Batakréyol

Batakréyol
Republic of Taigh a Bata
Total speakers	1
Official status	Republic of Taigh a Bata
Language family	Germanic Low Germanic Gallo-Germanic Llonkréyol Batakréyol
Language type	Constructed Language
Regulated by	The Language Development Branch (Taigh a Bata)

Batakréyol was the second conlang created by the Republic of Taigh a Bata. However, since the language was never developed beyond its infancy and Taigh a Batan and Caran were created, the language is classified as 'dead'. However, Batakréyol is still used as a cultural language for historical purposes.

Introduction

Batakréyol originates from Low German Languages and Dialects, with a Gallo-romance influence. It is relatively easy to learn for an English or a Frisian speaker who knows a little German and French. It also contains loan words from English, Esperanto and French.

Most of the words listed here in Batakréyol were taken directly from the Llonkréyol language.

Alphabet

Batakréyol uses the same letters as used in English. Additional letters are as followed: é (eh), ö (uh), ÿ (oh), ë (yeh). Phonetical sounds are as follows: ck (ch as in loch), aa (å), uu (oo), ou (w), yy (ii).

Lexicon

Hello: Ëllo
Good Morning: Göode-morgcken
Good Afternoon/Evening: Göode-aprésnuun
Good Night: Göode-nackt
Goodbye: Diutrevuu
How are you?: Het géét?
Thank you: Dankëuu
Please: Si-tu-plén
Yes: Oui
No: Non
Help!: Help!

Names

Taigh a Bata: Bataije
Landashir: Londije
Britain: Britije
Flandrensis: Flaandrenije
Slinky Empyre: Slyynkije
Molossia: Molosije
Sycamore Booker: Syycamor-Böckr
Oakia: Ökije
Austenasia: Austije

Numbers

Uun = one
Dÿÿ = two
Tré = three
Faar = four
Fijv = five
Sés = six
Sev/ Sep = seven
Ojt = eight
Neun = nine
Dés = ten
Dÿÿdi = Twenty (-di = -ty)
Huunder = Hundred
Cjent = Thousand
Miluën = Million

Correlatives

"Vaa'-" = what? -
- (nothing) = thing = Vaa?
- sö = sort of = Vaa'sö?
- m = reason = Vaa'm?
- thur = time = Vaa'thur?
- eh = place = Vaa'eh?
- oh = manner = Vaa'oh?
- mutj = quantity = Vaa'mutj?
- uun = one = Vaa'uun?

Morphology

Nouns and Gender

All subjects are considered neutral (except living beings). Ancient nouns can usually be indicated by an /o/ ending. However, as the language has evolved, recognising nouns is harder but it can be done with experience.

Example nouns

Human: Huumön
Man: Man
Woman: Fraou
Child: Jönesse
Telephone: Télefono
House: Huus
Dog: Hun
Newspaper: Neuuspaper
Car: Voituu
Bus: Buus
Train: Trén
Institute/School: Instituut

Pronouns

I: Eck, my/dear: Ech, me: Meck
You: Tu
Your: Tuur
It/he/she: Het
Its/his/her: Hen
They: Thaé
Their: Thaén
That: Thas
We: Vyy
Our: Vyyn

'To Be' conjugation

Eck aam (I am) / Aam meck (I am) (used in informal writing and conversation)
Tu aam (You are)
Het aam (It/he/she is) / 'T'aam (It/He/She is) (used in informal writing and conversation)
Thaé aams (They are)
Vyy aams (We are)

'To Have' conjugation

Eck haav (I have) / Haav meck (I have) (Used in informal writing and conversation)
Tu haav (You have)
Het 'aav (It/he/she has) (the H is only taken off when used with Het) / 'T'aav (It/he/she has) (used in informal writing and conversation
Thaé haavs (They have)
Vyy haavs (We have)

You can see that if a pronoun is representing more then one person or thing, the verb will end with the suffix /-s/.

Verbs

All verbs end with the suffix /-n/, and the /-n/ is taken off when not used as its dictionary verb in a sentence. There are no irregular verbs.

Common verbs

To be: Aamn
To have: Haavn
To eat: Essn
To pay: Paatn
To explode: Splÿdn
To say: Seitn
To be there: Metn
To make/do: Mackn

Word Order

Eck aam uun Batan (I am a Taigh a Batan)
- Pronoun - conjugated verb - noun.
Eck haav egtackn tuur monen (I have taken your money).