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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: Blanked the page&lt;/p&gt;
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		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-23T06:50:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Nouns */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Nominative&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by verbs. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long (this table does not indicate pitch accent):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 8 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Morphology==&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in the introduction, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which primarily makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;suffixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, although &#039;&#039;&#039;circumfixes&#039;&#039;&#039; are also used, especially for valency operations and derivation. The language makes a clear distinction between &#039;&#039;&#039;transitive, intransitive and ditransitive verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, with verbs having different forms depending on the number of objects the verb takes in-context. Furthermore, Silvinian makes a difference between &#039;&#039;&#039;roots and affixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, with a system of &#039;&#039;&#039;root-bound accent&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Nouns===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has &#039;&#039;&#039;3 genders&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;animate, inanimate and abstract&#039;&#039;&#039;), although none of them actually influence the &#039;&#039;&#039;declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039; (some differences may however appear, but there are no major differences). Nouns have a rich morphology, inflecting for &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;3 numbers&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also take multiple &#039;&#039;&#039;possession markers&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
====Inflection====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Cases=====&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian nouns can inflect for one of &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039;, each of them having a different role.&lt;br /&gt;
======Nominative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;nominative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is the &#039;&#039;&#039;base, unmarked case&#039;&#039;&#039; of any Silvinian noun. This case marks the &#039;&#039;&#039;subject of most verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as the &#039;&#039;&#039;predicate of copular constructions&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Accusative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;accusative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark count nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, although it can also be used for mass nouns.&lt;br /&gt;
======Partitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;partitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to express &#039;&#039;&#039;partialness&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also be used to mark mass nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, though the accusative can sometimes be used for that.&lt;br /&gt;
======Genitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;genitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; marks &#039;&#039;&#039;possessors&#039;&#039;&#039; of nouns. It can also be used with nominatives and accusatives to form non-verbal &#039;&#039;&#039;subjective and objective genitives&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Dative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;dative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark the &#039;&#039;&#039;indirect object&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as in &#039;&#039;&#039;dative constructions for verbs of feeling&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Adpositional======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;adpositional&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;compound case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark objects of adpositions, and is as well used for compounding .&lt;br /&gt;
======Essive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;essive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is a &#039;&#039;&#039;multiuse case&#039;&#039;&#039;. It can be used to mark:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;States of being&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Comparisons&#039;&#039;&#039; (with the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ái&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Temporality&#039;&#039;&#039; (with nouns related to time)&lt;br /&gt;
======Abessive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;abessive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark &#039;&#039;&#039;a lack of an object&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;an absence&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
=====Numbers=====&lt;br /&gt;
Noun numbers in Silvinian are highly &#039;&#039;&#039;dependant on the countability&#039;&#039;&#039; of said noun. For instance, the numbers a count noun can inflect for are different from the ones a mass noun can inflect for:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center; width:28%&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | &lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% |  Count noun&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% |  Mass noun&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% |  Collective noun&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Singulative&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;color:#009901;&amp;quot; | Can inflect&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Duative/Dual&lt;br /&gt;
| style=&amp;quot;color:#009901;&amp;quot; | Can inflect&lt;br /&gt;
| style=&amp;quot;color:#680100;&amp;quot; | Can not inflect&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plurative&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;color:#009901;&amp;quot; | Can inflect&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Collective&lt;br /&gt;
| style=&amp;quot;color:#680100;&amp;quot; | Can not inflect&lt;br /&gt;
| style=&amp;quot;color:#009901;&amp;quot; | Can inflect&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Morphology */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Nominative&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by verbs. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long (this table does not indicate pitch accent):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 8 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Morphology==&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in the introduction, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which primarily makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;suffixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, although &#039;&#039;&#039;circumfixes&#039;&#039;&#039; are also used, especially for valency operations and derivation. The language makes a clear distinction between &#039;&#039;&#039;transitive, intransitive and ditransitive verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, with verbs having different forms depending on the number of objects the verb takes in-context. Furthermore, Silvinian makes a difference between &#039;&#039;&#039;roots and affixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, with a system of &#039;&#039;&#039;root-bound accent&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Nouns===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has &#039;&#039;&#039;3 genders&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;animate, inanimate and abstract&#039;&#039;&#039;), although none of them actually influence the &#039;&#039;&#039;declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039; (some differences may however appear, but there are no major differences). Nouns have a rich morphology, inflecting for &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;3 numbers&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also take multiple &#039;&#039;&#039;possession markers&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
