Alarian
| Alarine | |
|---|---|
| Démfa Alaríne | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈde̞ɱfä äläˈɾine̞] |
| Created by | Ronnie Lovell |
| Setting | Alaria |
Introduction
Alarine is a constructed language spoken in the fictional Kingdom of Alari, the central setting in an unnamed book series.
It was developed as a means of enhancing realism within the series, and as a form of artistic expression in the real world.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | |||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | |||||
| Fricative | f v | θ | s z | ʃ ʒ | x | |
| Trill/Tap | r ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | l | j ʎ | w |
The phonemes /d/ and /ɡ/ are pronounced as voiced stops only after a pause, or after a nasal consonant,
in all other contexts, they are realized as approximants /ð̞/, /ɣ/
Vowels
The Alarine phonemic inventory consists of five vowel phonemes (/ä/, /e̞/, /i/, /o̞/, /u/)
| Front | Center | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | |
| Open | ä |
Stress
Alarine features variable stress, marked with an acute accent on the vowel (á/é/í/ó/ú)
Phonotactics
Alarine features a (C)V(C)(C) syllable structure
Orthography
| Alarine Orthography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alarine: | a | b | c | d | dj | e | f | g | h | i | j | l | lj | m | n | ñ | o | p | q | r | s | sj | t | tj | þ | u | v | w | z | zj | |||
| IPA: | ä | b | k | d | d͡ʒ | e̞ | f | ɡ | x | i | j | l | ʎ | m | n | ɲ | o̞ | p | kʷ | r | s | ʃ | t | t͡ʃ | θ | u | v | w | z | ʒ | |||
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are declined for 3 genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) and 2 numbers (singular, plural)
Masculine nouns are marked by the singular ending -o and the plural -i
| présto ‘'finger'’ (masc.) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Base | présto | présti |
| Genitive | préstos | préstis |
Feminine nouns are marked by the singular ending -a and the plural -e
| éza ‘'food'’ (fem.) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Base | éza | éze |
| Genitive | ézas | ézes |
Neuter nouns are marked by the singular ending -e and the plural -i, resembling the masculine plural and feminine plural respectively.
| énde ‘'fire'’ (neut.) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Base | énde | éndi |
| Genitive | éndes | éndis |
Adjectives
Adjectives decline identically to nouns
Clitic
Alarine features an optionally enclitic copula to mark the subject of an adjective or interrogative:
Copula (to be)
| Present | Past | Future | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1S | éru, 'ru | óram, 'ram | fuáo, 'fu |
| 2S | éres, 'res | óras, 'ras | fués, 'fes |
| 3S | ére, 're | óra, 'ra | fué, 'fe |
| 1P | erémo, 'rmo | eráma, 'rma | fuámo, 'fmo |
| 2P | eréto, 'rto | eráta, 'rta | fuáto, 'fto |
| 3P | éren, 'ren | óran, 'ran | fuén, 'fen |
Examples
- tóþi'ru - I am there
- tjúto'res - You are loud
- niódo're - he/she/it is stupid
- séti'rmo - we are quiet
- máto'rto - y'all are together
- sácro'ren - they are sacred
Verbs
Verbs inflect for three persons (First, Second, Third) and three tenses (Present, Past, Future)
Currently there are three classes of verbs:
Class 1
The first class features regular verbs, and take the vowel /e/ as their stem and thematic vowel, with past having /o/ as the stem vowel and /a/ as the thematic vowel.
| Present | Past | Future | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1S | sérpu | sórpam | serpéru |
| 2S | sérpes | sórpas | serpéres |
| 3S | sérpe | sórpa | serpére |
| 1P | serpémo | sorpáma | serperémo |
| 2P | serpéto | sorpáta | serperéto |
| 3P | sérpen | sórpan | serpéren |
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