Chyatak language

The Chyatakian language (Chyatakian: Chyatak /ˈcatak/, often mispronounced as chyah-tack) is a Yugo-Florian language and the official language of the Chyatakian peoples, who live in areas spanning from east Commolacia to north Jonathia.
== Pronunciation guides ==
=== Consonant ===
↓Manner/Place→ 	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatoalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal 	m 	 	n 	 	 	 	 	
Stop 	p b 	 	t d 	 	c 	k g 	q 	
Fricative 	β 	f v 	s z 	ʃ 	 	x 	 	h
Approximant 	 	 	 	 	j 	 	 	
Trill 	 	 	r 	 	 	 	 	
Lateral approximant	 	 	l 	 	 	 	 	
=== Coarticulated phonemes ===
↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant 	w
=== Consonants ===
Word initial consonants: b bj bn br bw c d df dv f fs fw fx fʃ g gl gr h hw j k kh kl kn ks kv kw kx lj m ml n nj p pj pl pr ps q rj rw s sf sj sl sn sr sv sw t th tj tm v vj vl w xj xl xw z zj zl zm zn zv zw ʃm ʃn β
Mid-word consonants: b bl bn bs bt bw c ct d db dd df dl dm dt dv dx dʃ f ff fh fj fk g gb gg gh gn gs gt h hb hd hj hm hv hw j jb jm jn js jv jʃ k kh kj kk kr ks kt kv kz kʃ l lf lh ll lp lʃ m ml mm mn mp mr ms mv mw mz mʃ n nb nd ng nj nk np nv nw nx nz nʃ p pn pr pʃ q qq qt r rl rm rn rp rr rv rw rz s sc sd sh sj sl sp sr ss sv t tb tc td tg th tj tk tn tp tr tv v vl vm vn w wd wg wm wp wq ws wt wv wʃ wβ x xd xg xh xj xm xn xt z zb zd zg zj zk zl zr zv ʃ ʃj ʃm ʃn ʃt ʃx β βl βw
Word final consonants: c d f g k l m n q t v w x z ʃ β
Pronunciation	Spelling
ɐ 	ǎ
y 	ǔ
ʏ 	ü
c 	chy
j 	y
x 	kh
ʃ 	sh
β 	v̈
== Grammar ==
=== Articles ===
Chyatakian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.
=== Nouns ===
Nouns have four cases:
* Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
* Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
* Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
* Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
Type 	Example
Nominative	No affix
thak /thak/
dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix o-
othak /otˈhak/
(verb done to) dog
Genitive 	If starts with vowel: Prefix gl-
Else: Prefix gla-
glathak /ˈglathak/
dogʼs
Dative 	If starts with vowel: Prefix q-
Else: Prefix qɐ-
qǎthak /ˈqɐthak/
to (the/a) dog
=== Singular vs Plural ===
Type 	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	No affix
zyǔ /zjy/
man	No affix
zem /zem/
woman
Plural 	Prefix u-
uzyǔ /uˈzjy/
men	Prefix i-
izem /ˈizem/
women
=== Pronouns ===
Nominative 	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	
1st singular 	yuv̈ /juβ/
I	ik /ik/
me	bwǔt /bwyt/
mine	dvø /dvø/
to me
2nd singular 	ka /ka/
you	yǎ /jɐ/
you	snǔ /sny/
yours	kǔ /ky/
to you
3rd singular masc	fi /fi/
he, it	vo /vo/
him, it	ma /ma/
his, its	zǎ /zɐ/
to him, at it
3rd singular fem 	tmit /tmit/
she, it	po /po/
her, it	kam /kam/
hers, its	ha /ha/
to her, at it
1st plural 	shmukh /ʃmux/
we	ve /ve/
us	te /te/
ours	hǔ /hy/
to us
2nd plural 	shnǔ /ʃny/
you all	ǔ /y/
you all	ba /ba/
yours (pl)	i /i/
to you all
3rd plural masc 	kü /kʏ/
they (masc)	fø /fø/
them (masc)	thü /thʏ/
theirs (masc)	züv̈ /zʏβ/
to them (masc)
3rd plural fem 	klǎv /klɐv/
they (fem)	pü /pʏ/
them (fem)	chyu /cu/
theirs (fem)	ta /ta/
to them (fem)
=== Possessive determiners ===
1st singular 	bwǔt /bwyt/
my
2nd singular 	snǔ /sny/
your
3rd singular masc	ma /ma/
his
3rd singular fem 	kam /kam/
her
1st plural 	te /te/
our
2nd plural 	ba /ba/
your (pl)
3rd plural masc 	thü /thʏ/
their (masc)
3rd plural fem 	chyu /cu/
their (fem)
=== Verbs ===
==== Present ====
 	Masculine	Feminine
1st singular 	Prefix gri-
griya /griˈja/
(I) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix zm-
Else: Prefix zmʏ-
zmüya /zmʏˈja/
(I) learn
2nd singular 	If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix ta-
taya /ˈtaja/
(you) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix br-
