Quenya [QUENY]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Quenya
This is my attempt to map the Quenya language by J.R.R Tolkien in CWS in order to learn it effectively.
Sample of Quenya[view] Nanye miurandil / Nanye miurandil, apa nattiren nyarro / Nanye miurandil, an te melima / Nanye miurandil, an te melima, etta nampen coanyanna
1. I like cats. / 2. I like cats but I don't like rats. / 3. I like cats because they are cute. / 4. I like cats because they are cute so I brought one home. [view all texts]
1. I like cats. / 2. I like cats but I don't like rats. / 3. I like cats because they are cute. / 4. I like cats because they are cute so I brought one home. [view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n nʷ | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p ᵐp | ᵐb | t tʷ ⁿt | ⁿd | c | k kʷ ᵑkʷ ᵑk | ᵑgʷ ᵑg | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | [θ]1 | s sʷ s: | ç | x xʷ | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʷ | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r rʷ rʲ r̥ | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | rd | ld |
- allophone of /s/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e: | o: | ||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]1 | ɔ2 | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
- /ɛ ~ e/
- /ɔ ~ o/
Stress informationdisyllabic: first syllable
more than 2: penultimate if long
more than 2: third from last syllable if the penultimate syllable is short.
long syllables contain either a long vowel, a diphotongue or a consonant cluster
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-30508289.html
more than 2: penultimate if long
more than 2: third from last syllable if the penultimate syllable is short.
long syllables contain either a long vowel, a diphotongue or a consonant cluster
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-30508289.html
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Quenya. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 QuenyaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| t t /t/ | p p /p/ | c c /k/ | qu qu /kʷ/ | nd nd /ⁿd/ | mb mb /ᵐb/ | ng ng /ᵑg/ | ngw ngw /ᵑgʷ/ | þ þ [θ] | f f /f/ | ch ch /x/ |
| hw hw /xʷ/, /ʍ/ | nt nt /ⁿt/ | mp mp /ᵐp/ | nc nc /ᵑk/ | nqu nqu /ᵑkʷ/ | n n /n/ | m m /m/ | ñ ñ /ŋ/ | nw nw /nʷ/ | v v /v/, /v/ | y y /j/ |
| w w /w/ | r r /r/ | rd rd /rd/ | l l /l/ | ld ld /ld/ | s s /s/ | ss ss /s:/ | h h /h/ | hy hy /ç/ | hr hr /r̥/ | a a /a/ |
| á á /a:/ | e e /ɛ/, [ɛ]1 | é é /e:/ | i i /i/ | í í /i:/ | o o /ɔ/2 | ó ó /o:/ | u u /u/ | ú ú /u:/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- /ɛ ~ e/
- /ɔ ~ o/
Conscript
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Quenya Phonotactics
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07-Jul-21 19:45
