09:P19a
Lowdham’s Report on the Adunaic Language (a)

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Volume: Sauron Defeated
Chapter: Lowdham’s Report on the Adûnaic Language
Pages: 413–432
Paragraph count: 160
Token count: 6,947

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p413
ADUNAIC …
p413–414
It is difficult, …
p414
But Adunaic must …
p414–415
However, Adunaic evidently …
p415
I will try …
* …
General Structure. …
The majority of …
p415–416
The vocalic arrangements …
p416
In addition to …
A number of …
Consonants. …
The following is …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶(a) p-series¶⸥⸤¶(b) …
⸤¶STOPS¶⸥⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶ …
⸤¶1. Voiceless:¶⸥⸤¶P.¶⸥⸤¶T.¶⸥⸤¶C.¶⸥⸤¶K.¶⸥ …
⸤¶2. Voiced:¶⸥⸤¶B.¶⸥⸤¶D.¶⸥⸤¶J.¶⸥⸤¶G.¶⸥ …
⸤¶3. Voiceless aspirated:¶⸥⸤¶Ph.¶⸥⸤¶Th.¶⸥⸤¶Ch.¶⸥⸤¶Kh.¶⸥ …
⸤¶CONTINUANTS¶⸥⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶ …
⸤¶4. Voiceless:¶⸥⸤¶–¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶2.¶⸥⸤¶H.¶⸥ …
⸤¶5. Voiced (weak):¶⸥⸤¶W.¶⸥⸤¶L, …
⸤¶6. Voiced: Nasals:¶⸥⸤¶M.¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶–¶⸥⸤¶9.¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶ …
p416–417
The sounds of …
p417
It will be …
H represents the …
Adunaic employs affìxion …
A much employed …
Similar to this …
p417–418
Adunaic, like Avallonian, …
p418
The following list …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶(a)¶⸥⸤¶(b)¶⸥⸤¶(c)¶⸥⸤¶(d)¶⸥ …
⸤¶1.¶⸥⸤¶P.¶⸥⸤¶T.¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶K.¶⸥ …
⸤¶2.¶⸥⸤¶B.¶⸥⸤¶D.¶⸥⸤¶Z.¶⸥⸤¶G.¶⸥ …
⸤¶3.¶⸥⸤¶Ph.¶⸥⸤¶Th.¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶Kh.¶⸥ …
⸤¶4.¶⸥⸤¶–¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶H.¶⸥ …
⸤¶5.¶⸥⸤¶W.¶⸥⸤¶L, R, Z.¶⸥⸤¶Y.¶⸥⸤¶-(G). …
⸤¶6.¶⸥⸤¶M.¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶-¶⸥⸤¶(N) [⧼Footnote 5⧽]¶⸥ …
p418–419
It will be …
p419
In the earlier …
H was originally, …
The original consonants …
The sound ? …
p420
3 became weakened, …
Initially 3 disappeared. …
Assimilations in contact. …
As noted above, …
The nasals offer, …
The dental nasal …
p420–421
After these changes …
p421
Since M did …
Where the following …
Other assimilations are …
The aspirates Ph, …
p421–422
The continuants W, …
p422
After voiceless sounds …
After voiced sounds …
The Adunaic Vowels. …
Adunaic originally possessed …
Each Base possessed …
The normal place …
The 2-consonant Bases …
Various other forms …
(i)Prefixion of the …
(ii)Suffixion of the …
(iii)Suppression of the …
This ‘suppression’ of …
These modifications are …
p423
One of the …
Every primary vowel …
(i)Lengthening: Ā, Ī, …
(ii)Fortification or A-infixion: …
(iii) N-infixion: AN, …
In the older …
Similar forms were …
Except in the …
The only source …
p424
Contact of vowels. …
This can be …
If one or …
U contracts with …
After U a …
Earlier Adunaic also …
These diphthongs were …
But similar forms …
By the processes …
p425
Even with these …
KULBU, -A, -I; …
Kullub, -ib, -ab …
GIMLI, -A, -U; …
The apparent gradations …
Basic A: a …
Basic I: i …
Basic U: u …
Declension of nouns. …
Nouns can be …
The stems of …
The stems of …
It is convenient …
p426
All nouns are …
Masculine or Feminine …
Common are the …
The stems of …
Long consonants or …
p426–427
Where, however, a …
p427
In compound nouns …
Masculine nouns usually …
Feminines usually have …
Common nouns have …
Neuter nouns do …
p427–428
Nouns distinguish three …
p428
The Duals are …
The chief use …
Nouns distinguish two …
The Normal (N) …
p428–429
It is used …
p429
The Subjective (S) …
The Objective form …
Plural nouns are …
Plurality is expressed …
Duality is expressed …
p430
The Subjective: in …
The Objective has …
Examples of Declension …
Nouns may be …
The Strong nouns …
Neuter Nouns …
Strong I …
Examples: zadan, house; …
⸤¶Singular¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶zadan¶⸥⸤¶khibīl¶⸥⸤¶huzun¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶zadān¶⸥⸤¶khibēl¶⸥⸤¶huzōn¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶o.¶⸥⸤¶zadun¶⸥⸤¶khibul¶⸥⸤¶huzun, huznu …
⸤¶Dual¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶zadnat¶⸥⸤¶khiblat¶⸥⸤¶huznat¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶zadnāt¶⸥⸤¶khiblāt¶⸥⸤¶huznāt¶⸥ …
⸤¶Plural¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶zadīn¶⸥⸤¶khibil¶⸥⸤¶huzīn¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶zadīna¶⸥⸤¶khibīla¶⸥⸤¶huzīna¶⸥ …
The Dual usually …
p430–431
In all nouns …
p431
Strong II …
Examples: azra, sea; …
⸤¶Singular¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶azra¶⸥⸤¶gimli¶⸥⸤¶nīlu¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶azrā¶⸥⸤¶gimlē¶⸥⸤¶nīlō¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶o.¶⸥⸤¶azru¶⸥⸤¶gimlu¶⸥⸤¶nīlu¶⸥ …
⸤¶Dual¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶azrāt, -at¶⸥⸤¶gimlat, -iyat¶⸥⸤¶nīlat, …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶azrāt¶⸥⸤¶gimlāt, -iyāt¶⸥⸤¶nīlāt, …
⸤¶Plural¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶azrī¶⸥⸤¶gimlī¶⸥⸤¶nilī¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶azrīya¶⸥⸤¶gimlīya¶⸥⸤¶nīlīya¶⸥ …
Beside the normal …
The dual forms …
Weak …
Here belong monosyllabic …
⸤¶Singular¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶pūh¶⸥⸤¶abār¶⸥⸤¶batān¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶pūha¶⸥⸤¶abāra¶⸥⸤¶batāna¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶O.¶⸥⸤¶pūhu¶⸥⸤¶abāru¶⸥⸤¶batānu¶⸥ …
⸤¶Dual¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶pūhat¶⸥⸤¶abārat¶⸥⸤¶batānat¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶pūhāt¶⸥⸤¶abārāt¶⸥⸤¶batānāt¶⸥ …
p432
⸤¶Plural¶⸥⸤¶N.¶⸥⸤¶pūhī¶⸥⸤¶abārī¶⸥⸤¶batānī [Footnote 16]¶⸥ …
⸤¶ ¶⸥⸤¶S.¶⸥⸤¶pūhīya¶⸥⸤¶abārīya¶⸥⸤¶batānīya¶⸥ …
Masculine, Feminine, and …
M., F., and …