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Cinoktan (pronounced: chee-noke-tän) is a conlang created by Kopachris for a fictional alien race of the same name.
[edit] Pronunciation Chart and alphabet
The Cinoktan old alphabet with
en PR pronunciation.
There are 21 standard sounds in Cinoktan that make up every word. These letters do not have any alphabetical order as many human languages do. The pronunciation of words is very important to Cinoktans, and how well you can pronounce their language is one of their biggest points they judge alien individuals on. On the other hand, stress is unimportant. In the romanized writing, an apostrophe represents a compounding of words, which happens even in very simple words, and a comma represents a pause in speech (as in English) and the separation of clauses.
| Letter | enPR
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| a | ä
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| b | b
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| c | ch
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| d | d
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| e | ĕ
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| f | f
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| g | g
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| h | h
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| i | ē
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| k | k
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| l | l
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| Letter | enPR
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| m | m
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| n | n
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| o | ŏ
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| p | p
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| r | r
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| s | s
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| t | t
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| u | o͞o
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| v | v
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| z | zh
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[edit] Grammar and Syntax
The normal word order for a sentence in Cinoktan is subject verb preposition object ("you run to that"), but for a command sentence, the word order becomes verb subject object preposition or "run you that to". For a question, the word order is query verb subject preposition object ("will run you to that?"). The Cinoktan language contains indirect and partitive articles, but not direct articles. The direct article in a sentence (usually "the" in English) is implied in Cinoktan. The indirect and partitive articles specify amount (a, an = one; some, etc.). Adjectives always go before the noun (blue chair) while adverbs always go after the verb (run quick). As in German, any verbs that are not directly used are supposed to be thrown to the back of the sentence. For instance, "You called him and he came over here" would become "You called him and he over here came".
[edit] Vocabulary
[edit] Lexicon
- etk’al – North
- et – up, above
- al – point (n)
- untk’al – South
- unt – down, below, under
- peln’al – West
- pel – left
- epl’al – East
- ep – right
- -la – land (n suff.)
- okta – home
- ka – home
- Cinoktala – “Chin’s home land”
- etkala – upper home land (northern continent)
- lamo – water
- lamo’etkal – Northern water
- optan – main
- puna – city
- alman – word
- duk – part, piece
- alman’duk – letter, character
- -te – plural suffix
- ump – to scribe
- -an – “ing”
- umpan – writing (v)
- lon – order
- umpan’lon – grammar, syntax
- una – I, me
- -ku – possessive suffix
- unaku – my, mine
- konta – you
- ektu – to be called (de: heißen)
- ekt’alman – name
- op – is, to be (de: sein)
- rano – sky
- stak – color
- rano’stak – blue
- kuva – what, which
- kelva – where
- korva – when
- kanva – why
- kulva – how
- pan – plant
- pan’stak – green
- la’stak – brown
- lute – to speak
- hani – can, to be able to
- gefda – may, to be allowed to
- ect – Sun
- ect’stak – yellow
- rag – hot, heat
- fal – light
- fal’rag – fire
- fal’rag’stak – red
- eci- – did, have done (past tense pre.)
- vort – that
- ankta – favorite
- ent- – will (future tense pre.)
- con – free, freely
- nakt – sir
- nikt – ma’am
- rigal – group (n)
- cig – quick, fast
- roplan – lazy
- pen- – negation pre.
- foks – fox (transliteration)
- dog – dog (transliteration)
- vont – jump, leap, bound
- cen – amount
- nop’cen – number
- gan – shiny
- moln – hard
- molnla – rock, metal
- gan’molnla – gold
- loki – valuable (n,adj)
- huvke – item, object
- huvkete – “stuff”
- loki’huvkete – treasure (n)
- kalt – to make, to cause, to force
- kalt’loki – treasure (v)
- lamp – force, energy (n)
- kanc – mass
- tanke – massive, heavy
- ton – bright, light (adj)
- klekt – mysterious
- klekt’lamp – “magic”
- vun – good
- nun – bad
- nun’klekt’lamp – “curse” (n)
- vun’klekt’lamp – “blessing” (n)
- nu – upon, on
- ni – within, in
- -zuk – diminutive suff.
- -tan – augmentive suff.
