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Darkelfish Languages

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Áda-ído-ódada (or Áda-údo-óídada)
Elfish Proto-Agrarian-Montane (early Proto-Darkelfish dialect)
Open, afformative, suffixing, SVO

Transliteration 1: qika-qiki-qupepa-qotata qeta-qoqato-qoqakokita qita-qoqita-qite qote-qupepa-qota-qatoki

Transliteration 2: qiga-qigi-qubeba-qodada qeda-qoqado-qoqagogida qida-qoqida-qide qode-qubeba-qoda-qadogi

Pronunciation: // i.gă / i.kĭ / u.pĕ.bă / o.ɾă.ɾă // e.dă / o.a.dŏ / o.a.gŏ.kĭ.dă // i.dă / o.i.dă / i.tĕ // o.tĕ / u.pĕ.bă / o.dă / a.dŏ.kĭ //

Transcription: íga-íki-úpeba-ódada éda-óádo-óágokida ída-óída-íte óte-úpeba-óda-ádoki

Gloss: nothing-big-ness-subject exist-verb-past-evidental things-object-all-of cause-big-object-gerund-before

Translation: A great nothingness it seems existed in the days before the great cause of all things.





Darkelfish Agrarian-Montane
+ Sylvan-Agrarian Further Lenition

This change occured in the Agrarian-Montane languages and created the Sylvan-Agrarian branch of the Palaeoboreanic language family.



b > m /_[a]
p > b /_[e]
p > ɸ /_[y]
b > β /_[u]
b > w /_[o]

d > n /_[a]
t > d /_[e]
t > s /_[y]
n > z /_[u]
n > ɹ /_[o]
ɾ > ɾ /_[vowel]_[same vowel]

g > ŋ /_[a]
k > g /_[e]
k > x /_[y]
g > ɣ /_[u]
g > ʎ /_[o]




Ána-íro-órara (or Ána-úro-óírara)
Elfish Proto-Sylvan-Agrarian (early Proto-Darkelfish dialect)
Open, afformative, suffixing, SVO

Transliteration 1: qika-qiki-qupepa-qotata qeta-qoqato-qoqakokita qita-qoqita-qite qote-qupepa-qota-qatoki

Transliteration 2: qiga-qigi-qubeba-qodada qeda-qoqado-qoqagogida qida-qoqida-qide qode-qubeba-qoda-qadogi

Pronunciation: // i.ŋă / i.kĭ / u.bĕ.mă / o.ɾă.ɾă // e.nă / o.a.ɹŏ / o.a.ʎŏ.kĭ.nă // i.nă / o.i.nă / i.dĕ // o.dĕ / u.bĕ.mă / o.dă / a.ɹŏ.kĭ //

Transcription: íŋa-íki-úbema-órara éna-óáro-óájokina ína-óína-íde óde-úbema-óna-ároki

Gloss: nothing-big-ness-subject exist-verb-past-evidental things-object-all-of cause-big-object-gerund-before

Translation: A great nothingness it seems existed in the days before the great cause of all things.





Darkelfish Sylvan-Agrarian
+ Sylvanic Consonantal Vowel Deletion

This change occured in the Sylvan-Agrarian languages and created the Sylvanic branch of the Palaeoboreanic language family.





An-ir-ol
Formerly-open, afformative, suffixing, SVO
Early Proto-Darkelfish (a Proto-Sylvanic Dialect)

Transliteration 1: iŋ-ik-ubm-orr en-oar-oajkn in-oin-id en-od-ubm-on-ark

Pronunciation: // iŋ / ik / ubm / ol // en / o.aɹ / o.aʎk.n // in / o.in / id // od / ub.m / on / ark //

Transcription: ing-ik-ubm-ol en-oar-oaykn in-oin-id od-ubm-on-ark

Gloss: nothing-big-ness-subject exist-verb-past-evidental things-object-all-of cause-big-object-gerund-before

Translation: A great nothingness it seems existed in the days before the great cause of all things.





Anirol
Formerly-open, afformative, suffixing, SVO
Late Proto-Darkelfish (a Proto-Sylvanic Dialect)

Transliteration 1: iŋikubmorr enoaroajkn inoinid enodubmonark

Pronunciation: // iŋ.ik.ub.mol // en.o.aɹ.o.aʎk.n // in.o.in.id // od.ub.mon.ark //

Transcription: ingikubmol enoaroaykn inoinid odubmonark

Gloss: nothing-big-ness-subject exist-verb-past-evidental things-object-all-of cause-big-object-gerund-before

Translation: A great nothingness it seems existed in the days before the great cause of all things.






Anirol
Formerly-open, afformative, suffixing, SVO
Old Darkelfish (a Sylvanic language)

Transliteration 1: iŋikumborr enoaroankj inoinid enodumbonakr

Pronunciation: // iŋ.ik.um.bol // en.o.aɹ.o.an.kʎ // in.o.in.id // od.um.bon.akṛ //

Transcription: ingikumbol enoaroaykn inoinid odumbonakr

Gloss: nothing-big-ness-subject exist-verb-past-evidental things-object-all-of cause-big-object-gerund-before

Translation: A great nothingness it seems existed in the days before the great cause of all things.







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