Anstlin

Summary

Anstlin Áslaist
Type	Fusional | Agglutinative
Alignment	Nominative-Accusative
Head direction	Initial
Tonal	No
Declensions	Yes
Conjugations	Yes
Genders	Three
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect
Meta-information
Statistics Nouns % Verbs % Adjectives % Syntax % Words yes of 10000
Creator	PixelatedRetro

The Anstlin Language was created on September 24th, 2020. The main goal for this language is to be as foreign with vocabulary as possible, but still easy to maintain and use.

Classification and Dialects

Anstlin is a conlang as the lexicon is made by me.

Currently, there is only one dialect of Anstlin, Common Anstlin. However, I may soon be making other dialects.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal	/m/, /mʲ/			/n/				/ŋ/
Plosive	/b/, /bʰ/, /bʲ/, /p/?			/d/, /dʰ/, /dʲ/, /t/, /tʰ/, /tʲ/			/c/	/g/, /gʲ/, /k/, /kʰ/, /kʲ/
Fricative		/f/, /fʲ/, /fʰ/	/ð/, /ðʲ/, /θ/, /θʰ/, /θʲ/	/s/, /sʰ/, /sʲ/	/ʃ/?		/ç/	/ɣ/, /x/				/h/
Affricate				/ʧ/, /ʧʰ/, /ʧʲ/
Approximant	/w/						/j/
Trill
Flap or tap				/ɾ/
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.				/l/, /ɫ/
Lateral flap

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
High	i iː, y?				u
Near-high		ɪ, ʏ ʏː		ʊ ʊː
High-mid		e, ø
Mid			ə, ɵ
Low-mid					ɔ ɔː
Near-low		æ
Low		a			ɑ, ɒ

Diphthongs

Diphthong	oe	oi	eo	ow	ea	ei
Sound	/əi/	/ø/	/ɵ/	/o/	/au/	/eɪ/
Diphthong	iw	aw	yw
Sound	[u]	[a]	[y]

Consonant Clusters

Cluster	sg	bs	lh	lw	hs	þh
Sound	[sk]	[bz]/[ps]	[cx]	[cw]	[xs]	[d̪x]
Cluster	þs	wr	gm	hl	ng	st
Sound	[θs]	[wɾ]/[ʍɾ]	[jm]	[xl]	[ŋ]	[st]

Some consonant clusters have different sounds when they are at the ending of a word.

Cluster	lw	lh	gm	þh
Sound	[cʷ]	[cˠ], [cʰ]	[ɣm]	[d̪ʰ]

Phonotactics

Anstlin can follow a few patterns within one. The syllable pattern at maximum is CCCVCCC.

Syllable Initial Consonants

	First Consonant	Middle Consonant	Ending Consonant
C	r, s, g, h, l, w, m, d, þ, f, c	f,	c, s, þ, ð, l, g,
CC	sþ, þs, sg, bs, hs, hþ, hr, hw, hj, st, lj, mr, sn, wr, sj	ll, lh, lw, hþ, sn, md	þh, lh, lw, ng, lþ, rþ, lð, rð
CCC	str, stj, sgr, sgl,	ndl, ndr, mdl, mdr, þsn, rþs, rðs	nds, ngs, lhs, þsn, hsn, rsn, þst, rþs, rðs

stjamderðse, hwisnerðsa, þsonýndse, þælwingse, sglenóþste, bsomýþhe

Writing System

The writing system is pretty straight forward. It uses the Latin script and uses 25 letters from the script. The purpose of the letter "y" is interesting. The letter "c" in Anstlin makes a soft /ʧ/ sound before soft vowels, which are "e" and "i." "I" makes the sounds /ɪ/ and /i/, and "y" does the same in Anstlin. The "y" is considered as a hard vowel in Anstlin, so the letter "c" before it will make a hard /k/ sound.

Letter	A	Á	Æ	Ǽ	B	C	D	Ð	Þ	E	É	F
Sound	/a/	/aː/	/æ/	/æː/	/b/	/k/, /ʧ/	/d/	/ð/	/θ/	/ɛ/, /ə/	/e/	/f/
Letter	G	H	I	Í	L	M	N	O	Ó	P	R	S
Sound	/g/, /ɣ/	/h/, /x/	/ɪ/, /i/	/iː/	/l/, /ɫ/	/m/	/n/	/ɔ/	/ɔː/	/p/	/ɾ/	/s/
Letter	T	U	Ú	W	X	Y	Ý	J
Sound	/t/	/ʏ/	/ʏː/	/w/	/ks/	/ɪ/, /i/	/iː/	/j/, /ç/

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns decline based on gender and case. There are three grammatical genders, masculine, feminine, and neuter. Neuter is used rarely in Anstlin. The neutral form of a noun is its masculine form. The genders are used depending on the genders they associate with. The genders change nouns with a vowel shift, but only the first vowel in the noun changes.

