Anana

Anana is the language spoken by the Ananan people, and is recognised as an official language of The Stiriphese. It is very different to the language it shares a country with, Favontille. Outside of the the Siriphese, there are no schools that study this language, so it is only spoken by those of the area.

Sounds

Phonology

Anana has a soft and melodic sound. Words always end in a vowel, except in the case of -an, where the n must be immediately preceded by an a (e.g. Raan). Consonant clusters, which are two or more consonants in a row, are very rare. The common ones are hl, hr, and th.

A soft melodic language with vowel endings

Phonetics

Ananan words are fully pronounced with clear syllable boundaries. Stress consistently falls on the last syllable, and every vowel is articulated. There is no slurring, compression, or silent letters. Consonants are soft, vowels are steady, and r is extensively rolled.

stress the last syllable of each word

Writing System

Anana is written left to right using a runic script composed of simple straight lines. Each letter corresponds directly to a sound, including combined forms like aa, ae, hl, and th, which are written as rune pairs but treated as single letters. The script is phonetic and consistent, with no silent letters or irregular spellings. Although Favontille transliterations are sometimes used for academic or interregional purposes, runes remain the standard for everyday communication.

anana is written in runes, but for our sake, we'll keep it phonetic

Sentence Mechanics

Syntax

Anana follows a Subject–Verb–Object word order. The person doing the action comes first, the action second, and the thing affected last. There is no inversion in questions or for emphasis. Prepositions always appear before the noun or pronoun they govern. Modifiers (such as adjectives) follow the noun.

subject-verb-object

Adjective Order

In Anana, adjectives always follow the noun they describe. When multiple adjectives are used, they follow this set order:

• Noun
• Quantity
• Size
• Quality
• Colour
• Purpose or type

This order is fixed and does not change for emphasis. Descriptive phrases or compound modifiers also appear after the noun, maintaining fluidity and clarity.

the object comes first

Interrogatives

Questions in Anana are formed by placing the particle iha at the beginning of the sentence. Word order does not change. Responses mirror the particle: iha for yes, niha for no.

if it's a question, start with iha

Negation

Negation is formed by inserting ja (YAH) directly before the verb. This applies to all tenses and forms. The rest of the sentence remains unchanged.

ja, or not, turns a positive statement into a negative one

Morphology

Anana is agglutinative, meaning that small units (like suffixes) are added to word roots to build meaning. Common suffixes mark tense, habitual actions, reflexivity, or conditional meaning. Nouns can also be compounded to express more complex or specific ideas.

compound words are common and add interesting meaning

Tenses

Verbs in Anana are modified through a consistent set of suffixes that indicate tense, aspect, and function. These suffixes are added directly to the verb root, forming words for past, habitual, future, and other related forms.

to change tense, change the suffix of the verb

Vocabulary

Ananan vocabulary spans the full range of daily and cultural life, including nature, weather, tools, animals, spiritual concepts, relationships, and abstract ideas. While nature is a central theme, the language also includes material, emotional, and conceptual terms. Plurals are formed with the suffix -au (e.g. halo = leaf, haloau = leaves). Words are not gendered, and they do not change form depending on their role in the sentence. Instead, meaning is determined by word order and grammatical structure.

anana is an everyday language, spoken by very few people

Words less than three letters

While all of these words are in the dictionary, they are not searchable, so are more easily found here: