Ancaron

Standard Ancaron Sitariancaronpotcor ()
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 () Marcor () Latin alphabet / Latancor ()
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		n n
Plosive	p p , b b		t t , d d	k c , g g
Frictive		f f , v v	s s , z z
Approximant			ɹ r
Lateral Approximant			l l

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		u	ia , ua , ue , ui
Mid-High	e		o	ea , ou
Low		a		ae , ai , ao

Grammar

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

Adjectives

Adjectives immediately precede the word they modify.

• Tucboc

tuc-boc

old-rock

an old rock

Multiple adjectives stack, though the order of the adjectives does not matter

• Taintucboc

tain-tuc-boc

gray-old-rock

an old gray rock

• Tuctainboc

tuc-tain-boc

old-gray-rock

an old gray rock

Possessives

Possessives are formed by using a name or pronoun as an adjective, again word order does not matter.

• Muctaintucboc

muc-tain-tuc-boc

my-gray-old-rock

my old gray rock

• Taintucmucboc

tain-tuc-muc-boc

gray-old-my-rock

my old gray rock

Negation

Adjectives are negated by the use of the prefix "ta," which immediately precedes the adjective it negates.

• Tataintucmucboc

ta.tain-tuc-muc-boc

NEG.gray-old-my-rock

my old non-gray rock

• Taintuctamucboc

tain-tuc-ta.muc-boc

gray-old-NEG.my-rock

the old gray rock that isn't mine

Comparison

The compartitive forms of adjectives are formed by adding the prefix "in" for positive comparisons, and "fen" for negative comparisons. Ancaron has no superlative forms for positive or negative comparisons. Like the negation prefix, these prefixes immediately precede the adjective they modify.

• Tainintucboc

tain-in-tuc-boc

gray-more-old-rock

the older gray rock

• Tainfentucboc

tain-fen-tuc-boc

gray-less-old-rock

the less old gray rock

Sentence forms of comparison are created using " padi " (with spaces) to link the two parts of the comparison together, and it is used for both "more than," "less than," and "as ___ as" comparisons.

• intucboc padi muc

in-tuc-boc padi muc

more-old-rock than me

a rock older than me

• fentucon padi muc

fen-tuc-on padi muc

less-old-person than me

a person younger than me

• tucon padi muc

tuc-on padi muc

old-person as me

a person as old as me

Verbs

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

Ancaron has three tenses, past, present, and future. The tense marker immediately precedes the verb, falling after the object.

Present tense

The present tense marker is "dop," though it is optional as it is assumed if no tense markers are present. The present tense is used for any action that is currently happening.

• Bocdoppunmuc.

boc-dop.pun-muc

rock-PRS.hold-I

I hold a rock.

Future tense

The future tense marker is "civ." The future tense is used for any action that is not currently happening, but will be happening sometime in the future.

• Boccivpunmuc.

boc-civ.pun-muc

rock-FUT.hold-I

I will hold a rock.

Past tense

The past tense marker is "don." The past tense is used for any action that is not currently happening, but has already happened.

• Bocdonpunmuc.

boc-don.pun-muc

rock-PST.hold-I

I held a rock.

Negation

Like negation of adjectives, negation of verbs is done with the prefix "ta." The negative prefix precedes the tense marker and follows the direct object.

• Boctapunmuc.

boc-ta.pun-muc

rock-NEG.hold-I

I am not holding a rock.

• Boctacivpunmuc.

boc-ta.civ.pun-muc

rock-NEG.FUT.hold-I

I will not hold a rock.

Indirect Objects

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.

The Copula

Ancaron has no copula verbs, rather they are replaced by the use of nouns or adjectives acting as verbs.

• Tucboc.

tuc-boc

old-rock

The rock is old. (Lit: The rock olds.)

• Boczain.

boc-zain

rock-that

That is a rock. (Lit: That rocks.)

The construction "There is" or "There are" is replaced with the verb "danas," which means "to exist."

• Danasboc

danas-boc

exist-rock

There is a rock. (Lit: A rock exists.)

Adverbs

Adverbs preceed the verb they modify, and are located between the direct object and the negation of the verb, assuming they exist.

• Boctortacivsipunmuc.

boc-tor-ta.civ.sipun-muc

rock-quickly-NEG.FUT.throw-I

I will not quickly throw the rock.

Multiple adverbs stack, and like with adjectives, word order does not matter

• Boctordopubcivsipunmuc.

boc-tor-dopub-civ.sipun-muc

rock-quickly-today-FUT.throw-I

I will quickly throw the rock today.

• Bocdopubtorcivsipunmuc.

boc-dopub-tor-civ.sipun-muc

rock-today-quickly-FUT.throw-I

I will quickly throw the rock today.

Negation

Like verbs and adjectives, adverbs are negated by the use of the prefix "ta," which immediately precedes the adverb it negates.

• Boctadopubtorcivsipunmuc.

boc-ta.dopub-tor-civ.sipun-muc

rock-NEG.today-quickly-FUT.throw-I

I will quickly throw the rock, but not today.

• Bocdopubtatorcivsipunmuc.

boc-dopub-ta.tor-civ.sipun-muc

rock-today-NEG.quickly-FUT.throw-I

I will throw the rock today, but not quickly.

Comparison

The compartitive forms of adverbs are formed just like the adjective versions, by adding the prefix "in" for positive comparisons, and "fen" for negative comparisons. As before, there are no superlatives and the prefixes immediately precede the adverb they modify.

• torsipun

tor-sipun

quickly-throw

to quickly throw

• intorsipun

in-tor-sipun

more-quickly-throw

to throw more quickly

• fentorsipun

fen-tor-sipun

less-quickly-throw

to throw less quickly

Also as with adjectives, sentence forms of comparison are created using " padi " (with spaces) to link the two parts of the comparison together, and it is used for both "more than," "less than," and "as ___ as" comparisons. However, they are linked together somewhat differently, with the two objects mentioned in the comparison, as well as the "padi," are the subject with the verb form being as above. The object that comes first in the English comparison also comes first in the Ancaron one, and is the one that is actually attached to the verb.

• _<adverbal comparison>_et padi muc

_<adverbal comparison>_-et padi muc

_<adverbal comparison>_-it than I

he _<adverbal comparison>_ than I (_<verb>_).

• intorsipunet padi muc

in-tor-sipun-et padi muc

more-quickly-throw-it than I

he throws more quickly than I (throw).

• fentorsipunet padi muc

fen-tor-sipun-et padi muc

less-quickly-throw-it than I

he throws less quickly than I (throw).

• torsipunet padi muc

tor-sipun-et padi muc

quickly-throw-it as I

he throws as quickly as I (throw).

Nouns

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