Cathardic

Cathardic (native: kathárdikhu /kaˈθaɾdixu/) is an African Romance language.

Cathardic
sa lingwa sa kathárdikha
Pronunciation	[sa ˈliŋgwa sa kaˈθaɾdixa]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Romance Southern Romance African Romance Cathardic

Introduction

Kathárdikhu comes from a hypothetical Latin *Carthaginicus from Carthagō "Carthage" + -icus "-ic".

Phonology

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns are pluralized by adding -s.

If the singular ends in a high vowel (-u or -i), it is changed to its mid counterpart (-o- or -e- respectively) before adding the plural ending.

Adjectives

Adjectives agree with the nouns they govern in gender, number, and definiteness.

Adjectives are pluralized as nouns.

Articles

Nouns and adjectives take the definite article: su (m. sg.), sa (f. sg.), sos (m. pl.), sas (f. pl.)

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Cathardic first person pronouns

	Singular		Plural
	Full	Clitic	Full	Clitic
Subject	meu	e	nos
Direct object	mi	me	nos
Indirect object	mi	mi	nos
Possessive	meyu, -a	me	nostru, -a	nos

Cathardic second person pronouns

	Singular		Plural
	Full	Clitic	Full	Clitic
Subject	teu	tu	gos
Direct object	ti	te	gos
Indirect object	ti	ti	gos
Possessive	tu, tua	te	gostru, -a	gos

Cathardic third person masculine pronouns

	Singular		Plural
	Full	Clitic	Full	Clitic
Subject	isu	su	isos	sos
Direct object	isu	su	isos	sos
Indirect object	sui	si	isos	sos
Possessive	su, sua	su	isoru, -a	sor

Cathardic third person feminine pronouns

	Singular		Plural
	Full	Clitic	Full	Clitic
Subject	isa	sa	isas	sas
Direct object	isa	sa	isas	sas
Indirect object	sei	si	isas	sas
Possessive	su, sua	su	isaru, -a	sar

Cathardic third person reflexive pronouns

	Full	Clitic
Subject	—
Direct object	si	se
Indirect object	si	si
Possessive	su, sua	se

Numbers

	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	nulu	nulísimu
1	u, ua	filmu, -a
2	duos, duas	sekhunu, -a
3	thres	thelchu, -a
4	kwator	kwaltu, -a
5	kingwe	kwindu, -a
6	ses	sestu, -a
7	sete	sétimu, -a
8	oto	otabu, -a
9	nobe	nobeyu, -a
10	dekhe	dékhimu, -a
11	únekhi	unékhimu, -a
12	dódekhi	dodékhimu, -a
13	thrédekhi	thredékhimu, -a
14	kwatórdekhi	kwatordékhimu, -a
15	kwínekhi	kwinékhimu, -a
16	sédekhi	sedékhimu, -a
17	dekhesete	dekhesétimu, -a
18	dekhoto	dekhotabu, -a
19	dekhenobe	dekhenobeyu, -a
20	gwindi	gwísimu, -a
21	u eth gwindi	u eth gwísimu, -a
30	thrinda	thrísimu, -a
40	kwaranda	kwarásimu, -a
50	kingwanda	kingwásimu, -a
60	sesanda	sesásimu, -a
70	setanda	setásimu, -a
80	otanda	otásimu, -a
90	nobanda	nobásimu, -a
100	kendu	kendísimu, -a
101	kendu u	kendu filmu, -a
200	dukhendos	dukhendísimu, -a
300	threkhendos	threkhendísimu, -a
400	kwatorkendos	kwatorkendísimu, -a
500	kwingendos	kwingendísimu, -a
600	seskendos	seskendísimu, -a
700	setekhendos	setekhendísimu, -a
800	otokhendos	otokhendísimu, -a
900	nobekhendos	nobekhendísimu, -a
1000	mile	milísimu, -a
2000	dumiles	dumilísimu, -a

Syntax

Vocabulary

Time

Months in Cathardic

English	Cathardic
January	jangwalju
February	febralju
March	malchu
April	aprí
May	manju
June	junju
July	lunju
August	austu
September	setembre
October	otombre
November	nobembre
December	dekhembre

Days in Cathardic

English	Cathardic
Sunday	difilma
Monday	disekhuna
Tuesday	dithelcha
Wednesday	dikhwalta
Thursday	dikhwinda
Friday	disesta
Saturday	disápathi