Kœtetekian

Kœtetekian
Heßřala be Cœteton
Flag of Kœtetekia, the country which adapted Kœtetekian as its language
Pronunciation	[kœteton]
Created by	LavaSalt402
Date	~2018
Setting	Alternative history of Vietnam
Native to	Djatsacoro, Kuala Nort UN Buffer Zone, Kutetum Archæological Protected Area, Mecißay Military Zone, Neövo Sagaret, Republic of Neövo Papua, Sagaret UN Preservation Zone, Tacalařmos, Tarußay
Ethnicity	Romans
Language family	Latin Levantine Djatsacoran Kœtetekian
Early forms	Latin Kutetanian Koetetekian Lemekian
Standard form	Standard Djatsacoran Kœtetek
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Kœtetekia
Recognised minority language in	Kozelekland Vietnam New Kœtetekia (unrecognized)
Regulated by	Ministry of Public Affairs, Sub-Ministry of Language

Kœtetekian is a language I made back in 2018, then modified and uploaded in 2026. Its main gimmick is having too less words so very normal words are very long combinations. See "cousin" or "Loch Ness Monster" for example. Only me and my patescatesβaβa can speak it; and only I can speak it fluently.

WARNING: I don't know much about conlangs, so it's not that impressive. And all of this is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 International, I think. Happy creating Kœtetekian content, I guess?

Alphabet

Main Letters (Translation to IPA)

1. Aa = a
2. Bβ = b
3. Db = d
4. Ee = e
5. Ff = f
6. Gg = g
7. Hh = h
8. Xx = ks
9. İi = i
10. Jj = ʒ
11. Cc = k
12. Ll = ɫ
13. Λn = n
14. Oo = o
15. Qq = kj
16. Πp = p
17. Pr = ɾ
18. Ss = s
19. Tt = t
20. Uu = u
21. Vv = v
22. Yy = j
23. Zz = z

Accents (Translation to IPA)

1. A: Ää = ɶ
2. A: Ææ = æ
3. E: Éé = x
4. X: Ẋẋ = sk
5. İ: Iı = ɯ
6. Λ: Mm = m
7. C: Čč = d͡ʒ
8. Č: Ç̌ç̌ = t͡ʃ
9. O: Öö = œ
10. O: Œœ = œ
11. P: P̌ř = r
12. S: Šš = ʃ
13. U: Üü = y
14. U: Ww = w
15. Z: Źź = tz

Letter Mixtures

Vowels (Kœtetekian correspondence)

1. aa = between o and a
2. ae (æ) = between a and ä
3. äa = between a and ä
4. äe = between ä and æ
5. æa = between ä and æ
6. æe = between æ and e
7. ea = between æ and e
8. ee = between e and i
9. ia = between i and ı
10. ie = higher pitched i
11. ıa = between o and ı
12. ıe = between ı and i
13. oa = lower pitched o
14. oe (œ) = between o and ö
15. öa = between o and ö
16. öe = between ö and i
17. œa = between o and œ
18. œe = between œ and i
19. ua = between o and u
20. ue = between u and ü
21. üa = between u and ü
22. üe = between ü and i

*ae and oe is written as æ and œ.

Consonats (English correspondence)

1. ch (č) = "j" in "jackson"
2. chh (ç̌) = "ch" in "chart"
3. chhh = "t͡ʃʼ" (IPA correspondence)
4. čh (ç̌) = "ch" in "chart"
5. čhh = ""t͡ʃʼ" (IPA correspondence)
6. ç̌h = "t͡ʃʼ" (IPA correspondence)
7. dj = "j" in "jack"
8. dz = "j" in "jill"
9. fh = cat hissing
10. gh = ğ in "bağlama" (Turkish correspondence)
11. kh = "kh" in "khufu"
12. sh (š) = "sh" in "sheep"
13. th = "th" in "the"
14. ts = "ts" in "mitsotakis"
15. vh = whistling
16. wh = loud whistling

*You can write č, ç̌ and š as ch, čh and sh.

The Dash (-)

The dash is used to separate a letter mix.

