Pacardian

Pacardian is an a posteriori constructed language, the second of which to be created by Tim Pappas. In contrast with his first project, Chathan, which is based off of Germanic tongues, Pacardian aims to be a constructed Romance language.

=Phonology= The Pacardian Latin alphabet contains 22 letters, excluding H, K, W, and Y.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Ii Jj Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Zz

Consonants
/b/ : b /k/ : c (except before e & i), q (used before e & i or as last letter in word) /d/ : d /f/ : f /g/ : g /ʒ/ : j /l/ : l /m/ : m /n/ : n /p/ : p /r/ : r /s/ : s /t/ : t /v/ : v /ʃ/ : x /z/ : z /tʃ/ : c (before e & i)

Vowels
/a/ : a /e/ : e /i/ : i /o/ : o /u/ : u =Grammar= Person : Subject : Object : Possessive 1st Singular : jo : mem : meo 2nd Singular : tu : tu : so 3rd Singular (m) : eilu : eilu : 3rd Singular (f) : eila : eila : 3rd Singular (n) : : : 1st Plural : nox : nox : 2nd Plural : vos : vos : 3rd Plural: eii : eii :

the (singular m) : lu    the (singular f) : la     the (plural) : li     the (before word beginning in vowel) : l' (attached to word) this : sto these : qelo that : stox those : qelox Only nouns have genders. Masculine words end in u and feminine words in a. -x (/ʃ/) is added to a noun to indicate its plural form.

lu canu (the dog)

li canux (the dogs)

la cavra (the goat)

li cavrax (the goats)

l'orsu (the bear)

l'orsux (the bears) =Dictionary=

People : Perzonax
boy : bamenu girl : bamena man : omu woman : dona brother : fratu sister : sora father : patru mother : matra son : filu daughter : fila husband : spusu wife : spusa

Numbers : Nombrux
1 : umo 2 : duis 3 : tres 4 : quatro 5 : cinq 6 : sei 7 : siet 8 : voit 9 : nuv 10 : diex

Colors : Culorux
red : rus orange: aranj yellow : marel green : verd blue : azul purple : porpur violet : viol pink : roz black : ner white : branq grey : grij brown : maron

Months : Mesux
January : jeneru February fevreru March : marzu April : avrilu May : maiu June : juniu July : juliu August : agostu September : setembru October : otubru November : novembru December: dicembru

Seasons : Staciox d'Anu
winter : ivernu spring : primvera summer : veranu autumn : otonu

Animals : Animalux
ape : ominoideu bear : orsu bird : pajaru cat gatu/a chicken : galu cow : vaca deer : cervu dog : canu dolphin : dofinu elephant : elefantu fish : pexu frog : granuta giraffe : jirafa goat : cavra hippo : ipopotamu horse : cavalu human : umanu lion : leo lizard : langartu mouse : sorxu rabbit : coniju rat : rotu rhino : rinocerontu shark : reqenu sheep : oveia snake : serpenta, serpa swine : porcu tiger : tigru turtle : tartuga whale : valea zebra : sevra

Weather : Tempu
cloud : nuva fog : nevla hail : grandizu hurricane : uracanu lightning : fulgoru rain : piuja snow : neva storm : tormpesta sun : solu thunder : tuovu tornado : ciclonu wind : ventu

Occupations : Ocupaciox
chauffeur : xoforu chef : coizineru doctor: medicu manager : jerantu mechanic : mecanicu nurse : infermera policeman : poliziu professor : profesoru scientist : ciensistu secretary : segretaria student : tudantu

Verbs : Verbux
to bite : mordar to blow : suflar to breathe : respirar to come : venar to count : comtar to cut : taliar to die : morar to dig : scavar to drink : bivar to eat : menjar to fall : caiar to fear : crendar to fight : loixar to fly : volar to hit : colpiar to hold : sostar to hunt : xazar to kill : matar to know : savar to laugh : ridar to live : vivar to play : jogar to pull : stirar to rub : frogar to say : dizar to scratch : raspar to see : veiar to sew : cosar to sing : xantar to sit : sentar to sleep : dormar to smell : olar to spit : cuspar to split : partar to squeeze : spremar to stab : poinialar to suck : xucar to swim : najar to think : penzar to throw : lonxar to tie : legar to turn : xirar to vomit : vomar to walk : marxar to wash : lavar to wipe : exugar =Example= Pacardan : Eila fera simpro la finetra atris do cinar. Latin : Illa Claudit semper fenestram antequam cenat. Spanish : Ella siempre cierra la ventana antes de cenar. Portuguese : Ela Fecha sempre a janela antes de jantar. French : Elle ferme toujours la fenêtre avant de dîner/souper. Italian : Lei chiude sempre la finestra prima di cenare. Romanian : Ea închide totdeauna fereastra înainte de cină. Catalan : Ella sempre tanca la finestra abans de sopar. English : She always closes the window before dining.