Évarin (EH-vah-rin)

Évarin is the lyrical tongue of the elves—a language where every word seems to dance like moonlight on a forest stream. Designed for beauty above all else, its words are built with a natural melody, using a unique system of vowel harmony that ensures each utterance carries either a bright, crystalline quality or a rich, deep resonance. In Évarin, the musicality comes from a careful balance: words consist entirely of vowels from one harmonious group, and consonants are chosen and combined to create gentle, flowing sounds. The language naturally favors a Subject-Verb-Object order, but its inherent flexibility lets poets and storytellers bend the rules to evoke an archaic, mystical feel.
Every phrase in Évarin, whether it’s a casual greeting or a spellbinding incantation, echoes with the ancient magic and timeless elegance of the elven race. It’s a language that not only communicates ideas but also enchants the listener with its inherent beauty—a true reflection of the world in which it’s spoken.

Dictionary

1908 Words.

Spoken by

• High Elves
• Wood Elves

Common Phrases

ela mellio
Pronunciation: /ˈela ˈmellio/
Greetings, friend.

ér luthie fy thya .
Pronunciation: /eːr ˈluθie fy ˈθya ./
May light guide you.

havë mellio
Pronunciation: /ˈha.ve ˈmellion/
Farewell, friend.
ér sylëa thâ thya
Pronunciation: /eːr ˈsyləa θɑ ˈθya ./
May the forest protect you.

Common Female Names

• Aelya
• Elarya
• Lirien
• Thalya
• Seriel
• Mireth

Common Male Names

• Evarin
• Lethar
• Kaelen
• Rhovan
• Telion
• Varion

Natively known as: Évarin /eːˈvarin/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g k l m n p r s t v w x z ð ŋ ɲ ʁ ʃ ʒ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m			n		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	b p			t d		c	g k
Fricative		f v	ð θ	s z	ʃ ʒ		x	ʁ
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a aː e eː eˑ i o oː oˑ u uː y yː œ ɑ ə ɪ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y yː		u uː
Near-high	ɪ
High-mid	e eː eˑ		o oˑ oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	œ
Low	a aː		ɑ

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Sound changes (in order of application):

• a → e / _k
• a → e / #_
• C → ∅ / _#
• {p, b} → m / V_V
• t → θ / _V
• d → ð / _V
• ŋ → n / _#
• x → ʃ / V_V
• r → ʁ / #_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
a	a
ɑ	â
e	e
ə	ë
i	i
œ	ö
o	o
y	y
aː	á
ɪ	î
eː	é
eˑ	ê
oˑ	ô
oː	ó
yː	ý
t	t
b	b
d	d
f	f
g	g
k	k
l	l
m	m
n	n
ɲ	ny
ŋ	ng
p	p
r	r
s	s
ʃ	sh
v	v
z	z
ʒ	zh
c	ts
x	kh
ð	dh
θ	th
w	w
ʁ	rh
u	u
uː	û

Grammar

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 before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Past	Suffix -in ˈbrânyi ˈbrɑɲi learned
Present	Suffix -a ˈbrânya ˈbrɑɲa learn
Future	Suffix -ar ˈbrânya ˈbrɑɲa will learn

Perfective	Suffix -thel ˈbrânythe ˈbrɑɲthe learn
Habitual	Suffix -en ˈbrânye ˈbrɑɲe learn (often, habitually)
Progressive	Suffix -eth ˈbrânyet ˈbrɑɲet be learning

Indicative	No affix brâ brɑ learn
Conditional	Suffix -ev ˈbrânye ˈbrɑɲe learn
Subjunctive	Suffix -il ˈbrânyi ˈbrɑɲi learn
Imperative	Suffix -os ˈbrânyo ˈbrɑɲo learn

Active	No affix brâ brɑ learn
Passive	Suffix -an ˈbrânya ˈbrɑɲa learn
Reflexive	Suffix -is ˈbrânyi ˈbrɑɲi learn

	Singular	Plural
1st person	Suffix -o ˈbrânyo ˈbrɑɲo (I) learn	Suffix -il ˈbrânyi ˈbrɑɲi (we) learn
2nd person	Suffix -eth ˈbrânyet ˈbrɑɲet (you) learn	Suffix -ethan brâˈnyetha brɑˈɲetha (you all) learn
3rd person	No affix brâ brɑ (he/she/it) learns	Suffix -ar ˈbrânya ˈbrɑɲa (they) learn

Numbers

Évarin has a base-10 number system:
1 - ô
2 - lân
3 - û
4 - shrâ
5 - dhy
6 - rhwó
7 - sró
8 - yˈdranga
9 - ˈthître
10 - zhó
100 - bror
1000 - zhé

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix zu-
Else: Prefix zaː-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix u-
Else: Prefix e-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix uː-
Else: Prefix aː-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix o-
Else: Prefix a-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix moː-
Else: Prefix myː-
Noun to verb = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix ɑ-
Else: Prefix a-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix ʃroˑ-
Else: Prefix ʃra-
Tending to = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix o-
Else: Prefix e-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix u-
Else: Prefix ɪ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix krɑ-
Else: Prefix kra-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix fu-
Else: Prefix fə-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix boː-
Else: Prefix bə-
Diminutive = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix uː-
Else: Prefix i-
Augmentative = If contains {ɑ,o,oˑ,oː,u,uː}: Prefix o-
Else: Prefix yː-