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Spraecord Alphabet

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Spræcord - the language of the elves of Rurisk. In short, both Spræcord and Rurisk are bits of a much larger creation. As I continue to write and develop my fantasy world story, what is found at my RP message board, and what is the inspiration for everything found there, will be found in books. Wealdendun is the name of the site.

The elves of Rurisk speak a language known as Elvish to the non-elves and Spræcord to the elves themselves. Literally Spræcord means "The Elves Speak" or often "The Elf Speech". For a very long time I've been meaning to create the letters, the written form of the language, in a means completely different than English writing as the elves do not write in that way.

I have been molding and reforming my language now for five years and I finally believe I have a sturdy foundation for sounds, pronunciations, letters, etc to actually draw them. This is Draft Number 1, as I am still missing a few representations and most likely a few things will change here and there.

There are 30 letters in the Spræcord Alphabet, however many of those letters have different pronunciations (for example, long vs short vowels). Also, certain combinations (like e+a and e+o) are each represented in the written form. Unlike English, where one must remember when which rule applies in what situation, the form of the symbolic letter will immediately tell the reader what sound to make. 40 of the 43 representations are shown here

Spræcord is known as the language of feeling, and all elves have an understanding for the spoken language far more complex than any of the other races of Eorð Foldé - therefore, the spoken language has more power than the written forms.

The symbols/glyphs/letters, especially the vowels, are written in such a way as to represent (partially) the way the mouth moves to speak the letters. Not all are written this way, but many are - as you can see if you look closely.

The long and short vowels are not written here, except for U and O (the two entries show the two types). Below is a brief guide for pronunciation (not all will be listed).
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ea = "eh uh"
eo = "eh oh"
ae = ah eh
short -a- is pronounced like the English "ah" sound in "contact" or "sat"
long -a- is pronounced like the "a" sound in English "father"
short -e- is pronounced like the "e" sound in English "bet"
long -e- is pronounced like the "er" in "waiter"
accented á - at the end of a word - pronounced like the letter it is. ex. the a in "Train"
accented é - at the end of a word - pronounced like the letter it is. ex. the e in "Tree"
-- c is pronounced as a hard "c" sound, represented in English by "k," in the first syllable of a word
or as a "s" in other syllables like in "sea" or "sat" - this is a softer kah sounds with the tongue more relaxed in the throat
-- g can also be pronounced two ways. Before certain vowels (e, i, y), and in the first syllable, it is pronounced like the Modern English "y" in the word "yes": gifu ("yee-fu" ) ;
When "g" is used before other vowels (o, a, u) it is pronounced the same as Modern English "g" in "golden": goda ("go-da" )
-- k is a hard kah sound, like that of kick or kettle - it has a slight clicking sounds made by the tongue being higher on the roof of the mouth
-- ll (double l) is like pronouncing both an l and an h. The mouth moves to make an l and from that position moves the air like an h.
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Zal-The-Story-Teller's avatar
FINALLY!

Speaking of which, I need to finish up my second draft.