====Inflection====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Cases=====&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian nouns can inflect for one of &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039;, each of them having a different role.&lt;br /&gt;
======Nominative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;nominative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is the &#039;&#039;&#039;base, unmarked case&#039;&#039;&#039; of any Silvinian noun. This case marks the &#039;&#039;&#039;subject of most verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as the &#039;&#039;&#039;predicate of copular constructions&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Accusative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;accusative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark count nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, although it can also be used for mass nouns.&lt;br /&gt;
======Partitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;partitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to express &#039;&#039;&#039;partialness&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also be used to mark mass nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, though the accusative can sometimes be used for that.&lt;br /&gt;
======Genitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;genitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; marks &#039;&#039;&#039;possessors&#039;&#039;&#039; of nouns. It can also be used with nominatives and accusatives to form non-verbal &#039;&#039;&#039;subjective and objective genitives&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Dative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;dative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark the &#039;&#039;&#039;indirect object&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as in &#039;&#039;&#039;dative constructions for verbs of feeling&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Adpositional======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;adpositional&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;compound case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark objects of adpositions, and is as well used for compounding .&lt;br /&gt;
======Essive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;essive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is a &#039;&#039;&#039;multiuse case&#039;&#039;&#039;. It can be used to mark:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;States of being&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Comparisons&#039;&#039;&#039; (with the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ái&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Temporality&#039;&#039;&#039; (with nouns related to time)&lt;br /&gt;
======Abessive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;abessive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark &#039;&#039;&#039;a lack of an object&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;an absence&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Nominative&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by verbs. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long (this table does not indicate pitch accent):&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 8 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
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Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
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=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
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Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Morphology==&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in the introduction, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which primarily makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;suffixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, although &#039;&#039;&#039;circumfixes&#039;&#039;&#039; are also used, especially for valency operations and derivation. The language makes a clear distinction between &#039;&#039;&#039;transitive, intransitive and ditransitive verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, with verbs having different forms depending on the number of objects the verb takes in-context. Furthermore, Silvinian makes a difference between &#039;&#039;&#039;roots and affixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, with a system of &#039;&#039;&#039;root-bound accent&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Nouns===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has &#039;&#039;&#039;3 genders&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;animate, inanimate and abstract&#039;&#039;&#039;), although none of them actually influence the &#039;&#039;&#039;declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;, of which there are 4, being &amp;quot;attributed&amp;quot; depending on the category of the last sound. Nouns have a rich morphology, inflecting for &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;3 numbers&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also take multiple &#039;&#039;&#039;possession markers&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
====Inflection====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Cases=====&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian nouns can inflect for one of &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039;, each of them having a different role.&lt;br /&gt;
======Nominative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;nominative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is the &#039;&#039;&#039;base, unmarked case&#039;&#039;&#039; of any Silvinian noun. This case marks the &#039;&#039;&#039;subject of most verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as the &#039;&#039;&#039;predicate of copular constructions&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Accusative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;accusative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark count nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, although it can also be used for mass nouns.&lt;br /&gt;
======Partitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;partitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to express &#039;&#039;&#039;partialness&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also be used to mark mass nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, though the accusative can sometimes be used for that.&lt;br /&gt;
======Genitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;genitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark &#039;&#039;&#039;modifiers&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;possessors&#039;&#039;&#039;. It can also be used with nominatives and accusatives to form non-verbal &#039;&#039;&#039;subjective and objective genitives&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Dative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;dative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark the &#039;&#039;&#039;indirect object&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as in &#039;&#039;&#039;dative constructions for verbs of feeling&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Nominative&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by verbs. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long (this table does not indicate pitch accent):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 8 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Morphology==&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in the introduction, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which primarily makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;suffixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, although &#039;&#039;&#039;circumfixes&#039;&#039;&#039; are also used, especially for valency operations and derivation. The language makes a clear distinction between &#039;&#039;&#039;transitive, intransitive and ditransitive verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, with verbs having different forms depending on the number of objects the verb takes in-context. Furthermore, Silvinian makes a difference between &#039;&#039;&#039;roots and affixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, with a system of &#039;&#039;&#039;root-bound accent&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Nouns===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has &#039;&#039;&#039;3 genders&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;animate, inanimate and abstract&#039;&#039;&#039;), although none of them actually influence the &#039;&#039;&#039;declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;, of which there are 4, being &amp;quot;attributed&amp;quot; depending on the category of the last sound. Nouns have a rich morphology, inflecting for &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;3 numbers&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also take multiple &#039;&#039;&#039;possession markers&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
