Alderaan is planet built of mountains, valleys, and oceans. There are hilly regions, which is about as flat as it gets without terraforming, however it is known for those heights. Thus, I pulled a bit of inspiration from Appalachian sounds, and common language patterns that are seen in mountainous regions.
Note, the language is not english. It is nothing like english. Appalachian English is just the nearest mountainous dialect I am familiar with. @yellow-faerie is once again my partner in crime, and this lanugage is still absolutely a WIP. I also have borrowed from @raointean for religious information, which will come in a different post.
Okay. There is the warnings. Lets get into what we have right now.
Sounds!
Here is the current phonology sheet! The preview allows you to see the basic phonology, but I will be sharing a specific section on the spelling patterns, which are very simple at the moment, until I add some variations.
Alderaanii is made of 20 consonant sounds(including some that would be represented by two letters), and 12 vowels, including diphthongs. The vowels sounds can be similar, but usually are doubled to represent a drawn out sound. The spelling patterns are what the IPA symbol sounds like to me in English. (Not Basic, because one of my dearest friends, @krayttahrei-adragonsfriend is creating basic into another conlang, instead of space!English, since its fun. We stand evil conlangs /j) Mostly, the sounds made since and I liked them, with some input from canon names and places, barring one spelling rule that is covered next.
Spelling Patterns and Sounds:
Here are the sounds + associated spelling pattern:
The image above shows the most common spelling patterns, as Fae and I have not created uncommon or old spelling patterns yet. The biggest thing I want to point out is that we made the decision that the letter "i" cannot exist alone. It must be paired with another vowel, or in a double i, example: Alderaanii. This is a change from the original name for the language, which I called Alderaani. This choice is one that looks right, so we shall be keeping it. This is similar to how the letter "c" does not exist alone, it only exists for the "ch" sound. No we do not have a reason for this yet. Probably some hold over from a specific Old Alderaanii word, but we haven't decided yet.
Grammar
Next up is grammar! We haven't done a lot with grammar yet, but here is what we do have:
Normally, word order will be SVO, same as english. However, this changes when in a religious setting, then the word order is OVS. (Nothing is posted with this yet, but Fae has been translating the song Noble Maiden Fair into Alderaanii, and it is so pretty so far I'm obsessed and on tenterhooks for the next bit.)
Nouns in the unaltered form are usually used as names. You add a suffix to mark it as a single, a duo, a triple, and more than triple. In these conjugations(?), if the word ends in a consonant, it follows with a Vowel-Consonant-Vowel, while words that end in vowels (usually) only add Consonant-Vowel(Im looking at you, triple suffix). These are (as of June 19, 2025) located at the top of the grammar tab, linked at the subheading for this section.
Example 1, Vowel ending: Breha (means endure, is also a flower that grows as high altitudes). Brehame is one breha flower. Brehabe would be two flowers, brehail is three, and brehade is more than three breha flowers.
Example 2, consonant ending: cobal (means tea), would be written Cobalome is a single tea(a cup of tea or a tea blend, this is generally understood based on the context used), Cobalebe is two, Cobalile is three, and Cobalede is many.
Conjugating verbs is done with a suffix to indicate the tense, as I liked that for Kehran and am doing the same with Alderaanii ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is not written nicely in a chart yet lol, but we have 6 tenses, with one adjusting the other 5 to become something ongoing, the other tenses represent when something was begun.
Far past, near past, present, near future, far future, and continuous(the modifier).
Mood will be denoted with a prefix, currently we only have imperative(which is commands).
Names
Now, I touched on names a bit in the Grammar section, but names need to be addressed separately as well, as it has its own section in the Doc.
Names are always an un-adjusted noun.
Names can come from any part of speech, but nouns are most common, and of nouns, it is usually something that is one thing, but has a deeper meaning it presents.
Family is a huge part of Alderaan. It follows this rule of three that we have going on, and some other stuff I am excited to share in another Alderaan post. But, in any case, Names are Who You Are. They are EXTREMELY important. Here are the words of @yellow-faerie who sold me on it immediately:
"My idea is that there are houses which pretty much everyone belongs to (the Royal House, which was House Alde before they died out and became mythicised, and then became Organa after a bit of infighting; the Thirteen Major Houses which rule over smaller subsects of the planet; and then a bunch of minor houses which are again in specific places) You get a first name on your naming day which usually has a meaning of what your parents want you to aspire towards - how vague and metaphorical that is depends on your parents lol - and then you have your House Name, and then your surname.
OK so this might be complicated because I'm bad at describing it - but House Name is the house you belong to (you can petition to change this, which is easier when you might be getting married or are adopted in, but you can do it otherwise through appointment by court) which is who you go to for any legal dealings etc etc; surnames are which family within that sect you belong. So, Bail Prestor Organa is still in House Prestor as he's a consort without political power of a reigning monarch, and so remained within his old house (this was a personal choice he made so he could remain as Senator) but is part of the family Organa (as Alderaan is matrilineal in who joins who's family); Breha Organa is part of House Organa but is also part of family Organa (the oldest branch of the house) and so drops the last Organa - typically if someone only has one surname, it means they're a pretty big deal in their family OR that they have no house (and legal dealings are held by The State) Surnames may be gained or changed over the years [REDACTED BECAUSE ORIGINAL STORY]
Another example would be Leia Organa Solo (admittedly in Legends) taking Han's last name (non-traditional by Alderaani standards but was a strong statement of how much she was Marrying This Man Fuck All You People Telling Me To Marry A Prince) but remaining a member of House Organa.
So, TLl;DR, no Middle Names. Its Who You Are+Family+House Name+Surname. House Names can be changed or differ from the House you belong to, especially if you are a branch house. Surnames are your close family. You, mom, dad, and maybe aunts/uncles, but not always.
NOTE: No we have not yet made all Thirteen Houses.
Numbers
This won't be super detailed because we havent done it yet, but we will be doing a base-13 because number 1, I hate myself, and number 2: Baking. So yeah. We only have 0-3, siiv(0)-iile(1)-eebe(2)-oome(3).
Conclusion
Alderaanii is absolutely a work in progress. However, you can keep up with our progress and make your own words using our doc, though please let me know so I can add it if I think it fits what I am building. (Your own dictionary can be a dialect or something, but I will reserve the right to be picky, lol). I also would love to hear about what world-building you are doing and any questions you have- just send an ask (this is title "Pick Your Poison" because I think I'm funny). Same as with Kehran Amatakka, Ryl, and anything else I yap about on this page! Thanks for reading!
-looseleafteeaves, AKA Teeaves
(you can also call me Pehi)
Okay! I am struggling to figure out what to post about for Alderaan. I recently made a Ryl post where I discussed my world building and conlanging for Ryha (twi’lek). Please answer the poll for my first essay (post) on Alderaan
