ITalaan

Italaan is a constructed language (conlang) developed for a fictional world. It serves as the native tongue of the Italen people in the imagined nation of Italar. The project emphasizes systematic phonology, grammar, and a Latin-based writing system to support storytelling and world-building.

The name derives from Italan roots meaning "speech" and "language." Italaan is described as agglutinative with analytic tendencies, blending affixes with periphrastic forms.

The sound system comprises roughly 20 consonants and 5 vowels, with no phonemic tone. Syllables favor CV or CVC structures, and stress falls on the penultimate syllable in most words.

The basic word order is SVO, with occasional variation in poetry. Nouns mark number with the plural suffix -im, while verbs encode tense and aspect through affixes. Adjectives follow nouns, and relative clauses use a dedicated marker.

The orthography is Latin-based, using diacritics to indicate vowel quality. Spelling is largely phonemic, aligning pronunciation with written form.

Materials include a grammar guide, a learner’s dictionary, and phrasebooks. It is primarily used within the fictional setting but also studied by conlang enthusiasts for world-building.

Two primary dialects, Northern Italaan and Southern Italaan, exhibit lexical and phonetic differences but remain largely mutually intelligible. Loanwords from neighboring fictional languages appear in both varieties.

See also: Constructed language; Conlang; Italar universe.