Chathan
| Chathan tcatamsck | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /tʃatamʃk/ |
| Species: | human |
| Total speakers: | ~10 |
| Writing system: | Latin (Chathan 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 |
Chathan (tcatamsck) is a Germanic-based conlang. It is an a posteriori zonal and auxiliary language.
On the surface, Chathan seems to be somewhere between Dutch/Afrikaans and German, but there are also influences from English, Old English, North Germanic, and Proto-Germanic. The grammar combines Modern English-like analytics with simplified West Germanic-based inflections.
Chathan's vocabulary had originally been made largely from words and cognates of modern Germanic tongues, made to fit Chathan phonetics and phonology. Chathan's phonetics and phonologic patterns have influences from Dutch, German, English, and North Germanic tongues.
Chathan 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 Chathan calques and compounds that are still composed of shared cognates.
Certain Romance/Latin and Greek-based words are acceptable if natural Germanic tongues have cognates of those words. Pairs of Germanic and non-Germanic equivalents can exist as well, such as with month names. There can also be specialized and regional words like "katana" from Japanese, "tcungl" (jungle) from Sanskrit, and "safari" from Swahili and Arabic.
For more info, see chathan.virb.com and https://www.memrise.com/course/1528437/chathan/.
Alphabet
Aa Ææ Bb Cc Dd Ee Ëë Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww
Pronouns
subject
ek (I) jaw (you) hej (he) sej (she) hes (it) vej (we) jej (y'all) dej (they)
object
mek (me) jik (you) hem (him) hen (her) het (it) ons (us) joj (y'all) dem (them)
possessive
mejn (my, mine) jejn (your, yours) hems (his) hens (her, hers) hets (its) onser (our, ours) jojn (your, yours) dejn (their, theirs)
Numbers 0-20
0 nol 1 ejn 2 tvej 3 drej 4 fir 5 fejm 6 seks 7 sievn 8 akt 9 nawn 10 sien 11 ellef 12 tvolf 13 dresien 14 firsien 15 fejmsien 16 sekssien 17 sievnsien 18 aktsien 19 nawnsien 20 tvantik
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 gessenan (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 havnung (having) present progressive hat (had) past simple singular haten (had) past simple plural gehhavan (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)
vej/jej/dej fligat (we/y'all/they fly)
gerund/present progressive
fliegnung" (flying)
past simple
gefliegt (flew)
past participle
gefligan (flown)
Comparison
Chathan Ek vejs niek velk honden sin scvart. /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.
