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| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#CCCCFF"| '''Aalaurid''' 
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| align="right" | ''Timeline/Universe''
| align="left" | unamed
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| align="right" | ''Period''
| align="left" | -
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| align="right" | ''Spoken in''
| align="left" | Elausainau (Elvish kingdom)
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| align="right" | ''Total speakers''
| align="left" | dead language
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| align="right" | ''Writing system''
| align="left" | Aanausainid
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| align="right" | ''Classification''
| align="left" | Nalid
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| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#CCCCFF"| '''Influences'''
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| align="right" | ''fictional languages''
| align="left" | none (at this point)
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| align="right" | '' non-fictional languages''
| align="left" | English, French, German
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| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#CCCCFF"| '''Typology'''
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| align="right" | ''Basic word order''
| align="left" | SVO
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| align="right" | ''Morphology''
| align="left" | isolating
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| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#CCCCFF" | '''Credits'''
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| align="right" | ''Created by''
| align="left" | Secret vice
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| colspan="2" align="center" | {{edit|Template:Conlang3}}
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== Introduction ==

Aalaurid is a naming language that is intended to be spoken by the elves in a fictional setting.   

== Pronunciation ==

'''Vowels:'''

'''aa''' (long): as in f'''a'''ther.

'''a''' (short): as in d'''a'''rk.

'''e:''' as in the Welsh; as in wh'''e'''re.

'''i:''' as in the "y" sound in wh'''y'''.

'''o:''' as in b'''o'''rn.

'''u:''' as in l'''u'''ck.


'''Dipthongs:'''

'''ai:''' pronounced the same as the Welsh "ai" in the word '''eye'''.

'''ai:''' peonounced the same as the "ai" sound in the word h'''ai'''r. 

'''ais:''' pronounced the same as the French "ea" in the word br'''ea'''d (but longer).

'''au:''' pronounced the same as the German "au" in the word rest'''au'''rant.

'''eu:''' pronounced the same as the Welsh "eu" in the "ay" sound in s'''ay'''.


'''Notes:'''

* The vowel dipthongs may not appear directly after a vowel. 

* The first dipthong /'''ai'''/ is pronounced the same as the vowel /'''i'''/ and may only appear at the beginning of a word.  

* The second dipthong /'''ai'''/ may not be written appear at the beginning of a word but it can appear anywhere else in a word.      



'''Consonants:'''

'''b:''' as in b'''e'''d.

'''c:''' a soft sound, as in the Welsh "c" in the word c'''a'''n.

'''d:''' as in death, or as the "th" sound in the word "'''th'''e".

'''f:''' as in '''f'''un (unvoiced), or as in '''f'''ire (voiced).

'''g:''' a soft sound, as in the French "g" in the word as in sabota'''g'''e.

'''h:''' (silent).

'''j:''' as in the "y" sound in '''y'''our.

'''k:''' as in the "c" sound in the word '''c'''an.

'''l:''' as in '''l'''ie.

'''m:''' as in '''m'''an.

'''n:''' as in '''n'''un.

'''p:''' as in '''p'''ale.

'''q:''' as in '''q'''uick.

'''r:''' as in the French "r" in '''P'''aris.

'''s:''' as in '''s'''un.

'''t:''' as in '''t'''oast.

'''v:''' as in '''v'''et.

'''w:''' as in '''w'''ater.

'''x:''' as in '''e'''xit.

'''y:''' as in '''y'''es.

'''z:''' as in the German "z"; like the "ts" sound in the word "po'''ts'''."


'''Notes:'''

* /'''c'''/ and /'''k'''/ are pronounced the same regardless to their position within a word. 

* /'''d'''/ is pronounced as the "th" sound in the word "the" at the end of a word.

== Lexicon ==

Aisnauran [E-nau-ran]: valley

Aanaulenav [Aa-nau-len-av]: forrest

Elidaisauv [E-li-dai-sau-v]: lake

Laudeunored [Lau-deu-nor-ed]: mountain