Old Chathan

Old Chathan (Aüdtßathamßc /aʊdtʃathamʃç/; Modern Chathan: Awdtjatamsjk, Middle Chathan: Audtcatamsck both /aʊdtʃatamʃk/) is a hypothetical archaic ancestor to the zonal Germanic conlang, Chathan.

Alphabet
There are 33 characters, as opposed to Modern Chathan's 23. It is a fully phonetic script, with each letter representing a single phoneme.

‘ Aa Åå Ææ Bb Cc Dd Ðð Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Łł Mm Nn Ṅṅ Oo Øø Pp Rr Ss ß Tt Uu Üü Vv Ww Yy Þþ

Modern Chathan Alphabet
Aa Ææ Bb Dd Ee Ëë Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww

Consonants
/b/ : b /ç/ : c /d/ : d /ð/ : ð /f/ : f /ɡ/ : g /h/ : h /j/ : j /k/ : k /l/ : l /ɫ/ : ł /m/ : m /n/ : n /ŋ/ : ṅ /p/ : p /ɾ/ : r /s/ : s /ʃ/ : ß /t/ : t /v/ : v /w/ : w /θ/ : þ

Vowels
/ə/ : ‘ /a/ : a /ɑ/ : å /e/ : æ /ɛ/ : e /ɪ/ : i                                                     /ɔ/ : o                                /o/ : ø /u/ : u /ʊ/ : ü /i/ : y

Differences from Modern Chathan
fully phonetic, one-phoneme-for-character alphabet

introduction of /ð/ and /θ/ sounds

two genders instead of none

North Germanic influenced grammar, with declension according to definitiveness

Genders
There are 2 genders, masculine and feminine.

Masculine words depend on nouns ending in voiced consonants and vowels. Den is "the" and -en goes on adjectives.

den roden hemd (the red shirt)

Feminine words depend on nouns ending in voiceless consonants. Det is "the" and -et goes on adjectives.

det braünget gäis (the brown goat)

Copulae
Jec är ... (I am...)

Je ärt... (You are...)

Häi/Säi/Hit ärst... (He/She/It is...)

Wäi/Jäi/Däi sing... (We/You (all)/They are...)

Jec/Je/Häi/Säi/Hit war... (I/You/He/She/It was/were...)

Wäi/Jäi/Däi warang... (We/You (all)/They were...)

Jec haf... (I have...)

Je haft... (You have.)

Häi/Säi/Hit hafta... (He/She/It has...)

Wäi/Jäi/Däi haffang... (We/You (all)/They have...)

Verbs
wäsang /weɪsaŋ/ (to know)

Present Simple

Jec/Je/Hä/Sä/Hit/Wä/Jä/Dä wäista. (I/You/He/She/It/We/You (all)/They know(s).)

Present Progressive

Jec är wäsanning. (I am knowing.)

Je ärt wäsanning. (You are knowing.)

Hä/Sä/Hit ärst wäsanning. (He/She/It is knowing.)

Wä/Jä/Dä sing wäsanning. (We/You (all)/They are knowing.)

Past Progressive

Jec/Je/Hä/Sä/Hit war wäsang. (I/You/He/She/It was knowing.)

Wä/Jä/Dä warang wäsang. (We/You (all)/They were knowing.)

Simple Past

Jec/Je/Hä/Sä/Hit/Wä/Jä/Dä gawwäista. (I/You/He/She/It/We/You (all)/They knew.)

Past Perfect Simple

Jec haf gawwäsang. (I have known.)

Je haft gawwäsang. (You have known.)

Hä/Sä/Hit haft gawwäsang. (You/He/She/It have known.)

Wä/Jä/Dä haffang gawwäsang. (We/You (all)/They have known.)

Future

Jec/Je/Hä/Sä/Hit/Wä/Jä/Dä ska wäsang. (I/You/He/She/It/We/You (all)/They will know.)

