Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Common Eldarin > Phoneme

Graphemes: u, ü
Classes: short close back rounded vowel
Implicit classes: vocalic
Features -long +high -low +back +round +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

  • ce-final-i: i > e / _#, u > o / _#
  • Development: Sindarin

  • ce-final-i: i > e / _#, u > o / _#
  • s-vocalize-voiceless-stop: b > u / V_[+voice,-sonorant,-continuant], g > i / V_[+voice,-sonorant,-continuant]
  • s-long-a: aː > ǭ, au > ǭ
  • s-a-affection: 'i' > 'e' in second to last syllable, 'u' > 'o' in second to last syllable
  • s-kh-f-vocalized: x > i / V_θ, ɸ > u / V_θ
  • s-iu-ju: iu > yː, ju > yː
  • s-short-u: 'u' > 'o'
  • s-o-au: ǭ > au
  • s-au-ae: au > o, ae > e
  • Development: Quenya

  • ce-final-i: i > e / _#, u > o / _#
  • q-syncope
  • 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-semivowel-after-vowel: ij > i, uw > u
  • Development: Common Eldarin

  • ce-final-i: i > e / _#, u > o / _#