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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. | ||
== 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 == | ||
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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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|n | |n | ||
|Wryth | |Wryth | ||
|- | |||
|sire | |||
|n | |||
|bird | |||
|- | |||
|sirelin | |||
|n | |||
|birdsong | |||
|- | |- | ||
|sirna | |sirna | ||
