Dunmeris [DUNMR]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dunmeris
Dunmeris is one of two dialect clusters constituting the Eastern branch of the modern Aldmeric languages, the other being Velothi [Ashlander]. Both languages are descended from Ald Chimeris, the original Eastern Aldmeric language spoken by the descendants of the Prophet Veloth's followers who settled in Resdayn [commonly known as Morrowind]. The distinction between Dunmeris and Velothi is that the former group of dialects developed in the urban centers of outer Vvardenfell and mainland Morrowind, while the latter group developed in central Vvardenfell relatively isolated from outside contact.
This survey of Dunmeris will try to remain in part dialect neutral but will ultimately be heavily based on the registers of the south, including the socially 'value-neutral' Veki spoken in Vivec and the surrounding region.
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This survey of Dunmeris will try to remain in part dialect neutral but will ultimately be heavily based on the registers of the south, including the socially 'value-neutral' Veki spoken in Vivec and the surrounding region.
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Language family relationships
Language treeEhlnofeyic
⤷ Ehlnofex
⤷ Ald Ehlnofex (Merish)
⤷ Aldmeris
⤷ Eastern Aldmeri
⤷ Ald Chimeris
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Dunmeris
⤷ Ehlnofex
⤷ Ald Ehlnofex (Merish)
⤷ Aldmeris
⤷ Eastern Aldmeri
⤷ Ald Chimeris
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DunmerisPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p1 | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | s | x | |||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | [j]2 | ||||||||||||
- only as allophone and in loans/archaisms
- allophone of /ɪ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | [e]1 | o | ||||||||
| Mid | ə̝ | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [ɔ]2 | ||||||||
| Open | a | [ä]3 | ɒ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɒɨ | oə | aʉ | eə |
- allophone of /ɛ/
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dunmeris. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| DunmerisOrthography | ||||||||||
| Àà/a/ | Aa/ɒ/ | AH ah[ä] | AU au/aʉ/ | AY ay/ɒɨ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/k/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | EA ea/eə/ | Ff/f/ |
| Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | HL hl/ɬ/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Īī/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, /n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ |
| Oo/o/ | OA oa/oə/ | Pp/p/1 | Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/θ/ | Ūū/u/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/ə̝/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
- only as allophone and in loans/archaisms
