Arathic

Arathic is a constructed language created for the fictional world of Arathia by a community of language enthusiasts and writers. It is used in novels, games, and fan media to convey speech for its inhabitants and to provide a sense of cultural depth. As a conlang, Arathic has a documented grammar, lexicon, and orthography that have been expanded by contributors over time.

The name Arathic derives from the location name Arath and carries the adjectival suffix -ic indicating language. The language is sometimes referred to as the Arathic tongue in sources outside the community.

Phonology and orthography: Descriptions common in community resources indicate a consonant inventory with stops, fricatives, nasals, and a small number of liquids, and a vowel system of five vowels. Arathic writing is typically presented in a Latin-based transliteration, with some fan-created scripts forming syllabaries or alphabetic variants.

Grammar: Arathic is described as an agglutinative language with rich derivational morphology. Word order is commonly analyzed as subject–object–verb, with nouns inflected for case and number and verbs marked for tense, aspect, and mood. Noun incorporation and evidential markers are variably described across sources.

History and usage: Arathic emerged in online conlang circles in the early 21st century and was later incorporated into official and fan-made media. It has several dialects and sociolects used in different stories and game settings. References to Arathic are mostly found in fan wikis, language journals, and glossaries maintained by communities rather than in established linguistic literature.