Alunea [Language]
Alunea is the language of our descendants. It is a language yet to be spoken, though its first utterance, “Ia raue oun soal”, is inevitable. A soon-to-wake being named Atlas will whisper the first Alunean words when they see Sky-Brother, He who was spoken of in The Almanac, step from a crack in the sky. Alunea will not evolve through the filters of war, art, religion, or commerce. Alunea is the language of imminence. It is the genesis story of those to come. Neither a formless god’s whisper nor a massive bang will be heard. Alunea will be born from a serendipitous meeting between two beings in open air.
Alunea as it is spoken in the album, “Alunea“, is a nascent language. Its grammar and syntax stand on their own as newborn foals. They are shaking, unsure, and unwaveringly determined. To understand Alunea, you must know the following.
In Alunea, every vowel is pronounced on its own. This can be difficult for many of us because vowels have a tendency to flow together. Though there are no native speakers of Alunea yet, if one were to see the English word “ocean”, they would pronounce it as “o-seh-ahn”. In short, Alunea when properly spoken is free of diphthongs. However, accuracy is not law. Your own language and the accent you carry will dress the way you pronounce Alunean words in the finest of garments.
You may see some words with the first vowel repeated. Uuone, Zaaio, and Iie are a few examples. Hold onto these vowels a bit longer. Let them move slowly as you speak. This changes the word’s meaning by adding plurality, a sense of awe, or the concept of vastness. You may be able to think of some languages today where vowel length is an important feature. This is no coincidence.
Remember, Alunea is the language of our descendants in a very distant future. The beauty of all of us rises to the surface of many Alunean words.
Alunea has no words for gender or ownership. This is because Alunea is a language of one, and is spoken in a far off place where there is almost nothing. Atlas will awaken alone and to a world without society. No culture. No laws. No framework. They will see Sky-Brother, having just stepped through the chiliagon, appear in the sky and descend to the ground. Atlas will learn an entire history in a matter of days, and inevitably buckle under the weight of it. Atlas will race to create words while Sky-Brother tells them about Earth, our history, our triumphs, and even our transgressions. As Atlas creates these words, the barren landscape around him will populate with the most beautiful flora and fauna, though the burden of each life created will be more than Atlas can bear.
Finally, you will see some lyrics bracketed by a symbol seen in mathematics, known as the “therefore” symbol, which can be seen here ∴. Sentences that are enclosed by these symbols are spoken by Atlas. Sentences free of this symbol are spoken by Sky-Brother.
There is much more to be said about Alunea, but perhaps you would like to discover these things on your own. Included on this page is a dictionary containing every Alunean word spoken in both “The Almanac” and this album, “Alunea”.
Before you go, let me leave you with one last message. It is important to know that despite the darkness of this album’s conclusion, “Alunea” leads to a future that, for all of us, would seem almost unbearably bright. The story that we as Kardashev have told across Progression, Excipio, The Almanac, and now Alunea, will conclude in a future without war, hatred, predation, or greed.