Lexicon:Elle'lyndë/Tretalleri

This page serves as the Grammar and Syntax guide for the Tretalleri dialect of the Elfin tongue Elle'lyndë. It is closely related to the High Elfin dialect—Elledyn'ni.

Dominion Era Tretallë
Bone Elves
Istfet, The Strangers, Invaders, Deathriders
Imperial Standard of the Tretalleri Dominion
Land of Origin
Continent of Origin	Termalttë
Homeland	Teýrivellë
Capital	Ifatallë Cselvë
Racial Lore
Language	Tretalleri
Characteristics	Tretallë (Characteristics)
Culture	Tretallë (Culture)
History	Dominion Era
Government	Tretallë (Government)
Military	Tretallë (Military)
Stats	Tretallë (Stats)
Racial Relations
Allies	None
Enemies	Elledynnë
Neutrals	None

Alphabet

One of the most important things to note about the alphabet of the Tretalleri dialect, and that of Elle'lyndë in general, is that vowels do not and cannot exist as separate letters. They are used in ligatures with consonants—and only specific ones at that. It is also worth knowing that the vowel y in Elle'lyndë is generally absent in Tretalleri. It is only used in words that have more or less remained identical over the evolution of the dialect from the parent tongue of Elle'lyndë.

Note that the leftmost column lists the consonants while the rest of the table lists the consonant-vowel ligatures that are present in the language.

Consonant	a	e/y	i	o	u
b	ba	be/by		bo
c	ca	ce	ci		cu
d	da	de		do	du
f	fa	fe/fy			fu
g	ga		gi		gu
h	ha			oh	hu
j	ja	je		jo
k	ka	ke/ky	ki	ko
l	la	el/le/ly	li	lu	lo
m	ma		mi	mo
n	na	ne/ny
p	pa	pe	pi		pu
q	qa		qi		qu
r	ra	er/re/ry	ir/ri		ur
s	sa	se/sy	si
t	ta	te/ty	ti	to
v	av	ve/vy	vi		vo
w		wy	wi
x	xa
ý		eý
z	za		zi	zo

Terminal ë

There is only one vowel in Tretalleri and Elle'lyndë that can exist separately from other characters. This is the terminating vowel ë. Unless otherwise prescribed, a compound word in the Elfin tongue cannot end in a consonant. This is remedied by using the special character, latinized as ë to terminate the word except in the cases where the word is terminated by a consonant-vowel ligature.

Lexicon

Nouns

T
Word	Pronunciation	Definition	Usage
Tallë	/tæl.lɛ/	Bone	D'Tallë Jommë(lit. The Day of Bones)