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|valign="top"|Spoken in:
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|valign="top"|Timeline/Universe:
|valign="top"|Timeline/Universe:
||[[League of Lost Languages]], [[UKW World]]
||[[The Elvenpath (Jörg Rhiemeier)|The Elvenpath]]
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|valign="top"|Total speakers:
|valign="top"|Total speakers:
||5000 (LLL)
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|valign="top"|Genealogical classification:
|valign="top"|Genealogical classification:
||[[Albic]]<br>
||[[Hesperic]]
&nbsp;[[South Albic]]<br>
:[[Albic]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Low Elvish'''
::[[South Albic]]
:::'''Low Elvish'''
::::[[Avalonian]]
::::[[Sinjenich]]
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|valign="top"|Basic word order:
|valign="top"|[[Basic word order]]:
||VSO
||VSO
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|valign="top"|Morphological type:
|valign="top"|[[Morphological type]]:
||fusional
||fusional
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|valign="top"|Morphosyntactic alignment:
|valign="top"|[[Morphosyntactic alignment]]:
||[[fluid-S]]
||active-stative ([[fluid-S]])
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#6666FF" align="center" |'''Created by:'''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFF00" align="center" |'''Created by:'''
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||Jörg Rhiemeier||2000-
||Jörg Rhiemeier||2000-
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'''Low Elvish''' (Low Elvish '''Norelbhrin''') is a descendant of [[Old Albic]] spoken in southwestern Britain.
'''Low Elvish''' is a branch of the [[South Albic]] group of languages.  It consists of two closely related languages: [[Avalonian]], spoken in the vicinity of Glastonbury, and [[Sinjenich]], the language of the Moonchildren, a group of nomadic Elves in Britain.  The languages differ most prominently in vocabulary: Sinjenich has many more foreign loanwords, especially from [[Wikipedia:Romani language|Romani]] and [[Wikipedia:Shelta language|Shelta]].


Over time, the language has undergone some fundamental changes.  For example, the Old Albic case endings are lost, but a new system of case marking has arisen by initial mutations.  The developments can be compared to similar developments that occured at the same time in other languages of western Europe.
Over time, the languages have undergone some fundamental changes.  For example, the Old Albic case endings are lost, but a new system of case marking has arisen by initial mutations.  The developments can be compared to similar developments that occured at the same time in other languages of western Europe.


[[category:Albic]]
[[Category:Atla]]
[[Category:Albic languages]]

Latest revision as of 09:27, 11 March 2020

Low Elvish
Spoken in: southwestern Britain
Timeline/Universe: The Elvenpath
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification: Hesperic
Albic
South Albic
Low Elvish
Avalonian
Sinjenich
Basic word order: VSO
Morphological type: fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment: active-stative (fluid-S)
Created by:
Jörg Rhiemeier 2000-

Low Elvish is a branch of the South Albic group of languages. It consists of two closely related languages: Avalonian, spoken in the vicinity of Glastonbury, and Sinjenich, the language of the Moonchildren, a group of nomadic Elves in Britain. The languages differ most prominently in vocabulary: Sinjenich has many more foreign loanwords, especially from Romani and Shelta.

Over time, the languages have undergone some fundamental changes. For example, the Old Albic case endings are lost, but a new system of case marking has arisen by initial mutations. The developments can be compared to similar developments that occured at the same time in other languages of western Europe.