Ganymedian - Revision history

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	{{infobox language		{{infobox language
	\| name = Ganymedian		\| name = Ganymedian
			\| image = File:Ganymede.svg
			\| imagesize = 200px
			\| imagecaption = ''Bandera ya Ganimedi'' — Flag of the Ganymede Republic
	\| altname = Ganymedese, Ganymede Creole, Ganymede Pidgin, Swahilish		\| altname = Ganymedese, Ganymede Creole, Ganymede Pidgin, Swahilish
	\| nativename = kiganimedi, kiganí, luga kiganimedi, luga		\| nativename = kiganimedi, kiganí, luga kiganimedi, luga
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	\| states = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]		\| states = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]
	\| date = 2276		\| date = 2276
	~~\| setitng = Far-future Solar System~~
	\| familycolor = Mixed		\| familycolor = Mixed
	\| fam1 = Spanish-Swahili Creole		\| fam1 = Spanish-Swahili Creole
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	\| script1 = Latn		\| script1 = Latn
	\| script2 = Arab		\| script2 = Arab
	\| official = [[Verse:Ganymede\|Ganymede Republic]]		\| official = [[File:Ganymede.svg\|24px]] [[Verse:Ganymede\|Ganymede Republic]]
	\| stand1 = ''Noma ya Akademia''		\| stand1 = ''Noma ya Akademia''
	\| dia1 = Tros dialects</br>		\| dia1 = Tros dialects</br>
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	===Personal pronouns===		===Personal pronouns===
	{\| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"		{\| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
	\|+ Personal pronouns in ~~Standard~~ Ganymedian		\|+ Personal pronouns in Ganymedian
	\|-		\|-
	! rowspan=2 \| Person !! colspan=2 \| Singular !! colspan=2 \| Plural		! rowspan=2 \| Person !! colspan=2 \| Singular !! colspan=2 \| Plural

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	'''Ganymedian'''{{efn\|''kiganimedi'' or ''kiganí'' [[IPA for Ganymedian\|[kiɡaniˈmɛdi]]]; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''ganimedés'', ''idioma ganimedés'', ''lengua ganimedesa''; [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]]: ''Kiganimedi''}} or '''Ganymedese''', '''Ganymede Creole''', '''Ganymede Pidgin''' and historically called '''Swahilish''' in linguistics, is a [[w:Mixed language\|mixed language]] and the native language of most Ganymedians, the descendants of human colonists of [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]. It is primarily a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] with [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]] and [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]] as primary lexifiers, though it has influence from other languages such as [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[w:English language\|English]], [[w:Hindi language\|Hindi]] and [[w:French language\|French]]. It is spoken natively by around 3 million Ganymedians, and is the most spoken natural extraterrestrial language (NEL) in the Solar System.		'''Ganymedian'''{{efn\|''kiganimedi'' or ''kiganí'' [[IPA for Ganymedian\|[kiɡaniˈmɛdi]]]; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''ganimedés'', ''idioma ganimedés'', ''lengua ganimedesa''; [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]]: ''Kiganimedi''}} or '''Ganymedese''', '''Ganymede Creole''', '''Ganymede Pidgin''' and historically called '''Swahilish''' in linguistics, is a [[w:Mixed language\|mixed language]] and the native language of most Ganymedians, the descendants of human colonists of [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]. It is primarily a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] with [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]] and [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]] as primary lexifiers, though it has influence from other languages such as [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[w:English language\|English]], [[w:Hindi language\|Hindi]] and [[w:French language\|French]]. It is spoken natively by around 3 million Ganymedians, and is the most spoken natural extraterrestrial language (NEL) in the Solar System.

	Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the First Republic ~~of Ganymede~~, with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.		Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the [[Verse:Ganymede\|First Ganymede Republic]], with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.

	Ganymedian is the primary language of instruction on Ganymede, and is also a popular second language to be taught in other places in the Solar System, especially among the Galilean moons, where it functions as a ''de facto'' lingua franca alongside English. It is officially regulated in Ganymede by the Akademia Kiganimedi, which regulates its official use in government communications. Outside of official use however, it is generally split into three distinct dialect groups: Tros, Gran Catena and Sakari. It has also spoken natively in Ganymedian diaspora communities, especially on [[w:Callisto (moon)\|Callisto]], where it holds a minority language status in the colony of [[w:Hár (crater)\|Hár]] (''Ari'').		Ganymedian is the primary language of instruction on Ganymede, and is also a popular second language to be taught in other places in the Solar System, especially among the Galilean moons, where it functions as a ''de facto'' lingua franca alongside English. It is officially regulated in Ganymede by the Akademia Kiganimedi, which regulates its official use in government communications. Outside of official use however, it is generally split into three distinct dialect groups: Tros, Gran Catena and Sakari. It has also spoken natively in Ganymedian diaspora communities, especially on [[w:Callisto (moon)\|Callisto]], where it holds a minority language status in the colony of [[w:Hár (crater)\|Hár]] (''Ari'').

