Cathardic (native: kathárdikhu /kaˈθaɾdixu/) is an African Romance language.
Introduction
Kathárdikhu comes from a hypothetical Latin *Carthaginicus from Carthagō "Carthage" + -icus "-ic".
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are pluralized by adding -s. If the noun ends in a consonant, an epenthetic -e- is inserted before the plural ending.
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 in the same way 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
|
Verbs
Tenses
- Indicative
- Present
- Perfect
- Imperfect
- Future
- Subjunctive
- Present
- Perfect
- Imperfect
- Imperative
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
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
|
Example texts
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