Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Sindarin > Phoneme

Graphemes: e, ë
Classes: short close-mid front unrounded vowel
Implicit classes: vocalic
Features -long -high -low -back -round +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

  • ce-final-i: i > e / _#, u > o / _#
  • s-initial-s: s > es / #_[-sonorant,-continuant,-voice]
  • s-a-affection: 'i' > 'e' in second to last syllable, 'u' > 'o' in second to last syllable
  • s-ai-oi: i > e / {a|o}_
  • s-ei-final-syllable: e > a / _iC0#
  • s-au-ae: au > o, ae > e