An-sarra Language

Natively known as: An-eme /ˈan-eme/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
upetsu yidu bas yuts keg dush upetsu bas ṇuya pikni yir ke yir>
Pronunciation: /ˈupɛtsu ˈjidu bɑs juʦ kɛg duʃ ˈupɛtsu bɑs ˈɳujɑ ˈpikni jir kɛ jir/
An-sarra word order: and stood his hat holding he and his wet face turned to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f g j k l m n p r s t x ɳ ʃ ʦ θ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m			n		ɳ
Stop	p b			t d				k g
Affricate				ʦ
Fricative		f	θ	s	ʃ			x
Approximant							j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Vowel inventory: /i u ɑ ɛ ʊ/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high		ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: advanced
Word initial consonants: b, d, f, g, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, x, ɳ, ʃ, ʦ, θ
Mid-word consonants[pg]: b, bd, bl, d, f, g, gl, j, k, kn, kp, ks, l, lk, m, n, nf, ng, ns, nt, p, r, rs, rt, s, t, ts, x, ɳ, ʃ, ʃt, ʦ, θ
Word final consonants: b, d, f, g, k, l, r, s, t, ɳ, ʃ, ʦ, θ

Phonological changes (in order of application):

• t → d / #_
• r → n / _C

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y>
x	h>
x	kh>
ɑ	a>
ɛ	e>
ɳ	ng>
ɳ	ṇ>
ʃ	sh>
ʊ	o>
ʦ	ts>
θ	th>

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Grammar

Main word order: Object-Verb-Oblique-Subject. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into The door opened with a key Mary.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Noun

Singular	No affix bashug> /ˈbɑʃug/
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tɛ Else: Suffix -utɛ bashugute> /ˈbɑʃuˌgutɛ/

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	nu> /nu/ the	yi> /ji/ a
Plural	ga> /gɑ/ the	hi> /xi/ some

Pronouns

1st singular	gid> /gid/ I, me
2nd singular	the> /θɛ/ you
3rd singular masc	dush> /duʃ/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	yir> /jir/ she, her, it
1st plural inclusive	la> /lɑ/ we, us (including you)
1st plural exclusive	i> /i/ we, us (excluding you)
2nd plural	ke> /kɛ/ you (all)
3rd plural	ta> /tɑ/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	sho> /ʃʊ/ my
2nd singular	sa> /sɑ/ your
3rd singular masc	bas> /bɑs/ his, its
3rd singular fem	bag> /bɑg/ her, its
1st plural inclusive	ke> /kɛ/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	bi> /bi/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	re> /rɛ/ your
3rd plural	fir> /fir/ their

Verbs

Future tense is indicated with the word:

Future particle

ta> /tɑ/ future tense particle

Present	No affix umensa> /ˈumɛnsɑ/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -ɛf umensaf> /ˈumɛnsɑf/
Remote past	Suffix -i umensai> /ˈumɛnˌsɑi/

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɛf-
Else: Prefix ɛfʊ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ksʊ
Else: Suffix -iksʊ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -ud
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɳ-
Else: Prefix ɳʊ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɑ
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -ɑg
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix dʊ-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɛbd-
Else: Prefix ɛbdɑ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɑ
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Prefix ʊ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -ud
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -iʃ
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ʊr
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɛɳ-
Else: Prefix ɛɳɛ-

Dictionary

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