Meaning and etymology of language bites in The Dwarven Prince and Other Tales
Faeli - The Fae language

 There is one common fae language shared by all fae except for dragons and the mortal races of elves and dwarves.​

Sounds and Pronunciation

Vowels

• A sounds like "ah"

• E sounds like "ay" and is spelled Ae at the end of a word

• I sounds like "ee"

• O sounds like "oh"

• U sounds like "oo"

• ' is a glottal stop, where the voice catches before continuing Example is Fae'alu, the fairy kingdom west of Bythia

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Gender Suffixes

• Male names and nouns end in U or O

• Female names and nouns end in  A or I

• Gender neutral names and nouns end in Ae

• Plural nouns add N to the final vowel

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Nouns and Names

• Alu - land (m) - plural alun

• Fae - fae (adj)​

Faeri - female fae - plural faerin​

Faeru - male fae - plural faerun

Faerae - neutral fae - plural faeraen

Fae'alu - Fairy Land​

Fae'ul - Fairy Language

• Ni'amo - Grace  (ni - freely + amo - give)

Ni'ami - female name​

Ni'amu - male name

Ni'amae - neutral name