Crescanian

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Crecanian is the main language of the Crescanian Confederacy, and is the largest language among all the Crescanian peoples, as the conquered species have been in the Confederacy long enough to start forgetting their own languages.

Crescanian, or Crescaniei as they call the language themselves, is spoke in a very simple manner. Unlike English for example, Crescanian most often uses the same word for every situation. This means that while English uses words as "I" and "Me" in different circumstances, Crescanian always use the word "Im", which is pronounced the way it is written and not to be mistaken for the English "I'm".

Crescanian also tends to spell words the same way they are pronounced. For example, the English word "One" would be spelled "Wan" and "You" would be spelled "Ju".

Alphabet

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The Crescanian alphabet is made up of 25 letters, with 19 consonants and 6 vowels, as well as 13 umlauts of existing letters. The modern Crescanian alphabet is relatively new, having been designed merely a few hundred years ago with mainly computerized writing in mind, with each symbol being of equal size and taking up an equal amount of space. It was also designed to be easy to learn and to write, in order to ease the cultural unification which was at that time taking place on Cusorea, and is now taking place around the Crescanian empire. Today the Crescanian alphabet is the official alphabet of all Crescanian languages, including all languages belonging to Crescanian subject species, such as the enormously common Salchissan language Mando'a.

Numbers

Crescanian counting is based on 8, which may have its roots in Croiz having 8 fingers. This has been known to cause confusion among other species.

1 - A
2 - Ka
3 - Krej
4 - Zam
5 - Zat
6 - Zali
7 - Isha
8 - Nidsa
9 - A-Nidsa
10 - Ka-Nidsa
11 - Krej-Nidsa
12 - Zam-Nidsa
13 - Zat-Nidsa
14 - Zali-Nidsa
15 - Isha-Nidsa
16 - Kolse
17 - A-Kolse
24 - Dasfer
32 - Rara
40 - Nadla
48 - Kui
56 - Nab
64 - Tarab
72 - Oshres
80 - Ram

Language Translations

A - Inside, into

Ma - Of, with

Da - The

Do - There

Im - Me

Ni - You

Zo - Is, am

Héra - We, us

Imai - My, mine

Niai - Your(s)

Dagu - Yes

Kaneda - No

Joko - Maybe

Shonishò - Please

Pari - What

I - And

Tar - Can

Namesh - Hello

Maas - Goodbye

N'sanke - Thank you

Tara kal - No thank you

Gu'ush - Leader

Mai - Man

Sarian - Woman

Umayn - Human

Unifora - Bare-skin (Word used often against aliens or other croiz as a grave insult. No other known species have scales, and therefore, bare skin.)

Varch - War

Hu'gjur - Peace

Tanrita - Love

Kurita - Hate

Im tanri ni - I love you

Jo'srrr* - Danger

Hano - Soldier

R'chán - Rifle

Sybii - Pistol

Kenkan - Gun

Chozhlal - Blade

Raveksis - Doctor (medical)

Ztorate - Doctor (scientific)

Fefsh - Food

Grr'ha - Water

Ritziza - A kind of a mattress used for resting, but not for sleeping.

Mnerga - White

Zatzilk - Black

Noh'grr - Red

Vert'hrrr - Blue

Optos - Blood

Váva - Father's father

Noova - Mother's father

Váno - Father's mother

Noono - Mother's mother

Wa'hirr - Father

Nona - Mother

Kerri - Brother

Sarri - Sister

Maki'daa - Child

Tym - Egg

Syforra - Imagination (can also mean god)

Tisha - Complaint, to complain

Dadé - Difficult

Im va'fefsh - I'm hungry

Im va grr'ha - I'm thirsty

Hrrang gatoti! - Take cover!

Wana mai! - Kill him!

Hodkab mai! - After him!

Rushga - Equivalent of the F-word

Da'grr kib wan? - Is it dead?

Hanae ji'hrr kaneda po'kaba - I'm not touching that

Ga'Fefsh ji'hrr kaneda po'kaba - I'm not eating that

Sadanto - Forever, all the time

Prana - Comrade

Imai lika zo... - My name is...

Pari zo niai lika? - What is your name?

  • Croiz often use growls in their vocabulary, a way of speech found difficult by humans at best