Alarian

Alarine
Démfa Alaríne
Pronunciation	[ˈde̞ɱfä äläˈɾine̞]
Created by	Ronnie Lovell
Setting	Alaria
Language family	Constructed languages Artistic languages Fictional languages Alarine

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

Consonants of Alarine

	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/)

Vowels of Alarine

	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
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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