Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Common Eldarin > Phoneme

Graphemes: w
Classes: voiced velar approximant consonant
Implicit classes: C
Features +voice dorsal sonorant

Related rules

Development: Sindarin

  • s-initial-s-unvoicing: sr > r̥ / #_, sl > l̥ / #_, sw > w̥ / #_
  • s-nm-ngm: m > w / [nasal, -labial]_
  • s-final-w: v > w / {i|ae|oe}_#
  • Development: Quenya

  • q-initial-s-unvoicing: sr > r̥ / #_, sl > l̥ / #_, sw > w̥ / #_
  • 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-nm: m > w / n_
  • q-semivowel-after-vowel: ij > i, uw > u