"oe" = reads like Kœtetekian "ö"

"o-e" = reads like plain oe

Numbers

Digits

Explanation

n = Normal / As Prefix / Mathematical / Legacy (Optional)

Digit List

0 = Cero / Zer / Noβ

1 = Une / Une / Sigg

2 = Dön / Biy / Doin / Doné

3 = Tritt / Triy / Trin

4 = Qintt / Qadr / Qirin / Quintt

5 = Qit / Pent / Qinin

6 = Cix / Heks / Hekin

7 = Cise / Sepet / Setin / Onto

8 = Octo / Octen / Otin

9 = Nove / Noβre / Notin / Nyen

Usage

Normal

"Mo termelo une ronβoloto." -> I have one apple.

As Prefix

"To termeles biy-muss." -> You have two muscles (biceps).

Mathematical (Optional)

"Sigg et sigg leme doin." -> One and (plus) one is (equals) two.

Legacy

Used when writing ordinal numbers or numbers between 11-19.

For example;

1st, 2nd, 3rd != Unevo, Dönvo, Trittvo;

1st, 2nd, 3rd = Unevo, Donévo, Trittvo;

or;

11, 12, 13 != unter, dönter, trittter;

11, 12, 13 = unter, donéter, trittter;

Bigger Numbers

10 = Toc

11 = Unter

12 = Donter (Officially donéter)

13 = Tritter (Officially trittter)

14 = Quintter (Officially quinttter)

15 = Qiter (Officially qitter)

16 = Toc-Cix

17 = Toc-Onto

18 = Toc-Octo

19 = Toc-Nyen

20 = Dön-Toc

21 = Une Dön-Toc

22 = Dön Dön-Toc

23 = Tritt Dön-Toc

30 = Tritt-Toc

31 = Une Tritt-Toc

100 = Hunt

200 = Dön-Hunt

1000 = Thount

2119 = Toc-Nyen Hunt Dön-Thount

10^6 = Millint

10^9 = Mallint

10^12 = Trillint

10^15 = Qetrillint

10^18 = Qentillint

10^21 = Septillint

10^24 = Sexillint

10^27 = Octillint

10^30 = Nonillint

10^33 = Desillint

Parenthesis

The Kœtetekian numerical system is so complicated that it needs parentheses to operate properly. For example,

Une (Dön Toc) Thount = One (Twenty) Thousand = 20,001

Une Dön Toc Thount = Twenty One Thousand = 21,000

( = Unen Parateset

) = Ceren Parateset

Decimal Numbers

Normal Decimal Numbers

0.54 = Cero Putt Quintt Qit-Toc

Special Decimal Numbers

0.5 = Cero et Qitete

0.25 = Cero et Qinete

0.75 = Cero et Terete

Fractions

½ = Une carxaber dön

Computation

Numerical Operators

1 + 1 = Une et une

1 - 1 = Une carxa-et une

1 * 1 = Une ber une

1 / 1 = Une carxaber une

1 ** 1 = Une berber une

1 // 1 = Une carxaberpelnalanoβmobulo (division but no modulus) une

1 % 1 = Une mobulo une

1 + 1 = 2 = Une et une leme dön

Binary Logical Operators

&& = et

|| = ot

^ = exec ot

! = noβ

Ordinal Numbers

nth = nvo

1st = unevo

2nd = donévo

3rd = trittvo

4th = quinttvo

7th = ontovo

9th = nienvo

First = primervo

Last = lasinvo

Grammar

Addressing

	Married	Single	Kid
Male	Illo	Ille	Ilito
Female	Ella	Elle	Elita
Non-Binary	Alle	Alli	Aliti

Autograph = Trecca

Name = Yama primervo

Surname = Süryama / Yama lasinvo

Articles

Definite Articles

	Single	Plural
Male	Il	Lis
Female	El	Les
Non-Binary	Al	Las

Indefinite Articles

1. a = un
2. an = un
3. some = unyes

Plural

If a word ends with a vowel, it gets an "s" to make it plural.

