Vowels: /a/, e*, i (/e/), /o/, /u/, y (/ɪ/)
Consonants: /m/, r (/ɹ/), /p/, /w/
* The e is pronounced differently depending on the letter that comes after it.
Vowel after e -> /i/
Consonant after e -> /ɛ/
There are 9 punctuation marks in katlang
:3 - Happy (positive)
:E - Sad (negative)
:1 - Neutral/Indifferent
:? - Inquisitive or confused
:P - Silly (satire or joking)
:O - Suprised or astonished
>:3 - Threat (silly)
>:E - Threat (threat)
;3 - Romantic
These mark the end of a sentence.
Object-Verb-Subject
If there is no subject in the sentence, the implied subject is the person speaking.
Adjectives/Adverbs are placed inside of other words. Each word has a dedicated splitting point where each adj/adv are supposed to go.
mroaw - time
mrooaaw - past
mroiiaw - present
mroaoaw - future
To show these splitting points, the lexicon will have a vertical line in between words (me|ow). If a word doesn't have a splitting point, then adjectives cannot be added onto it.
Words with aa in them go after the word they are describing.
Any names or loanwords containing the latin alphabet must be converted into Katlang first.
Use the following chart to do so:
a, x >> a
i >> e
e >> i
o >> o
u, v >> u
j, y, z >> y
c, m, n >> m
g, h, k, s >> r
b, d, f, p, q >> p
l, r, t, w >> w
After conversion, duplicate letters are removed. (ex. wrapping -> wwappemr -> wapemr)
The first letter in a name is always capitalized.
Names are always treated after adjectives (placed after described noun) but no "aa" is needed.
Loanwords are instead placed into the sentence by inserting "merp [loanword] merp", no matter if the letters/characters were converted to katlang or not.
Examples:
I'm going to Walmart -> mreaw mraaew Wawmaw merw meww
That's a 猫 -> merp 猫 merp mrrw myww
This is a quick guide to breaking apart complex words in Katlang.
The first part of any word will always consist of either 2 or 3 letters
The last part will always consist of 2
The middle part will always be an even number
Example word: myryoieeuaw
1) Count the total amount of letters
> If it's odd, the first part has 3 letters
> If its even, it has two
- myryoieeuaw has 11 letters, so the first section consists of 3 letters
2) Seperate the word into sections
- myryoieeuaw -> myr|yoieeu|aw
3) Combine the first and last parts to determine the base word
- myr|aw -> a quality
4) split up the middle part into twos to find each individual adjective
- yoieeu -> yo|ie|eu
- yo -> old
- ie & eu -> orange & dark -> brown
- a quality (of something) that is old and brown -> probably rust
- myryoieeuaw -> rust
me|ww - refers to the speaker
mre|ww - refers to the recipient of the speaker
mr|ww - refers to a group of people, i.e. we or us or everyone
mer|ww - refers to someone or a group of people unaffiliated to the speaker or recipient, i.e. he/she/they
mrr|ww - refers to someone
my|ww - refers to an item, i.e. this/that
mr|uw - mammal (typically a cat)
mrr|uw - human
me|uw - bird
mre|uw - fish
mer|uw - amphibian or reptile
mo|uw - bug or invertebrate
mro|uw - plant (or nature in general)
meo|uw - rocks & natural materials (ex. steel)
mor|uw - bacteria or virus
me|ur - arms/hands
mye|ur - paws (fingers/toes)
mre|ur - legs/feet
mo|ur - head/skull
mro|ur - body/torso
myo|ur - skin (in general)
my|ur - organ
me|wp - solid (or ground)
mr|wp - water or some other liquid
mre|wp - sky/air/gas
mer|wp - slime or something sticky
meo|wp - electricity or plasma
my|wp - life
myr|wp - death
mr|aw - general object
mre|aw - place
mro|aw - time
me|aw - date/day
my|aw - idea
mry|aw - action
myr|aw - quality
me|ow - happy or good, generally used as a greeting.
