Evandorian languages

Evandorian
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Geographic distribution	planet of Calémere: most of the continent of Evandor, then in almost all of the planet
Linguistic classification	One of the world's primary language families Evandorian
Proto-language	Proto-Evandorian
Subdivisions	Northern Evandorian Central Evandorian Western Evandorian Southern Evandorian Kegdevian lgs. Narenian lgs. Holenagic Urkunkian

The Evandorian languages (Cer.: sérešu Évandorion; Nor.: zarkor Evandóran; Aur.: linurï Evendörenh) are one of the language families of the planet of Calémere, the largest in terms of native and, most notably, second-language speakers. As the name says, the Evandorian languages are native of the continent of Evandor, one of the "continental areas" of the landmass called Greater Evandor (Sémánton Évandó) in Cerian sources, more commonly divided in the three continents of Evandor, Márusúturon, and Védren. All major languages of the continent are Evandorian languages, and, as Evandor was the birthplace of Western Calemerian civilization, Evandorian languages have had a large impact first on neighboring language and, in the last 700 years, on the whole planet due to exploration and colonization. Íscégon and Ancient Nivarese were the languages of the two main ancient Evandorian civilization and still prestige languages today, while the languages of the colonial powers (Cerian, Nordulaki, Auralian, modern Nivarese, and Dorumon above all, but also others) are spoken and understood in many areas of the planet; Cerian is possibly the most important trade language today, as the lingua franca of the Western world (opposed to Chlouvānem, the Eastern world's lingua franca).

Classification

Distribution of Evandorian languages across their homelands in Evandor.

Evandorian languages are divided in six major branches and two other languages — their names are mostly geographical — † denotes extinct languages:

• Northern Evandorian
  • Gathura
  • Velken languages
    • Nordulaki
    • Spyŋun
    • Landward Velken
      • Kalese
      • Hyxynen
        • Majkjarian Hyxynen
      • Voguž
      • Genest
      • Opžän
      • Zaikrenvaścik
• Central Evandorian
  • Íscégon †
    • Cerian
    • Besagren
    • Rûtzjomian
    • Péigu
    • Dorumon
  • ancient Quanarian †
    • Pjast †
    • modern Quanarian (AKA Kierışpası)
  • Pentilian †
  • Hennevian †
• Western Evandorian
  • Xend languages
    • Norpkarďaz
    • Majo-Bankravian
  • Shoronic languages
    • Shoronian
    • Rištećek
    • Pevân †
    • Isèlkan
  • Helinetian
• Southern Evandorian
  • ancient Nivarese †
    • modern Nivarese
  • Auralian
  • Gazimyük
  • Agrôkian languages
    • Gamurt †
    • Agrôkyoň
    • Móleachan
      • Teñl Móleachan
• Kegdevian languages
  • Northern Kegdevian †
  • Southern Kegdevian †
    • Vuljakađi
    • Kajran
• Narenian languages
  • Megorian
  • Spāq †
  • Avathian
  • Ëgusic
  • Menbörük
• Holenagic
• Urkunkian (often considered a group of two different languages, usually called North and South Urkunkian as almost every town gives it its own name — both are spoken in Olymagù, one of only seven countries in Evandor whose official and majority language is not an Evandorian one)

Writing

There are three different scripts in use for Evandorian languages:

• Most languages in the family use an adapted variant of the Íscégon script: such languages include all of the Western and Central branches plus Holenagic (isolate among the family), Nordûlaki, Spyŋun, Hyxynen, and Gathura (all Northern), Auralian and Gazimyük (Southern) and, since the last fifteen years, also Menbörük and Avathian (both Narenian languages).
• The Nivarese script is mainly used in the southern part of Evandor, and is the writing system used for Nivarese and the Agrôkian languages (all Southern), the Kegdevian languages, and Megorian (a Narenian language).
• The Véraj script, originally an offshoot of the Nivarese script, is used for the Landward Velken languages (except Hyxynen) and Ëgusic (a Narenian language).

Numbers in various Evandorian languages

Íscégon and Cerian are outdated!

Proto-Evandorian	Central Evandorian		Northern Evandorian			Holenagic Hgoailnaigkäfäeq
	Íscégon	Cerian Čérízon	Nordulaki Nordûlaki	Kalese Kalázyn	Gathura Gatuzha
*nornɨm "zero, nothing"	nornon	nóron	nony	náňim [ˈnaːɲim]	wongni [ˈwoŋni]	noisiṅ [nɔʃiŋ]
*siwn "one"	síno	šen	xi	shýn [ʂyːn]	xiun [ɕyn]	sip [ʃip]
*ďärde "two"	derdo	dédo	zert	čáde [ˈtɕaːde]	jiade [ˈʑade]	käihd [kɛɪ̯]
*täŋiši "three"	tegnis	ténse	tany	täṙy [tæʁɯ]	tenghi [ˈteŋçi]	täṅeis [tɛŋeʃ]
*prewiq "four"	prégian	éjan	feuħ	pyshéc [ˈpɯʂeːts]	zhugi [ˈʐugi]	erqy [ˈerqy]
*kʷitüz "five"	quítor	qué	wêit	feič [fiːtɕ]	huaqiu [ˈxʷatɕ(j)y]	ihty [ˈiθy]
*bokša "six"	spósia	suóša	boxa	bokhsha [ˈboxʂa]	boxa [ˈboɕa]	boik [ˈbɔtʃ]
*qɨrɨždɨ "seven"	cristes	curíse	kux	kušč [kuɕtɕ]	kuqi [ˈkutɕi]	qeishd [qeʒ]
*sɨŋɨn "eight"	sigilor	šíló	sê	šiṉ [ɕiŋ]	xing [ɕiŋ]	siṅ [ʃiŋ]
*peŋger "nine"	pegogren	egón	puħer	puṉö [ˈpuŋɵʉ̯]	pungji [ˈpuŋʑi]	eṅe [ˈeŋe]
*koždu "ten"	costus	cótu	koit	kosht [koʂʈ]	koqiu [ˈkotɕ(j)y]	koishd [koʒ]