Anodan

Natively known as: ANODA /ɑˈnɔdɑ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
EL HAAL MID SAXAY DHAA YII EL WARA CA MID WIY QAADADDAA WOY
Pronunciation: /ɛl hɑːl mɪd ˈsɑħɑj ɖɑː jɪː ɛl ˈwɑrɑ ʕɑ mɪd wɪj qɑːˈdɑddɑː wɔj/
Anodan word order: and he hat his holding stood and the wind to his face wet turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d d͡ʒ f g h j k l m n q r s t w ħ ɖ ʃ ʕ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b		d t		ɖ		k g	q
Affricate				d͡ʒ
Fricative		f	s	ʃ				χ	ʕ ħ	h
Approximant						j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: u uː ɑ ɑː ɔ ɔː ɛ ɛː ɪ ɪː

	Front	Back
High		u uː
Near-high	ɪ ɪː
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː	ɔ ɔː
Low		ɑ ɑː

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	ʼ
b	B
t	T
d͡ʒ	J
ħ	X
χ	KH
d	D
r	R
s	S
ʃ	SH
ɖ	DH
ʕ	C
ɡ	G
f	F
q	Q
k	K
l	L
m	M
n	N
w	W
h	H
j	Y
ɑː	AA
ɑ	A
ɛː	EE
ɛ	E
ɪː	II
ɪ	I
ɔː	OO
ɔ	O
uː	UU
u	U

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have five cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.

Singular

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
Masculine	Suffix -ɑː FAANAA /ˈfɑːnɑː/ boy (doing the verb)	Suffix -ɑd FAANAD /ˈfɑːnɑd/ (verb done to) the/a boy	Suffix -ɛːr FAANEER /ˈfɑːnɛːr/ boyʼs	Suffix -ɑ FAANA /ˈfɑːnɑ/ to the/a boy	Suffix -ɑj FAANAY /ˈfɑːnɑj/ near/at/by the/a boy
Feminine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɑn NON /nɔn/ girl (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -un NON /nɔn/ (verb done to) the/a girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ɑd NOD /nɔd/ girlʼs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nɛː Else: Suffix -ɪːnɛː NONEE /ˈnɔnɛː/ to the/a girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -j Else: Suffix -ɛj NOY /nɔj/ near/at/by the/a girl

Plural

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
Masculine	Suffix -ɔj FAANOY /ˈfɑːnɔj/ boys (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ɪr FAANIR /ˈfɑːnɪr/ (verb done to) boys	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ɛːd FAANEED /ˈfɑːnɛːd/ boysʼ	If ends with vowel: Suffix -j Else: Suffix -ɑj FAANAY /ˈfɑːnɑj/ to boys	Suffix -ɔ FAANO /ˈfɑːnɔ/ near/at/by boys
Feminine	Suffix -ɑːj NOAAY /ˈnɔɑːj/ girls (doing the verb)	Suffix -un NOUN /ˈnɔun/ (verb done to) girls	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nɑ Else: Suffix -ɪnɑ NONA /ˈnɔnɑ/ girlsʼ	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ɑb NOB /nɔb/ to girls	If ends with vowel: Suffix -jsɑ Else: Suffix -ɪjsɑ NOYSA /ˈnɔjsɑ/ near/at/by girls

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	QIN /qɪn/ the	WA /wɑ/ a
Plural	QAY /qɑj/ the	KEY /kɛj/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
1st singular	DA /dɑ/ I	OOS /ɔːs/ me	RAAY /rɑːj/ mine	WOR /wɔr/ to me	A /ɑ/ to me
2nd singular	KA /kɑ/ you	SAA /sɑː/ you	QI /qɪ/ yours	LIN /lɪn/ to you	HAN /hɑn/ to you
3rd singular masc	HAAL /hɑːl/ he, it (masc)	FA /fɑ/ his, it (masc)	KAA /kɑː/ his, its (masc)	JAA /d͡ʒɑː/ to his, to it (masc)	SAAH /sɑːh/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem	SAR /sɑr/ she, it (fem)	KAN /kɑn/ her, it (fem)	AA /ɑː/ hers, its (fem)	OO /ɔː/ to her, to it (fem)	HAY /hɑj/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural	LA /lɑ/ we	BA /bɑ/ us	AY /ɑj/ ours	WA /wɑ/ to us	WI /wɪ/ to us
2nd plural	AN /ɑn/ you all	MI /mɪ/ you all	TOON /tɔːn/ yours (pl)	DAY /dɑj/ to you all	ID /ɪd/ to you all
3rd plural masc	XA /ħɑ/ they (masc)	JAAY /d͡ʒɑːj/ them (masc)	KEN /kɛn/ theirs (masc)	EEYD /ɛːjd/ to them (masc)	XAA /ħɑː/ to them (masc)
3rd plural fem	ME /mɛ/ they (fem)	DAA /dɑː/ them (fem)	GIY /gɪj/ theirs (fem)	BEE /bɛː/ to them (fem)	FU /fu/ to them (fem)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	SUU /suː/ my
2nd singular	WE /wɛ/ your
3rd singular masc	MID /mɪd/ his
3rd singular fem	MAAN /mɑːn/ her
1st plural	A /ɑ/ our
2nd plural	BA /bɑ/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	SOON /sɔːn/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	GU /gu/ their (fem)

Verbs

	Present	Past
1st singular	Suffix -uːn TAAUUN /ˈtɑːuːn/ (I) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɛn TAAN /tɑːn/ (I) learned
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -j Else: Suffix -ɑːj TAAY /tɑːj/ (you) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -qɪ Else: Suffix -ɪqɪ TAAQI /ˈtɑːqɪ/ (you) learned
3rd singular masc	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -un TAAN /tɑːn/ (he/it (masc)) learns	Suffix -ɔː TAAOO /ˈtɑːɔː/ (he/it (masc)) learned
3rd singular fem	Suffix -ɛ TAAE /ˈtɑːɛ/ (she/it (fem)) learns	Suffix -ɑ TAAA /ˈtɑːɑ/ (she/it (fem)) learned
1st plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -flɪ Else: Suffix -ɪflɪ TAAFLI /ˈtɑːflɪ/ (we) learn	Suffix -ɑːb TAAAAB /ˈtɑːɑːb/ (we) learned
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɑːn TAAN /tɑːn/ (you all) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɑs TAAS /tɑːs/ (you all) learned
3rd plural masc	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ntɑ Else: Suffix -ɑntɑ TAANTA /ˈtɑːntɑ/ (they (masc)) learn	Suffix -ɑj TAAAY /ˈtɑːɑj/ (they (masc)) learned
3rd plural fem	Suffix -ɛːj TAAEEY /ˈtɑːɛːj/ (they (fem)) learn	Suffix -ɑː TAAAA /ˈtɑːɑː/ (they (fem)) learned

Anodan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: wɑb - WAB TAA /wɑb tɑː/ will learn

Numbers

Anodan has a base-12 number system:
1 - SAAY
2 - LOOY
3 - A
4 - HAAN
5 - EEY
6 - JUY
7 - HA
8 - QAS
9 - ILAAN
10 - HIXI
11 - KA
12 - I
144 - JI
1728 - WAANI

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -j
Else: Suffix -ɔːj
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɑ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -ɪn
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ɑd
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɑh
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -jd
Else: Suffix -ɪjd
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rrɑː
Else: Suffix -urrɑː
Tending to = Suffix -ɑ
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɑn
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɑːw
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ɔj
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ħ
Else: Suffix -ɑħ
Diminutive = Suffix -ɑːh
Augmentative = Suffix -ɑːn

Dictionary

3104 Words.