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- // syllable nuclei: vowels (any length) and diphthongs
- .L01 i e a o u í é á ó ú î ê â ô û ui oi ai iu eu au
- // front vowels (finally): after these, ht is [çt]
- .L02 i e í é î ê ui oi ai
- // back vowels (finally): after these, ht is [xt]
- .L03 a o u á ó ú â ô û iu eu au
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- .replace
- // turn x into cs, both because that’s how it’s pronounced
- // and to free up x as a single letter for ch (see immediately below)
- x cs
- // turn ch, dh, th into single consonants for stress purposes
- ch x
- dh ð
- th þ
- // turn k into c: both letters are equivalent in Tolkien’s languages,
- // with c usually reserved for Eldarin languages and k for others
- k c
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- .group a
- a a
- ai (+ aI
- au (+ aU
- // light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
- a (L01X =a
- a (CL01X =a
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- .group á
- á a:
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- .group â
- â a::
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- .group b
- b b
- bb b:
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- .group c
- c k
- cc k:
- // recall that ch was replaced with x earlier
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- .group x
- x X
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- .group d
- d d
- db d:
- // recall that dh was replaced with ð earlier
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- .group ð
- ð D
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- .group e
- e E
- eu (+ EU
- // light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
- e (L01X =E
- e (CL01X =E
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- .group é
- é e:
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- .group ê
- ê e::
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- .group f
- f f
- f (_ v
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- .group g
- g g
- gg g:
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- .group h
- h h
- L02) ht Ct
- L03) ht xt
- hl l#
- hr hR
- hw w#
- hy C
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- .group i
- i I
- iu (+ iu
- // light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
- i (L01X =I
- i (CL01X =I
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- .group í
- í i:
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- .group î
- î i::
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- // j does not occur in Quenya
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- // recall that k was replaced with c earlier
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- .group l
- l l
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- .group m
- m m
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- .group n
- n n
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- .group ng
- ng Ng
- ng (_ N
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- .group o
- o O
- oi (+ OI
- // light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
- o (L01X =O
- o (CL01X =O
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- .group ó
- ó o:
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- .group ô
- ô o::
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- .group p
- p p
- pp p:
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- .group ph
- ph f
- A) ph (A f:
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- .group q
- q kw // (immature) Qenya
- qu kw
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- .group r
- r R
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- .group s
- s s
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- .group t
- t t
- tt t:
- // recall that th was replaced with þ earlier
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- .group þ
- þ T
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- .group ty
- ty tj
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- .group u
- u u
- ui (+ uI
- // light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
- u (L01X =u
- u (CL01X =u
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- .group ú
- ú u:
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- .group û
- û u::
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- .group v
- v v
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- .group w
- w w
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- // recall that x was replaced with cs earlier
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- .group y
- y j
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- // z does not occur in Quenya
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