Anuirean language
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This page's broken linksThe modern Anuirean language is descended from Andu, the language spoken by the Andu people, who were the first of the human tribes to settle in Cerilia. Anuirean is spoken throughout Anuire as the primary language in human communities and realms.
Anuirean is written using the Anuirean alphabet. The Anuirean alphabet has ten key vowels and nineteen consonants, plus some special symbols like accents.
The sounds of Anuirean are similar to those of English and French. However, there is no information about Anuirean grammar in any of the canon Birthright publications.
A speaker or reader of Anuirean cannot speak, understand, read or write Andu, and vice versa. While they have similar related grammatical elements, the pronunciation and spelling of terms is now too different. 
See Also: Anuirean Names
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[top]Writing System
Anuirean is written using the Anuirean alphabet. The Anuirean alphabet has ten key vowels and nineteen consonants, plus some special symbols like accents.
[top]Linguistic characteristics
| English | Anuirean | |
| Letter | Pronounciation | |
| a | short a, as in ant | |
| e | eh, as in bed | |
| i | ih, as in rill | |
| o | short o, as in top | |
| y | short i, as in pin | |
| ae | ay, as in bay | |
| ie | ee, as in peel | |
| oe | oh, as in ogre | |
| ui | oo-ih, as in ruin | |
| uo | oo-oh, as in coordinate | |
| b | b, as in ball | |
| c | k, as in cow | |
| d | d, as in dog | |
| dh | soft th, as in thistle | |
| f | f, as in fat | |
| g (gh) | g, as in goat | |
| h | h, as in hat | |
| j | j, as in jar | |
| l | l, as in lap | |
| m | m, as in mat | |
| n | n, as in nap | |
| p | p, as in pat | |
| r | r, as in rat | |
| s | s, as in sat | |
| sh | sh, as in ship | |
| t | t, as in tip | |
| th | hard th, as in that | |
| v | v, as in vat | |
| w | w, as in work |
The sounds of Anuirean are similar to those of English and French. However, there is no information about Anuirean grammar in any of the canon Birthright publications.
A speaker or reader of Anuirean cannot speak, understand, read or write Andu, and vice versa. While they have similar related grammatical elements, the pronunciation and spelling of terms is now too different.
[top]Silent letters
In a word ending in an e after a single consonant, the e is not pronounced as a separate syllable, and the previous vowels are treated as a diphthong. However, a cluster of two or more consonants forces the e to be pronounced as a separate syllable. For example:
An ie at the end of a word is always pronounced as two vowels, producing an ee-ay ending. For example:
An ie at the end of a word is always pronounced as two vowels, producing an ee-ay ending. For example:
[top]Accent marks
In some cases, an accent mark is used to indicate compound vowels that are pronounced separately. For example:
[top]Anuirean names
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