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DovahKiinZaan
October 24, 2014

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Could there possibly be a word beginning with x, I know it's gonna be hard but is it possible?

Category: General


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paarthurnax
Administrator
October 24, 2014

Dovahzul only uses "x" to make /ks/ as in nax and bex. Feel free to elaborate if I'm wrong, but I think you're asking with that in mind. And with that in mind, it would be possible, but really only in loanwords or names. For example, "Xarxes" as a borrowed name would be pronounced something like /'ksark ses/. This is pretty unnatural for the dragon language, so in all honesty the pronunciation would probably adapt to /'kark ses/ or /'sark ses/.

If you're asking about using "x" to make /z/ like it would at the beginning of an English word, then just spell the word with "z" instead.


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Mirkrilaar
October 27, 2014

Words don't begin with "X" in dovahzul.


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DovahKiinZaan
October 25, 2014

You was right the first time


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DovahKiinZaan
October 26, 2014

Can't be compound


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DovahKiinZaan
October 27, 2014

Just posted a word beginning with x

 


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DovahKiinZaan
October 31, 2014

And it got rejected