| Ɛanur tersa Ɛanuric, Ɛanurxaam /ʕanuɾxaːm/ | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Split ergative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Head-Initial | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | no | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 0% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | Bicoidhouse | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects
Ɛanur language is a language isolate, which is spoken in Anuria and its neighboring countries.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | c | k | q | |
| Voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | |||
| Ejective | pʼ | tʼ | cʼ | kʼ | qʼ | ||
| Fricative | Voiceless | f | s | ʃ | x | ħ | |
| Voiced | ɣ | ʕ | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e | ||
| Low | a aː |
Phonotactics
Syllable structure: (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)
Writing System
| Letter | m | n | p | t | c | k | q | b | d | j | g | p' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | /m/ | /n/ | /p/ | /t/ | /c/ | /k/ | /q/ | /b/ | /d/ | /ɟ/ | /g/ | pʼ |
| Letter | t' | c' | k' | q' | f | s | š | x | ħ | ɛ | ğ | l |
| Sound | tʼ | cʼ | kʼ | qʼ | /f/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /x/ | /ħ/ | /ʕ/ | /ɣ/ | /l/ |
| Letter | y | w | r | |||||||||
| Sound | /j/ | /w/ | /ɾ/ | |||||||||
| Letter | a | i | u | e | aa | ii | uu | |||||
| Sound | /a/ | /i/ | /u/ | /e/ | /aː/ | /iː/ | /uː/ |
Grammar
Nouns
Various suffixes can be added unto nouns.
Number
Plurality is indicated by suffix -aj. It becomes -er when used with case suffix.
Case
| Case | Form |
|---|---|
| Ergative | -(a)to |
| Absolutive | ∅ |
| Genetive | -(i)c |
| Dative | -na |
| Vocative | -wii |
If animate noun is used as the object of the transitive verb, accusative marker -(a)kem is used.
Verbs
Verb roots
Verb roots always have more than 1 consonant.
Aspect
The language has 3 aspects.
| Aspect | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Perfect | -t, ∅ | |
| Imperfect | -(a)n | |
| Progressive | -mbis |
Ergativity
Ergativity only happens in Perfect aspect.
| Aspect | S | A | O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect | Absolutive | Ergative | Absolutive |
| Imperfect | Absolutive | Absolutive | Absolutive |
| Progressive | Absolutive | Absolutive | Absolutive |
Voice
| Voice | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Active | ∅ | |
| Passive | -lu- | |
| Causative | -c'a- | |
| Reciprocate | -kša- |