Cathardic

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

Cathardic
sa lingwa sa kathárdikha
Pronunciation[sa ˈliŋgwa sa kaˈθaɾdixa]
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Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

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, una filmu, -a
2 duos, duas sekhunu, -a
3 thres thelchu, -a
4 kwator kwartu, -a
5 kingwe kwindu, -a
6 ses sestu, -a
7 sete sétimu, -a
8 oto otabu, -a
9 nobe nonu, -a
10 dekhe dékhimu, -a
11 únekhi unékhimu, -a
12 dódekhi dodékhimu, -a
13 thrédekhi thredékhimu, -a
14 kwatórdekhi
15 kwínekhi
16 sédekhi
17 dekhesete
18 dekhoto
19 dekhenobe
20 gwindi
21 u eth gwindi
30 thrinda
40 kwaranda
50 kingwanda
60 sesanda
70 setanda
80 otanda
90 nonanda/nobanda
100 kendu
101 kendu u
200 dukhendos
300 threkhendos
400 kwatorkendos
500 kwingendos
600 seskendos
700 setekhendos
800 otokhendos
900 nongendos/nobekhendos
1000 mile
2000 dumiles

Verbs

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Vocabulary

Months

English Cathardic
January jangwalju
February fevralju
March malchu
April aprile
May maju
June junju
July lulju
August agustu
September setembre
October otobre
November nobembre
December dekhembre

Example texts

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