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'''Ariven''' is the ancestral language of the [[Elves#Light Elves|Light Elves]]. Once spoken primarily in the glittering cities of the [[Elvari Union]], Ariven is now spoken almost exclusively among the Light Elven diaspora within the [[Araxian Empire]] and beyond.
'''Ariven''' is the ancestral language of the [[Elves#Light Elves|Light Elves]]. Once spoken primarily in the glittering cities of the [[Elvari Union]], Ariven is now spoken almost exclusively among the Light Elven diaspora within the [[Araxian Empire]] and beyond.
{{Note|Any similarities between Ariven and certain other Elvish languages are purely coincidental and not at all the result of my being an unoriginal dingus.}}
== Names ==
Ariven names interact with the language's phonotactics as well as the unique nature of [[Elves#Light Elf Gender|Light Elf gender]]. Some example names are given below to provide an overall feel for what these names are like.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Dawn Names
! colspan="2" |Daylight Names
! colspan="2" |Dusk Names
! colspan="2" |Midnight Names
|-
!Name
!Meaning
!Name
!Meaning
!Name
!Meaning
!Name
!Meaning
|-
|Elinel
|dewdrop
|Arnas
|fire
|Fanalor
|autumn
|Aradun
|hero
|-
|Sirelin
|birdsong
|Darinar
|blaze
|Uranon
|harvest
|Marus
|dream
|-
|Terine
|morning
|Carana
|grassland
|Nolunor
|wisdom
|Unarun
|wish
|-
|Cirile
|spark
|Aria
|light
|Vanuros
|silence
|Umun
|memory
|-
|Cilpe
|seed
|Cintalna
|summer
|Sulano
|evening
|Orunur
|patience
|}


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==


=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!
!
!Labial
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolar
!Velar
!Velar
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!Nasal
!Nasal
|m
|m
|
|n
|n
|/ng/ (ŋ)
|/ng/ (ŋ)
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!Stop
!Stop
|p, b
|p, b
|
|t, d
|t, d
|k, g
|k, g
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!Fricative
!Fricative
|f, v
|f, v
|th (θ)
|s
|s
|
|
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|-
|-
!Tap/Flap
!Tap/Flap
|
|
|
|/r/ (ɾ)
|/r/ (ɾ)
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!Semivowel
!Semivowel
|w
|w
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
|-
!Liquid
!Liquid
|
|
|
|l
|l
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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!
!
!Front
!Front
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== Example ==
== Example ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="5" |''Merrin risil tecitaren cirte sormunarun.''
|-
|Mer-r-in
|Mer-r-in
|rith-il
|risil
|tecitar-en
|tecitar-en
|cirte
|cirte
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|invent-PL-PST
|invent-PL-PST
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |The people of Wryth
| colspan="5" |The people of Wryth were the first to invent writing.
| colspan="3" |were the first to invent writing.
|}
|}


== Vocabulary ==
== Lexicon ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Word
!Word
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|n
|n
|seed
|seed
|-
|cirile
|n
|spark
|-
|-
|delgar
|delgar
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|n
|n
|water
|water
|-
|lin
|n
|song
|-
|-
|minta
|minta
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|to mark
|to mark
|-
|-
|rith
|ris
|n
|n
|Wryth
|Wryth
|-
|sire
|n
|bird
|-
|sirelin
|n
|birdsong
|-
|-
|sirna
|sirna
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