Anerian

**Anerian** is official language spoken on the Planet of Lana, specifically the Kingdom of Gwynlynd. Though every region has their own languages, most of them originating from the ancient language Melerian, Anerian was gifted to the humans by the gods so they could communicate with each other after the former common tongue, Melerian, started dying and only being used in written text and communication with the gods.

## Etymology

The native name of the language, Aneresa, is derived from *anere* meaning 'treasure' and *esa* meaning 'dream, fantasy, miracle, wonder', because legend says that the language was gifted to the humans by the gods.

## Phonology & Spelling

### Consonants

**Anerian** uses the same consonants as Melerian, but has an additional feature that allows stressed double consonants for certain letters as well as a tertiary set of consonants that is the result of sound changes in words where *h* followed another consonant.

#### Pronunciation

##### Secondary consonants

With the base consonants, the stress usually lies on either of the vowels, while the occurrence of a secondary/double consonant means that the stress is on the consonant.

##### Tertiary consonants

These consonants are a result of sound changes occurring when consonants were followed by the consonant *h*. The only exception are sh and th which are base consonants and have always been like that. The strangest of these is *yh*, which turns into a vowel because of the sound change.

### Vowels

The vowels of Anerian are all derived from the five original Melerian vowels. Just like Anerian consonants, the vowels can appear as double vowels in Anerian, which was not possible in Melerian. However, only *a, e* and *i* appear as double vowels (aa, ee, ii).

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## Writing system

Anerian is usually written in **Crystalline Runes**, which is an ancient writing system originally developed for divination. There have been other writing systems throughout the years and in all the seven regions, but ultimately the Crystalline Runes have prevailed.

## Grammar

### Nouns

There are five different noun classes, each one with a specific ending:

 **Pl** | -ath
-as
-æs
-es
-os
-is

### Verbs

Just like nouns, verbs are sorted into five different genders and based on their gender, they have different endings and their conjugation works slightly different. To conjugate any verbs, you remove the -ar/-ær/-er/-or/-ir ending and instead replace it with the ending you need for a specific person/tense.

#### Classes

There are five different verb classes that correspond to the five noun classes, each class based on one of the Five Elements.

#### Aspects

There are three aspects in Anerian, that are formed by putting a corresponding particle in front of a verb, along with a hyphen.

 have/had/will have + past participle
 rosh-

### Word order

Anerian has a SOV(O) word order. The subject of the sentence is named first, followed by an object and then the word. Any locations, times, etc. are put at the end of a sentence.

* (Question word)
* (Adjective/s) Subject
* (Adjective/s) (Direct/Indirect Object)
* (Adverb) Verb
* (Preposition)-(Modal Object)
* (Preposition)-(Local Object)
* (Preposition)-(Temporal Object)
* (Preposition) (Causal Object)

## Names

*See also: Gwynlyndian Names*

Gwynlyndian names consist of four or five parts, though nobles, royals etc. usually get at least one title along with their normal names.

* **Aelisenna ("Beauty name"):** The name people primarily use in everyday life, usually short or medium-length and often has a similar english equivalent. Previously, these names were directly derived from one's Lanisenna which is still done sometimes, but the tradition has shifted so now the Lanisenna is often already a shortened version of the original name while the Aelisenna is now often just a combination of syllables from one to three words that convey some traits they want to have for their child, similar to how Lanisennas are chosen.
* **Lanisenna ("Wisdom name"):** A person's full personal name that is usually either medium-length or quite long and is supposed to have a deep meaning that the parents choose for their child. In more recent years, parents have started using shorted versions of the name as the Lanisenna, which was previously done to choose a child's Aelisenna instead.
* **Enoniasenna ("Birth name"):** The surname given to them at birth that is a combination of their biological parents' *Aelisennas* (if possible) and simultaneously serves as their parents' *Marælasennas*, unless the parents aren't together/separate/have another partner etc. However, the child's *Enoniasenna* always stays the same and can never be changed.
* **Marælasenna ("Marriage name"):** The second surname you take on after starting a committed relationship ("Maræla") with someone. If you have kids at some point, your children will take on either this name as their *Enoniasenna* or a combination of the names belonging to their legal guardians, though this is very rare. This name is separated from the *Enoniasenna* with a hyphen.
* **Nohalhasenna ("Family name"):** The ancestral name of either your family or house, though this is only common for noble houses and few other families who are either wealthy or can trace their line back to a long time ago. If available, this is marked by a 'of...' followed by the name of the family/house. In some cases, families may not have an ancestral name but an ancestral home, which can also be used but it's not uncommon for families to just not use a *Nohalhasenna* at all.