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== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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| ||'''Nominative'''||'''Inflected''' | |||
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|''I''||pa||pei | |||
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|''you''||rî||re | |||
|- | |||
|''he/she/it''||tha/dhe/nim||thei/dhê/nûm | |||
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|''we''||mun||mîn | |||
|- | |||
|''you two''||riu||rûi | |||
|- | |||
|''you (plural)''||rinna||rûnna | |||
|- | |||
|''they (person/thing)''||thanâi/thanim||theinâi/theinim | |||
|} | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Kin-elleth nouns follow six genders, and inflect either for singular, dual, or plural. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Noun gender and number suffixes | |||
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!Gender!!Singular!!Dual!!Plural | |||
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|''living being''||-ith||-ein||-nâi | |||
|- | |||
|''small object''||-un, -no||-in||=nî | |||
|- | |||
|''large object''||-ra, -a||-rei||-rim, -im | |||
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|''intangible''||-er||-rei||-rim, -em | |||
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|''collective''||-n, -in||-nâi||-nâi | |||
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|''area''||-a||-ûr||-ui | |||
|} | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Revision as of 08:59, 21 April 2026
The language of the Kin-elleth people, as well as the main lingua franca of the Endri-nâi Confederation.
Phonology
Letters represent standard orthography when written in Latin characters. Where letters appear in pairs, the one on the right is voiced.
Consonants
The Kin-elleth language uses between 19–21 consonants, with some having regional variants. Note that <f> and <v> are bilabial, not labiodental as in English.
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | ||||||
| Nasal | ||||||
| Trill | ||||||
| Tap | ||||||
| Fricative | ||||||
| Lateral Approximant | ||||||
Vowels
The Kin-elleth languages uses from 12–14 vowel sounds. The chart below shows the common orthography when transcribed to the Latin alphabet. Vowels to the left of a | are unrounded; vowels to the right of a | are rounded. Note that a vowel letter may have different sounds, depending on context in a word or by regional variation.
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Open |
- ↑ Less common variant.
Diphthongs
Common diphthongs are ai, ei, oi, ui, âi, êi [1], ôi, ûi.
- ↑ Very uncommon; most commonly reduced to ei.
Vowel Reduction
The main vowel in a Kin-elleth word will typically undergo vowel reduction when the word is inflected:
| Original | Reduced |
| a | ei |
| e/û | ê |
| ê | î |
| i | û |
| î | ie/e |
| u | ôi/î |
| ô | ûi |
| o | ô |
| â | oi |
Grammar
Pronouns
| Nominative | Inflected | |
| I | pa | pei |
| you | rî | re |
| he/she/it | tha/dhe/nim | thei/dhê/nûm |
| we | mun | mîn |
| you two | riu | rûi |
| you (plural) | rinna | rûnna |
| they (person/thing) | thanâi/thanim | theinâi/theinim |
Nouns
Kin-elleth nouns follow six genders, and inflect either for singular, dual, or plural.
| Gender | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| living being | -ith | -ein | -nâi |
| small object | -un, -no | -in | =nî |
| large object | -ra, -a | -rei | -rim, -im |
| intangible | -er | -rei | -rim, -em |
| collective | -n, -in | -nâi | -nâi |
| area | -a | -ûr | -ui |