Elane

Elane is a fictional language created by Jessie M. Strickland.

Heavy and light syllables
A syllable is light if:
 * It ends with a short vowel. This includes rising diphthongs that ends in a short vowel

A syllable is heavy if:
 * It contains with a long vowel
 * It contains a falling diphthong
 * It contains a long rising diphthong
 * It ends with a consonant

A syllable is super heavy if :
 * A closed syllable containing a long vowel followed by one consonant.
 * A closed syllable containing a vowel of any length followed by two consonants.
 * For syllable boundaries at the middle of a word, a good rule of thumb is that if a vowel is followed by two consonants, the first consonant is at the end of a syllable and thus the syllable is heavy. For this purpose:
 * Digraphs, such as rh, gh count as a single consonant.
 * A double consonant (e.g. rr, ss) counts as two consonants
 * A double consonant (e.g. rr, ss) counts as two consonants



Syllable structure
The maximum possible syllable structure in Elane is CCCVːCC.[1]

Permitted onsets
A syllable may begin with a single consonant, or a permitted cluster. Known permitted clusters consist of an oral stop followed by either a liquid, or a sibilant.

Permitted nuclei

A nucleus may be a short vowel, a long vowel, or a diphthong.

Permitted codas
Any consonant may appear as a geminate, except for the palatals[1] (ñ, j)

Word-initially
A word may begin with the following:

. a vowel

. a single consonant

. a consonant cluster that is permitted:

. stop + liquid

. fricative + approximant

. nasal + stop .

Word-final consonants Word-medial consonant clusters
 * Only /t, s, n, r, l, k,h,z,m/
 * The following clusters are not possible in Elane.
 * any exceeding 3 consonants (except in loan words)
 * stop + nasal
 * labial stop + non-labial stop
 * nasal + non-homorganic obstruent (except /nh/)
 * liquid + liquid

Vowel phonotactics[edit]
Vowel phonotactics are as follows.[16]

Word-final and word-initial vowels Vowel sequences
 * Any of the vowels can be found in this position.
 * Double/long vowels

Palatal resonants
The palatal resonant, ñ has a particularly limited distribution:
 * It may not double.[1]
 * They depalatalize before i, or any consonant except for j.
 * Likewise, ñ [ɲ] becomes [n], however this is not consistently reflected in the transcription system: the sound may be written either n or ñ, but either way it is pronounced [n].

Noun cases
Nominative - " the man"

Accusative - " the man"

Dative - "the man"

Genitive - "my man" "of the man"

Allative - "towards the man"

Ablative - "from the man"

Essive - " sad" "i am a man"

Locative - " in the house" " out of the house" "onto of the house"

Instrumental - "with the knife"

Comitative - " with my mom"

Vocative - " O' lord hear me"

Gender
Lunar - ends in a vowel. mostly people and nocturnal animals

Solar - ends in s. mostly occupations and diurnal animals.

Terrestrial - ends in n. mostly foods, plants and metals.

Aquatic - ends in r. mostly bodies of water and liquids.

Number
Singular - one of something.

Dual - two of something.

Plural - three or more of something.

Paucal - a few of something.

Collective - all of something.

Tense ~ Aspect
Aorist - i eat.

Present - i am eating.

Past - i ate.

future - i will eat.

perfect - i have eaten.

pluperfect - i had eaten.

imperfect - i was eating.

habitual - i used to eat.

preterite - i ate all the time.

Mood
Infinitive - the dictionary form of a verb. " to walk"

Imperitive - the command form of a verb." Walk!"

Referential - the story form of a verb. " I heard that he walked."

Subjunctive - the uncertain form of a verb. " i could run" " i wish i could run"

Voice
Active - to act.

Passive - to be acted upon.

Number
Singular -

Dual -

Plural -

Person
1st - " I"

2nd - " you "

3rd - " he/she/it"

zero - " a person"