Kin-elleth (language)

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.

Consonants
	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p b		t d	k g	c ^[1]	c
Nasal	m		n
Trill		r
Tap		r
Fricative	f v	th dh	s z	h ^[1]	h ^[1]	h
Lateral Approximant			l

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Less common variant.

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.

Vowels
	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	î \|		î ^[1] \|		\| u
Near-close		i \|		ô \|
Close-mid	ê \|				\| o
Mid			e,û,o
Open-mid	e \| û				\| â
Open	a \|				â \|

↑ Less common variant.

Diphthongs

Common diphthongs are ai, ei, oi, ui, âi, êi ^[1], ôi, ûi.

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

↑ Very uncommon; most commonly reduced to ei.

[lcv-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Less common variant.

[lcv-2] Less common variant.

[3] Very uncommon; most commonly reduced to ei.

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