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====== Middle-Earth Role Playing ====== | ====== Middle-Earth Role Playing ====== | ||
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- | The article here discusses Neo-Orkish [[black_speech_dialects|dialect]] | + | Many words in many languages of Middle-Earth were invented for MERP. The article here discusses |
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===== The History of MERP Dialect ===== | ===== The History of MERP Dialect ===== | ||
- | <WRAP center round todo 60%> | + | The first compiled wordlist was published in "Lords of Middle-Earth: |
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- | </ | + | The second wordlist was published in 2nd Edition supplement book " |
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+ | MERP had plenty of NPCs and bosses names (Orcs and Trolls) as well as names for their tribes, with many of them untranslated. | ||
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===== Phonology ===== | ===== Phonology ===== | ||
<WRAP center round info 60%> | <WRAP center round info 60%> | ||
- | The information under this is based on supplement book " | + | The information under this header |
</ | </ | ||
==== Vowels ==== | ==== Vowels ==== | ||
+ | It seems that vowels in MERP tend to shift back and lower. Accent marks (acute) are closer to diphtongs, rather than just long vowels, which are marked with circumflex. | ||
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^ Letter ^ IPA sounds ^ | ^ Letter ^ IPA sounds ^ | ||
- | | a | [a], [æ] | | + | | a | [æ] | |
- | | á | [a:], [æ: | + | | á | [eɪ] | |
- | | â | [ɒ:] | | + | | â | [ɔː], |
| e | [ə] | | | e | [ə] | | ||
- | | ê | [e] | | + | | ê | [ɛ] | |
- | | i | [i] | | + | | i | [ɪ], [i] | |
| í | [i:] | | | í | [i:] | | ||
| y | ::: | | | y | ::: | | ||
- | | î | [ɪ:], [jɪ] | | + | | î | [aɪ] | |
| o | [o] , [ɔ] | | | o | [o] , [ɔ] | | ||
- | | ô | [o:] , [ɔ:], [ɔu] | | + | | ô | [ɔu], [oʊ] | |
- | | u | [ʊ], [ʌ] | | + | | u | [ʌ], [ʊ] | |
| ú | [ju:] | | | ú | [ju:] | | ||
- | | û | [ʌ], [ʢ]((voiced epiglottal thrill together with " | + | | û | [ʊ:], [u:], [ʢ]((voiced epiglottal thrill together with " |
==== Consonants ==== | ==== Consonants ==== | ||
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===== Grammar ===== | ===== Grammar ===== | ||
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- | </ | ||
<WRAP center round info 60%> | <WRAP center round info 60%> | ||
Information under this header is based on [[https:// | Information under this header is based on [[https:// | ||
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^ Word ending | ^ Word ending | ||
| unvoiced consonant | -im | -i | | | unvoiced consonant | -im | -i | | ||
- | | voiced consonant | + | | voiced consonant |
| vowel | -z || | | vowel | -z || | ||