Ariven

Ariven is the ancestral language of the 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.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n	/ng/ (ŋ)
Stop	p, b		t, d	k, g
Fricative	f, v	th (θ)	s		h
Tap/Flap			/r/ (ɾ)
Semivowel	w
Liquid			l

Note: ng occurs only between n and g or n and k.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Note: Ariven features front/back vowel harmony, with a being considered neutral.

Phonotactics

Ariven has a generally (C)V(r/l/n/s/th) structure.

Grammar

SOV word order

(TODO)

Example

Mer-r-in	rith-il	tecitar-en	cirte	sormun-ar-un.
Person-PL-DEF	Wryth-GEN	writing-OBJ	first	invent-PL-PST
The people of Wryth		were the first to invent writing.

Vocabulary

Word	POS	Definition
arna	n	fire
cilpe	n	seed
delgar	n	land / earth / world / platform
delga	v	to hold up / support / lift
ilne	n	water
minta	n	tree
milna	v	to grow
mer	n	person
pelar	n	letter / symbol / rune
pela	v	to mark
rith	n	Wryth
sirna	n	leaf
sormun	v	to invent or conjure (cognate with summon)
sormunar	n	invention / conjuration
tecita	v	to write
tecitar	n	writing