But if it ends with a consonant, it gets a "yes".

ronβoloto = apple

ronβolotos = apples

βayβay = god be with you (goodbye)

βayβayyes = goodbyes

Adjectives

Qualification

Permament

maβa = woman

megaturé maβa = big woman (the woman will stay big for a long time)

Temporary

maba = girl

maba βien = happy girl (maybe the girl will not be happy a short time later)

Possession

Singular

1st Person: mi, ni (respect)

2nd Person: gi, ti (respect)

3rd Person: ilin (masculine), elin (feminine), alin (androgynous), si (non-binary)

Plural

1st Person: mani, ni (respect)

2nd Person: gani, vi (respect)

3rd Person: ilyesin (masculine), elyesin (feminine), alyesin (androgynous), sani (non-binary)

Indication

1. βir = this
2. βaź = that
3. βires = these
4. βaźes = those

Pronouns

Personal

Singular

1st Person: mo (ordinary), no (respect)

2nd Person: go (ordinary), to (respect)

3rd Person: il (masculine), el (feminine), al (androgynous), so (non-binary)

Plural

1st Person: man (ordinary), no (respect)

2nd Person: gan (ordinary), vo (respect)

3rd Person: ilyes (masculine), elyes (feminine), alyes (androgynous), san (non-binary)

Variations (for mo)

1. Normal: I = mo
2. Plain: me = mu
3. Specifıcation: [verb] me = [verb] mu
4. Orientation: to me = a mu
5. Presence: in me: βer mu
6. Presence: with me: trot mu
7. Separation: from me: frim mu
8. Possession: min

Posession

Singular

1st Person: min (ordinary), nin (respect)

2nd Person: gin (ordinary), tin (respect)

3rd Person: ilinin (masculine), elinin (feminine), alinin (androgynous), sin (non-binary)

Plural

1st Person: manin (ordinary), nin (respect)

2nd Person: ganin (ordinary), vin (respect)

3rd Person: ilyesinin (masculine), elyesinin (feminine), alyesinin (androgynous), sanin (non-binary)

Other

Ursula's = Ursula'i (the apostrophe has the same role as the dash)

I love Ursula and her purse. = Mo termo Ursula et elinin trage. (You can also say Mo termo Ursula et i trage, i meaning Ursula'i but shortened due to already existing mention of her)

Indication

βir = this

βaź = that

su = it

βires = these

βaźes = those

san = they

Verbs (all verbs end with -ar, or -er)

Verb "to be" (lemer)

Singular

1st Person: lemo

2nd Person: lemes

3rd Person: leme

Plural

1st Person: lemos

2nd Person: lemeses

3rd Person: lemese

Past Perfect (ate, tarar)

1st Singular Person: taroce-o

2nd Singular Person: taroce-es

3rd Singular Person: taroce-e

1st Plural Person: taroce-os

2nd Plural Person: taroce-eses

3rd Plural Person: taroce-ese

Past Imperfect (would eat)

1st Singular Person: taroca-o

2nd Singular Person: taroca-as

3rd Singular Person: taroca-a

1st Plural Person: taroca-os

2nd Plural Person: taroca-asas

3rd Plural Person: taroca-asa

Past Indefinite (was eating)

I was eating = Mo can tarar

Future Tense (will eat)

I will eat = Mo a taru

Imperative

Eat! = Taren!

Gerund

eating = tarar

Comparative

more = sanaturé

less = sinituré

big = megaturé

bigger = sanaturé megaturé

Superlative

most = secaturé

least = sicituré

small = minituré

smallest = secaturé minituré

Interrogation

1. I eat = Mo taro
2. I do not eat = Mo noβ taro
3. I can eat = Mo a tarar
4. I cannot eat = Mo noβ a tarar
5. I could eat = Mo a-oce-o tarar
6. I could not eat = Mo noβ a-oce-o tarar
7. I shall eat = Mo neče tarar
8. I shall not eat = Mo noβ neče tarar
9. I should eat = Mo nečoce-o tarar
10. I should not eat = Mo noβ nečoce-o tarar
11. I may eat = Mo zary tarar
12. I may not eat = Mo noβ zary tarar
13. I might eat = Mo zaroce-o tarar
14. I might not eat = Mo noβ zaroce-o tarar

Unofficial Grammar

A. Feminine Posession (Tarubay Slang)

Singular

1st Person: mon, næ (respect)

2nd Person: gon, tæ (respect)

3rd Person: illost (masculine), elost (feminine), alost (androgynous), son (non-binary)

Plural

1st Person: mæ, non (respect)

2nd Person: gæ, von (respect)

3rd Person: ilosta (masculine), elosta (feminine), alosta (androgynous), sæ (non-binary)

Question Tense (Northeastern Tacalařmos Accent)

work = traβar

You work. = Go traβas.