====Inflection====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Cases=====&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian nouns can inflect for one of &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039;, each of them having a different role.&lt;br /&gt;
======Nominative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;nominative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is the &#039;&#039;&#039;base, unmarked case&#039;&#039;&#039; of any Silvinian noun. This case marks the &#039;&#039;&#039;subject of most verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as the &#039;&#039;&#039;predicate of copular constructions&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Accusative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;accusative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark count nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, although it can also be used for mass nouns.&lt;br /&gt;
======Partitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;partitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to express &#039;&#039;&#039;partialness&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also be used to mark mass nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, though the accusative can sometimes be used for that.&lt;br /&gt;
======Genitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;genitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark &#039;&#039;&#039;modifiers&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;possessors&#039;&#039;&#039;. It can also be used with nominatives and accusatives to form non-verbal &#039;&#039;&#039;subjective and objective genitives&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Dative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;dative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark the &#039;&#039;&#039;indirect object&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as in &#039;&#039;&#039;dative constructions for verbs of feeling&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Declension patterns====&lt;br /&gt;
As explained in the overview, there are &#039;&#039;&#039;4 main declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;, which may be further divided into &#039;&#039;&#039;12 sub-patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;. The main patterns are distinguished based on the &#039;&#039;&#039;last phoneme&#039;&#039;&#039; of a word, and the sub-patterns are distinguished based on their &#039;&#039;&#039;semantics&#039;&#039;&#039;:&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;1st pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/a/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/e/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/o/}}&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}~{{IPA|[ɵ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;short vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;1st sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;long vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;2nd sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɪ/}}~{{IPA|/i/}}&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ʊ/}}~{{IPA|/u/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;short vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;3rd sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;long vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;4th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;diphthong&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;5th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;2nd pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Fortition&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;6th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Fricative&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;7th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;plosive&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;3rd pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Lenition&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;8th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Plosive&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;9th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;nasal, approximant or rhotic&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;4th pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;nasal&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;10th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in an &#039;&#039;&#039;approximant&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/r/}}&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Fortition&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;11th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Approximant&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/r/}}&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;12th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-21T20:00:20Z</updated>

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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Nominative&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by verbs. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long (this table does not indicate pitch accent):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 8 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵj/}}~{{IPA|/ɵɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɵw/}}~{{IPA|/ɵʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Morphology==&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in the introduction, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which primarily makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;suffixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, although &#039;&#039;&#039;circumfixes&#039;&#039;&#039; are also used, especially for valency operations and derivation. The language makes a clear distinction between &#039;&#039;&#039;transitive, intransitive and ditransitive verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, with verbs having different forms depending on the number of objects the verb takes in-context. Furthermore, Silvinian makes a difference between &#039;&#039;&#039;roots and affixes&#039;&#039;&#039;, with a system of &#039;&#039;&#039;root-bound accent&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Nouns===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has &#039;&#039;&#039;3 genders&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;animate, inanimate and abstract&#039;&#039;&#039;), although none of them actually influence the &#039;&#039;&#039;declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;, of which there are 4, being &amp;quot;attributed&amp;quot; depending on the category of the last sound. Nouns have a rich morphology, inflecting for &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;3 numbers&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also take multiple &#039;&#039;&#039;possession markers&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
====Inflection====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Cases=====&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian nouns can inflect for one of &#039;&#039;&#039;8 cases&#039;&#039;&#039;, each of them having a different role.&lt;br /&gt;
