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Alethi
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Alethi
Alethi is a language spoken in Alethkar, a nation on the continent of Roshar in the world of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Alethi is the nationality of most of the main characters in the series. It was brought together by Gavilar Kholin, who then explored the Shattered Plains, discovered the Parshendi, and promptly got murdered, leaving his son Elokhar in place.
Sample of Alethi[view] shagesh nufel sures / bashah nufel kharum / sanem nufel kurem
Life before death / Strength before weakness / Journey before destination[view all texts]
Life before death / Strength before weakness / Journey before destination[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | s | z | ʃ | x | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɫ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]2 | |||||||||||||||
- pronounced /j/ in lighteyed dialect
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ||||||
| Open | ä | |||||||
- allophone of /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Alethi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AlethiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ] | Jj/d͡ʒ/1 |
| Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ɫ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ʌ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/, [ɾ] |
| Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/θ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- pronounced /j/ in lighteyed dialect
