User:Kalathei95/sandbox/CGAW/Test-List-Countries
| Country | Full name | Native name | Language(s) | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assy | Kingdom of Assy | Cèkôtcidîyòm Áásycyèè | Asso-Thrystian | Azollynea |
| Cancalia | Principality of Cancalia | Cèkôtcidîyòm Kànkáály | Asso-Thrystian | Azollynea |
| Hoeoanis | Hoeoanian Republic | Xuwááni S'Môrucèlnukàlanysì | Asso-Thrystian | Azollynea |
| Oörcia | Kingdom of Oörcia | Šioīzhónë Wōōryak | Oörcian | Azollynea |
| Rhoesas | United Principalities of the Rhoesas | Rluj Ngqlõnáídiyũbàz bũŋáádredz Rôîso Gõnixudegydîyòmo omunyàunĕsìo |
Rhoesic Asso-Thrystian |
Azollynea |
| Souemea | Kingdom of Souemea | Chèxóíðiẽ Þuêvi | Souemese | Azollynea |
| Thrystia | Kingdom of Thrystia | Cèkôtcidîyòm Thùrâsty | Asso-Thrystian | Azollynea |
General information
[edit]Cienga is a thriving earth-like planet in the Tia system. The planet is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, largely divided into mammalians, avians, scalies, arthropods and a few others. Society exists in a moderately science fantasy world.
Mammalian language families
[edit]Cixo-Noxorean
[edit]Cixo-Noxorean (also known as Cetacean languages) is a primary language family spoken largely by the cetacean people of Cienga. Major languages with significant speakers include Asso-Thrystian, Oörcian, Noroxese, Rhoesic, Souemese and Zodoglian. Cixo-Noxorean languages are typically highly inflectional languages,
Caro-Valdic languages
[edit]Caro-Valdic languages are a major primary language family strongly associated with the mammal folk of northeast Noxorea. Major languages include Vasurian, Regropian, Heclivinian and Urlexian. Caro-Valdic languages are known for their complex derivational and inflectional morphology, especially in its auxiliary verb paradigm. According to the most sources by Vasurian scholars, there anywhere from 250-300 distinct Caro-Valdic languages and dialects.
Daxiric languages
[edit]Daxiric languages are a primary language family consisting of 70 identified languages (many moribund or extinct) native to the inhabitants of the Daxira Desert of Noxorea. They are also known as Marsupial languages, though this term is inaccurate, as it includes non-marsupial speakers native to the Daxira region. Daxiric languages exhibit extensive use of apophony in verbal inflection and grammatical tone, as well as possessing a quinary (base five) numeral system. Hulcha (or Hylsian), a language spoken natively by the Hylsian peoples of the Matasine River, is the only remaining vibrant Daxiric language spoken to the present day. Daxiric languages are remarkably conservative in that it has very few borrowings or loanwords in Noxorea.
Fevot's Head–East Girmad Bank languages
[edit]Fevot's Head–East Girmad Bank languages comprises 5 languages spoken in and around the fluvial plains of Fevot's Head and East Girmad. Fevotian is the only vibrant language spoken amongst the elephants in the Kingdom of Alfevotar, while the remaining four, Jijha, K'ol, Satgxami and Xomom are limited to communities numbering less than tens-of-thousands. There is no standard or prestige dialect of Fevotian, and much of its lexicon are borrowed from neighbouring Caro-Valdic and Daxiric languages.
Avian language families
[edit]Islo-Chamic languages
[edit]Islo-Chamic (or Islo-Khamic) languages are one of the most linguistically diverse language families in the world, with over 750 living languages and dialects spread across the continent Islia (Yislya) and Chamia (Khamiya). Islo-Chamic languages are strongly associated with avian society, trade and commerce. Some of the most commonly spoken IC languages include Ayagisan, Bagatiyo, Hrümas, Kalamese, Vokchot, Narachon and Zibal. The Ohóch language (Ohóchin), spoken by the phoenix people on the continent of Tavania, forms its own branch in the family tree, and is associated with royal power. The most prominent feature of IC languages are its extensive consonant inventories, pharyngeal consonants and extensive case system.
Oroba languages
[edit]Also known as Owl languages or the Language of the Striges, Oroba is a collection of fifteen mutually unintelligible languages forming a dialect continuum in the lands of Oroba. Despite its association with owl folk, Oroba is not exclusive to owls, and is spoken regularly by other races. As a language of academia, science, mathematics and religious studies, Oroba exerts a powerful linguistic influence on neighbouring languages, especially Islo-Chamic languages (which in turn, influenced mammalian vocabulary).
