Eldoraín

A recent iteration of the Eldoraí language, very few changes have occurred in the three thousand or so years since its initial creation. The melodic and spiritual sense of the spoken language is contrasted by its sharp and angular script which was likely a result of the text being carved into sheets of hardened bark used in writing their history. Though the script has become much cleaner with time, it still holds to the same angular style.

Changes from Archaic Elvish

 * 1) The trilled rolling r̥ sound (Rh) [ ĕ ] becomes the approximant r (r/R) [ R / r ].
 * 2) The fricative ɬ sound (Ll) [ Ă ] becomes the approximant l (l/L) [ L / l ].
 * 3) The diphthong ɔu (Ou) [ ũ ], when used after an approximant sound, becomes the diphthong au (Au) [ Ź ].
 * 4) The second vowel sound, when word-internal and unstressed, is removed.
 * 5) The vowel ɪ (I/i) [ I / i ], when preceded by the approximant r sound (R/r) [ R / r ], becomes the diphthong ai (Aí) [ Ŵ ].
 * 6) The vowel ɛ (E/e) [ E / e ], when followed by the approximant r sound (R/r) [ R / r ], becomes oː (Aw) [ Ń ].
 * 7) The character h (H/h) [ H / h ] is dropped when between two vowels.
 * 8) The diphthong ai (Aí) [ Ŵ ], when following a stop, changes how it is written to y (Y/y) [ Y / y ] but keeps the sound.
 * 9) The vowel oː (Aw) [ Ń ], when followed by the approximant r (r/R) [ R / r ], changes how it is written to o (O/o) [ O / o ] but keeps the sound.

Consonants

 * 1) Written as ⟨ch⟩
 * 2) Written as ⟨j⟩
 * 3) Written as ⟨fh⟩
 * 4) Written as ⟨th⟩
 * 5) Written as ⟨sh⟩
 * 6) Written as ⟨zh⟩
 * 7) Written as ⟨kh⟩
 * 8) Written as ⟨y⟩
 * 9) Written as ⟨wh⟩
 * 10) Written as ⟨ng⟩

Vowels

 * 1) Written as ⟨ee⟩
 * 2) Written as ⟨u⟩
 * 3) Written as ⟨i⟩
 * 4) Written as ⟨uh⟩
 * 5) Written as ⟨é⟩
 * 6) Written as ⟨aw⟩
 * 7) Written as ⟨er⟩
 * 8) Written as ⟨e⟩
 * 9) Written as ⟨o⟩
 * 10) Written as ⟨a⟩
 * 11) Written as ⟨ar⟩

Diphthongs

 * 1) Written as ⟨ui⟩
 * 2) Written as ⟨iu⟩
 * 3) Written as ⟨ei⟩
 * 4) Written as ⟨ou⟩
 * 5) Written as ⟨aí⟩/(y)

Basic Word Order
Verb  > Subject > Object (VSO)

Example:

Noun-like Adjectives
Noun > Adjective

Example: Verb > Adjective > Subject  > Adjective > Object

Example:

Noun-like Prepositions
Preposition > Noun > Adjective

Possession
Possessee > Possessor

Word Order Pattern
Head Initial

Tenses
Auxiliary > Verb

Compound Words
Noun > Adjective