The **Chaatai language** is the main language spoken in the [[Chaatai|Chaatai Republic]] of [[Tagra]]. Native speakers are between 20 and 25 millions. ==== Phonology ==== ==== Morphology ==== ==== Syntax ==== ==== Vocabulary ==== | //chai // | Ice. | | //chaagri// | Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. | | //chaukra// | A cabbage-like ground crop. | | //dji// | Egg; metaforically, the world. | | //kachai// | Tree ferns. | | //kachyu// | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus|Podocarp]] trees. | | //kadja // | An island; any landmass other than Tagra's mainland. | | //kru// | The sea, particularly the ocean surrounding Tagra. | | //ki// | Mountain. (See //Ki'igri//, the Lightning Mountains, and //Ki!aakra//, the Thunder Mountains.) | | //krukaa// | A large //Iguanodon//-like ornithopod, used as burden and transport animal. | | //tagra// | The known world, or the Antarctic continent. | | //yachakri// | A large carnivorous theropod. | | //'au'a// | Deity, god(dess), particularly the God of Chaatai religion. | | //'ikra// | A person, one of the inhabitants of Tagra. (Default feminine: masculine //'ikrika//.) | | //'ukru// | Fire. |