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 in the Latin alphabet with the following letters:

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.

Phonology

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
align=center	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>