Do you work? = Go bzogor traβi?

-i = question tense

bzogor = question word

Negativity in Verbs (Product of Kœzeleccian Influence)

You work = Go traβas

You do not work = Go non traβas

You cannot work = Go traβas non

Quantification (Unofficial but Widely Used)

1. star = stert
2. no stars = carxastert
3. some stars = carẋastert
4. any star = patsstert
5. all stars = parxastert
6. next star = patesstert
7. previous star = catesstert

Speaking

Verbs

1. be = lemer
2. eat = tarar
3. drink = biβir
4. live = lyifir
5. wear = βasar
6. sleep = bomar
7. have = termeler
8. need = nečesitir
9. want = quillingir
10. love = termar
11. hate = tarmar
12. open = uner
13. close = cerer

Basic Words

1. human = homen
2. man = monřo
3. woman = maβa
4. boy = mombřo
5. girl = maba
6. apple = toloβobřo
7. bread = ronβoloto
8. water = aqunmar (actually aqun = water, mar = sea but this is the local use)
9. milk = letem

Less Basic Words

1. light = lyit
2. forest = taβer (plant thing)
3. water = aqunmar (not a verb, water sea)
4. fire = fyir
5. shadow = negrevtaβer (black thing)
6. spirit = morthomen (dead human)
7. wind = ær
8. thunder = megaturé-electro-sunt (big electro-sound)
9. lightning = ær-electro (air electricity)
10. time = tyim
11. stamina = stemane
12. health = lyif
13. cold = miniturétemer (small temprature)
14. hot = megaturétemer (big temprature)
15. shock = electromort (electrical death)
16. speed = spid
17. attack = ataç̌e
18. defense = defeše
19. stealth = minituré-sunt (small sound)

Question

1. what = ce
2. where = noceβas
3. when = βotta
4. how = malina
5. how many = potta
6. why = pelno
7. who = tros
8. whose = tros'i

Basic Expressions

1. yes = lei
2. no = noβ
3. please = prasnoř
4. thank you = ginue
5. how are you = malina lemes/lemeses (plural)
6. I'm fine = lemo βien
7. I'm bad = lemo malon
8. pardon me = parbon
9. hello = hařlo
10. goodbye = βayβay
11. good morning/day = βienes daias
12. good afternoon = βienes sogonyes
13. good night = βienes niatyes
14. what's your name = ce leme gi yama
15. I'm Billy = mi yama leme Billy/mo lemo Billy
16. good morning = βieneé baias
17. good afternoon = βieneé sogonyes
18. good night = βieneé ni-atyes

Clock

1. what time is it = ce leme el noci
2. it is thirteen past four = leme qintt et toc-tritt
3. it is quarter past four = leme qintt et qinete
4. it is half past four = leme qintt et qitete
5. it is quarter to five = leme qintt et terete
6. second/minute/hour = secen/minen/ur

Date

1. day/month/year = baia/monot/yer
2. century/millenium = huntyer/thountyer
3. yesterday/today/tomorrow = paẋabaia/βirbaia/paxaabaia
4. january = jabalenæ
5. february = febalenæ
6. march = marc
7. april = arpa
8. may = marpa
9. june = jarpa
10. july = quintisset
11. august = sextiset
12. september = serpset
13. october = octorpset
14. november = nienset
15. december = desset

Colours

1. red = rurt
2. orange = narart
3. yellow = jart
4. green = vert
5. blue = aqurt
6. purple = vilirt
7. pink = rort
8. black = no-art
9. grey = grirt
10. white = βlart

Place Indicators

1. in = a-er
2. on = βer
3. under = cer
4. by = ber
5. in front of = e-er
6. behind = fer
7. between = ger

(I know, sometimes I myself think how creative I really am)

Swearing

Some notable bad words include: trüfü, crit, and efügg.

