thij /θiʤ/ me	meng /meŋ/ mine	dhay /ðɛʎ/ to me
2nd singular	a /ɛ/ you	luj /luʤ/ you	wøy /wøʎ/ yours	ja /ʤɛ/ to you
3rd singular masc	je /ʤe/ he,	jang /ʤɛŋ/ his,	dhaw /ðɔ/ his,	la /lɛ/ to his, to
3rd singular fem	zěj /ʒʏʤ/ she,	mòd /mɤɾ/ her,	è /ɘ/ hers,	mi /mi/ to her, to
3rd singular neuter	nliz /nliʒ/ it (neut)	mu /mu/ it (neut)	me /me/ its (neut)	thla /θlɛ/ to it (neut)
1st plural	jě /ʤʏ/ we	moj /moʤ/ us	maw /mɔ/ ours	thleth /θleθ/ to us
2nd plural	thrì /θɹɪ/ you all	lě /lʏ/ you all	wìth /wɪθ/ yours (pl)	ij /iʤ/ to you all
3rd plural masc	thòz /θɤʒ/ they (masc)	ǔ /ʊ/ them (masc)	lùy /lɜʎ/ theirs (masc)	nlu /nlu/ to them (masc)
3rd plural fem	eng /eŋ/ they (fem)	ì /ɪ/ them (fem)	uy /uʎ/ theirs (fem)	ra /ɹɛ/ to them (fem)
3rd plural neuter	øng /øŋ/ they (neut)	lú /ly/ them (neut)	lèz /lɘʒ/ theirs (neut)	lǔ /lʊ/ to them (neut)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	rø /ɹø/ my
2nd singular	mu /mu/ your
3rd singular masc	tha /θɛ/ his
3rd singular fem	ø /ø/ her
3rd singular neuter	jaw /ʤɔ/ his, her, its (neut)
1st plural	mìd /mɪɾ/ our
2nd plural	rú /ɹy/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	zo /ʒo/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	nlě /nlʏ/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	wè /wɘ/ their (neut)

Verbs

Present	Prefix e- ewìv /ˈewɪʋ/ learn
Past	No affix wìv /wɪʋ/ learned

Elvish uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ðɛ - dha wìv /ðɛ wɪʋ/ will learn

Numbers

Elvish has a base-10 number system:
1 - ò
2 - tha
3 - wǔ
4 - la
5 - lèng
6 - livnòng
7 - ør
8 - vi
9 - thlidhú
10 - mo
100 - jěznùth
1000 - lùd

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lɪ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ʤo-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix nl-
Else: Prefix nle-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ɜ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ðœ-
Noun to verb = Prefix ɔ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ɜ-
Tending to = Prefix le-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix w-
Else: Prefix wɤ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix wɜ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʤ-
Else: Prefix ʤɤ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix θɤ-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix œlʋ-
Else: Prefix œlʋø-
Augmentative = Prefix me-

This is a rare option

This option requires special permission to take. In the case of spells, psionic powers, and similar options, this option must be found in the world and cannot be taken upon level-up.

This is a stub

This article will be expanded upon in the future

This is a

Good Article

Table of Contents

Dictionary

3082 Words.