Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Common Eldarin > Phoneme

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

Related rules

Origin

  • ce-final-j-w-after-long-vowels
  • Development: Sindarin

  • ce-final-j-w-after-long-vowels
  • s-iu-ju: iu > yː, ju > yː
  • s-medial-j: j > i / C_V
  • s-i-intrusion
  • Development: Quenya

  • 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
  • Development: Common Eldarin

  • ce-final-j-w-after-long-vowels