mey|ow - sad or depressing
mre|ow - relaxed or calm
mr|ow - fear or cautiousness
mer|ow - anger or hatred
myo|ow - guilt or shame. By itself, its interpreted as "im sorry"
my|ow - energetic
mye|ow - relaxed/chill/cool
myr|ow - disgust
mr|rr - what, where, why, how, when, or who. Can also be used as a word for general inquiry.
mrr|rr - curiosity
mre|rr - maybe or possibly, chance
mro|rr - please
me|wr - refers to speaking
mo|wr - refers to writing or text, possibly a name or label
mr|wr - refers to thinking
mre|wr - refers to knowing or knowledge
meo|wr - a sound
me|ew - building or house
mre|ew - authority or power
mr|ew - money or transaction
mrr|ew - food
myo|aw - square-shaped
mye|aw - triangle-shaped or spiky
mrr|aw - circle-shaped or round/smooth
mi|au - a general meow sound for meowing :3
uwu - 1
owo - 2
uwo - 5
owu - 10
UwU - 20
OwO - 50
UwO - 100
OwU - 500
ywy - 0 or a few
YwY - infinity/unlimited or a lot
ywY - place (ordered) ex. 1st/2nd/3rd/4th
Ywy - refers to a number or value in general
Numbers after words define the previous word.
merp - pause (paws :3) or comma
mrrp - and
mrrrp - or
myrrp - xor
morp - of/from
myrp - because
myerp - yes/correct/true/real
myorp - no/false/fake/not, can be placed after a word to be used as an adjective.
Words ending in pw are interjections. The letter indicated in brackets can be repeated for emphasis
m[r]pw - Uhhh
mr[y]pw - Hmmm
m[e]pw - Oh (interpretation dependent on tone)
m[o]pw - Ah
m[i]rpw - Wow/Woah
m[y]pw - Oops/Uh oh
mr|rw - is/am
mrr|rw - can/will
me|rw - move/displace or become
mo|rw - do (as in an action)
mre|rw - give/inflict
mro|rw - have
mer|rw - make/create
mor|rw - complete/solve/finish/continue
meo|rw - wish/desire
my|rw - touch
myy|rw - look/see
myr|rw - taste/eat
myo|rw - hear
mye|rw - feel (emotional)
mey|rw - think
moy|rw - write
mry|rw - question
oa - close/near/past
ao - far/distant/future
ya - slow
ay - fast
ua - small
au - big
aa - means that the current word is used as an adjective or adverb for the previous word. Can be used for possessive nouns as well.
ou - soft or squishy
uo - hard or solid
oi - hot
io - cold
oy - young/new
yo - old/aging
ia - inside
ai - outside
iu - up/forward/top
ui - down/backward/bottom
iy - left
yi - right
ii - refers to the current time, place, or position (aka the present)
ae - red
ea - blue
oe - green
eo - yellow
ie - orange
ei - purple
ue - white or light
eu - black or dark
ye - blank, empty, transparent
ey - full
ee - used for emphasis. (i.e. very, super, extremely)
1: meow :3 [haiiii :3]
2: meow :3 [haiiii :3]
1: mrrr myerw mreww :? [how are you?/how do you feel?]
2: meow myorp myerw meww :1 [i am not feeling good]
2: myrrp morw mrooaaaaw mrieeuuw meaaww :E [my dog died yesterday]
1: mepw :E [oh...]
1: meyeeow mrww myww :E [that's really sad]
1: meew mraaew mrraaew meiirw mrooaaaaw mreww meorw meww [I was hoping you would go to the store later today]
2: myerp mryaw myaaww morw mroaaaoaw meww [yes, i was going to do that (action) later]
1: mrew Ywy mraarr mrorw mreww :? [how much money do you have?]
2: mrew OwO UwU UwU uwo uwu mrorw meww :3 [I have 96 dollars]
1: meow :3 meow mrrrw mreaarr myww Ywy [ok! that (amount) should be good]