Ancaron

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Standard Ancaron
Sitariancaronpotcor (Ancaron S.pngAncaron I.pngAncaron T.pngAncaron A.pngAncaron R.pngAncaron I.pngAncaron An.pngAncaron Car.pngAncaron On.pngAncaron Pot.pngAncaron Cor.png)
Pronounced: sitaɹiankaɹonpotkoɹ
Timeline/Universe: DPM / Nacar
Species: Ancaron
Spoken in: Ancaron Empire (Ancaronbactari)
Total speakers: 52 trillion
Genealogical classification: Antacar
North Antacar
Ancaron
Sitariancaronpotcor
Writing system: Cor (Ancaron Cor.png)
Marcor (Ancaron Mar.pngAncaron Cor.png)
Latin alphabet / Latancor (Ancaron L.pngAncaron A.pngAncaron T.pngAncaron A.pngAncaron N.pngAncaron Cor.png)
Typology
Basic word order: OVS(O)
Morphological type: agglutinating polysynthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment: nominative-accusative
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.

Numbers

Numbers are in general read off from left to right as individual numerals

  • vet
vet
one
one
  • vetvan
vet-van
one-zero
ten
  • vetvanviv
vet-van-viv
one-zero-five
one hundred and five

However larger numbers have their own words to help break up the list. Any zeros following these higher number words are ignored until a non-zero number is found.

  • vuet
vuet
thousand
one thousand
  • vetvervuetviv
vet-ver-vuet-viv
one-eight-thousand-five
eighteen thousand and five
  • vetvervuetvivvan
vet-ver-vuet-viv-van
one-eight-thousand-five-zero
eighteen thousand and fifty

Plurals

To make a word plural, add the unspecific plural prefix "car"

  • on
on
person
person
  • caron
car.on
PLR.person
people

Alternatively, numbers can be used instead to for a specific plural.

  • vucon
vuc.on
three.person
three people

"In" is also used as a plural prefix as well to represent large amounts but remaining unspecific in total number.

  • inon
in.on
many.people
many people