Kench language

Kench
Qanse
Pronunciation	[kanse̞]
Created by	Charles LeMieux
Date	15 January 2037
Users	c. 4,000 (2037)
Purpose	Romance Sarpo-Levantine Kench
Sources	Burgoignesc language Cartadanian language East Gothic language
Official status
Official language in	Caldera
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)

The Kench language (Kench: Qanse) is a constructed language, created in the mid 21st century by Calderan President Charles LeMieux who invented the language in order to promote pro-Burgoignesc Calderan nationalism and introduce a Calderan native language that can unite 3 of Caldera's 4 ethnic groups (the language targets descendants of Burgoignesc, Gothic, and Ænglish settlers while neglecting the native Volin population).

Despite being relatively new, Kench has already seen popularity in the Southeastern province of Caldera where it is estimated that 4,000 students already have a basic understanding of the language. This statistic is being widely purported by the Calderan government as evidence that Kench is an incredibly easy language to learn, and is superior to any prior languages.

The Kench language is particularly closely related to the Burgoignesc language (of which LeMieux spoke frequently) and the Cartadanian language, the latter being used for pronunciation while many words are borrowed from the former. It is commonly debated whether Burgoignesc and Kench are mutually intelligible, since the majority of sentences cannot be fully understood but speakers of either language would be able to understand core concepts of each other. By definition, they are usually not considered mutually intelligible.

Alphabet

The alphabet of Kench is mostly based on the Latin alphabet with some modifications, including omitting the single letters "h", "c", "z", "y", "w", "x" and "k", although h will appear alongside multiple letters to produce different sounds, and c can appear in "ch", which are considered entirely new letters. Unlike other languages where letters can make different sounds depending on the context, all letters make the same sounds in any word in Kench.

Letter

A

B

Ch

D

E

Eh

F

G

Gh

I

J

L

Ll

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

Sh

T

U

V

IPA

/a/

/b/

/t̠ʃ/

/d̼/

/e̞/

/ɜ/

/f/

/ʒ/

/g/

/i/

/h/

/l̪/

/j/

/m/

/n/

/o̞/

/p̪/

/k/

/ɾ/

/s/

/ʃ/

/t̪/

/u/

/v/

Vocabulary

Sample Text

Article 1 of the North Star Charter in Kench:

Il qi suehti te beber de la futane de vi put fere en liberte, qon il es la dute de qe ghuvernmente te protege qe qon oter druats dote sur los oms par nutre qreator.

Article 1 of the North Star Charter in Ænglish:

He who wishes to drink from the fountain of life shall do so freely, and it is the duty of this government to protect this and other rights endowed upon man by our creator.

Szabolcs list word	Kench form	Notes
I	llo
you (sing.)	tu	Vu is also used for formal occasions
he	il
we	nu
you (pl.)	vu	Identical to formal singular
they	iles	(eles is used for a group of females, iles is used if the group is all male or if genders are unknown/mixed)
this	qe
that	qa
here	isi
there	i
who	qi
what	qua
where	u
when	qane
how	qomo
not	pa
all	tut
many	boqu
some	ju
few	pu
other	oter
one	uno
two	du
three	tres
four	quatro
five	sinqo
big	ghrande
long	longha
thick	diqa
heavy	lud
small	peqit
short	qurt
narrow	anqosto
thin	minche
woman	fam
man (adult male)	om
man (human being)	tripular
child	enfante
wife	esposa
husband	mari
mother	mere
father	pere
animal	animal
fish	pish
bird	uaso
dog	chiene
louse	pio
snake	serpiente
worm	vermo
tree	arber
forest	fore
stick	baton
fruit	fri
seed	semo
leaf	folle
root	rasin
bark (of a tree)	eghoche
flower	flur
grass	erbe
rope	qord
skin	po
meat	viande
blood	sangh
bone	os
fat (noun)	ghordo
egg	uf
horn	qorn
tail	qu
feather	plum
hair	shehvu
head	teht
ear	orelle
eye	olle
nose	ne
mouth	buche
tooth	dente
tongue	langh
fingernail	onghel
foot	pied
leg	gamb
knee	genu
hand	men
wing	flughil
belly	vientre
guts	tripes
neck	qu
back	do
breast	sen
heart	qur
liver	liber
to drink	beber
to eat	mange
to bite	morder
to suck	suqer
to spit	qrache
to vomit	vomir
to blow	sufle
to breathe	respire
to laugh	rire
to see	vor
to hear	odio
to know	save
to think	panse
to smell	odur
to fear	pur
to sleep	dormir
to live	vivir
to die	murir
to kill	tue
to fight	qombate
to hunt	chase
to hit	frape
to cut	qupe
to split	divise
to stab	stabe
to scratch	ghrate
to dig	qruse
to swim	nage
to fly	vole
to walk	marche
to come	viander
to lie	mentir
to sit	sidi
to stand	reste
to turn	turne
to fall	tombe
to give	done
to hold	prise
to squeeze	prese
to rub	frote
to wash	lave
to wipe	limpier
to pull	tire
to push	puse
to throw	lanse
to tie	atache
to sew	qude
to count	qonte
to say	dire
to sing	shante
to play	gue
to float	flote
to flow	qule
to freeze	gele
to swell	ghonfle
sun	sol
moon	lun
star	etol
water	o
rain	plui
river	riviere
lake	laqe
sea	mur
salt	sehl
stone	piere	Sometimes "peter" similar to English "pebble"
sand	sable
dust	polvo
earth	tiera
cloud	nuag
fog	nebulo
sky	siel
wind	vo
snow	nehg
ice	ghlase
smoke	fume
fire	fu
ash	sinder
to burn	brule
road	rut
mountain	monto
red	rojo
green	verte
yellow	Llon
white	blan
black	negro
night	nui
day	gur
year	an
warm	sho
cold	frua
full	complete
new	nuvo
old	vie
good	biene
bad	mal
rotten	puri
dirty	sale
straight	derecho
round	rond
sharp	puantu
dull	terne
smooth	lise
wet	mulle
dry	sehc
correct	coreqt
near	pre
far	lejo
right	reqt
left	ghoche
at	a
in	dan	(dan for "inside", "en" for in)
with	avehq
and	qon
if	si
because	porqua
name	apele

See also

• Sheboan language