Vowel	Backed	Fronted
a	æ	ea
e	o	i
i	ea	oe
y	ea	oe
o	u	a
u	iw?	oi?

Masculine nouns stay the same, feminine backs the vowel sound, and neuter fronts the vowel sound.

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Word	frin	frean	froen

If the noun is a compound word, then both or all nouns in that compound word do vowel shifts.

Anstlin has four grammatical cases being nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative. The language has definite and indefinite articles as well, which decline based on gender and case.

Definite Articles

	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wō	wēi	wē	wāi	wī	wōi
Accusative	hwūge	hwōi	hwā	hwea	hwea	hwī
Genitive	hwōð	hwēð	hwēð	hwāð	hwīð	hwōð
Dative	hwūge	hwōi	hwā	hwea	hwea	hwī

The noun quantities are singular and plural. Declensions are shown below.

First Declension

frin - "sibling"	Gender	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Quantity	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Case	Nominative	frine	frinei	freane	freanei	froene	froenei
	Accusative	frina	frinai	freana	freanai	froena	froenai
	Genitive	frini	frineo	freani	freaneo	froeni	froeneo
	Dative	frinu	friniw	freanu	freaniw	froenu	froeniw

Second Declension
sþá - "rib"	Gender	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Quantity	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Case	Nominative	sþáje	sþájei	sþǽje	sþǽjei	sþeaje	sþeajei
	Accusative	sþája	sþájai	sþǽja	sþǽjai	sþeaja	sþeajai
	Genitive	sþáji	sþájeo	sþǽji	sþǽjeo	sþeaji	sþeajeo
	Dative	sþáju	sþájiw	sþǽju	sþǽjiw	sþeaju	sþeajiw

As seen above, Anstlin has two declensions. Depending on the ending of the root noun, the declension changes.

Compound Words

Kinship System

Mother	Þælcyne	Aunt (Parent's Sister)	Þealcyni Freane	Daughter	Þweane	Second Cousin (Once Overcrossed Sibling)	Gowsþeme Crygehlésoþise Froene
Father	Þalcyne	Uncle (Parent's Brother)	Þealcyni Frine	Son	Þwine	Fourth Cousin (Three Times Overcrossed Sibling)	Férþeme Crygehlésoþise Froene
Brother	Frine	Female Cousin (Crossed Sister)	Hlésoþise Freane	Niece (Crossed Daughter)	Hlésoþise Þweane	First Cousin Twice Removed ()
Sister	Freane	Male Cousin (Crossed Brother)	Hlésoþise Frine	Nephew (Crossed Son)	Hlésoþise Þwine

Adjectives

Adjectives in Anstlin decline based on the noun's ending. However, gender doesn't apply.

Adjective Declension

Adjective	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
erwinds - "good"	Hwe erwindse siþweste	Hwe fodwise wyðáse fým he erwindsa siþwesta	Helja sgásti sje hleðilmeo siþwestai.
wéft - "mad"
ólð - "sad"
þæ - "dry"
reið - "cold"
þsó - "clean"
hleðilm - fearing

Verbs

Verbs do have an infinitive "-yh." They also have conjugation based on the grammatical person.

	Ó - I	É - You	Mí - They	Dó/Dé/Dí - He/She/It	Sá - We	Á - You all	Þé - One
rýsþyh - to forget	rýsþe	rýsþi	rýsþow	rýsþa	rýsþow	rýsþiw	rýsþaw
sgástyh - to have	sgāste	sgāsti	sgāstow	sgāsta	sgāstow	sgāstiw	sgāstaw
cánwyh - to hear	cānwe	cānwi	cānwow	cānwa	cānwow	cānwiw	cānwaw
swinyh - to walk	swine	swini	swinow	swina	swinow	swiniw	swinaw
þúsnyh - to tell	þúsne	þúsni	þúsnow	þúsna	þúsnow	þúsniw	þúsnaw
héþwyh - to speak	hēþwe	hēþwi	hēþwow	hēþwa	hēþwow	hēþwiw	hēþwaw
hysnyh - to like	hysne	hysni	hysnow	hysna	hysnow	hysniw	hysnaw
sýhðyh - to want	sýhðe	sýhði	sýhðow	sýhða	sýhðow	sýhðiw	sýhðaw
djórsyh - to need	djōrse	djōrsi	djōrsow	djōrsa	djōrsow	djōrsiw	djōrsaw

Tense

Verbs are changed by vowel shifts and endings, just like nouns. Tenses change by vowel shifts, backing the vowel is the past, and fronting it is the future.

