Anathic

Anathic (Á h-Ænæþ, pronounced [oɑ ˈhanaθ] in Anathic) is an artlang created by Rhian Davies in February 2012. Originally created for purely artistic purposes, a conculture is currently being developed for Anathic speakers. Its grammar is a priori but it has an a posteriori vocabulary with influences from the Celtic and Nordic languages, as well as Old English. It is currently a language isolate, but in time, what is shown here will become known as Old Anathic (Á h-Ænæþ Séyn) and a variety of dialects will be developed.

Anathic is spoken in Hoyer (Á h-Ór in Anathic), a fictional island continent in the Denitian world. It is the native language of approximately 300,000 people.

Orthography

Anathic is written using the following alphabet:

Aa Ææ Bb Cc Çç Dd Ðð Ee Vv Ff Gg Ŋŋ Hh Ii Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Þþ Uu Wω Yy Ɛə

Anathic uses two diacritics: the grave for irregular stress and acute for long vowels or syllabic nasals - long vowels in Old Anathic will be shown using the macron, while irregular stress will not be written. New orthographies will be created along with future dialectal variations.

Phonology

Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable; irregular stress is shown with a grave marker:

• sylvə ['sɪɫ.və] (a forest)
• əsylv [ə'sɪɫv] (the forest)
• èrsylvə ['ɛrsɪɫvə] (the edge of a forest)

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b			t d		k g
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s	(ʃ)	x (ɣ)	h
Nasal	m (mʰ)			n (nʰ)		ŋ (ŋʰ)
Trill				r (rʰ)
Approximant				ɫ	j	w

(Allophones in parentheses)

Vowels

Monophthongs

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u:
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Open	a		ɑ

Diphthongs

	Front	Central	Back
Close	ui	iə
Mid	ɛi, oe	əʉ	oɑ~oə, eo
Open	ai

Diphthongs are either written with acute accents or as digraphs: <úy> <í> <é> <oe> <ó> <á> <eo> <ý>

Grammar

Word order is mainly VSO, but OVS can also be used.

Morphology

Anathic has:

• Initial consonant mutation (soft, nasal and hard/aspirate)
• Three noun classes (according to the three elements of solidity, flow and aether)