Alanûz

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Alanūz
Alanūz
Pronunciation[ʔaˈlanuːz]
Created byNicolás Campi
Date2003
SettingEarth-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

Vowels

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
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.

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