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Triconsonantal Clusters are Not allowed in Adûnaic!

Triconsonantal Clusters are when you have three consonants in a row like -zgr-

However, cases like nakkha (“to come”) is NOT a triconsonantal cluster, it is a biconsonantal cluster as the last two consonants are a single sound.

(that is the tricky thing about "clusters"--they're different from a single consonant written with two letters, like English's -sh)

Or like church where there are three letters but only two sounds, R + CH /ʧ/

 

Circumflexes and Macrons are identical in function in Adûnaic and every other of Tolkien's languages.

The Breve (the rounded line on top of a vowel) indicates a short vowel, like U in the word "cut".

 

Language has similarities to Kurdish (îdô “now” means the same thing both in Adûnaic and Kurdish).

 

Masculine endings:  -k, -r, -n, -d; in masculine names like Gimilkhâd, Gimilzôr. Possibly -u, -û, or -ô. Attested -l.

Feminine endings:  -th, -l, -s, -z; in feminine names like Inzilbêth, Zimraphel. Possibly -i, -î, and -ê. Attested -n.

 

Historical Periods of Númenor (from https://anthropologyarda.tumblr.com/post/128419467552/historical-periods-of-n%C3%BAmenor)

Foundation Period – The reign of Elros Tar-Minyatur (SA 32-442)

Classical Period – Ta-Vardamir to Tar-Meneldur (SA 442-883)

Colonial Period – Tar-Aldarion to Tar-Minastir; also called the Early Middle Period, the Age of Sail, or the Eldarin Alliance period   (SA 883 - 1869)

Imperial Period – Tar-Ciryatan to Tar-Alcarin; during this period the King’s Men and the Elendili factions are established between SA 2221 – 2386. Also includes Anducal’s Uprising and the Reign of the Illegitimate Sovereign, or the Time of the Unseated King; sometimes called the Late Middle Period  (SA 1869 – 2737)

Adûnaic Period – Ar-Belzagar to Ar-Gimilzôr; usually divided into early, high and late eras  (SA 2737 - 3177)

Revival Era – Tar-Palantir, sometimes referred to as the Days of Restoration by Faithful historians  (SA 3177 – 3255)

Avalôiyada Period - Ar-Pharazôn’s reign (SA 3255 – 3319)

Akallabêth Period – Fall of Númenor to the death of Elendil (and sometimes his sons), historiography of the Kingdoms in Exile begins (SA 3319 - 3441)