Natively known as:teangquess (tʲang-kweθ) teangquess (tʲang-kweθ)/ˌteangˈquess ˈtʲaŋkweθ)/

…and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind… lo ngǎar glier lumt dlayl lo mǎer lwur yeyk dlayl slha pyæ lo ngǎar glier lumt dlayl lo mǎer lwur yeyk dlayl slha pya Pronunciation : /lo ˈngəar ˈglier lumt dlajl lo ˈməer lwuɾ jejk dlajl ɬa pjæ/ Elven word order : and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory : b d g h j k l m n p t w ŋ ɬ ɾ ʃ

↓Manner/Place→ Bilabial Alveolar Palato-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Stop p b t d k g Fricative ʃ h Approximant j Tap ɾ Lateral fricative ɬ Lateral approximant l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→ Labial-velar Approximant w

Vowel inventory : a e i o u æ ə

Front Central Back High i u High-mid e o Mid ə Near-low æ Low a

Syllable structure : Custom defined ? Stress pattern : Penultimate, stress is on the second last syllable ?

Sound changes (in order of application) :

  • k → ch / #_
  • i → y / _#
  • k → g / V_V

Spelling rules :

Pronunciation Spelling ə ǎ ɾ r j y ʃ sh ŋ ng ɬ slh

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 ?

Numbers

Elven has a base-10 number system:

1 - bewr bewr 2 - lwitsh lwitsh 3 - pyeyt pyeyt 4 - ga ga 5 - nlan nlan 6 - wæ wa 7 - sheyk sheyk 8 - hæ ha 9 - whe whe 10 - æ a 100 - shnok shnok 1000 - shneg shneg

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ys Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix eir- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -enn Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -gann Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -al Noun to verb = Suffix -ach Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -iant Tending to = Suffix -aros Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -gweith Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -wyr One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -dor Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -baeth Diminutive = Prefix da- Augmentative = Prefix cil- Opposite = Prefix an- Magical = Suffix -hudol Royal = Prefix ara- Intensifier = Prefix mawr- Progressive = Suffix -oed

Dictionary

3,028 words. See Teang’Quess Dictionary for the full lexicon.

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