- molnlazukzuk – sand (very small rocks)
- tokul – to build, to create
- tokulan’molnla – building stone, brick
- sif – to sit
- sig – to place
- signu – to place upon
- siftan – to lay
- zugsif – sleep
- -goc – new
- sifan’molnlagoc – furniture
- sif’molnlagoc – chair
- zugsif’molnlagoc – bed
- la’molnlagoc – floor, carpet
- signu’molnlagoc - table
- pur – for
- kap – to do
- kalan – to live
- unca – weird, unfamiliar
- kalan’huvke – species
- kalan’huvke’unca – alien
- tok – now (in a series (de: nun))
- tilan – alike, similar
- fona – eat
- tali – food
- tinoka – walk
- tinoka’cig – run
- pot – room (n)
- no – fun, entertaining
- onat – boring
- odef – of
- nopel – must
- zoplen – work (n)
- contala – machine
- zoplen’contala – computer, robot
- no’contala – any machine that is for entertainment
- zoplen’contala’no – computer game
- ruvti – also, in addition to, and
- nuta – no, none
- nuta’fona – to hunger
- nuta’huvkete – to want, to desire
- felbo – only
- felbo’huvke – few, some
- cunet – sound (n), hear (v)
- bal – now, immediately
- tanke’molnlatan – mountain
- sig’unt’la – to bury (to place under land)
- sirge – place, position
- vort’sirge – there (that place)
- felc – flesh
- kalan’felc – “body”, living flesh
- et’kalan’felc – head
- unt’kalan’felc – foot
- ni’sirge – “at” (in position)
- brekil – almost, not quite
- brekil’sirge – near
- fal’rag’kalan’huvke – “dragon” (fire species)
- lani – carrying device, jar, cup, bowl (n), to carry, to bear (v)
- rolva – sight, to see (n, v)
- bel – to please
- belan’rolva – beautiful, to be pleasing to the eyes (adj, v) (also “art”)
- belan’cunet – music, poetry (pleasing sound) (n, adj, v)
- los – time (n)
- ect’los – day
- penect’los – night (note: “day” stretches from sunup to sundown)
- penect – moon
- das – previous
- mol – next
- das’ect’los – yesterday
- das’penect’los – last night
- ect’los – today
- penect’los – tonight
- mol’ect’los – tomorrow
- mol’penect’los – tomorrow night
- mol’ect – sunrise (next day)
- mol’penect – sunset (next night)
- visk – weapon
- giv – sharp
- giv’molnla – blade, knife
- giv’molnlazuk – dagger
- giv’molnlatan – sword
- uce – calm
- uma – air
- alc – ice
- ilc – cold
- mut- – has, with (pre. turns noun into adj.)
- sac – companion
- tinoka’cigan uma – running air (wind)
[edit] Numbers
- nop – zero
- un – one
- te – two
- go – three
- be – four
- top – five
- top’un – six
- top’te – seven
- top’go – eight
- top’be – nine
- ro – ten
- ro’un – eleven
- ro’top’un – sixteen
- te’ro’top’un – twenty-six
- mal – hundred
- un’mal – one hundred
- go’mal’te’ro’top’un – three hundred twenty-six
- bac – thousand
- top’bac’go’mal’te’ro’top’un – five thousand three hundred twenty-six
- te’ro’top’un’bac’te’ro’top’un – 26,026
- \u\ – 1
- \uu\ – 2
- \uuu\ – 3
- \ut\ – 4
- \t\ – 5
- \tu\ – 6
- \r\ – 10
- \g\ – 50
- \m\ – 100
- \b\ – 1,000
For words with fewer than 4 compoundors, they generally use the word rather than the symbol.
[edit] Sentences
- kuva ektan op kontaku? What is your name?
- unaku ektan op Chris. My name is Chris.
- una hani lute Cinokta. I can speak Chinoktan.
- kuva vort eciop? What was that?
- kuva ankta op kontaku? What’s your favorite?
- kuva ankta op kontaku stak? What’s your favorite color?
- unaku ankta stak op ranostak. My favorite color is blue.
- gefda una ump kontaku almante? May I write your words?
- una entlute. I will speak.
- hani una lute? Can I speak?
- gefda una lute? May I speak?
- gefda una con lute, nakt? May I speak freely, sir?
- cig la’stak foks ecivont et roplan dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. (“the” implied)
- sif konta la’stak signu’molnlagoc nu bal. Sit on the brown table now.
