Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Sindarin > Phoneme

Graphemes: i, ï
Classes: short close front unrounded vowel
Implicit classes: vocalic V
Features -long +high -low -back -round +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

  • ce-final-i: i > e / _#, u > o / _#
  • s-vocalize-voiceless-stop: b > u / V_[+voice,-sonorant,-continuant], g > i / V_[+voice,-sonorant,-continuant]
  • s-kh-f-vocalized: x > i / V_θ, ɸ > u / V_θ
  • s-iu-ju: iu > yː, ju > yː
  • s-medial-j: j > i / C_V
  • s-i-intrusion: Ci > iC / V_#
  • s-gh-vocalized: ɣ > i / V_[+sonorant]
  • s-ai-oi: i > e / {a|o}_
    • Generated by yole/etymograph on Fri Jan 16 2026