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'''Alanūz''', [ʔaˈlanuːz], is an [[a priori]] [[artistic language|artlang]] grammatically inspired by [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic languages]] and using [[w:triliteral roots|triliteral roots]] as its base. The language possess a mysterious background and a long mystical and esoteric tradition of philosophy reminiscent of Ancient Hebrew [[w:Kabbalah|Kabbalah]]. | '''Alanūz''', [ʔaˈlanuːz], is an [[a priori]] [[artistic language|artlang]] grammatically inspired by [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic languages]] and using [[w:triliteral roots|triliteral roots]] as its base. The language possess a mysterious background and a long mystical and esoteric tradition of philosophy reminiscent of [[w:Gematria|Gematria]] and Ancient Hebrew [[w:Kabbalah|Kabbalah]]. | ||
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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;" | |||
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! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal/Alveolar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal | |||
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! style="" |Stop | |||
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| k g | |||
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! style="" |Fricative | |||
| ɸ β {{angbr|''f v''}} | |||
| θ {{angbr|''th''}} | |||
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| x {{angbr|''kh''}} | |||
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! style="" |Sibilant | |||
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| s z | |||
| ʃ {{angbr|''š''}} | |||
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! style="" |Nasal | |||
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! style="" |Liquid | |||
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! style="" |Approximant | |||
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| j {{angbr|''y''}} | |||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class="bluetable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
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! !! Front !! Back | |||
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! Close | |||
| i iː || u uː | |||
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! Mid | |||
| e eː || o oː | |||
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! Open | |||
| colspan=2 | a aː | |||
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
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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 === | === Nouns === | ||
=== Adjectives === | === Adjectives === | ||
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=== Particles === | === Particles === | ||
=== Derivational morphology === | === Derivational morphology === | ||
==Sample Wordlist== | |||
{{sort list|asc|2= | |||
* '''aval''', how | |||
* '''ka''', to be | |||
* '''yar''', well, fine | |||
* '''valam''', where | |||
* '''ilu''', river f. | |||
* '''turah''', king m. | |||
* '''av''', what | |||
* '''ûl''', this | |||
* '''gliv''', tower n. | |||
* '''hakal''', to hide | |||
* '''qavir''', true | |||
* '''qaviram''', truth m. | |||
* '''lê''', under, beneath < *lay- | |||
* '''zayar''', word m. | |||
* '''zagal''', staff, cane n. | |||
* '''dûn''', to hold < *duwun | |||
* '''âzguldûn'''. counsellor m. | |||
}} | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
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:'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr''' | :'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr''' | ||
:''the truth hides beneath the words.'' | :''the truth hides beneath the words.'' | ||
:'''turah hirev ilû''' | |||
:''the king of the seven rivers'' | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||