Cthuvian

Cthuvian or R'lyehian is a fictional language created by H.P. Lovecraft that exists within the Cthulhu Mythos. The phonology of this language is different compared to human languages. Its official fragment appeared in "The Call of Cthulhu," a short story written by Lovecraft.

Phonology
It has a CCCCVCC syllable structure. Syllables can be vowel-less.

Phoneme "h" is found in two ways:


 * When it appears after a consonant, it makes the sound softer. So, "th" sounds like "th" as in "through."
 * It also, however, has its own sound as "ha," "hu," etc.

Grammar
Cthuvian's parts of speech are indistinguishable from one another. It is a highly synthetic language, as it uses affixes.

Prepositions are also prefixed, such as "ph-" is a prefix for "beyond." "Ph'shogg" means "beyond the dark realm." To form a plural, one needs to repeat the last syllable. So, "n'gha" means "death" and "n'gha-ghaa" means "deaths" (from "Dead of Night). The non-present tense is made by adding the prefix "na/nafl-" to the verb. So, "sll'ha" means "you are giving (offer)," and "nafl'sll'ha" means "you gave (offer)." Although the word order is free, sometimes the object gets prefixed to the verb.

Official Sentence
A famous sentence from "The Call of Cthulhu" in R'lyehian language is given below:

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn": ("In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu lies dreaming.")

Word-to-word translated as:

"Over the limit (dead), still dreaming, Cthulhu, (at) R'lyeh, (in) the residential place (palace), lies."