Tulucari languages
[edit]Tulucari languages occupy the mountain valleys of the Tulucari ranges. They are spoken by a variety of bird races, but most notably the parrot people. Tulucari languages share areal features and vocabulary from Oroba and Islo-Chamic languages, with as many as 60-70% of its lexicon originating from neighbouring language families. Its core grammar, however, is distinctively Tulucari, with modality playing an important function in verb complexes. Tulucari languages are divided into a few dozen dialects, with Standard Tulucari (the namesake of the language family) as its lingua franca.
Taïx language
[edit]The Taïx language is the world's largest language isolate spoken natively by penguins. Unlike IC or Oroba, Taïx permutates the rare default word order of object-verb-subject, as well as featuring marked nominative alignment. Taïx inconspicuously lacks independent pronouns, and refers person through demonstratives or verb conjugation. Taïx does not have grammatical gender.
Scalie language families
[edit]Engo-Kalavi-Tavanian languages
[edit]Engo-Kalavi-Tavanian (or EKT) is a language family consisting of 600-700 distinct languages spoken across the Tavanian continent, though an overwhelming majority (about 80%) speak Tavanian languages and their associated varieties. The typology of EKT languages is extremely diverse, but a common feature among them include tone, evidentiality, syntactic analyticity and rigid SVO word order. Kalavi (or Draconian), which forms its own independent branch on the EKT language tree and is spoken natively by 15% of Tavania's population, is the native language of the dragons, and is the academic, literary and scientific language of most societies in Tavania. Engo languages form the remaining 5%, with varieties spoken across isolated pockets of Tavania.
Northeast Tavanian languages
[edit]A diverse language group comprise 160 languages (excluding dialects and varieties), Northeast Tavanian is the native language of the pinniped people of Tavania. Despite its mammalian origins, Northeast Tavanian show no linguistic link with Mammalian language families until the modern era. Languages in this family include Awtai, Kuqya and Tsilitsam, known for their tiny phonological inventories, noun classes and polysynthetic morphology. Despite its close proximity to Engo-Kalavi-Tavanian languages, historical animosity and Northeast Tavanian's proximity to the polar regions meant little interaction with their scaled neighbours down south.
Chuyan languages
[edit]Chuyan (or simply Chuya) is language family spoken natively by the majority dinosaur people of the Sidiagan Kingdoms. Its classification is highly controversial in Tavanian linguistic studies. Ethnic nationalist Sidiagans assert the language family's linguistic independence from EKT languages, while dragons (and several other scalie groups) consider Chuyan a highly aberrant member of EKT languages. Centuries of close proximity, cultural, economic and scientific interactions between EKT languages and Chuya meant a convergence areal features, including the grammaticalisation of several non-native Kalavi (Draconian) words. Major Chuya languages include Sidiagan Chuya, Tuyabi Chuya and Xabta Chuya.
South Tavano-Tadasic languages
[edit]South Tavanian-Tadasic languages are languages spoken natively in the rainforests of South Tavania, and are native to the mostly amphibian population there, though it is also spoken natively by other reptilian races. A diverse group, it's largest languages include Garragaban, Hadiramangu, Neaco-Tadasian and Yalai.
Marine language families
[edit]Garito-Kalsic languages
[edit]Garrito-Kalsic is one of the world's largest primary language family with the most speakers, and constitutes 98% of all marine speakers (i.e. fish, sharks, etc.). The language family is divided into two major branches: Garitic languages and Kalsic languages, each corresponding to the Garitic and Kalsic Oceans. All GK languages consist of oceanic and land-based registers, with corresponding phonological and grammatical features between them to facilitate communication on land and underwater. The most populous language spoken is the Kalsaran language spoken in the Kalsaran Empire, with over 150 million speakers.
Chelicerate language families
[edit]Trans-Paesanian languages
[edit]The continent of Paesania is home to anywhere between 30-40 primary language families spoken among chelicerate peoples (insects, arachnids). Trans-Paesanian are not a language family, but a geographic sprachbund. Numerous attempts to classify languages of the Paesanian have proven difficult and often intertwined with ethnonationalist agenda. Some of the most well known families with significant economic and political importance include Acheqi, Dixíl, Itingu, Ka'akani, Ndzeri, Ot'alki, and Xawa.