Crandish language

The Crandish language (Krantisk) is the language of the now dead country of Cranda. These days it is spoken by scattered communities in the Green of northern Apollonia, as well as in pockets in Hurmu (both Lontinien and Lake District) and Lac Glacei.

This article is adapted from Te Nu Krantisk Grammatik by Johanns fonn Klosso.

See also Vocabulary

Phonology and Orthography

Letter/digraph	Apollonia	Hurmu
a	/ɑ/~/ɑː/	/a/~/aː/
ä	/e/~/eː/	/ɛ/~/ɛː/
ai	/ai/
äi	/ei/	/ɛi/
au	/aʊ/
b	/b/
c	/k/
ch	/x/
d	/d/
e	/e/ ~ /eː/
ei	/ei/
f	/f/~/v/	/f/
g	/g/
h	/h/
i	/ɪ/~/iː/
ie	/iː/	/ɪə/
j	/j/
k	/k/
l	/l/
m	/m/
n	/n/
ng	/ŋ/
o	/ʌ/~/ɔ:/	/ɔ/~/o:/
oi	/oi/	/ø/~/ø:/
p	/p/
r	/r/
s	/z/	/s/
sd	/zd/	/st/
sk	/ʃ/	/sk/
ß	/s/
ss	/s/
st	/st/
t	/t/
tsk	/tʃ/	/(t)sk/
u	/ʊ/~/u:/	/ɵ/~/ʉ:/
ü	/y/~/y:/
v	/v/~/f/	/v/
w	/v/	/w/
y	/y/~/y:/
z	/ts/

Grammar

Noun cases (Heeachvurtgräder)

Crandish has four cases, nominative, accusative, dative and genitive. This section will outline the endings for each case, and the occasions in which each is used. Plurals are covered after the singular rules. Adjectives affecting the noun are also in these cases, but follow slightly different rules. Nominative: This case is used primarily for the subject of a sentence. It takes no ending. It is also used for predicate nominative, so the sentence Eck bam te mann ("I am the man") is all in nominative. The verbs vesan and virtan both cause a predicate nominative.

Accusative

This case is formed by adding –e to the end of the noun and its adjectives. The definite article singular changes from te to ter. If a noun or one of its adjectives ends with a vowel in the nominative case then the vowel is replaced by –e. It is used for the direct object of the sentence, and certain prepositions govern the accusative case: turch, för, buton, anjee, unter, abbuda, umbi, chvanne (through, for, without, against, around, around, until), meaning that a noun with these prepositions in front of it becomes accusative.

Dative

This case is formed by adding –o to the end of the noun and its adjectives. The definite article singular changes from te to tas. If the noun or one of its adjectives ends in a vowel it is replaced by –o. This case is used for indirect objects, and the following propositions govern the dative case: aut, auter, boi, mitt, afder, ssoid, fonn, fomm, duu, ad (out, outside, by, with, after, since, of, from, to, at). One verb uses the dative case, and require no subject; tynkan ("to seem to") Mer tynkt "It seems to me," (it being understood that the subject is it, subjects can be used though, they always go after this verb).

Genitive

This case is formed by adding –s to the noun and its adjectives, nouns and adjectives that already end in s or z or add –es. An archaic version of the genitive case added –ess after s or z, which is still in use in some areas. The definite article singular becomes tsess. It is used to show possession. Tsess manns auto aakt anjee ties fämnens huze (The man’s car drives into (against) the women’s house). The following propositions govern the genitive case: sdadd, drod, on, of, veggen (instead of, in spite of, during, during, because of).

The following propositions govern either the accusative or dative case: inn, an, upp, öber, unter, hint, onemenn, for, bitvisk (in, on, up, over/above, under, behind, alongside, before, between), depending on how they are used.

Plurals

Nominative Plurals

There are four plural endings in Crandish, -er, -n, -en and –ar. –En is added if the word ends in the vowels long e, i, u, y, ü, o, or ö, and if the word ends with the the suffix –skaff. –Er is used for nouns ending in consonants and diphthongs, and –n for nouns ending in the vowels a and short e. –Ar is used when the word is multi-syllable, and ends in –r, -l, or –n. The word then loses the vowel before the final consonant. Umlauts are added where possible to plural words, with the exception of those that take the –ar ending, in the first syllable, unless the word has a suffix, in which case the umlauts are placed there. The vowels a, o, u, and the diphthong ai are the only vowels that receive diphthongs. In compound nouns the second noun of the compound gets umlauts. Bok-> Böker. Skool-> Sköoler. Skoolbok-> Skoolböker. Bokskool-> Boksköoler. Tai-> Täier. Karlskaff-> Karlskäffen. Guta-> Gütan. Fater-> Fatrar. Dalar-> Dalrar. Beskunigerr-> Beskunigrar

Accusative Plurals

The accusative endings are: -re, -ne, and –ne, -are. Bökre, Täire, Karlskäffne, Gütane, Fatrare, Dalrare, Beskunigrare

Dative Plurals

The dative plurals are: -re, -no, -no -aro. Bökro, Täiro, Karlskäffno, Gütano. ====Genitive Plurals==== The genitive plurals are: -ers, -ns, -ens -ars. Bökers, Täiers, Karlskäffens, Gütans.

