Elrien Language [HLRN]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersElrien Language is spoken by a population of around 450,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Elrien Language
Elrien ( Helreen **l*ih*n* ) - the language of the Salvian language family; literary and secular language of the Kingdom of Elria (Helrehan) spoken mainly among the elite of helreen society.
An ancient and more complex form of the Gelleric language, the spoken language of the citizens of the kingdom of Elria.
The word elrien itself, from the Gelleric language is translated as "crowned" or "head". The language bears this name, due to the fact that priests and royal nobles, wearing tiaras and wide-brimmed hats, communicate with the people in this language.
An ancient and more complex form of the Gelleric language, the spoken language of the citizens of the kingdom of Elria.
The word elrien itself, from the Gelleric language is translated as "crowned" or "head". The language bears this name, due to the fact that priests and royal nobles, wearing tiaras and wide-brimmed hats, communicate with the people in this language.
Sample of Elrien Language[view] Is coras luirach ! / Esan ouri se vaudte!
His boots have been stolen![view all texts]
His boots have been stolen![view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSalhvik
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Elrien Language
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Elrien LanguagePhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | [k]1 | g | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʁ | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | (j)2 | w | |||||||||||||||||
- k, q, c, allophone of /g/
- allophone of /i/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | ||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ʌ | ɔ | ||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||||
| Open | a | ɶ | ɑ | |||||||
Syllable Structureopen and closed syllables. syllables can be short and long, just like vowels can be short and long. long syllables in writing are indicated by diphthongs or ligatures. if there are two or more consonants between the vowels, then the last of the consonants goes to the next syllable, and the rest to the previous one, which thus becomes closed.
Stress informationdactyl. counting syllables from right to left.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Elrien Language. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Elrien LanguageOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| aa/a/ | bb/b/ | cc[k]1 | dd/d/ | ee// | ff/f/ | gg/g/ | hh// | ii/i/ | jj/d͡ʒ/ | ll/l/ |
| mm/m/ | nn/n/ | Oo/ʊ/ | pp/p/ | rr/ɹ/ | ss/s/ | tt/t/ | uu/u/ | vv/v/ | ww/w/ | yy/y/, [j]2 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- k, q, c
- loan words only
