anNasais

anNasais is a constructed language and cultural concept used in speculative fiction and worldbuilding communities. It encompasses a proposed language family as well as a standalone language spoken by a fictional people in the Nasai Basin and surrounding regions. The designation highlights the language’s reputedly extensive nasal phonology and its role in shaping myths, music, and social practice within the imagined culture.

Its phonology is described as featuring a rich set of nasal consonants and vowels, including distinctions in nasalization that affect vowel quality. Some dialects are said to use tone to differentiate meaning, while others rely on particle-based sentence structure. Grammar is typically described as agglutinative or mixed, with affixes indicating tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality, and case. Word order is commonly cited as subject–object–verb in basic clauses, with flexible syntax in poetic or ceremonial speech.

Writing systems for anNasais are varied across imagined communities. The most common depiction uses an extended Latin alphabet with diacritics to mark nasalization and tone, while alternative texts in the lore feature a syllabary that encodes nasal phonation.

In its fan and scholarly milieus, anNasais is studied as a case study in worldbuilding and conlang design. It is used in novels, games, and online projects to add depth to fictional cultures, and it serves as a lens for exploring how language shapes social identity in imagined settings.