Ancaron

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Standard Ancaron
Onancaronpotcor
Spoken in: Ancaron Empire (Ancaronbactari)
Conworld: DPM / Nacar
Total speakers: 52 trillion
Genealogical classification: Antacar
North Antacar
Ancaron
Standard Ancaron
Basic word order: OVS(O)
Morphological type: agglutinating polysynthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment: nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
Leech10 2007 (2009)

Phonology

Ancaron's syllable structure is (C)V(C).

Consonants

In the table, the letter on the left is the IPA value, the bolded, middle letter is the Latin (Latancor) transcription, and on the right is the marcor letter.

Labial Labiodental Alveolar Velar
Nasal m m Ancaron M.png n n Ancaron N.png
Plosive p p Ancaron P.png, b b Ancaron B.png t t Ancaron T.png, d d Ancaron D.png k c Ancaron C.png, g g Ancaron G.png
Frictive f f Ancaron F.png, v v Ancaron V.png s s Ancaron S.png, z z Ancaron Z.png
Approximant ɹ r Ancaron R.png
Lateral Approximant l l Ancaron L.png

Vowels

In the bolded letter is the IPA value/Latin (Latancor) transcription, with the letter on the right being the Marcor letter.

Front Central Back Diphthongs
High i Ancaron I.png u Ancaron U.png ia Ancaron I.pngAncaron A.png, ua Ancaron U.pngAncaron A.png, ue Ancaron U.pngAncaron E.png, ui Ancaron U.pngAncaron I.png
Mid-High e Ancaron E.png o Ancaron O.png ea Ancaron E.pngAncaron A.png, ou Ancaron O.pngAncaron U.png
Low a Ancaron A.png ae Ancaron A.pngAncaron E.png, ai Ancaron A.pngAncaron I.png, ao Ancaron A.pngAncaron O.png

Grammar

Word Order

Ancaron verbs mark the subject as a suffix and the direct object as a prefix, forming a OVS word order.

  • Bocpunmuc.
boc-pun-muc
rock-hold-I
I hold a rock.

Tense markers and then any adverbs immediately precede the verb, following the object.

  • Boccivtorsipunmuc.
boc-civ.tor-sipun-muc
rock-FUT.quickly-throw-I
I will quickly throw the rock.

Adjectives also immediately precede the word they modify.

  • Tucbocpunmuc.
tuc-boc-pun-muc
old-rock-hold-I
I hold an old rock.

However, while the direct object precedes the verb and subject, the indirect object follows the verb and subject as a separate word.

  • Boccivsipunmuc Mardon.
boc-civ.sipun-muc Mardon
rock-FUT.throw-I Mardon
I will toss the rock to Mardon.

Possessive forms are treated as adjectives. Also note that most words are not limited to a specific part of speech.

  • Docpunpunmuc.
Doc-pun-pun-muc
Your-hand-hold-I
I hold your hand.