Old High Elven [OHGE]
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Old High Elven[view] Leuh vä Hiellavienn ies, Hiel qhueseth heus. Lieni vhimieri luni, quel Lieni avi Nieri luni.
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.[view all texts]
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeTongues of the Gods
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Godtongue
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Ancient Elven
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Old High Elven
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Godtongue⤷
Ancient Elven⤷
Old High Elven[view] About Tongues of the GodsThese are the languages, which evolved from Godtongue, believed to have been passed on to the first mortal races by the dual gods.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | q | |||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | [ʒ]1 | h | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ɹ]2 | j | [w]3 | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /u/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||||
| Mid | [ə]2 | [o̞] | ||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]3 | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | eɪ | ɑɪ | ie | ei |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /ɑ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old High Elven. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Old High ElvenOrthography [edit] | |||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/j/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||
