languages
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Atiri als Nílíth: The Language of Atiriníl
Atiriníl is a highly analytic and mostly isolating language devoid of inflectional affixes, with a front heavy stress-accent. It is isolating except for its pronouns which are developing a rudimentary case system, and a possessive clitic. It is SOV and consistently head final. It utilizes a symmetric clause framing structure. Chronological timeline markers anchor the absolute… Continue reading
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The Withered Flower: A Laénaran Love Story
This poem is written in both English and Laénara, including the final Aítanagarí script. It is a simple poem of life and death, but like everything in Laénara, the íra, the true words within hide the truth. Continue reading
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The Definitive Grammar Guide to Laénara
Laénara is an agglutinative, head-final language with a rigid SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order. Its sound is defined by a rule-based pitch accent system, and its grammar contains several unique features that reflect the culture of its speakers. It is a numeral classifier language, in base-60. Continue reading
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Laénaran Grammar: Verb Theory
This series is a deep dive into specific elements of Laénara’s grammar, focusing on specific topics in an easy to understand way. This article focuses on the massive topic of verbs and their many forms. Continue reading
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Laénaran Grammar: The ‘ka’ and ‘té’ Particles
This series is a deep dive into specific elements of Laénara’s grammar, focusing on specific topics in an easy to understand way. Continue reading
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Laénaran Grammar: The ‘wa’ Particle
This series is a deep dive into specific elements of Laénara’s grammar, focusing on specific topics in an easy to understand way. Continue reading
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The Four Cardinal Kings
This tale is fundamental to the cultures of the mainland Alcrést, and tells the story of how the four winds came to be. It hints at a greater mythology, and is one of the oldest epics known. The poem here in both English and the native Laénara. Continue reading