Iluhīya

Introduction

This language is my first attempt at conlanging after a years long hïatus. It started in early December, 2024, when I wanted to create a semetic artlang for personal reasons. Iluhīya is mostly based off of Arabic, Hebrew and Classical Syriac, with some other languages mixed in as well, such as Akkadian. Syriac was a particularly big ispiration, and the source of a large amount of vocabulary in the language. To distinguish it from the mother languages though, I invented novel structures in the morphology and grammar. Throughout the process of creation, euphony and aesthetic beauty were a top priority for me.

Phonology

Prosodical Prominence

A feature present in every multisyllabic word in Iluhīya is vowel prominence. Though this is intended to be a length distinction (as indicated by the macron) like in other semetic languages, a speaker can also indicate prominence through stress or tone if necessary.

There is no set intonation for words since the primary stress always falls on the prominent vowel, which can be moved to convey grammatical information such as the person of verbs.