What is Aninese?
Aninese is spoken by the people living in Anin, a country in
central Betelavis, one of Uteged's continents. Since the joint world domination
by Anin en Aulinga Aninese has become a lingua franca, used throughout the world
especially in juridicial texts and indeed on this web to describe Uteged topographical names.
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What is the history of
the Aninese language?
Currently there are three different forms of the Aninese
language:
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How are
Aninese words inflected?
The noun has four cases, further classified in first degree
(placed before the verb) and second degree (placed after the verb). Each case
has its unique ending. There are two classes of inflection: the words ending on
n,z, or d (n,z,d) and
those ending on g,ê,' or ; (g,ê ' ;). The pronouns
are inflected as nouns.
The adjective has its own declination endings and always
corresponds in case, number and gender to the noun they are related to. All adjectives are in fact
participles of verbs (Menin òtruv, mènin
òtruv: the man
being beautiful: the beautiful man).
The verbs can have a lot of pre- and suffixes. By adding these
it is possible to express the subject, object, 1st,2nd or third person, aspect,
mode, result etcetera. The verbs are the core of the Aninese language: both the
adjectives and the nouns are derived from it. For instance: nafbo
nafbo: to
cut (wood), nafbin nafbin: the woodcutter, nafbo'
nafbo': the
log.
The conjunctions are derived from the prepositions, these are
always placed after the noun.
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How are Aninese
sentences built?
Because the cases express different functions when the noun is
placed before or after the verb, the word order is not entirely free. Adjectives
usually follow the noun they are related to, except when they have become fixed
expressions, then they are placed before the noun. The personal pronouns are
only used when extra emphasis is placed on them: the verb can express both the
object and the subject of the sentence. Apart from the active and passive voice
Aninese has ways to turn the indirect object and even adverbial and adjectival
adjuncts into the subject of the sentence. This additional "voices"
can also be used to construct various subordinate clauses, of which the verb is
always an participle and of which the subject must always be a member of the
main clause.
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