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'''Elvarri''' (''elvariu'' or ''elvarriu'' [[Help:IPA|[elˈvarju]]]), also called '''Levarian''', is a [[w:Classical language|classical language]] of the Luxelvic family. Elvarri was originally spoken by the Elvars, a tribe of Fairelves native to Elvod, a region at the mouth of the Separ river on the island of Haparod. It then became a dominant language of Haparod through the short-lived empire of Nagripon, who also oversaw the invention of Nagri script. After the death of Nagripon, his empire fractured into the Nagripu city-states, which then spread Elvarri as a dominant [[w:Trade language|trade language]] across the Inner Waters as these city-states developed into seafaring trade empires. It was the most spoken language in Hamanna in the Age of Stone, and has a large influence on most modern languages, especially the various elf languages. It also still has considerable use as a [[w:Sacred language|liturgical language]] of the Sun Temple (''Vasnadom'') and the Great Bay Nation (''Duvargamiod''). | '''Elvarri''' (''elvariu'' or ''elvarriu'' [[Help:IPA|[elˈvarju]]]), also called '''Levarian''', is a [[w:Classical language|classical language]] of the Luxelvic family. Elvarri was originally spoken by the Elvars, a tribe of Fairelves native to Elvod, a region at the mouth of the Separ river on the island of Haparod. It then became a dominant language of Haparod through the short-lived empire of Nagripon, who also oversaw the invention of Nagri script. After the death of Nagripon, his empire fractured into the Nagripu city-states, which then spread Elvarri as a dominant [[w:Trade language|trade language]] across the Inner Waters as these city-states developed into seafaring trade empires. It was the most spoken language in Hamanna in the Age of Stone, and has a large influence on most modern languages, especially the various elf languages. It also still has considerable use as a [[w:Sacred language|liturgical language]] of the Sun Temple (''Vasnadom'') and the Great Bay Nation (''Duvargamiod''). | ||
Similarly to [[w:Latin|Latin]] in the real world, Elvarri did not undergo [[w:Language death|language death]], but rather evolved into regional dialects and then distinct languages, including [[Hoklevar]], [[Hespadrin]], [[Whitereed]], [[Tasparin]], [[Macatranese]], [[Amtarese]], [[Moonhind]] and various isolated Inner Water island languages collectively called [[Insular Levarian]]. However, it remained a significantly used common language long after it was no longer spoken as a native language, due to its large influence on scientific, economic, military, horological and naval vocabulary; this dominance remained till the 12th century, when modern languages largely supplanted its traditional use. | |||
Elvarri is a mostly agglutinative, strictly VSO, adjective-noun and informally [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop]] language with a complex system of [[w:Grammatical|case inflections]], verb inflections, and a twoway [[w:Animacy|animacy]] distinction of animate and inanimate. | Elvarri is a mostly agglutinative, strictly VSO, adjective-noun and informally [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop]] language with a complex system of [[w:Grammatical|case inflections]], verb inflections, and a twoway [[w:Animacy|animacy]] distinction of animate and inanimate. | ||
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{{ipa|/ɛ ɔ/}} become {{ipa|/e o/}} in unstressed syllables. {{ipa|/u/}} was also often dropped between a velar consonant and any other consonant, rendering the latter consonant syllabic, as in ''k'''u'''ruk'' "tailor" [[Help:IPA|[ˈkr̩uk]]]. | |||
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| Elvarri | |
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| elvariu / elvarriu | |
| Pronunciation | [elˈvarju] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2026 |
| Setting | Hamanna |
| Native to | Elvod |
| Ethnicity | Elvars |
Luxelvic
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Early forms | Proto-Luxelvic
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| Nagri | |
Elvarri (elvariu or elvarriu [elˈvarju]), also called Levarian, is a classical language of the Luxelvic family. Elvarri was originally spoken by the Elvars, a tribe of Fairelves native to Elvod, a region at the mouth of the Separ river on the island of Haparod. It then became a dominant language of Haparod through the short-lived empire of Nagripon, who also oversaw the invention of Nagri script. After the death of Nagripon, his empire fractured into the Nagripu city-states, which then spread Elvarri as a dominant trade language across the Inner Waters as these city-states developed into seafaring trade empires. It was the most spoken language in Hamanna in the Age of Stone, and has a large influence on most modern languages, especially the various elf languages. It also still has considerable use as a liturgical language of the Sun Temple (Vasnadom) and the Great Bay Nation (Duvargamiod).
Similarly to Latin in the real world, Elvarri did not undergo language death, but rather evolved into regional dialects and then distinct languages, including Hoklevar, Hespadrin, Whitereed, Tasparin, Macatranese, Amtarese, Moonhind and various isolated Inner Water island languages collectively called Insular Levarian. However, it remained a significantly used common language long after it was no longer spoken as a native language, due to its large influence on scientific, economic, military, horological and naval vocabulary; this dominance remained till the 12th century, when modern languages largely supplanted its traditional use.
Elvarri is a mostly agglutinative, strictly VSO, adjective-noun and informally pro-drop language with a complex system of case inflections, verb inflections, and a twoway animacy distinction of animate and inanimate.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
| Stop | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʂ | x | (ɣ) | h | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ɽ | ||||||||||
| Liquid | l | ɭ | ||||||||||
| Semivowel | j | w | ||||||||||
The retroflex consonants (/ɳ ʂ ɽ ɭ/) were originally marked with an underdot as ⟨ṇ ṣ ṛ ḷ⟩. However, these were rarely used, and by the Age of Stone most inscriptions did not mark the retroflexes at all, save for /ɽ/, which was often written ⟨r⟩ while trill /r/ was written ⟨rr⟩.
Various consonants were also prone to mutation after /r/, a process called hurdaski ([xr̩ˈðaski] "r-changing") or hurhassi ([xr̩ˈxaʂi] "r-morphing"):
| Process | Resultant phoneme |
Examples |
|---|---|---|
| /r/ + /g/ | /ɣ/ | arga "also" meiurge "garbage, trash" |
| /r/ + /k/ | /x/ | urkamo "to split, to cut" murkambet "aqueduct" |
| /r/ + /t/ | /ʔ/ > /∅/ | gort "container" ennart "inserting" |
| /θ/ or /ts/ | ennarto "to insert" vertuk "healer" | |
| /r/ + /d/ | /ð/ or /dz/ | tordaski "helm-changing; (figuratively) a boring but necessary task" murdo "to water" |
| /r/ + /f/ | /h/ | farfa "flatbread" ollerfa "onlooker" |
| /r/ + /z/ | /s/ > /ʂ/ | irzevet "period between winter and spring" asmurzu "religious offering" |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
/ɛ ɔ/ become /e o/ in unstressed syllables. /u/ was also often dropped between a velar consonant and any other consonant, rendering the latter consonant syllabic, as in kuruk "tailor" [ˈkr̩uk].