Atlantean language - Definition and Overview

The Atlantean language is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand for Disney's film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. The language was intended as a possible "mother language" and was therefore invented to have Indo-European word stock with its own grammar.

Atlantean has an SOV word order. Adjectives follow their nouns while the adverbs follow their verbs. Atlantean has postpositions rather than prepostions. There are three recognized cases: Present Perfect, Present, and Future. There are also three cases: Nominative, Accusative, and the Vocative.

Sample quotation: TAHB-toap LOO-den NEH-bet kwahm GEH-soo BOH-geh-kem deg YAH-seh-ken GEH-soo-goan-tokh. "Father, these people may be able to help us." (The clumsy notation was designed to make it easy for actors to read their lines.)

External link

• Atlantean Conlang Metahistory (http://www.langmaker.com/atlanteanmetahistory.htm)
• Info on Atlantean at OmniGlot.com (http://www.omniglot.com/writing/atlantean.htm)