III.3. Grammar of South-Elven
Due to the loss of most vowels in final syllables the flexion of South-Elven was also lost (except of the flexion of verbs). The relations within the sentence were subsequently expressed by word order. As regards grammar, therefore, South-Elven is less conservative as in comparison to phonetics.

III.3.1. Nouns
In contrast to the other Elven daughter languages of Eleiar the declension of South-Elbven was lost with the loss of final syllables. Only the plural ending -is remained:

Words which end on -is (e.g.: némis, gift) have similar forms in singular and plural.

As a kind of compensation for the loss of declensions South-Elven has retained the gender particles and uses them as articles. As in Eleiar, the article is adapted to the initial sound of the noun: masculine: a sídd (the people, the tribe); ar inder (the hunter); feminine: o baedach (the deer); on eardav (the care). In noun phrases the article stands before a construction and adapts to the following word; e.g.: ar árdyl sídd (the proud people), o cylt aethis (the intelligent beloved). With the attachment of the plural endings new plural forms developed, which also adapt to the initial syllable of the following word; e.g.: masculine: ae síddis (the peoples); aes inderis (the hunters); feminine: ú baedachis (the deer); ús aethis (the beloved).
The dominant word order of sentences is subject - indirect object - direct object; e.g.: Nor slidin o siddas a némis (I give the present to the mother).

The adjective has retained the comparative forms of Eleier:
Comparative: thuryl : cethuryl (fast : faster); arcyl : cárcyl (shure : shurer)
Superlative: thuryl : nothuryl (fast : fastest); arcyl : nárcyl (shure : shurest).