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! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental | |||
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! style="width: 68px; " |Velar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal | |||
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! style="" |Stop | |||
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! style="" |Fricative | |||
| ɸ β {{angbr|''f v''}} | |||
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! style="" |Nasal | |||
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! style="" |Liquid | |||
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! style="" |Approximant | |||
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Revision as of 19:00, 1 October 2021
| Alanūz | |
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| Alanūz | |
| Pronunciation | [ʔaˈlanuːz] |
| Created by | Nicolás Campi |
| Date | 2003 |
| Setting | Earth-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 | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | q ɣ ⟨q gh⟩ | ||
| Fricative | ɸ β ⟨f v⟩ | x ⟨kh⟩ | h | |||
| Sibilant | s z | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Liquid | l r | |||||
| Approximant | j ⟨y⟩ |
Vowels
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
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.
- Iz turah ’ôbal kazî.
- I, the king, am your law.