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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 ==
|n
|n
|seed
|seed
|-
|cirile
|n
|spark
|-
|-
|delgar
|delgar
|n
|n
|water
|water
|-
|lin
|n
|song
|-
|-
|minta
|minta
|n
|n
|Wryth
|Wryth
|-
|sire
|n
|bird
|-
|sirelin
|n
|birdsong
|-
|-
|sirna
|sirna
