Changes: Elven Language

Latest revision as of 21:52, 22 September 2015

The Elven Language (known as Lan'ven in the tongue) is a language still used today; while imported from Halwes due to The Exodus, it found widespread use during the time of Jaher's Phoenix Empire and has since spread throughout Halcann. The language is generally described as soft-spoken, musical and pleasant to the ear.

Grammar & Linguistics[]

The Elven Language features common usage of portmanteau and compounds in our case the elven language uses apostrophes (') to combine words and phrases, as well as cutting words into shorter versions (often to previous half of the word, eg Dasar becomes Das).

Apostrophe combination example:

Second = Seta

Golden = Sur

Age = Galaan

Golden Age = Surgalaan

Second Golden Age = Seta'surgalaan

Shortening combination example:

Sky/High = Aesa

Paradise = Dasar

Shortened form of Dasar = Das

Sky Paradise = Aesadas

Apostrophe and shortening combination example:

Language (of) = Lanwen

Shortened form of Lanwen = Lan

Shortened form of Venaan = Ven

Language of the Elves/Elven Language = Lan'ven

Death: det

Orda: order (of the)

Lanwen: language

Iande: place/land

Hal

Cann

Sil(Person): Of(person), for example of Munas = Silmuna

sil (place): of (place)

ta (ship): of (ship)

El: son(s) of, eg: elven (son(s) of Venaan)

Toponyms[]

Many places, especially in Southern Halcann, have names steeped in elven toponymy.

Common	Moon Elven Dialect	Bulwari/Sun Elf Dialect	Wood Elven Dialect
land/place	-iande	-eyand	-iwand
paradise	-dasar	-dasar	-gwasar
forest	-var	-bahar	-var
tower/fort/keep	-thil	-dhyl	-gwyl
city	-aire	-eheyr	-gaire
mountain	-lai	-laay	-laeg
port/by the coast	-ie	-yi	-ie
land	hal-	ha'al-	hael-
center/heart	-cann	-ksann	-ca'auwn
west/home	-wes	-wes	-wes
east/foreign/strange	-ess	-eys	-eas
south	-set	-seyat	-seit
north	-gea	-gya	-gwyan
sky/high	aesa-	aysa-	aegsa-

Prefix[]

Hal: land

Suffix[]

iande: land/place (Ueniande)

das/ar: paradise (Aesadas)

var: forest (Syranvar) (Chronicler's Note: This links to the word paradise, often being used interchangeably -J)

thil: tower/fort/keep (Harathil)

aire: city (Dalaire)

lai: mountain (Affelai)

ie: port/by the coast (Tacenie)

Cann: center/heart

Wes: west/home

Ess: east/foreign/strange

Aesa: sky/high

List of words[]

Common	Moon Elven Dialect	Bulwari/Sun Elf Dialect	Wood Elven Dialect
air	aes	aeys	aes
animal
answer
apple	-iande	-eyand	-iwand
appear
area	-dasar	-dasar	-gwasar

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 == Toponyms ==
 Many places, especially in Southern Halcann, have names steeped in elven toponymy.
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
+|-
+! scope="row"|Common
+! scope="row"|Moon Elven Dialect
+! style="text-align: center;"|Bulwari/Sun Elf Dialect
+! style="text-align: center;"|Wood Elven Dialect
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|land/place
+| style="text-align: center;"| -iande
+| style="text-align: center;"| -eyand
+| style="text-align: center;"| -iwand
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|paradise
+| style="text-align: center;"| -dasar
+| style="text-align: center;"| -dasar
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gwasar
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|forest
+| style="text-align: center;"| -var
+| style="text-align: center;"| -bahar
+| style="text-align: center;"| -var
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|tower/fort/keep
+| style="text-align: center;"| -thil
+| style="text-align: center;"| -dhyl
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gwyl
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|city
+| style="text-align: center;"| -aire
+| style="text-align: center;"| -eheyr
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gaire
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|mountain
+| style="text-align: center;"| -lai
+| style="text-align: center;"| -laay
+| style="text-align: center;"| -laeg
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|port/by the coast
+| style="text-align: center;"| -ie
+| style="text-align: center;"| -yi
+| style="text-align: center;"| -ie
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|land
+| style="text-align: center;"|hal-
+| style="text-align: center;"|ha'al-
+| style="text-align: center;"|hael-
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|center/heart
+| style="text-align: center;"| -cann
+| style="text-align: center;"| -ksann
+| style="text-align: center;"| -ca'auwn
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|west/home
+| style="text-align: center;"| -wes
+| style="text-align: center;"| -wes
+| style="text-align: center;"| -wes
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|east/foreign/strange
+| style="text-align: center;"| -ess
+| style="text-align: center;"| -eys
+| style="text-align: center;"| -eas
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|south
+| style="text-align: center;"| -set
+| style="text-align: center;"| -seyat
+| style="text-align: center;"| -seit
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|north
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gea
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gya
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gwyan
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|sky/high
+| style="text-align: center;"|aesa-
+| style="text-align: center;"|aysa-
+| style="text-align: center;"|aegsa-
+|}
 === Prefix ===
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 === Suffix ===
-iande: land/place
+iande: land/place (Ueniande)
-das/ar: paradise
+das/ar: paradise (Aesadas)
+var: forest (Syranvar) ''(Chronicler's Note: This links to the word paradise, often being used interchangeably -J)''
-thil: tower/fort/keep
+thil: tower/fort/keep (Harathil)
-aire: city
+aire: city (Dalaire)
-lai: mountain
+lai: mountain (Affelai)
-ie: port/by the coast
+ie: port/by the coast (Tacenie)
 Cann: center/heart
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 Wes: west/home
-Ess:  east/foreign/strange
+Ess: east/foreign/strange
 Aesa: sky/high
+==List of words==
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
+|-
+! scope="row"|Common
+! scope="row"|Moon Elven Dialect
+! style="text-align: center;"|Bulwari/Sun Elf Dialect
+! style="text-align: center;"|Wood Elven Dialect
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|air
+| style="text-align: center;"| aes
+| style="text-align: center;"| aeys
+| style="text-align: center;"| aes
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|animal
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|answer
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|apple
+| style="text-align: center;"| -iande
+| style="text-align: center;"| -eyand
+| style="text-align: center;"| -iwand
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|appear
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;"|
+area
+| style="text-align: center;"| -dasar
+| style="text-align: center;"| -dasar
+| style="text-align: center;"| -gwasar
+|-
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