======Nominative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;nominative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is the &#039;&#039;&#039;base, unmarked case&#039;&#039;&#039; of any Silvinian noun. This case marks the &#039;&#039;&#039;subject of most verbs&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as the &#039;&#039;&#039;predicate of copular constructions&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Accusative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;accusative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark count nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, although it can also be used for mass nouns.&lt;br /&gt;
======Partitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;partitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to express &#039;&#039;&#039;partialness&#039;&#039;&#039;, and can also be used to mark mass nouns as &#039;&#039;&#039;direct objects&#039;&#039;&#039;, though the accusative can sometimes be used for that&lt;br /&gt;
======Genitive======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;genitive case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark &#039;&#039;&#039;modifiers&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;possessors&#039;&#039;&#039;. It can also be used with nominatives and accusatives to form non-verbal &#039;&#039;&#039;subjective and objective genitives&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
======Dative======&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;dative case&#039;&#039;&#039; is used to mark the &#039;&#039;&#039;indirect object&#039;&#039;&#039;, as well as in &#039;&#039;&#039;dative constructions for verbs of feeling&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
====Declension patterns====&lt;br /&gt;
As explained in the overview, there are &#039;&#039;&#039;4 main declension patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;, which may be further divided into &#039;&#039;&#039;12 sub-patterns&#039;&#039;&#039;. The main patterns are distinguished based on the &#039;&#039;&#039;last phoneme&#039;&#039;&#039; of a word, and the sub-patterns are distinguished based on their &#039;&#039;&#039;semantics&#039;&#039;&#039;:&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;1st pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/a/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/e/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/o/}}&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}~{{IPA|[ɵ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;short vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;1st sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;long vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;2nd sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ɪ/}}~{{IPA|/i/}}&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ʊ/}}~{{IPA|/u/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;short vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;3rd sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;long vowel&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;4th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;diphthong&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;5th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;2nd pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Fortition&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;6th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Fricative&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;7th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;plosive&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;3rd pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Lenition&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;8th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;&#039;Plosive&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;9th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;nasal, approximant or rhotic&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;4th pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in a &#039;&#039;&#039;nasal&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;10th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** Word ending in an &#039;&#039;&#039;approximant&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/r/}}&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Fortition&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;11th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** &#039;&#039;&#039;Approximant&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/r/}}&#039;&#039;&#039; class (&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;12th sub-pattern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Mass noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;&#039;Count noun&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=175021</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-20T22:22:21Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowel length */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long (this table does not indicate pitch accent):&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
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Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
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=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
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Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
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=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
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Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, pitch accent mostly &#039;&#039;&#039;sticks to the root&#039;&#039;&#039;. This means that the pitch accent remains on the root at all costs, even if prefixes might otherwise shift the accent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Orthography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Letter charts===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian uses 30 letters, with 13 of them representing vowels and 17 letters representing consonants:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Consonants&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[k]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;p&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;pás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[p]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[d]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;q&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;qás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʔ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;fí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[r]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[h]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[s]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;j&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[x]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tás&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[t]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;lái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[l]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;v&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;vái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[w]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[m]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;y&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yái&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[j]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ní&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[n]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;zí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[z]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ŋ&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ŋí&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | style=&amp;quot;border-right: solid 2px black;&amp;quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ŋ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Short vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[a]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[e]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɪ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[o]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyerá&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ə̆~∅]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;display:inline-grid; margin-right:2em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  {| class=wikitable style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%; vertical-align: top;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  |+ Long vowels&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Letter&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Name&lt;br /&gt;
