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{{Infobox language
|name = Alanūz
|nativename = ''Alanūz''
|creator = [[User:Nicomega|Nicolás Campi]][[Category:User:Nicomega]]
|pronunciation = {{IPA|ʔaˈlanuːz}}
| pronunciation_key =
|setting = Earth-like planet, alternate Earth
|region        = Undetermined
| created          = 2003
|familycolor  = isolate
|ancestor = Ancient Alanūz
|script1        = Latn
| notice            = ipa
}}


'''Alanûz''' is a language inspired in [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic languages]] and [[w:triliteral roots|triliteral roots]] but completely ''a priori''. It doesn't strictly follow a Semitic grammar though.
'''Alanūz''', [ʔaˈlanuːz], is an [[a priori]] [[artistic language|artlang]] grammatically inspired by [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic languages]] and using [[w:triliteral roots|triliteral roots]] as its base. The language possess a mysterious background and a long mystical and esoteric tradition of philosophy reminiscent of [[w:Gematria|Gematria]] and Ancient Hebrew [[w:Kabbalah|Kabbalah]].
::Sample:
:'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr'''
:''the truth hides beneath the words.''
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===Orthography===
===Orthography===
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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===Vowels===
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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
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Alanûz marks for gender in nouns, adjectives and verbs. It has three genders: masculine, feminine and neutral. It has three numbers: singular, plural and dual (only for natural pairs). Possessives are marked as suffixes and the noun also marks for case: nominative, accusative, a prepositional and a construct state.
=== Nouns ===
=== Nouns ===
=== Adjectives ===
=== Adjectives ===
=== Verbs ===
=== Verbs ===
=== Adverbs ===
=== Adverbs ===
=== Numerals ===
{| class="bluetable"
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! Numeral !! Alanûz
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| 1 || ''šam''
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| 2 || ''aleth''
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| 3 || ''giveh''
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| 4 || ''kafaz''
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| 5 || ''kharam''
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| 6 || ''avar''
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| 7 || ''hirev''
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| 8 || ''lakhas''
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| 9 || ''favas''
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| 10 || ''urva''
|}
=== Particles ===
=== Particles ===
=== Derivational morphology ===
=== Derivational morphology ===
==Sample Wordlist==
{{sort list|asc|2=
* '''aval''', how
* '''ka''', to be
* '''yar''', well, fine
* '''valam''', where
* '''ilu''', river f.
* '''turah''', king m.
* '''av''', what
* '''ûl''', this
* '''gliv''', tower n.
* '''hakal''', to hide
* '''qavir''', true
* '''qaviram''', truth m.
* '''lê''', under, beneath < *lay-
* '''zayar''', word m.
* '''zagal''', staff, cane n.
* '''dûn''', to hold < *duwun
* '''âzguldûn'''. counsellor m.
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==Example texts==
==Example texts==
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* '''How are you?'''  ''Aval kaf?''
* '''I'm fine.''' ''Yar kazī.''
* '''Where's the river?''' ''Valam kav-ilu?''
* '''Where's the king?''' ''Valam kā-turah?''
* '''What is this?''' ''Av kav-ūl?''
* '''This is a tower.''' ''Ūl ka-gliv.''
:Sample:
:'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr'''
:''the truth hides beneath the words.''
:'''turah hirev ilû'''
:''the king of the seven rivers''
==Other resources==
==Other resources==
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Latest revision as of 18:32, 15 October 2021


Alanūz
Alanūz
Pronunciation[ʔaˈlanuːz]
Created byNicolás Campi
Date2003
SettingEarth-like planet, alternate Earth
Early form
Ancient Alanūz
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Alanūz, [ʔaˈlanuːz], is an a priori artlang grammatically inspired by Semitic languages and using triliteral roots as its base. The language possess a mysterious background and a long mystical and esoteric tradition of philosophy reminiscent of Gematria and Ancient Hebrew Kabbalah.

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Palatal/Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop b t d k g q ʔ
Fricative ɸ β ⟨f v⟩ θ ⟨th⟩ x ⟨kh⟩ h
Sibilant s z ʃ ⟨š⟩
Nasal m n
Liquid l r
Approximant j ⟨y⟩

Vowels

Front Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

Grammar

Alanûz marks for gender in nouns, adjectives and verbs. It has three genders: masculine, feminine and neutral. It has three numbers: singular, plural and dual (only for natural pairs). Possessives are marked as suffixes and the noun also marks for case: nominative, accusative, a prepositional and a construct state.

Nouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Adverbs

Numerals

Numeral Alanûz
1 šam
2 aleth
3 giveh
4 kafaz
5 kharam
6 avar
7 hirev
8 lakhas
9 favas
10 urva

Particles

Derivational morphology

Sample Wordlist

  • av, what
  • aval, how
  • dûn, to hold < *duwun
  • gliv, tower n.
  • hakal, to hide
  • ilu, river f.
  • ka, to be
  • lê, under, beneath < *lay-
  • qavir, true
  • qaviram, truth m.
  • turah, king m.
  • valam, where
  • yar, well, fine
  • zagal, staff, cane n.
  • zayar, word m.
  • âzguldûn. counsellor m.
  • ûl, this

Example texts

  • How are you? Aval kaf?
  • I'm fine. Yar kazī.
  • Where's the river? Valam kav-ilu?
  • Where's the king? Valam kā-turah?
  • What is this? Av kav-ūl?
  • This is a tower. Ūl ka-gliv.
Sample:
hakelī qaviram lē-zīr
the truth hides beneath the words.
turah hirev ilû
the king of the seven rivers

Other resources

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