Vanayla
Vanayla is a constructed language (conlang) devised for a fictional world by linguist and author Lira Kestrel, first described in 2012. It functions as the native language of the Vanaylian people, who inhabit the Vanaya archipelago, a chain of coastal islands in the northern seas of the imagined setting. The name vanayla is drawn from elements in the islands’ historic language, combining a semantic focus on sea and voice.
Geographic and cultural context: In the in-world society, Vanayla is associated with seafaring, ritual speech, and
Phonology and script: Vanayla has a modest phoneme inventory, with vowels /a e i o u/ and
Grammar: The basic word order is subject–object–verb (SOV). Nouns carry case-like markers (nominative, accusative, dative) and
Status and reception: In the fictional setting, Vanayla serves as a symbol of cultural identity and continuity.