  ! width=33% | Sound&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;á&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;é&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;e táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;í&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[iː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ó&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;o táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ő&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ö táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɵː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |-&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u táus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
  |}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Tonal orthography===&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent is generally not marked when using the &#039;&#039;&#039;base orthography&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, a special orthography called the &#039;&#039;&#039;tonal orthography&#039;&#039;&#039; is used only to mark pitch accent, and keeps all the other letters from the base orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As stated in [[#Pitch accent|§Pitch accent]], the tones are written as such:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Grave&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;falling tone&amp;quot; (or a &#039;&#039;&#039;caron&#039;&#039;&#039; if the vowel is long&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Underdot&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;rising tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Tilde&#039;&#039;&#039; for the &amp;quot;creaking tone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Capitalization===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a &#039;&#039;&#039;very minimal capitalization system&#039;&#039;&#039;. Uppercase letters only appear at the beginning of &#039;&#039;&#039;proper nouns&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Pitch accent */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}} and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}} and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}} and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣cs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyócs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍcs&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}} and written with a grave in tonal orthography (or as a caron if the vowel is long).&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}} and written with an underdot in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}} and written with a tilde in tonal orthography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyǒks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyó͏̣ks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;/&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyṍks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟ{{CGJ|o|̰}}ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
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Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
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=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent falls on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟo̰ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-20T15:02:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Pitch accent */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent fall on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch accent can also help to differentiate homophones:&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 30%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Word&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Tone&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | IPA&lt;br /&gt;
! width=25% | Meaning&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Falling&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˦˨]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Rising&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟoks˨˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| fir tree&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;dyóks&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Creaking&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɟo̰ks˦]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| stealth&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-20T14:41:53Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Pitch accent */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
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Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent fall on the last mora of the word.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pitch accent can help differentiate words that are pronounced the same:&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
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|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Word-finally, an additional fricative can be added if the last consonant is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent fall on the last mora of the word.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 3 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Additionally, pitch accent is influenced by a moraic system, with the accent falling on the 4th mora from the start of the word:&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a short vowel count as &#039;&#039;&#039;1 mora&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long vowel or a short diphthong (short vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;2 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllables with a long diphthong (long vowel + semivowel) count as &#039;&#039;&#039;3 morae&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If a word has less than 4 morae, however, the accent fall on the last mora of the word.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| circle&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 4 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Level tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás krádiyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone stabilizing), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˧]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinas plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal, plosive (if the previous consonant is a fricative) or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian has a rather complex system of accentuation, with words taking one of 4 tones:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Falling tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás spinyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone falling), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˦˨]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Level tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás krádiyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone stabilizing), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˧]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Rising tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinás kőrisyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone standing or tone rising), corresponding to {{IPA|[V˨˦]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Creaking tone&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;dyinas plúyas&#039;&#039;&#039; (litt. tone moving), corresponding to {{IPA|[V̰˦]}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Pitch accent===&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;VOS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Syllable structure */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents {{IPA|/iː/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}})&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=VOS default, but free word order&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonotactics===&lt;br /&gt;
