{"id":40,"date":"2017-05-08T15:55:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T22:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2017-05-10T17:38:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T00:38:24","slug":"the-ancient-forests-of-westeros","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/the-lands-of-ice-and-fire\/the-ancient-forests-of-westeros\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Forests of Westeros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the arrival of the First Men, the forests of Westeros were populated by beings known as the Children of the Forest. They spoke a language humans called the True Tongue. Though their numbers have dwindled, the Children of the Forest exist to this day beyond the Wall, and still speak their language.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenge Level: Moderate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Children_of_the_forest\" target=\"_blank\">Wiki of Ice and Fire Entry for the Children of the Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Characters Associated with Asshai: <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Leaf\" target=\"_blank\">Leaf<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Ash\" target=\"_blank\">Ash<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Black_Knife\" target=\"_blank\">Black Knife<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cof-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cof-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cof.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Proto-Phonology<\/h3>\n<h4>Consonants<\/h4>\n<table id=\"phon\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Labial<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Alveolar<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Postalveolar\/Palatal<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Velar<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Glottal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Stops<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">p\/b<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">t\/d<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">t\u0283\/d\u0292<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">k\/\u0261<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Fricatives<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">f<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">s<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0283<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Nasals<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0272<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u014b<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Approximants<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u027e, l<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">j<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">w<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Vowels<\/h4>\n<table id=\"phon\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Front<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Central<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Back<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Close<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">i<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Close-Mid<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">e<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">o<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Open-Mid<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u025b<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0254<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Open<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">a<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> For the sake of simplicity, the following changes have been made to the usual phonetic descriptions of various IPA characters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Labial&#8221; is used as a cover term for bilabial and labio-dental.<\/li>\n<li>[\u01dd] has been placed in the Open Mid row.<\/li>\n<li>To shorten the tables, &#8220;Approximant&#8221; is used as a cover term for approximants, glides, taps, and trills.<\/li>\n<li>Where a consonant or pair of consonants appears in two columns, it means that place distinction is unimportant for the phoneme(s) in question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the arrival of the First Men, the forests of Westeros were populated by beings known as the Children of the Forest. 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