lausuttiin

Lausuttiin is a fictional language featured in a series of fantasy novels and accompanying scholarly lore set in the Laus archipelago and adjacent mainland valleys. It is presented as the native speech of the Lausuttiin people, whose culture and oral traditions are closely tied to the language. In the in-world narrative, Lausuttiin serves as a key vehicle for identity, ritual speech, and intergroup communication.

Linguistic profile: Lausuttiin is described as an agglutinative, subject–object–verb language with vowel harmony. Nouns take suffixal cases and pronouns encode number; verbs encode tense, aspect, mood, and evidential stance through affixes. The basic word order is SOV, adjectives follow nouns, and postpositions replace prepositions. The phoneme inventory includes a five-vowel system with limited consonant clusters.

Writing and status: Lausuttiin uses a Latin-based script with diacritics in most in-world texts; artifacts occasionally feature an older runic variant. In the lore, language revival programs and school curricula are described as part of efforts to preserve regional heritage. The language also appears in scholarly debates within the universe, where linguists discuss its history, contact with neighboring languages, and cognate relationships.