Carlesean (Carlestia) is a language created by students in the Netherlands for the
study of the origin of Romance and Germanic languages. It isn't spoken in the public, only in personal and school affairs. The language is "spoken" in the fictional country Calisto.

Calisto is a country where two civilisations live: the Carleseans and the Shanaevians, who are a sort of Scandinavic race.

Grammatics

If you see a " above a letter and a Carlesean word, it's a thyrym, a reading sign in spelling and pronunciation of the words, like the grave accent.

Carlesean is a mixture of Romance languages and Germanic languages, so it has features of both. The verbs are the most difficult part of Carlesean since there are 3 types of conjugations for different verbs:

verbs that end with an -ä

verbs that end with an -ö

verbs that end with an -ü

As in Latin and Greek the words like I, you, etc. aren't written in text but the words for them do exist:

I - irihm

you - sirihm

he - hirihm

she - 'hirihm

it - hirihm'

we - thirihm

you - phirhm

they - quirihm

These words are rarely used. The more simple forms, like "I greet you", are written as ir, sir, hir, <nowiki>'hir</nowiki>, <nowiki>hir'</nowiki>, thir, phir, and quir.

The pronunciation of the thyrym on certain words effects the length and tone of certain sounds.

Example: agaïl (fire) is pronounced as a-GA-yel.

Example: agö (to burn) is pronounced as a-GOO.

Emperor

Within the fictional history of Calisto, the Carlesean Emperor of the Second Era (250 BCE&ndash;187 BCE) was the first to write the first baselines of Carlesean writing. He invented the Arnaïl Hereniir (clean writing), which is still the base of all Carlesean grammatics. He wrote this letter to the Shanaevian king at the time to test the new grammatics:

Arce,

Anlädh sir, üt heldü phir alt phokög til neo. Angläe sir y andë.

Inperö

"Arce, I greet you to warn you for the danger of the north. Be careful and be safe. Inperö"

See also: Carlesean Timeline

Tower of Babel

1 Y terrä complä male unerëc palëc y unerëc quarëc esuriäth.

2 Sierra eväeth, si eatöi oraköex, quo basër male imperiöc Sineän trovöex.

3 Y omës tanäie equöex: Acöl, uröre recäcuam y marnä piröcuak! Y urö quiri telë esuriäth, y gimä quiri kimä esuriäth.

4 Y equöex: Acöl, tirër y haldär centeröcuax, quä male ultäc toräc uesseräth y halër phiri khalöcuak, ce heno pöh terräc compläc ne seÿeräcuam!

5 Entio Orö cÿ terräc uenöes, tirër y haldär eccä, quore emphës centeröex.

6 Y Orö oraköes: Eccäl, uner polisä suriäque, y male unerëc palëc suriäque; quo suriäth, quo khalöcuax; sierra tyru, ÿg seÿeräcuaque it omëc quo centeröÿix?

7 Acöl, adenöcuanar, y quirinër palër berolöcuanar, ce ne gemendöx.

8 Inuo Orö quirh pöh terräc compläc berolöes, y tirër ne centeröex.

9 Hono tirër Babë halesäeth; sui tena Orö palër terrän complän berolöÿis, y etena Orö quirh pöh terräc compläc berolöÿis.