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	\| pronunciation_key = IPA for Ganymedian		\| pronunciation_key = IPA for Ganymedian
	\| speakers = 3 million		\| speakers = 3 million
	~~\| image = File:Ganymede - Perijove 34 Composite.png\|thumb\|Ganymede - Perijove 34 Composite~~
	~~\| imagecaption = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]] before colonisation, now the home of the Ganymedian language~~
	~~\| imagesize = 200px~~
	\| states = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]		\| states = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]
	\| date = 2276		\| date = 2276
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	\| script1 = Latn		\| script1 = Latn
	\| script2 = Arab		\| script2 = Arab
	\| official = Ganymede Republic		\| official = [[Verse:Ganymede\|Ganymede Republic]]
	\| stand1 = ''Noma ya Akademia''		\| stand1 = ''Noma ya Akademia''
	\| dia1 = Tros dialects</br>		\| dia1 = Tros dialects</br>

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 * "There will be a storm tonight" = '''''Tani''' doruba noche te.'' ~ '''''Ta''' doruba noche te.''
 Here, the Akademia also recommends not dropping the copula, though it does still permit copula-dropping in these situations.
+==Vocabulary==
 ==Example texts==
 ===Swadesh===

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	\| familycolor = Mixed		\| familycolor = Mixed
	\| fam1 = Spanish-Swahili Creole		\| fam1 = Spanish-Swahili Creole
			\| setting = [[Verse:Ganymede\|Ganymede]]
	\| creator = User:Jukethatbox		\| creator = User:Jukethatbox
	\| created = 2026		\| created = 2026

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	\|tail=mikí		\|tail=mikí
	\|feather=maño		\|feather=maño
	\|hair=~~pelosi~~		\|hair=pelo
	\|head=besa		\|head=besa
	\|ear=reja		\|ear=reja

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Personal pronouns

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	\|+ ~~Standard personal~~ pronouns in Ganymedian		\|+ Personal pronouns in Standard Ganymedian
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	===Personal pronouns===		===Personal pronouns===
	{\| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"		{\| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
	! !! Singular !! Plural		! rowspan=2 \| Person !! colspan=2 \| Singular !! colspan=2 \| Plural
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~1<sup><small>st</small></sup> person~~		! {{gcl\|CONJ\|conjunctive}} !! {{gcl\|EMP}} !! {{gcl\|CONJ\|conjunctive}} !! {{gcl\|EMP}}
	\| ~~''mi''~~ \|\| ~~''nosi''~~
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~2<sup><small>nd</small></sup> person~~		! 1st
	\| ''tu'' \|\| ''~~uté~~''		\| ''mi'' \|\| ''mimi'' \|\| colspan=2 \| ''nosi''
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~3<sup><small>rd</small></sup> person~~		! 2nd
	\| ''ye'' \|\| ''wa''		\| ''tu'' \|\| ''tutu'' \|\| ''uté'' \|\| ''utede''
			\|-
			! 3rd
			\| ''ye'' \|\| ''yeye'' \|\| ''wa'' \|\| ''wao''
	\|}		\|}
	''Nosi'' is the preferred form of the Akademia Kiganimedi, though in colloquial speech the full form is rarely used; the standard form itself is a portmanteau of {{mn\|es\|nos}} and {{mn\|sw\|sisi}}, as a compromise between the two forms that are dominant among Latin American- and East African-originating communities respectively. More common, colloquial forms include {{l\|gnym\|nos}}, {{l\|gnym\|nó}} (to differentiate from {{l\|gnym\|no}})~~, {{l\|gnym\|sisi}}~~, {{l\|gnym\|sí}} (to differentiate from {{l\|gnym\|si}} "yes") or even simply {{l\|gnym\|n}} (cf. {{mn\|ht\|n}}, ~~contracted~~ form of {{l\|ht\|~~nou~~}} "we").		Ganymedian personal pronouns are divided into '''conjunctive''' or '''conjunction''' ('''CONJ''') and '''emphatic''' ('''EMP''') pronouns. Conjunctive pronouns are used grammatically when the subject is not being stressed, as in '''''Mi''' kome pani'' "I eat bread", while emphatic pronouns would be used to stress the subject, as in ''No, ye no likome, '''mimi''' likome'' "No, he didn't eat, '''''I''''' ate".

