Cantate
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Cantate is a contructed language based on the Latin alphabet. The words of Cantate derive from European languages and of course its own derived vocabulary. Many of the different sounds depend on acent marks and other types of symbols that affect the base letter. For example, "e" by its self is spoken like the e in see. However when its is "ē" then it is spoken like the e in met. Many similar changes exist in the Cantate language. Some of these letter patterns also come from Russian, for example a "p" is pronounced as a r rather than a p sound which we would expect in English. This engineered language was made to experiment the different elements of linguistic study. All of the work was doen by the creator, Movses A. Musaelian. Even though this language is in its early stages, it is hoped that it will grow into a more substantial language. The purpose of Cantate, is to present an artifical language in which components of more languages are put in and unlike Esperanto and many other similar engineered languages where many European like components are factored in, Cantate brings in a different building block on which it is structured. Research was strictly done by the creator himself who based Canatate on a number of languages including, Russian, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Armenian, and Slavic elements. He used some of the elements of other articial languages too like Esperanto.
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Here is the alphabet
- A-as in the a in "lap"
- Ā-as in the a in "lay"
- P-as in the r in "rose"
- Đ-as in the p in "poor"
- B-as in the b in "back"
- C-as in the k in "kick"
- Ç-pronounced "ts"
- Є-as in the s in "say"
- E-as in the e in "see"
- Ē-as in the e in "met"
- Ī-as in the i in "like"
- Ĩ-as in the i in "Nick"
- F-as in the f in "fond"
- Ŵ-as in the sh in "show"
- N-as in the n in "next"
- T-as in the t in "take"
- V-as in the v in "verdict"
- Ҹ-pronounced "xh" in the back of the through like the Scottish "loch"
- X-as in the h in "hole"
- M-as in the m in "mouse"
- Ť-pronounced "dz"
- D-as in the d in "door"
- O-as in the o in "mow"
- Ō-as in the o in "moon"
- J-pronounced as "ye"
- G-as in the g in "goat"
- Ģ-as in the j in "judge"
- Ĵ-as in a strong j sound with the tounge pulled back
- L-as in the L in "lost"
- Ž-as in the z in "zeal"
Simple Grammer
(Fāєĩlĩcōє Gpāmāticōє)
Singular and Plural Verbs
Here is an example: cpāєēnt meaning to climb, can be made plural by adding the -āt prefix therefore if a group is climbing then it would be cpāєēntāt.
Personal Pronouns
I~jn you~vo he~on she~ān it~ĩn we~noє you(pl./formal)~voє they~ŵont
Essential Verbs
am~ōє is~ōєē are~ōєēє
Some Phrases
- Hello
- đoєtoҹ (postoxh)
- How are you
- ¿Ťađo ōєēє vo (dsado uses vo?)
- Good
- nāє (nas)
- Great
- nāєeç (nasEEts)
- I am good
- jn ōє nāє (yen OOs nas)
- bad
- gālōє (galOOs)
- I like
- jn ĵāmāє (yen zjamas)
- Do you speak Cantate
- ¿lēє vo gēç Āntātē (les vo ges antate?)
- Please
- đāpēҹ (parexh)
- Thank You
- єālvāç (salvats)
- What is your name
- ¿cāc ōєē vod nōmēž (cac ose vod nomez)
- My name is John
- māž nōmēž ōєē Ģōxn (maz nomez ose Gohn)
- Goodbye
- lāŵōç (lashots)
- Good Morning
- bonŵoє ōtpo (bonshos OOtro)
- Good Evening
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- bonŵoє noҹ (bonshos noxh)
- The boy is nice and strong
- tēlē mācōє ōєē ťenō ēє fōҹāŵātĩє (tele makos ose dseno es foxhashatis)
The Lords Prayer
<poem> Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. [For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever.] Amen. </poem> <poem> Єī Āєtāҹĩ Mopōt Nop Ðātēp ēn Xōleçā, lopāndāđ ōєēєēpē vod nōmēž, vod rēgĩs cpēno, vod vōltātapōє ōєēєēpē fenetōє, xoҹ ēєđēpєōє ĵol ēn ģōpō, dāt ҹoє moģĩєōє nop moģĩєōle xāҹço, đpoҹādā ҹoє ҹoєĩ gālōєēç, ĵol noє cāptāt ҹēnoє cop gālōєāt āҹt ҹoє , єālvētāє ҹoє bpōm tēlē gābāєҹolĩ oє ĵēnĵopōm, ēє mēntit ҹoє brōm lōҹēŵēpēm. Āmēn </poem>
