Classical Dwarven [DVG]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Classical Dwarven
Dwarven (dfergnil) in the language of the northern dwarves, they are a people adapted to living in the cold. Once a war loving people, they isoladed themselves to develope technology and are thus far more advanced than the other cultures.
I took inspiration from Old Norse and German when making this language; I have over 300 words made, and all the grammar rules I can think up, just need to post them here.
I WANT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
I took inspiration from Old Norse and German when making this language; I have over 300 words made, and all the grammar rules I can think up, just need to post them here.
I WANT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
Sound samples in Classical Dwarven
Some sound samples of Classical Dwarven. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
ig dfergnil nailas
I speak English
I speak English
Language family relationships
Language treeDeep Elven
⤷ Proto-Dwarven
⤷ Paleo-Dwarven
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Classical Dwarven
⤷ Proto-Dwarven
⤷ Paleo-Dwarven
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Classical Dwarven[view] About Deep ElvenThe language family of Dwarven languages, truly encompasses only one language.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | o | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Classical Dwarven. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Classical DwarvenOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/p/, /b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/v/, /f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, /ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/z/, /s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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