Chatcaavan Language - Revision history

Jaguar at 16:23, 7 February 2024

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	===Word Order: SOV===		===Word Order: SOV===
	Adjectives/adverbs go in front of their modified words.		Adjectives/adverbs go in front of their modified words.
	If you're chaining adjectives/adverbs they all need to have (i)k added to them. So if you want to call something 'large' and 'great' it's tedik vararik (noun), not ted varar noun.		If you're chaining adjectives/adverbs they all need to have (i)k added to them. So if you want to call something 'large' and 'great' it's tedik vararik (noun), not ted varar noun. One of the exceptions to this rule is place names, where the noun leads: so 'city large', rather than 'large city.'

	===Pronouns===		===Pronouns===

Jaguar at 17:19, 14 January 2024

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			[[File:ChatcaavanLanguage-Perfection.jpg\|thumb]]
	Chatcaavan language. You can view [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKG9NwBB5oFVBvv5EKDKpJtlmQlAO6bskOkKjnPyBuS9t2Db0hHqIUME_8-Xb50xzcQfm7j4eMmrI1/pubhtml?gid=79207682&single=true the existing vocabulary for the Chatcaavan language here].		Chatcaavan language. You can view [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKG9NwBB5oFVBvv5EKDKpJtlmQlAO6bskOkKjnPyBuS9t2Db0hHqIUME_8-Xb50xzcQfm7j4eMmrI1/pubhtml?gid=79207682&single=true the existing vocabulary for the Chatcaavan language here].

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	===Numbers===		===Numbers===
	Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref name="ar-01">''[[Amulet Rampant (Fiction) \|Amulet Rampant]]'', Chapter 1</ref>		Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref name="ar-01">''[[Amulet Rampant (Fiction) \|Amulet Rampant]]'', Chapter 1</ref>

			First five numbers:

			* 1 - cho (also 'set', or 'closed')
			* 2 - go
			* 3 - kep
			* 4 - dot
			* 5 - ma

	==References==		==References==

Madamebadger at 23:32, 28 August 2020

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	*Knife pushed me. > A Chatcaavan named Knife shoved me around.		*Knife pushed me. > A Chatcaavan named Knife shoved me around.
	*Past-Knife pushed me. > The Knife (the Chatcaavan wearing the title The Knife) pushed me around.		*Past-Knife pushed me. > The Knife (the Chatcaavan wearing the title The Knife) pushed me around.

			The ideal or abstraction has religious overtones, as some stories tell that it originates with the [[Religion#Living Air \|Living Air]] before time began, and is the most perfect version of the concept. "For us, an abstraction is not the same as an object. In your language, you use the same referents for it. In ours, they are different. Nothing is lower than an object. Nothing is higher than an abstraction."<ref name="etw-02" />

	==History, Etymology, Regionality, Etc==		==History, Etymology, Regionality, Etc==
	There are at least seven dialects of this language. <ref>''Only the Open,'' Chapter 2</ref>.		There are at least seven dialects of this language. <ref name="oto-02">''[[Only the Open (Fiction) \|Only the Open]]'', Chapter 2</ref>

			Some words appear to be used exclusively by males, and are unknown to females.<ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) \|Even the Wingless]]'', Part Two</ref>

	==Grammar==		==Grammar==
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	===Numbers===		===Numbers===
	Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref>''Amulet Rampant,'' Chapter 1</ref>		Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref name="ar-01">''[[Amulet Rampant (Fiction) \|Amulet Rampant]]'', Chapter 1</ref>

	==References==		==References==

Madamebadger at 14:57, 24 August 2020

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	~~I dunno about having~~ the vocabulary ~~on here but grammar needs a place so~~ here ~~it is~~		Chatcaavan language. You can view [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKG9NwBB5oFVBvv5EKDKpJtlmQlAO6bskOkKjnPyBuS9t2Db0hHqIUME_8-Xb50xzcQfm7j4eMmrI1/pubhtml?gid=79207682&single=true the existing vocabulary for the Chatcaavan language here].

	==Phonemes==		==Phonemes==

Jaguar at 16:37, 18 June 2020

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	I dunno about having the vocabulary on here but grammar needs a place so here it is		I dunno about having the vocabulary on here but grammar needs a place so here it is

	~~==History, Etymology, Regionality, Etc==~~
	~~There are at least seven dialects of this language. <ref>''Only the Open,'' Chapter 2</ref>.~~

	==Phonemes==		==Phonemes==
	*Accepted Consonants: b, ch, d, f, g, h, l, m. n, p. q, r, ts, s, t, v, w, z, k, with 'sh' an archaic version of 'ch'.		*Accepted Consonants: b, ch, d, f, g, h, l, m. n, p. q, r, ts, s, t, v, w, z, k, with 'sh' an archaic version of 'ch'.
	*Accepted Vowels: ah, au, ay, eh, ih, oh, ooh, uh.		*Accepted Vowels: ah, au, ay, eh, ih, oh, ooh, uh.


	==Overview==		==Overview==
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	*Knife pushed me. > A Chatcaavan named Knife shoved me around.		*Knife pushed me. > A Chatcaavan named Knife shoved me around.
	*Past-Knife pushed me. > The Knife (the Chatcaavan wearing the title The Knife) pushed me around.		*Past-Knife pushed me. > The Knife (the Chatcaavan wearing the title The Knife) pushed me around.

			==History, Etymology, Regionality, Etc==
			There are at least seven dialects of this language. <ref>''Only the Open,'' Chapter 2</ref>.

	==Grammar==		==Grammar==
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	==Writing==		==Writing==
	~~===Numbers===~~
	Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref>''Amulet Rampant,'' Chapter 1</ref>
	===Directionality===		===Directionality===

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			===Numbers===
			Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref>''Amulet Rampant,'' Chapter 1</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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 *Accepted Vowels: ah, au, ay, eh, ih, oh, ooh, uh.
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-Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref>''Amulet Rampant,'' Chapter 1</ref>
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 If they start with a vowel, accent is on the first syllable:
 OOOvehk.
 ==Writing==
 ===Directionality===

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	==History, Etymology, Regionality, Etc==		==History, Etymology, Regionality, Etc==
	There are at least seven dialects of this language. <ref>''Only the Open,'' Chapter 2</ref>.		There are at least seven dialects of this language. <ref>''Only the Open,'' Chapter 2</ref>.

			==Phonemes==
			*Accepted Consonants: b, ch, d, f, g, h, l, m. n, p. q, r, ts, s, t, v, w, z, k, with 'sh' an archaic version of 'ch'.
			*Accepted Vowels: ah, au, ay, eh, ih, oh, ooh, uh.

	==Numbers==		==Numbers==

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			==References==
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	[[Category:Chatcaava]] [[Category:Language]]		[[Category:Chatcaava]] [[Category:Language]]

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	==Numbers==		==Numbers==
	Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate.		Numbers use scratches through them to indicate estimations, and the more scratches, the poorer the estimate. Three are the most a number can carry and indicate very poor confidence. <ref>''Amulet Rampant,'' Chapter 1</ref>

	==Grammar==		==Grammar==