Chatada

&nbsp Chatada is the language of the fire people. It is famous for an odd phonology and gramatical structure that makes it sound like fire crackling.

Origin of Name
From the verb chatiy meaning to rise up. it is believed that -ada is a nominalizing prefix meaning that Chatada means something along the lines of "That which rises." It is thought to be a reference to the fact that heat rises with the idea that words - like heat - rise up to the heavens.

Gramatical Features
Unique features of this language include:
 * a Verb-Subject-Object word order.
 * A distiction between the Indicative and Jussive moods
 * Genders distinguished as "living" and "non-living"

Consonants
The language also has two Affricates: dʒ and tʃ