3rd Person Singular with (to be: wiðyh)	Past	Present	Future
Simple	weasða	wisða	woesða

Again, only the first vowel changes.

Aspect

Verbs also conjugate based on aspect and this is done with fusional endings.

3rd Person Singular with (to be: wiðyh)	Past	Present	Future
Perfective	weasðasti	wisðasti	woesðasti
Simple	weasða	wisða	woesða
Imperfective (Continuous)	weasðaswi	wisðaswi	woesðaswi
Perfective Continuous	weasðaswesti	wisðaswesti	woesðaswesti

Verbs also have a participle and a gerund. The past participle is -oþ, and the present participle is -ilm.

Hwe bsytilme stiwge. - The flying bird. VS Hwe stiwge bsytaswi. - The bird is flying

Hwe þsójoþe broþiste. - The cleaned plate. VS Hwe broþiste wisða þsójoþe - The plate is cleaned.

Verb Mood

For verb moods, Anstlin has the following:

• Conditional: hjere
• Subjunctive: hym
• Indicative: fra and "?"
• Imperative Indicate: lige fra and "?!"
• Imperative Surprise: lige and "!"
• Imperative Anger: "lige sne" and "!"
• Imperative Sadness: "lige deosje" and "!"
• Should: sinje
• Could: weaðyh sca
• Infinitive: -yh

Examples	Sentence	Sentence
Conditional	Hosga hjerse lésðesti OR Hosga windse lésðesti OR Hosga weasðesti sca lésðyh	I would have done OR I should have done OR I could have done
Subjunctive	Þyn hosga gysn wisðe heljas...	If I were you...
Interrogative	Fra hosga lésðesti neljas?	Have I done it?
Imperative (Interrogate)	Lige fra hosga lésðesti neljas?!	Have I done it?!
Imperative (Surprise)	Lige hosga lésðesti neljas!	I have done it!
Imperative (Anger)	Lige sne hosga lésðesti neljas!	I have done it! (In an angry tone)
Imperative (Sadness)	Lige deosje hosga lésðesti neljas!	I have done it! (In a sad tone)

Syntax

The syntax is pretty basic. Anstlin uses the subject-verb-object (SVO) order and has the adjective-noun order.

Number

Cardinal	Ordinal	Multiplicative	Nominal	English
Gows	Gowsþen	Gowsfer	1	One, First, Once
Cys	Cysþen	Cysfer	2	Two, Second, Twice
Mér	Mérþen	Mérfer	3	Three, Third, Thrice
Sæl	Sælþen	Sælfer	4	Four, Fourth, Four Times
Hyl	Hylþen	Hylfer	5	Five, Fifth, Five Times
Næs	Næsþen	Næsfer	6	Six, Sixth, Six Times
Hjes	Hjesþen	Hjesfer	7	Seven, Seventh, Seven Times
Ljás	Ljásþen	Ljásfer	8	Eight, Eighth, Eight Times
Sás	Sásþen	Sásfer	9	Nine, Ninth, Nine Times
Wos	Wosþen	Wosfer	10	Ten, Tenth, Ten Times

Lige hosga sgáste he gowsþena lynwasþa! - I have the first award!

Fra helja glænti neljas cysþena fylasþa? - Did you find it the second time?

Lexicon

This is the translator for the straight-up words: https://lingojam.com/anstlin

Here is the name Anstlin in different languages:

English: Anstlin

Anstlin: Háslaiþe

Greek: Ανστλικά (Anstliká)

Russian: Анстлинский (Anstlinskiy)

Amharic: ሃኒሲቲላኒ (Hanīsītīlanī) Arabic: ألانيزيتيلينا (al'Anyzytilina)

German: Änstlenisch

Goidelic Celtic: Ánstlinnach

Brythonic Celtic: Anstlisg

Finnish: Anstlalainen, Anstlai Kieli