Notable Words

1. because = pelnala
2. but = pelno
3. since = prigg
4. Communism = Comünon
5. government = govenuna
6. cat = cavta
7. dog = pevta
8. bird = libetva
9. octopus = octencalamavta
10. unipus = calamavta / unecalamavta
11. something / object = βer
12. and / with = et
13. or = ot
14. without = carxa-et
15. use = tegar
16. thing = βer
17. go / come = comutar

Notable Suffixes

1. -ala = Verb to Word e.g. biβar = to drink, biβala = beverage
2. -avta = Animal e.g. piẋar = to swim, piẋavta = fish
3. -una = Dœr e.g. spidar = to spide, spiduna = spider
4. -ya = Country e.g. Cœtetya = Kœtetekia
5. -on = Language / Ideology e.g. Cœteton = Kœtetekian

(Cœtet- = Kœtetekian racial suffix)

Notable Vocabulary

Lessons

1. english = Ingřon
2. Kœtetekian = Cœteton
3. lemekian = Lemeton
4. art = faβricala
5. physical education = academicesportala
6. social studies = sosyalyes
7. mathematics = matyes
8. science = se-ansyes

Class Behaviour

1. to enter = entrer
2. to sit = senter
3. to stand up = carxasenter
4. to watch = eger
5. to listen = erar
6. to read = carxaẋriβer
7. to write = ẋriβer
8. to repeat = patesheβřar
9. to speak = heβřar
10. silence, please = carxaheβřala, prasnoř
11. how do you write ...? = malina vo ẋribes ...?
12. what dœs ... mean? = ce ... leme en heβřalase-ans?
13. i don't understand = mo no cemepro.

Zodiac Signs

1. aries = ravta
2. taurus = tavta
3. gemini = βiyhomen
4. cancer = crevta
5. leo = reyvta
6. virgo = maβa
7. libra = liβeala
8. scorpia = escovta
9. sagittarius = sentavta
10. capricorn = govta
11. aquarius = aqunβer
12. pisces = βiypiscavta

Body Parts

1. head = trac
2. hair = hete
3. eye = egala
4. nose = smala
5. mouth = heβřalaβer
6. ear = erala
7. neck = tehnef
8. shoulder = hurna
9. elbow = cacret
10. hand = ẋribalaβer
11. finger = ẋribalaβerβer
12. boob = letemβer
13. nipple = letemβerβer
14. belly = tagac
15. penis = momβřotrüf
16. vagina = maβatrüf
17. butt = carxatrüf
18. leg = geret
19. knee = geretβer
20. foot = tugg
21. tœ = tuggβer

Family

1. self = mu
2. father = βaβa
3. mother = mama
4. grandmother = mamamama / βaβamama
5. grandfather = mamaβaβa / βaβaβaβa
6. son prefix = pates-
7. grandson prefix = patespates-
8. older sibling prefix = carxacates-
9. younger sibling prefix = cates-
10. cousin = e.g. patescarxacatesmama

Directions

1. north = nort
2. south = sort
3. east = solnacala (birth of sun)
4. west = solmort (death of sun)
5. southeast = sortsolnacala

Distance

1. here = ceβas
2. there = ceβase
3. there (far) = ceβases

Making New Words

Since Kœtetekian is a small language, there should be a way to create new words. There's actually 2 ways:

By Existing Words

pond = minituréaqunmar (small water sea)

dinosaur = dinovta

Loch Ness Monster = minituréaqunmardinovta

By Non-Existing Words

1. Get a word from a Latin (French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Moldavian etc.) language -> universidad ("university" in Spanish)

2. Modify it a bit -> universtad

3. Make it satisfying for Kœtetekian grammar -> universtar

4. Congrats, new word! (go to a school with high importance -> universtar)

(This is an example, not an actual word in Kœtetekian)