====Syllable structure====&lt;br /&gt;
The maximum syllable structure is &#039;&#039;&#039;CSVVC&#039;&#039;&#039;, where:&lt;br /&gt;
* C is a consonant (it can be any sound, as long it doesn&#039;t break the following rule)&lt;br /&gt;
* S is an approximant, nasal or rhotic (the only restriction to this is that 2 consonants with the same manner of articulation can&#039;t follow each other, so &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;svei&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; is valid, but *&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;mnis&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; isn&#039;t)&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel (the second vowel in a syllable can only be {{IPA|/ɪ/}} or {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and their long equivalents)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174975</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-19T07:57:53Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowels */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
| (ɒ){{ref label|ao|4|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters.&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:4. {{note label|ao||a}} {{IPA|[ɒ]}} does not exist outside of diphthongs (see [[#Diphthongs|§Diphthongs]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174974</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174974"/>
		<updated>2025-09-19T07:55:51Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowels */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Diphthongs====&lt;br /&gt;
In theory, Silvinian has 6 diphthongs, which are:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
In non-careful speech, however, some distinctions are loss, and some diphthongs even monophthongize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Diphthongs in careful and non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Non-careful speech&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aj/}}~{{IPA|/aɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ej/}}~{{IPA|/eɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[eː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/oj/}}~{{IPA|/oɪ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɒj]}}~{{IPA|[ɒɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[aj]}}~{{IPA|[aɪ̯]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/aw/}}~{{IPA|/aʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ew/}}~{{IPA|/eʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|/ow/}}~{{IPA|/oʊ̯/}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[oː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonant lenition===&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant-triggered lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-19T07:15:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Consonant-triggered lenition */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Vowel-triggered lenition=====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======Internal======&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======External======&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Consonant-triggered lenition=====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɸæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Vowel-triggered lenition=====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======Internal======&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======External======&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Consonant-triggered lenition=====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the &#039;&#039;&#039;word ends in &amp;quot;iP&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;following word starts with &amp;quot;F&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;, where F is a &#039;&#039;&#039;fricative&#039;&#039;&#039;. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[fæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174963</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-18T19:33:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Consonant lenition */  Consonant-based lenition&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
=====Vowel-triggered lenition=====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======Internal======&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
======External======&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Consonant-triggered lenition=====&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to intervocalic lenition, some consonant-initial words can cause lenition, which, in this case, is very similar to &#039;&#039;&#039;assimilation&#039;&#039;&#039;, and follow the same patterns as intervocalic lenition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this case, consonant lenition happens when the word ends in VP and the following word starts with F, where F is a fricative. One very good example of a lenition trigger is the particle &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;sá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;fáid sa&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; being pronounced as &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[fæːjð‿sa]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174962</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;br /&gt;
External lenition (a type of &#039;&#039;&#039;external sandhi&#039;&#039;&#039;) happens when a word ends in VP, and the following word starts with V where:&lt;br /&gt;
* V is a vowel&lt;br /&gt;
* P is a plosive&lt;br /&gt;
It can &#039;&#039;&#039;never be blocked&#039;&#039;&#039;, except in very rare cases involving certain particles.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-18T19:05:51Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-18T19:05:38Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 20%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;, in this case, acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174959</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174959"/>
		<updated>2025-09-18T19:04:59Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Consonants */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:70%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174958</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174958"/>
		<updated>2025-09-18T17:52:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:70%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====External=====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:70%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-18T16:44:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowels */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174955</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174955"/>
		<updated>2025-09-18T16:44:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Consonants */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 25%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174954</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174954"/>
		<updated>2025-09-18T16:43:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 25%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width:60%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-18T16:31:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Consonant lenition */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
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__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
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==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Initial&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Lenited&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-17T16:31:34Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowel length */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 50%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 10%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Before lenition&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | After lenition&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174948</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174948"/>
