Anniak

Anniak is a Paleo-European conlang spoken in Malta.

Classification and History[]

Anniak is the direct descendant of a Paleo-European language spoken in Maltese archipelago during Bronze Age. Despite the fragmentary sources of its ancient version, it survived living together with the more spoken Maltese language. Its current status is a minority language, spoken in Gozo and some localities in Malta, like Dingli, St. Paul's Bay and Rabat.

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Velar	Glottal	Palatal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p, b		t, d		tʃ	g,k
Fricative		f, v		s, z				ʃ
Affricate							h
Approximant		w
Trill					r
Lateral			l

Vowels[]

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	æ	ɑ

Writing System[]

Letter	a	b	ċ	d	e	f	g	h	i	k	l	m
Sound	ɑ	b	tʃ	d	e, æ	f	g	ħ	i	k	l	m
Letter	n	o	p	r	s, sh	t	u	v	w	x	y	z
Sound	n	o	p	r	s, ʃ	t	u	v	v	ks	i	z

Grammar[]

Nouns[]

Anniak nouns follow an inflection.

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Leik (Sea)	Leikum
Genitive	Leiker	Leikur
Dative	Leiko	Leiku

Usually nouns end with a consonant. However, sometimes they may end in -a, as feminine version of a masculine noun. If this happens, the vowel will disappear anyway in the inflection. For example, zema (Miss) has got as genitive zemer.

Pronouns[]

	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
I	Ak	Aker	Ako	Ake
II	Tak	Taker	Tako	Take
III	Sak, saka	Saker	Sako	Sake
IV	Akum	Akur	Aku	Aki
V	Takum	Takur	Taku	Taki
VI	Sakum	Sakur	Saku	Saki

Adjectives[]

Comparative has -tar as desinence, while superlative one is -tir.

Example: frakiak (good), frakiaktar + gen. (better than), frakiaktir (best).

Verbs[]

Infinitive[]

Infinitive is made by the verb's root. Example: tenal (to look)

Indicative[]

	Present	Past	Future
I	Ak(a)-	Mak(a)-	Shak(a)-
II	Tak(a)-	Matak(a)-	Shatak(a)-
III	Sak(a)-	Masak(a)-	Shasak(a)-
IV	Akum(a)-	Makum(a)-	Shakum(a)-
V	Takum(a)-	Matakum(a)-	Shatakum(a)-
VI	Sakum(a)-	Masakum(a)-	Shasakum(a)-

Subjunctive[]

	Present	Past	Future
I	Ek(a)-	Mek(a)-	Shek(a)-
II	Tek(a)-	Matek(a)-	Shatek(a)-
III	Sek(a)-	Masek(a)-	Shasek(a)-
IV	Ekum(a)-	Mekum(a)-	Shekum(a)-
V	Tekum(a)-	Matekum(a)-	Shatekum(a)-
VI	Sekum(a)-	Masekum(a)-	Shasekum(a)-

Imperative[]

	Present
II	Nak(a)-
V	Nekum(a)-

Participle[]

Present: -mer (example: tenalmer)

Past: ma- ... -mer (example: matenalmer)

Passive form[]

Passive form follows active conjugation. However, desinence -fe has to be added at the end of the verb.

Syntax[]

Anniak is a SVO language.

Example texts[]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 1[]

(Anniak)

Pashum termakum sakumaveral geievum ke ekalum fi dinitiak ke usakum. Sakumaċeral ratek ke koshetek ke sakumaxermal wumal xa fimakum fi spiret ruviaker.

(English)

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

National Anthem of Malta[]

(Anniak)

Innak Anner

Der yaraka golak, mesha wik aku masakavikal hebek,

Nakatenal, Mulek, rif lor matakatenal:

Nakatal to matakaxigel sako halka kalaktir.

Nakavikal, mak Ashak, fetak wiko sakavernal,

Nakadunal frak dumako, tralak bedako:

Nakatral uniak anniaku ke yramako.

(Maltese)

L-Innu Malti

Lil din l-art ħelwa, l-Omm li tatna isimha,

Ħares, Mulej, kif dejjem Int ħarist:

Ftakar li lilha bil-oħla dawl libbist.

Agħti, kbir Alla, id-dehen lil min jaħkimha,

Rodd il-ħniena lis-sid, saħħa 'l-ħaddiem:

Seddaq il-għaqda fil-Maltin u s-sliem.