Alanûz
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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 | |
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Stop | p b | t d | k g | q | ʔ | |
Fricative | ɸ β ⟨f v⟩ | x ɣ ⟨kh gh⟩ | h | |||
Sibilant | s z | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Liquid | l r | |||||
Approximant | j ⟨y⟩ |
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː |
Mid | e eː | o oː |
Open | a |
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 |
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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.