		<updated>2025-09-17T13:01:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowel length */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sar]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| (living) fish&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sæːr]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjern]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ʊ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[uː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 10%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Before lenition&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | After lenition&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174947</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174947"/>
		<updated>2025-09-17T12:59:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Internal */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjern]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 10%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Before lenition&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | After lenition&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kaðæː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;) and &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;), although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-17T12:58:49Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Phonological processes */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjern]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 10%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Before lenition&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | After lenition&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;br /&gt;
Internal lenition can almost never be blocked, unless if adding a &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; just after the consonant, written as an apostrophe. The &amp;quot;dyerá&amp;quot; acts as an ultrashort schwa, which may or may not be pronounced. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just like vowel length, lenition also creates minimal pairs, such as with &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cadá&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced {{IPA|[kaðæː]}} and &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;cad&#039;á&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; (pronounced {{IPA|[kad(ə̆)æː]}}, although those are very much rarer.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174945</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174945"/>
		<updated>2025-09-17T12:50:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowel length */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjern]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyérn&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 10%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Before lenition&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | After lenition&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174944</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174944"/>
		<updated>2025-09-17T12:49:28Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjern]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyér&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Phonological processes===&lt;br /&gt;
====Consonant lenition====&lt;br /&gt;
In most cases, between vowels, &#039;&#039;&#039;plosives lenite&#039;&#039;&#039; and become fricatives, whether &#039;&#039;&#039;within a word&#039;&#039;&#039; (internal lenition) or &#039;&#039;&#039;across word boundaries&#039;&#039;&#039; (external lenition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 10%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | Before lenition&lt;br /&gt;
! width=50% | After lenition&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/p/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ɸ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/t/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[θ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/d/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[ð]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|/k/}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{IPA|[x]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Internal=====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Silvinian</title>
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		<updated>2025-09-17T12:33:46Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%; margin: auto;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjern]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyér&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174942</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174942"/>
		<updated>2025-09-17T12:33:17Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowel length */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%; margin: auto;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyern&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjern]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyér&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːrn]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sə̃θ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|c}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}~{{IPA|[sɵ̃ːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|d}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|lenition||a}}{{note label|lenition||b}}{{note label|lenition||c}}{{note label|lenition||d}} The second pronunciation for each of those words correspond to the way they are pronounced before vowels.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174928</id>
		<title>Silvinian</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Silvinian&amp;diff=174928"/>
		<updated>2025-09-17T07:04:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Koyeniru: /* Vowel length */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Silvinian]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Conlangs by Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WIP}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|size=100px&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Silvinian&lt;br /&gt;
|native=Nyilvö&lt;br /&gt;
|script=Latin&lt;br /&gt;
|pronounce={{IPA|[ɲil.ʋɵ]}}~{{IPA|[ɲil.ʋə]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|creator=[[User:Koyeniru|Koyeniru]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=2025&lt;br /&gt;
|morph=Agglutinative&lt;br /&gt;
|ms=Split-S&lt;br /&gt;
|wo=OVS&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Silvinian&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[wp:Endonym and Exonym|autoglossonym]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Nyilvö&#039;&#039;&#039;, &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Silvinian: {{IPA|[ɲilʋɵ]}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;) is a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[personal language|personal]]&#039;&#039;&#039; conlang. Therefore, this language was made to express her creator&#039;s ideas and thoughts as truthfully and accurately as possible, as well as encompassing as few negative ideas as possible, most of them lacking a separate word, instead mostly relying on particles to express those meanings. Furthermore, this language has &#039;&#039;&#039;no intention of being fully naturalistic&#039;&#039;&#039;, even though some naturalist thinking has been done during the conception of this language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Grammatically and morphologically speaking, Silvinian is an &#039;&#039;&#039;agglutinative&#039;&#039;&#039;, mostly suffixing &#039;&#039;&#039;OVS&#039;&#039;&#039; language, which makes use of &#039;&#039;&#039;postpositions&#039;&#039;&#039;, and lacks &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; adjectives&#039;&#039;&#039;, a function that is fulfilled by nouns. Verbs in this language have a very strict &#039;&#039;&#039;valency distinction&#039;&#039;&#039;, especially for &#039;&#039;&#039;ambitransitives&#039;&#039;&#039;, that may have two or more forms depending on their valency in-context.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Phonology==&lt;br /&gt;
