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How are the Aninese letters written and pronounced?Click on the pronunciation to hear it.
Which rules govern certain combinations of letters?Contraction of n,b,z,d,f,e and i
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| Combination | Result | Combination | Result |
| oò | o\ò | òo | ò\o |
| iì | i\ì | ìi | ì\i |
| eè | e\è | èe | è\e |
| aà | a\à | àa | à\a |
 | U,u is pronounced "w" before and "f" after any vowel. UU is usually pronounced "wu". |
| Before or after I,i a î sound is pronounced when it follows or precedes another vowel. IU is pronounced "if", UI as "wi". Between two vowels I is pronounced as î. |
| Ì,ì is pronounced as î before or after any vowel other than U. |
| Any combination of two different vowels from O,Ò,I,Ì,E,È,A,À is pronounced with a "h" sound between them. |
When two consonants meet usually a vowel is inserted. This vowel is:
| The closest preceding vowel in the word |
| If there is no preceding vowel then it is I or Ì |
| The vowel is long before a single consonant, short before a double (contracted) consonant |
The following consonant combinations are allowed, but may be separated by a vowel:
| sl sl |
| fl fl |
| fr fr |
| tr tr |
Examples:
| Combination of syllables | Result | |
| nau | d | nauAd |
| nau | t | nauÀt |
| g | ro | gIro |
| c | mo | cÌmo |
| òt | ra | òtra òtOra |
Some words, that are imported from other languages are exempted from this rule:
| nafbo nafbo: to cut (wood) |
| ucno ucno: to buy |
Stress is not so much the forceful pronunciation of a syllable as the longer duration of the syllables vowel. The following rules apply in descending order of precedence:
Examples, the stressed vowel is written as a capital:
| Word | Transcript | Rule that applies |
| mènIn | mènIn | 3,3a |
| bIro | bIro | 3 |
| bIro]ju | bIro-ju | 1,3 |
| do]onUbo | do-onUbo | 1,3 |
| aranAèz | aranAèz | 3,3a,3b |
| bAAranaèz | bAAranaèz | 2 |
| zazOarroi | zazOarroi | 3,3b |
| badaz | badaz |
| ètèîvo | èteivo |
| gutàso | gutàso |
| lizìsco | lizìsco |
| lovèîo | loveio |
| lòziao | lòziao |
| mescauado | mescauado |
| ucnoji | ucnoji |
The Aninese number system like the Aulingese one is based on a duodecimal system, unlike the decimal system we Earthmen usually use, or the binary, octal or hexadecimal systems in use in the information industry.
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1 | Ufa' | Ufa' |
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2 | Camê | Camê |
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3 | Mòrê | Mòrê |
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4 | Idan | Idan |
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5 | Zèdon | Zèdon |
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6 | Ozirê | Ozirê |
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7 | To' | To' |
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8 | Ugin | Ugin |
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9 | Bed | Bed |
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10 | Debu' | Debu' |
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11 (kb -) | Farê | Farê |
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0 (kb=) | Goj | Goj |
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(12)The words for numbers greater than 11 up to 143 are constructed by simply combining the names of the constituent digits in descending order. No declination is used to indicate the multiples of twelve. The hidden b's in ufa', to' and debu' are only expressed if the name of the following digit starts with a vowel other than u. Numbers represented by two identical digits are named camè{digitname}, not {digit name}{digitname}. Camè, camè means twice.
The word for 100 (144) is constructed by adding the ending bi', bi' after the multiple of 144.
The word for twelve to the power four (10000, 20736) is constructed by adding the ending zi', zi'.
The word for twelve to the power six (1000000,2.985.984) is constructed by adding di', di'.
