…/species/chimeras/fae/faevael.md
Faevael is the language spoken natively by the Fae.
- Type: Agglutinative
- Syntax: Verb–Subject–Object (VSO)
- Plurality: Absent; singular and plural forms are identical, with contextual clarification
- Gender: Absent; no grammatical gender distinctions
| CONSONANTS | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal |
|---|
| Plosive | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nasal | m | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trill | | | | r | | | | | | | |
| Tap or Flap | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fricative | | f v | | | | | | | | | |
| Lateral Fricative | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Approximant | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lateral Approximant | | | | l | | | | | | | |
| VOWELS | Front | Central | Back |
|---|
| Close | i | | |
| Near-close | | | |
| Close-mid | e | | |
| Mid | | | |
| Open-mid | | | |
| Near-open | | | |
| Open | | | |
| Root Morpheme | | |
|---|
| fae | [fe] | person / people |
| fael | [fel] | fire / warmth |
| Affixes | | |
|---|
| -ir | [ir] | tool |
| -vael | [vel] | speech |
| Lexicon | | |
|---|
| fae | [fe] | person / people |
| fael | [fel] | fire / warmth |
| faelir | [felir] | automaton/automata |
| faevael | [fevel] | language / tongue |