Case table

Nominative singular ends with	Accusative (s.)	Dative (s.)	Genitive (s.)	Nominative (pl.)	Accusative (pl.)	Dative (pl.)	Genitive (pl.)
The letter a	-e	-o	-s	-n	-ne	-no	-ns
The letter e (when short)	-e	-o	-s	-n	-ne	-no	-ns
The letter -e (when long), -i, -u, -y, -ü, -o, -ö	-e	-o	-s	-en	-ne	-no	-ens
A diphthong	-e	-o	-s	-er	-re	-ro	-ers
The digraph -ng	-e	-o	- es	-en	-ne	-no	-ens
The suffix skaff	-e	-o	-es	-en	-ne	-no	-ens
The letter -s, diagraph -sk, or letter -z	-e	-o	-ess	-er	-re	-ro	-ers
The letter r, l, or n	-e	-o	-s	-ar	-are	-aro	-ars
Some other consonant	-e	-o	-s	-er	-re	-ro	-ers

Noun–adjective compounds

In most cases the noun and other noun, or noun and adjective are merely joined together. The adjective will always go first, however based on where the nouns are placed can change the meaning. The one exception to the rule is the Crandish noun metv means "middle". For compounds it becomes the basic adjective met, however if the noun it is being compounded with begins with a vowel it becomes mettel. So "the Middle East" is te Metteleesde but the middle of the road is te metvei.

Articles

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
a, an	ainz	ainze	ainzo	ainzes
some	vaa	vaar	vaas	ves
no (singular)	ne	ner	nas	nes
no (plural)	nie	nier	nias	nies
the (singular)	te	ter	tas	tsess
the (plural=	tie	tier	tias	ties
this	tiis	tiiser	tiisas	tiises
this	tas	taser	tsas	tases
these	tees	teeser	teesas	teeses
that	tad	tader	tadas	tads
that	jein	jeiner	jeinas	jeins
those	tos	toser	tosas	toses

Pronouns

Crandish is a language with “natural gender” meaning that the only things that use the pronouns for he or she are things that actually are masculine or feminine. It has two forms of you, one informal singular, the other formal singular and plural, and informal plural.

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
I	eck	meck	mer	min
You (singular informal)	tau	teck	tir	tin
He	hes	hesk	hesk	hesn
She	her	herk	herk	hern
One	maan	maane	maano	maans
It	chii	chimm	chir	chiin
Everyone	alk	alke	alko	alks
Anyone	einje	einje	einjo	einjes
Someone	vaa	vaahe	vaaho	vaasess
No-one	nemaan	nemaane	nemaano	nemaans
Nothing	nechtz	nechtze	nechtzo	nechtzes
Who	vaz	van	vam	vas
We	vit	unz	unz	unzer
You (plural, singular formal)	üviz	üvun	üvun	üvin
They	tei	teim	temm	teir

Adjectives and adverbs (Jedallengvürter unt Verbjedallengvürter )

Adjectives in Crandish usually have one of the following endings: -ik, -lick, -az, -isk, -a, i/ii/ie, –e. All adjectives are put into the plural by adding –en. Certain adjectives have special rules governing them. Comparatives are done by adding –ör, superlatives by adding –esde. Adverbs usually end in –ig.

Ends with	Nominative (s.)	Accusative (s)	Dative (s.)	Genitive (s.)	Nominative (pl)	Accusative (pl.)	Dative (pl.)	Genitive (pl.)
Consonant		-e	-o	-es	-en	-ne	-no	-ens
-ik	-ik	-ike	-iko	-iks	-iken	-ikne	-ikno	-ikens
-lick	-lick	-licke	-licko	-licks	-licken	-lickne	-lickno	-lickens
-az	-az	-aze	-azo	-azes	-azen	-azne	-azno	-azens
-e	-e	-e	-o	-es	-en	-ne	-no	-ens
-a	-a	-e	-o	-as	-an	-ane	-ano	-ans
-i	-i	-je	-jo	-ies	-in	-ine	-ino	-ins
-ii	-ii	-je	-jo	-iis	-iin	-iine	-iino	-iins
-ie	-ie	-je	-jo	-ies	- ien	-iene	-ieno	-iens
-isk	-iske	-isko	-iskes	-iskes	-isken	-iskne	-iskno	-iskens
-ör	-ör	-re	-ro	-örs	-örn	-örne	-örno	-örns
-esde	-esde	-esde	-esdo	-esdes	-esden	-esdne	-esdno	-esdens

Verbs

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