Alanûz

Alanūz
Alanūz
Pronunciation	[ʔaˈlanuːz]
Created by	Nicolás Campi
Date	2003
Setting	Earth-like planet, alternate Earth
Language family	language isolate
Early form	Ancient Alanūz
Writing system	Latin

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.

Phonology

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.

Numerals

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

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