Sycoraxic

Sycoraxic, or simply Sycorax, (AUDIO: Harvest of the Sycorax) was the language of the Sycorax and the only language that they used, believing that other languages were "primitive bile". UNIT was able to create a program that could translate it. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
== Words ==
=== Titles and statuses ===
The following are titles and names given to members of the Sycorax and to the Doctor. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse)
* Fadros Pallujikaa - Tribal Leader
* Haxan Craw - the name given to the wife of the Tribal Leader, meaning "The Witch Bitch". The Haxan Craw referred to Donna Noble as the "Human Haxan Craw".
* Gilfane Craw - the name given to the female technician in the female tribe.
* Practeel chiff cha - the name given to the Doctor by the Haxan Craw, meaning "Happy Murderer".
=== Miscellaneous ===
Below is a short list of some useful transliterated basic words in the Sycoraxic language. (TV: The Christmas Invasion; PROSE: Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax, Judge, Jury and Executioner; AUDIO: Harvest of the Sycorax et al)
English 	Sycoraxic
Aboard/Onboard 	Foraxi
And 	Vel
Another 	Col
Astrophia 	Astrofaaa
Black box (of ship)	Foraxi yox
Blonde/Yellow 	Bass
Blood 	Sinon
Blue 	Creffic
Box 	Tagsalla
Cattle/Hostage 	Pantak/Gatzaa
Choice 	Codsyla
Christmas 	Craffor
Clever 	Gilfana
Die 	Chak chiff
Final 	Bakthaa
Funny/Happy 	Practeel
Half 	Gatrosca
Murderer 	Chiff cha
Next 	Bataa/Baktaa
No 	Non
Of 	Kon/Da
Offer 	Kastriik
Open 	Talvaan
Or 	Kol
Property 	Pantak/Katsaa
Slave 	Velis
Slavery 	Velisikol
Stolen 	Stapeen
Summon 	Kelprak
Surrender 	Jalvaaan
Sycorax Armada 	Sycorafan Staa
Third 	Koska
Tribal leader 	Fadros Pallujikaa
Unless 	Pel
Very 	Gan
Yes 	Ta
You (are) 	(Ka) soo
You [plural] 	Soodra
Vault 	Gralta
Wasteland 	Belvash
We 	Kodra
We are 	Kodrafee
We know 	Konafee
Weak 	Jak
Welcome 	Padskaa
Women 	Pandack
Who 	Vo
Word 	Vol
You 	So
=== Other ===
Below are some other words mentioned by two tribes of Sycorax. (PROSE: Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax, COMIC: The Widow's Curse)
* Kiskfaa - a unit of distance used by the Sycorax
* Slinkjaak - an object received by the Sycorax as a reward after a trade
* Kojux-flap - the small technical panel on the outside of a Sycorax ship
* Torkfish - a small, skeletal creature that wrapped around a prisoner's neck. It only released its grip when it had killed its prey.
== Phrases ==
Below is a short list of phrases used by the Sycorax during their invasion of Earth in Christmas 2006, that were translated into English. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, PROSE: Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax)
English 	Sycoraxic
Yes, we know who you are. 	Ta, konafee tedro soo.
Sycorax strong! Sycorax mighty! Sycorax rock! 	Sycora jak! Sycora telpo! Sycora kaar!
Surrender, or they will die. 	Jalvaan, kol jak chiff.
Half are sold into slavery or one third dies. 	Katros ka vendi velisikol koska jak chiff.
Bring it on board. 	Krel stat foraxi
We are the Sycorax. We stride the darkness. 	Kodrafee Sykora. Gasak tel felika.
Will the leader of this world stand forward? 	Vekaan soo Fadros Pallujikaa pelda pelomnik?
If you wish to live, surrender your vault to us now. 	Soo gralta jalvaan mi kodrakon kaas.
You are our property. Choose. Surrender the vault or die.	So[o] kaa da kodra pantak. Kod syla! Gralta jalvaan got jak chiff.
What is wrong with your species? Your blood is weak! 	Vasprin diisaa? Soodra da sinon jak!
You must give us access to your vault. 	Gralta jalvaan, gralta rashtaak.
And who is next? 	Vel vo sii bataa?
We don't care. 	Kodra fiinon paseek.
You are a very funny slave. 	Soo gan praktil venis.
== Insults ==
There is at least one insult in the Sycorax community. It is as of yet unknown what is means, however, it seems to be very hurtful. When the Tenth Doctor challenged the leader of the Sycorax to a battle for planet Earth, he used this insult to push the Sycorax leader's anger even further.
Sycoraxic
Kralak pel gasak kree salvak
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Grammar ===
From a linguistic point of view, Sycoraxic shares similarities to Welsh, in the fact that it has no indefinite article, such as "a" or "an". Furthermore, it also uses no definite articles, such as "the".
:Soo gan praktil venis.
:You are [a] very funny slave.
:Kelprak venis Iisaak.
:Summon [the] slave called Ishak.
It appears that some adjectives have different forms depending on whether they are in front of a noun or alone. Prakchilo and praktil both mean 'funny', however prakchilo has been observed to change to praktil when used before a noun.
Following the theme of missing words, Sycoraxic is a context based language. It relies on the listener and speaker both understanding the situation so that they can both ignore the need of an auxiliary or basic verb to form compound tenses and basic sentences.
:Soo kodsyla.
:You [have] [a] choice.
:Soo gralta jalvaan [...]
:You[r] vault [will be] surrendered.
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