Interrogatives : Fraiender
who : wyr what : was where : waür when : wang why : waarfor how : worn which : welc

People : Folker
boy : dreng girl : jent man : mang woman : kwing brother : broder/bror sister : süster/süs father : fadder/far mother : moder/mor son : söng daughter : dotter husband : ectmang wife : fraü

Numbers : Taller
0 : nol 1 : äing 2 : zwä 3 : drä 4 : fyr 5 : fäim 6 : sex 7 : siveng 8 : act 9 : nägeng 10 : zyng 11 : elev 12 : zwolv 13 : dräzyng 14 : fyrzyng 15 : fäimzyng 16 : sexzyng 17 : sivenzyng 18 : actzyng 19 : nägenzyng 20 : zwanzy

Amounts : Fylhäder
all : al every : jider many : fyl some : sommy few : väny none : käing more : mär less : fär

Colors : Farger
red : röd orange : oransc yellow : gäil green : grun blue : blaü violet : fjolet purple : lila pink : rös black : scwaarz white : wis grey : graü brown : braüng

Days : Daier
Sunday : sondai Monday : mandai Tuesday : tisdai Wednesday : wonsdai Tuesday : torsdai Friday : frädai Saturday : lordai

Seasons : Jaarstäder
winter : winter spring : forjaar summer : sommer autumn : härst

Clothing : Kläder
blouse : blus dress : kjol glasses : bril glove : handscco hat : hud helmet : cjelm jacket : jak pants : bruk shirt : hemd shoe : soko skirt : rok sock : sok sunglasses : sonbril sweater : traü

Animals : Dyrer
ape : ap     bear :	bjorng bird : fogel cat : kat chicken : kikling cow : ku     deer: cjort dog: hond dolphin: delfyng elephant: olefant fish : fisck frog : frosck giraffe: gyraf goat : gäis hippo : flodparst horse : pärd human : mensck lion : läiu lizard : ogel louse : laüs mouse : maüs rabbit : koning rat : rot rhino : näishorng shark : hai sheep : sckap snake : sclang swine : scväing tiger : täger turtle : sckilpad whale : wal zebra : zebra

Weather : Wär
cloud : wolk fog : mist hail : haggel hurricane : orkang ice : äis lightning : bliks rain : rägeng snow : scnä storm : storm sun : son thunder : tonder tornado : tornado wind : wind

Body Parts : Likamtäler
arm : arm belly : baük breast : borst blood : blod brain : cjärng ear : or eye : aüg face : gesict finger : finger foot : fus hair : har hand : hand head : haüfd heart : cjärt knee : kny leg : bäing mouth : mond nail : naggel neck : hals nose : näis skin : haüd tail : scwanz toe : ta tongue : tong tooth : zand

Adjectives : Bäfuglic Namworder
bad : sclect big : grös clean : räin cold : kaüd correct : recty creative : sccapend dirty : fawl, scmuzy dry : drög dull : stomf fast : scnell far : fjärn full : fol empty : tom good : gud heavy : scwaar long : lang narrow : scmal near(by) : dict(bä) new : nju old : aüd rotten : rot round : rond sharp : sccaarf short : kort slow : langsam small : kläin smooth : glad straight : grad thick : dik thin : dün warm : warm wet : nas wide : bräid

Verbs : Werkworder
to bite : bäsang to blow : blassang to breathe : admang to come : kommang to count : telang to cut : scnädang to dance : dansang to die : stervang to dig : gravvang to do : gjorang to drag : sclepang to drink : drenkang to eat : ätang to get : krägang to give : gävang to go : gaang to fall : fallang to fear : fräsang to fight : kjempang to fly : fligang to follow : foljang to freeze : frisang to hear : horang to hit : sclogang to hold : haldang to hunt : jagang to jump : springang to kill : dodang to know : wäsang to laugh : laccang to learn : lärang to lie (down) : ligang to listen : laüstang to live : lävang to open : öbnang to play : lägang to pull : trekang to push : driuang to run : laüpang to rub : wrävang to scratch : kratsang to see : siang to sew : naiang to sing : sengang to sit : sittang to sleep : sclappang to smell : raükang to smoke : rokang to speak : spräkang to spin : spinnang to spit : spjutang to squeeze : drükang to stab : stäkang to stand : staang to suck : saügang to swell : scvelang to swim : scvemang to take : nemang to think : tenkang to throw : goiang to tie : bindang to touch : rorang to want : vollang to wash : vasccang to wear : dragang to wipe : wesccang to wish : wensccang to write : sccrävang

Example Text
Old Chathan

''Al menscclic säner sing gabborta fräi ond galläic yn wärdihäid ond recter. Dä sing gaggifta med forstand ond gawwäis ond skolta handlang zil änander yn än gäist af brodersccap.''

Modern Chathan

Al mensjklik senen sin gebbort frej on glejk ien værdighejd on rekten. Dej sin geggift med ferstand on gevvejs on skolt handlen til enander ien en gejst av brodersjkap.

English

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.