Dark Elven language

The Dark Elven language is the language of the Dark Elves and the Dark Elven clans. It was originally born as a mixed language between Middle High Elven and Wood Elven, as such it has a vastly simplified grammar, but still shares traits of both languages.

Vowels

 * Wood Elven /u uː/ become /u uː/ after nasals and labials, /ɨᵝ ɨᵝː/ otherwise
 * /pju pjuː bju bjuː/ become /pɨᵝ pɨᵝː bɨᵝ bɨᵝː/
 * High Elven /u uː/ consistently become /u uː/, unless they precede /j/
 * Both High Elven and Wood Elven /ja jɔ ju jaː joː juː/ become /æ ɜᵝ ɨᵝ æː ɘᵝː ɨᵝː/
 * Vowels are often dropped to form syllabic consonants

Consonants

 * /r/ is a uvular [ʀ~ʀ̆~ʁ]
 * /h/ is a velar/uvular [x~χ]
 * High Elven labio-velars /kʷ gʷ/ become /q w/
 * The cluster /ng/ becomes /ŋː/, degeminated to /ŋ/ when word-final, word-initial or syllabic

Consonants

 * There is a considerable amount of free variation in the Dark Elven language, mostly regarding High Elven bias or Wood Elven bias
 * /f/ as [f] (High Elven bias) or [ɸ] (Wood Elven bias)
 * /v/ as [v] (High Elven bias) or [β] (Wood Elven bias)
 * /t͡ʃ/ as [t͡ʃ] (High Elven bias) or [t͡ɕ] (Wood Elven bias)
 * /d͡ʒ/ as [d͡ʒ] (High Elven bias) or [d͡ʑ] (Wood Elven bias)
 * /ʃ/ as [ʃ] (High Elven bias) or [ɕ] (Wood Elven bias)
 * /ʒ/ as [ʒ] (High Elven bias) or [ʑ] (Wood Elven bias)
 * /x/ (formerly /h/) as [x] or [χ]
 * /r/ as a uvular trill [ʀ], flap [ʀ̆] or fricative [ʁ]

Vowels

 * The open back vowels [ɒ ɒː] exist only as the allophone of /a aː/ after /q r/, and /x/ by speakers who use [χ].