Silvinian distinguishes between &#039;&#039;&#039;16 to 25 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;, depending on whether allophones are counted or not, though the standard is to consider that there are &#039;&#039;&#039;18 consonants&#039;&#039;&#039;. Similarly for vowels, Silvinian can be analysed as having between &#039;&#039;&#039;6 and 8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;, where the maximum range (&#039;&#039;&#039;8 vowels&#039;&#039;&#039;) is considered to be the standard analysis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Consonants=== &lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 35%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% |&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Labial&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Coronal&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=2; width: 20% | Dorsal&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=2; width: 20% | Glottal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Dental&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Alveolar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Palatal&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;{{ref label|palatal|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
! &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Velar&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Nasal&lt;br /&gt;
| m&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | n̪~n &lt;br /&gt;
| (ɲ)&lt;br /&gt;
| ŋ&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Plosive&lt;br /&gt;
| p&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | t̪~t, d̪~d&lt;br /&gt;
| (c, ɟ)&lt;br /&gt;
| k&lt;br /&gt;
| ʔ&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Fricative&lt;br /&gt;
| ɸ&lt;br /&gt;
| (θ, ð){{ref label|intervocalic|2|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| s, z&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʃ, ʒ)&lt;br /&gt;
| x&lt;br /&gt;
| h&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Approximant&lt;br /&gt;
| ʋ~w&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | l̪~l&lt;br /&gt;
| (ʎ), j&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Rhotic&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=2 | r̪~r&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
! background-color=#c0c0c0 |&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|palatal||a}} Palatal consonants (except {{IPA|/j/}}) are only allophones of coronals (except for {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}) followed by {{IPA|/j/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|intervocalic||a}} {{IPA|[θ]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}} are allophones of intervocalic {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Further notes====&lt;br /&gt;
* Syllable-final &amp;quot;n&amp;quot; might be dropped, nasalizing the preceding vowel, as in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;hatyön&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which is pronounced anywhere between &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵn]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ha.ˈcɵ̃]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nasal consonants assimilate in place of articulation with the following consonants, and precedes nasalization in rule order, like in &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ándyas&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, pronounced &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æːɲ.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;, and not *&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[æ̃ː.ɟas]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
** The cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[ɲɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (or any nasal-plosive cluster) can also be pronounced as a pre-nasalised stop like &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IPA|[&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;ɲ&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;ɟ]}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Intervocalic non-geminated plosives lenite into fricatives (see [[#Consonant lenition|§Consonant lenition]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Vowels===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 15%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% |&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Front&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Central&lt;br /&gt;
! width: 25% | Back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! High&lt;br /&gt;
| i, (ɪ){{ref label|shortui|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
| u, (ʊ){{ref label|shortui|1|b}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Mid&lt;br /&gt;
| e&lt;br /&gt;
| (ə){{ref label|schwa|2|a}}, ɵ&lt;br /&gt;
| o&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Low&lt;br /&gt;
| (æ){{ref label|ash|3|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| a&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:1. {{note label|shortui||a}} {{note label|shortui||b}} Short {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[u]}} can be pronounced as {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
:2. {{note label|schwa||a}} {{IPA|[ə]}} is considered as an alternate realization of short {{IPA|[ɵ]}}, but is also used to &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; some consonant clusters (see [[#Cluster breaking|§Cluster breaking]] for more).&lt;br /&gt;
:3. {{note label|ash||a}} {{IPA|[æ]}} is considered as an alternate realization of long {{IPA|[a]}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vowel length====&lt;br /&gt;
In Silvinian, every vowel can be long, with &#039;&#039;&#039;length&#039;&#039;&#039; being written with an &#039;&#039;&#039;acute&#039;&#039;&#039;, or with a double acute in the case of &#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;ö&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, &#039;&#039;&#039;vowel length is contrastive&#039;&#039;&#039;, meaning that the meaning of a word changes whether a vowel is short or long.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center; width: 40%; margin: auto;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+Minimal pairs&lt;br /&gt;
! width=10%; rowspan=2 | Vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Short vowel&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=3 | Long vowel&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Word&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;IPA&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! width=15% | &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Meaning&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[a~æ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sar]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sár&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sæːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[e]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyer&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjer]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;cyér&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[kjeːr]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ɪ~i]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mit&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[mɪt]}}~{{IPA|[mɪθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;mít&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[miːt]}}~{{IPA|[miːθ]}}{{ref label|lenition|1|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[o]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryon&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjon]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ryón&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[rjoːn]}}~{{IPA|[rjõ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ʊ~u]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;ú&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[uː]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! {{IPA|[ə~ɵ]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sönt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[səⁿt]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sőnt&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{IPA|[sɵːⁿt]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Koyeniru</name></author>
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