![]() ![]() Replaces letters that interfere with pronunciation, as in barzûl (curse), qarzûl (cursed). Q-makes words past tense, as in etzil (stop), qetzil (stopped). Men-acts as un or im, as in undying, immortal: otho (faith), menotho (unfaithful or faithless). It makes a word the most, as in alfrell (kind), enalfrell (kindest), or arûna (to bless), enarûna (to bless the most). Zh-as in vision, azure Accent Marks: Acute: Ĭar-turns verbs and nouns into agents of action, as in dorzada (love), cardorzada (lover), or vlorss (to arrange), carvlorss (one who arranges).Įn-is a superlative. Th-as in thank, thin, except when th is the result of two joined words, as in grimsthadn (GRYMST-hahd-en) This distinction is easy to observe when using the Hruthmundvik or the Thrangvik, as dwarves possess a separate character for th. Thus Thrangvik is THRAN-gh-vik, not THRANG-vik, and Himinglada is him-ing-GLAH-duh, not him-in-GLAH-duh Ng-is two separate sounds, as in fun game, except when used in the formation ing. One simply has to learn by experience which words take which sound. In general, it is voiced as in zigzag-and always when used to indicate possession-but it is also occasionally voiced as in vision or azure, usually when paired with a “round” vowel, such as a or o, or when paired with h in the zh construct. Z-has an inconsistent pronunciation at best. J-as in job, gem when in the middle of words ![]() J-as in young, yam when at the beginning of words Never used as a consonant, with the exception of words borrowed from Elvish, such as vanyali, which actually means elf. O-as in bone, know when at the beginning of multi-syllable words, at the end of words, and when the second to last letter in a word and followed by an s O-as in saw, gnaw when in the middle of words or at the beginning of a one-syllable word I-as in beet, fleet when at the end of words The one notable exception is grimst (GRYMST), which either entered the dwarves’ lexicon from a dialect that transcribed vowels in a non-standard way, or perhaps the dwarves simply forgot to add the appropriate accent mark to the rune i when they eliminated the seven unique runes previously used to write the alternate sounds of their vowels. I-as in bit, glimmer when at the beginning and in the middle of words. A-as in cot, bother when at the beginning or in the middle of words, unless a is modified by an acute accent mark.Ī-as in mat, map when following r, or preceding m or n, unless a is at the end of a word or modified by a circumflexĪ-as in nut, humdrum when at the end of words ![]()
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