Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Sindarin

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Phonetics

Consonants

bilabiallabiodentaldentalalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopb, pd, tg, c /k/
fricativef, vdh /ð/, th /θ/sgh /ɣ/ch /x/h
nasalmnñ /ŋ/
approximantjhw /w̥/, w
trillr, rh /r̥/
laterall, lh /l̥/

Historical Consonants

bilabialalveolarvelar
stop
fricativeɸ, β

Vowels

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closei, í /iː/, y, ý /yː/u, ú /uː/
close-mide, é /eː/o, ó /oː/
opena, á /aː/

Historical Vowels

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openǭ

Diphthongs: ai, ei, ui, au, oe, ae

Stress rule: q-stress

Orthography rule: s-orthography

Grammar

Parts of speech

Noun (N), Proper noun (NP), Adjective (ADJ), Pronoun (PRON), Preposition (PREP), Verb (V), Conjunction (CONJ)

Grammatical categories

Word classes