Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Quenya > Phoneme

Graphemes: y
Sound: j
Classes: voiced palatal approximant consonant
Features +voice sonorant

Related rules

Origin

  • ce-final-j-w-after-long-vowels
  • q-j-w-reduced: aj > e / _a, aj > i / _e, aj > e / _o, ej > i / _a, ej > i / _e, ij > i / _a, ij > i / _e, oj > o / _a, aw > o / _[+syllabic,-back], ew > e / _o, ow > u / _o, aw > a / _[+syllabic,+back]
  • q-intervocalic-j-diphtongized
  • q-semivowel-after-vowel: ij > i, uw > u