Re: From The Ashes...

Daniel A. Wier scripsit:

> The situation is that these people are the modern-day descendants of ancient
> (as in well over 10,000 B.C.) Mesopotamian Elves who later adopted Sumerian,
What does it mean to call them "Elves"?  Live for ever unless killed,
reincarnate in their descendants?  Pointy ears?  Or just tall and skinny?

> thaa'      ls (voiceless lat. fric.; norm. written tl)
> dhaal      lz (voiced lat. fric.; norm. written dl)
The romanizations tl and dl look more suitable to affricates.
(The Arabic forms seem fine).  Maybe you should use affricates,
or else change the romanizations to somethin like "hl" and "ll"?

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