Annin

Natively known as: annin /ˈannin/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
yax kan li nana ta kuh yax nan ta gwas jo don kaman
Pronunciation: /jax kan li ˈnana ta kuh jax nan ta gwas dʒo don ˈkaman/
Annin word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k l m n r s t w x z ɗ ɸ ʃ ʒ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	b	d t			k g	ʔ
Implosive		ɗ
Fricative	ɸ	s z	ʃ ʒ		x	h
Approximant				j
Trill		r
Lateral approximant		l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
tʃ	c
ɸ	f
j	y
dʒ	j
kʔ	ƙ
ʃ	sh
tsʔ	ts
ʔ	ʼ

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Definite	Prefix ku- kuyoa /kuˈjoa/ the dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix ba- bayoa /baˈjoa/ the dogs
Indefinite	If starts with vowel: Prefix d- Else: Prefix da- dayoa /daˈjoa/ a dog	Prefix i- iyoa /iˈjoa/ some dogs

Articles

Annin encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	ka /ka/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	bin /bin/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	kan /kan/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	tsa /tsʔa/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	nan /nan/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	kun /kun/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	far /ɸar/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	nan /nan/ my
2nd singular	kan /kan/ your
3rd singular masc	ta /ta/ his
3rd singular fem	sin /sin/ her
1st plural	yed /jed/ our
2nd plural	an /an/ your (pl)
3rd plural	a /a/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Future
1st singular	Prefix i- ikyonon /iˈkjonon/ (I) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix hi- hikyonon /hiˈkjonon/ (I) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix g- Else: Prefix ga- gakyonon /gaˈkjonon/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zu- zukyonon /zuˈkjonon/ (you) learn	Prefix na- nakyonon /naˈkjonon/ (you) learned	Prefix sa- sakyonon /saˈkjonon/ (you) will learn
3rd singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix ja- yakyonon /jaˈkjonon/ (he/she/it) learns	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ra- rakyonon /raˈkjonon/ (he/she/it) learned	Prefix a- akyonon /aˈkjonon/ (he/she/it) will learn
1st plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix tʃ- Else: Prefix tʃa- cakyonon /tʃaˈkjonon/ (we) learn	Prefix ni- nikyonon /niˈkjonon/ (we) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ka- kakyonon /kaˈkjonon/ (we) will learn
2nd plural	Prefix ji- yikyonon /jiˈkjonon/ (you all) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix at- Else: Prefix atu- atukyonon /ˌatuˈkjonon/ (you all) learned	Prefix be- bekyonon /beˈkjonon/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix ma- makyonon /maˈkjonon/ (they) learn	Prefix tʃa- cakyonon /tʃaˈkjonon/ (they) learned	Prefix zi- zikyonon /ziˈkjonon/ (they) will learn

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Annin uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: sa - sa kyonon /sa ˈkjonon/ learn

Numbers

Annin has a base-12 number system:
1 - bi
2 - hin
3 - tsin
4 - ƙan
5 - si
6 - nama
7 - yakin
8 - kara
9 - sho
10 - shi
11 - hor
12 - sa
144 - ide
1728 - mar

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix m-
Else: Prefix mi-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃ-
Else: Prefix ʃa-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix da-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix bo-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix ko-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix aj-
Else: Prefix aja-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix a-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix z-
Else: Prefix za-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix ka-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix tʃi-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix ta-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix ti-
Diminutive = Prefix dʒa-
Augmentative = Prefix wa-

Dictionary

3105 Words.