			''Nosi'' is the preferred conjunctive and emphatic form of the Akademia Kiganimedi, though in colloquial speech the full form is rarely used; the standard form itself is a portmanteau of {{mn\|es\|nos}} and {{mn\|sw\|sisi}}, as a compromise between the two forms that are dominant among Latin American- and East African-originating communities respectively. More common, colloquial forms for the conjunctive include {{l\|gnym\|nos}}, {{l\|gnym\|nó}} (to differentiate from {{l\|gnym\|no}}), {{l\|gnym\|sí}} (to differentiate from {{l\|gnym\|si}} "yes") or even simply {{l\|gnym\|n}} (cf. {{mn\|ht\|n}}), while the most common nonstandard emphatic form is {{l\|gnym\|sisi}}.

			Personal pronouns are made possessive by placing the conjunctive forms after the possessum, e.g. ''miti mi'' "my tree", ''karo tu'' "your car", etc. Emphatic forms are never possessive; to stress the possessor, a {{l\|gnym\|ya}} is put between the possessor and possessum, so ''miti mi'' "my tree" > ''miti '''ya mi''''' "'''''my''''' tree".

	~~Personal pronouns are made possessive by placing them after the possessum, e.g. ''miti mi'' "my tree", ''karo tu'' "your car", etc.~~
	===Determiners===		===Determiners===
	====Demonstratives====		====Demonstratives====

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Swadesh

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	\|small=tito		\|small=tito
	\|short=tito		\|short=tito
	\|narrow=~~nene~~		\|narrow=emba
	\|thin=~~nene~~		\|thin=emba
	\|woman=chika		\|woman=chika
	\|man (adult male)=mano		\|man (adult male)=mano

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	'''Ganymedian'''{{efn\|''kiganimedi'' or ''kiganí'' [[IPA for Ganymedian\|[kiɡaniˈmɛdi]]]; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''ganimedés'', ''idioma ganimedés'', ''lengua ganimedesa''; [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]]: ''Kiganimedi''}} or '''Ganymedese''', '''Ganymede Creole''', '''Ganymede Pidgin''' and historically called '''Swahilish''' in linguistics, is a [[w:Mixed language\|mixed language]] and the native language of most Ganymedians, the descendants of human colonists of [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]. It is primarily a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] with [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]] and [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]] as primary lexifiers, though it has influence from other languages such as [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[w:English language\|English]], [[w:Hindi language\|Hindi]] and [[w:French language\|French]]. It is spoken natively by around 3 million Ganymedians, and is the most spoken natural extraterrestrial language (NEL) in the Solar System.		'''Ganymedian'''{{efn\|''kiganimedi'' or ''kiganí'' [[IPA for Ganymedian\|[kiɡaniˈmɛdi]]]; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''ganimedés'', ''idioma ganimedés'', ''lengua ganimedesa''; [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]]: ''Kiganimedi''}} or '''Ganymedese''', '''Ganymede Creole''', '''Ganymede Pidgin''' and historically called '''Swahilish''' in linguistics, is a [[w:Mixed language\|mixed language]] and the native language of most Ganymedians, the descendants of human colonists of [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]. It is primarily a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] with [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]] and [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]] as primary lexifiers, though it has influence from other languages such as [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[w:English language\|English]], [[w:Hindi language\|Hindi]] and [[w:French language\|French]]. It is spoken natively by around 3 million Ganymedians, and is the most spoken natural extraterrestrial language (NEL) in the Solar System.

	Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the First Republic ~~of Ganymede~~, with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.		Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the [[Verse:Ganymede\|First Ganymede Republic]], with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.

	Ganymedian is the primary language of instruction on Ganymede, and is also a popular second language to be taught in other places in the Solar System, especially among the Galilean moons, where it functions as a ''de facto'' lingua franca alongside English. It is officially regulated in Ganymede by the Akademia Kiganimedi, which regulates its official use in government communications. Outside of official use however, it is generally split into three distinct dialect groups: Tros, Gran Catena and Sakari. It has also spoken natively in Ganymedian diaspora communities, especially on [[w:Callisto (moon)\|Callisto]], where it holds a minority language status in the colony of [[w:Hár (crater)\|Hár]] (''Ari'').		Ganymedian is the primary language of instruction on Ganymede, and is also a popular second language to be taught in other places in the Solar System, especially among the Galilean moons, where it functions as a ''de facto'' lingua franca alongside English. It is officially regulated in Ganymede by the Akademia Kiganimedi, which regulates its official use in government communications. Outside of official use however, it is generally split into three distinct dialect groups: Tros, Gran Catena and Sakari. It has also spoken natively in Ganymedian diaspora communities, especially on [[w:Callisto (moon)\|Callisto]], where it holds a minority language status in the colony of [[w:Hár (crater)\|Hár]] (''Ari'').