Chathan
| Tcathan tcatamsck | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /tʃatamʃk/ |
| Species: | human |
| Total speakers: | ~10 |
| Writing system: | Latin (Tcathan variant), runic (optional) |
| Genealogy: | constructed language
a posteriori |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | analytic and fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | nominative-accusative |
| Basic word order: | SVO |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | User:Lingwistix |
| Created: | 2007 |
Tcathan or Chathan (tcatamsck) is a Germanic/Theedish-based conlang. It is an a posteriori zonal and auxiliary language.
Tcathan has influences from
- Dutch/Afrikaans
- German
- North Germanic
- Old/Middle/Modern English
- Proto-Germanic
- (lesser) Scots, Frisian, Low Saxon
The grammar combines Modern English-like analytics with simplified West Germanic-based inflections. The phonetics and phonologic patterns have influences from Dutch, German, Modern English, and North Germanic tongues.
Tcathan began to be linked more greatly to Proto-Germanic with reforms in 2017, by making sure that at least most words have a Proto-Germanic ancestor. Some of these Germanic/Theedish words, like "rekntawg" (computer) and "fragbar" (questionable), are also examples of uniquely Tcathan calques and compounds that are still composed of shared cognates.
Some words from Latin are acceptable, depending on their presence in Germanic natlangs, or how long they've been in them. This is reflective of the long contact between Germanic speakers and Latin speakers.
- twibl "onion" (L cepulla, thru OHG zwibolo)
- kelner "waiter" (L cellenarius, thru OHG kelnere)
Anglish (more purely Germanic English) has also been influential in making words like month names, elements, and scientific/political/academic words.
- forjarmonaþ "March" (like springmonth)
- wisgawd "platinum" (like whitegold)
- blendlar "chemistry" (like blendlore)
- blendkraft "alchemy" (like blendcraft)
- welsmankraft "politics" (like wealsmancraft)
- buklar "literature" (like booklore)
- wolkhang "climate" (like welkinhang)
Tcathan also has a number of doublets (twelingworden), similar to natlangs.
- farg (color)/færf (paint)
- gejst (ghost)/gajst (spirit)
- hærfst (fall, autumn)/harfist (harvest)
- scted (place)/sctad (city)
- tawfer (magic)/tifer (purple, violet)
For more info, see https://conlang.fandom.com/wiki/Chathan
Alphabet
Aa Ææ Bb Cc Dd Þþ Ee Ëë Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy
Pronouns
subject
ek (I) jaw, þu (you) hej (he) sej (she) hes (it) vej/wej (we) jej (y'all) dej/þej (they)
object
mek (me) jik, þik (you) hem (him) hen (her) het (it) ons (us) joj (y'all) dem/þem (them)
possessive
mejn (my, mine) jejn, þajn (your, yours) hems (his) hens (her, hers) hets (its) onser (our, ours) jojn (your, yours) dejn/þejn (their, theirs)
Numbers 0-20
0 nol 1 ejn 2 tvej/twej 3 drej/þrej 4 fir 5 fejm 6 siex 7 sejbn 8 akt 9 nawn 10 sien 11 ellef 12 tvolf 13 dresien/þresien 14 firsien 15 fejmsien 16 siexsien 17 sejbnsien 18 aktsien 19 nawnsien 20 tvantik/twantik
Irregular Verb Conjugation
senan (to be) infinitive
sejn (be) imperative bes (am) 1st person singular best (are) 2nd person singular ist (is) 3rd person singular sin (are) plural sejnnung (being) present progressive var (was/were) past simple singular varen (were) past simple plural gysenan (been) past participle
havan (to have) infinitive
hav (have) imperative haf (have) 1st person singular hafst (have) 2nd person singular haft (has) 3rd person singular hafen (have) 1st person plural hafsten (have) 2nd person plural haften (have) 3rd person plural hafnung (having) present progressive hat (had) past simple singular haten (had) past simple plural gyhavan (had) past participle
Regular Verb Conjugation
infinitive, future
fligan (to fly)
imperative
flieg (fly)
present simple
ek flieg (I fly)
jaw fliegst (you fly)
hej/sej/hes fliegt (he/she/it flies)
wej/jej/þej fligat (we/y'all/they fly)
gerund/present progressive
fliegnung (flying)
past simple
gyfliegt (flew)
past participle
gyfligan (flown)
Comparison
Chathan Ek wejs niek welk honden sin scwart. /ɛk veɪs nik vɛɫk hɔndɛn sɪn ʃvɑɚt/ English I don't know which hounds (dogs) are black. Dutch Ik weet niet welke honden zwart zijn. Afrikaans Ek weet nie wat honde swart is nie. German Ich weiß nicht, welche Hunde schwarz sind. Danish Jeg ved ikke, hvilke hunde er sorte. Swedish Jag vet inte vilka hundar är svarta. Icelandic Ég veit ekki hver hundarnir eru svartir.
| This article is part of a series on International Auxiliary Languages. Romance-based Auxlangs: Aercant * Atlango * Interlingua * Latin Nov * Novial * Occidental (Interlingue) * Panroman * Romanal |