Else: Prefix brø-
brøya /ˈbrøja/
(you) learn
3rd singular masc	Prefix rwe-
rweya /ˈrweja/	If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix so-
soya /ˈsoja/
3rd singular fem 	If starts with vowel: Prefix lj-
Else: Prefix ljʏ-
lyüya /ljʏˈja/	Prefix tha-
thaya /ˈthaja/
1st plural 	Prefix ø-
øya /øˈja/
(we) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix po-
poya /ˈpoja/
(we) learn
2nd plural 	If starts with vowel: Prefix bw-
Else: Prefix bwe-
bweya /bweˈja/
(you all) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix fx-
Else: Prefix fxʏ-
fkhüya /fxʏˈja/
(you all) learn
3rd plural masc 	If starts with vowel: Prefix fs-
Else: Prefix fse-
fseya /ˈfseja/	If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix se-
seya /seˈja/
3rd plural fem 	Prefix i-
iya /ˈija/	If starts with vowel: Prefix sr-
Else: Prefix sra-
sraya /ˈsraja/
==== Past ====
 	Masculine	Feminine
1st singular 	Prefix wo-
woya /ˈwoja/
(I) learned	Prefix a-
aya /ˈaja/
(I) learned
2nd singular 	If starts with vowel: Prefix sl-
Else: Prefix slɐ-
slǎya /ˈslɐja/
(you) learned	Prefix sri-
sriya /ˈsrija/
(you) learned
3rd singular masc	Prefix de-
deya /ˈdeja/	Prefix fwu-
fwuya /fwuˈja/
3rd singular fem 	If starts with vowel: Prefix c-
Else: Prefix ci-
chyiya /ˈcija/	Prefix e-
eya /eˈja/
1st plural 	Prefix βi-
v̈iya /ˈβija/
(we) learned	Prefix dɐ-
dǎya /ˈdɐja/
(we) learned
2nd plural 	If starts with vowel: Prefix h-
Else: Prefix he-
heya /ˈheja/
(you all) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix fx-
Else: Prefix fxe-
fkheya /fxeˈja/
(you all) learned
3rd plural masc 	If starts with vowel: Prefix pj-
Else: Prefix pje-
pyeya /ˈpjeja/	If starts with vowel: Prefix β-
Else: Prefix βa-
v̈aya /ˈβaja/
3rd plural fem 	If starts with vowel: Prefix kl-
Else: Prefix kly-
klǔya /klyˈja/	If starts with vowel: Prefix fx-
Else: Prefix fxø-
fkhøya /ˈfxøja/
==== Remote past ====
 	Masculine	Feminine
1st singular 	If starts with vowel: Prefix df-
Else: Prefix dfe-
dfeya /ˈdfeja/
(I) learned (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix f-
Else: Prefix fʏ-
füya /ˈfʏja/
(I) learned (long ago)
2nd singular 	Prefix srø-
srøya /ˈsrøja/
(you) learned (long ago)	Prefix ʏ-
üya /ʏˈja/
(you) learned (long ago)
3rd singular masc	Prefix u-
uya /ˈuja/	Prefix zne-
zneya /zneˈja/
3rd singular fem 	Prefix y-
ǔya /yˈja/	If starts with vowel: Prefix bj-
Else: Prefix bjy-
byǔya /ˈbjyja/
1st plural 	If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix tu-
tuya /tuˈja/
(we) learned (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix ka-
kaya /ˈkaja/
(we) learned (long ago)
2nd plural 	If starts with vowel: Prefix ml-
Else: Prefix mlø-
mløya /ˈmløja/
(you all) learned (long ago)	Prefix svo-
svoya /ˈsvoja/
(you all) learned (long ago)
3rd plural masc 	If starts with vowel: Prefix v-
Else: Prefix vi-
viya /ˈvija/	If starts with vowel: Prefix pl-
Else: Prefix pla-
playa /ˈplaja/
3rd plural fem 	If starts with vowel: Prefix xw-
Else: Prefix xwø-
khwøya /ˈxwøja/	Prefix qi-
qiya /ˈqija/
Chyatakian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:
Future	Particle before the verb: prʏ -
prü ya /prʏ ja/
will learn
=== Imperfective aspect ===
Imperfective	Prefix ʏ-
üya /ˈʏja/
learns/is learning
=== Derivational morphology ===
==Examples==
English 	Chyatak 	Pronounciation 	Word order
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...	sish hiyǔ fi zvǎ ma gren sish ful ma bra fikhhǔv be vlif	/siʃ hiˈjy fi zvɐ ma gren siʃ ful ma bra ˈfixhyv be vlif/	and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind
Encyclopedia 	Enchyǔchylopedia 	/ˌencyˌclopeˈdia/ 	X
World Wide Web 	World wide zvem 	/world ˈwide zvem/ 	X
Cycloweb 	Chyǔchylozvem 	/cyˈclo zvem/ 	X
== See also ==
* A Chyatak dictionary
Category:Chyatak language
Category:Chyatakian people
Category:Yugo-Florian languages