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Introduction
Cthuvian or R'lyehian is a fictional langauge created by H.P. Lovecraft. It is a language used in a fictional universe called 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 CCCCVC syllable structure. Syllables can be vowel-less.

Phoneme 'h' is found in two ways:


 * When it appears after after we 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
Its 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, you need 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 world 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."