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|name = | |name = Qualdomelic | ||
| | |nativename = cwaldeumẹlj | ||
|pronunciation = [ | |pronunciation = [kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ] | ||
|region = Central Márusúturon ( | |region = Central Márusúturon (Qualdomailor) | ||
|ethnicity = | |ethnicity = Qualdomelic | ||
|speakers = {{formatnum:40000000}} | |speakers = {{formatnum:40000000}} | ||
|date = | |date = 3874 <small>(6424<sub>10</sub>)</small> /2312 | ||
|setting = Calémere | |setting = [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] | ||
|familycolor = | |familycolor = #F5A24F | ||
|fam1 = | |fam1 = Samaidulic languages | ||
|fam2 = Western Samaidulic | |||
|creator = [[User:Lili21|Lili21]] | |creator = [[User:Lili21|Lili21]] | ||
|created = | |created = Mar 2014, revived Feb 2018 | ||
|script = | |script = Qualdomelic script | ||
}} | |nation = Qualdomailor | ||
}} | |||
The '''Qualdomelic language''' (natively ''toj cwaldeumẹlj'' [tɔɪ̯ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ] or, in full, ''toj cwaldeumẹlj toj γrămaț'' [- tɔɪ̯ ɣɾəˈmats]) is a language spoken on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]], native language of virtually all people in ''Qualdomailor'' (Qua.: ''Cwaldewmăjlor'' [kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]), a country in central Márusúturon, where it is the only nationwide official language<ref>Chlouvānem and a few minority languages are co-official in some regions.</ref>, and also by some minority in the northwestern [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]] (the country Qualdomailor shares half of its land border with), far western Brono and Ylvostydh (the other two neighboring countries on land), as well as in Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, Oempras (all three divided from Qualdomailor by the ''Western Sea'' (in Qua. ''ivulit căd ittungaq''), as well as some diaspora communities in other parts of the former Kaiṣamā (notably in Nerekton), in Greater Skyrdagor, and also in the West.<br/>There are about 40 million native Qualdomelic speakers, the vast majority in Qualdomailor.<br/> | The '''Qualdomelic language''' (natively ''toj cwaldeumẹlj'' [tɔɪ̯ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ] or, in full, ''toj cwaldeumẹlj toj γrămaț'' [- tɔɪ̯ ɣɾəˈmats]) is a language spoken on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]], native language of virtually all people in ''Qualdomailor'' (Qua.: ''Cwaldewmăjlor'' [kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]), a country in central Márusúturon, where it is the only nationwide official language<ref>Chlouvānem and a few minority languages are co-official in some regions.</ref>, and also by some minority in the northwestern [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]] (the country Qualdomailor shares half of its land border with), far western Brono and Ylvostydh (the other two neighboring countries on land), as well as in Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, Oempras (all three divided from Qualdomailor by the ''Western Sea'' (in Qua. ''ivulit căd ittungaq''), as well as some diaspora communities in other parts of the former Kaiṣamā (notably in Nerekton), in Greater Skyrdagor, and also in the West.<br/>There are about 40 million native Qualdomelic speakers, the vast majority in Qualdomailor.<br/> | ||
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After a long period where its international importance was overshadowed by the far greater reach of Chlouvānem and Skyrdagor, the Qualdomelic language is now getting a revival in abroad learning, aided by the less strict visa policies and better human rights record for foreigners in Qualdomailor when compared to the Chlouvānem Inquisition, so that the country has become an obligatory destination for most Westerners interested in Eastern Calemerian culture, lifestyle, and sciences, as well as life in the environmental-friendliest country on Calémere. | After a long period where its international importance was overshadowed by the far greater reach of Chlouvānem and Skyrdagor, the Qualdomelic language is now getting a revival in abroad learning, aided by the less strict visa policies and better human rights record for foreigners in Qualdomailor when compared to the Chlouvānem Inquisition, so that the country has become an obligatory destination for most Westerners interested in Eastern Calemerian culture, lifestyle, and sciences, as well as life in the environmental-friendliest country on Calémere. | ||
< | ==External History== | ||
== | Qualdomelic is a revived version of what I consider my first ever "serious" conlang (that is, not a relex), which I created in March 2014 - along with my first conworld sketch I used the name Calémere<ref>Then still spelled "Kalémere".</ref> for - and was called Valdimelic (''Hvaldeimήḷta'' in the orthography I used back then) - conworld-wise, it was Chlouvānem but about fifteen versions before the current one. While, after four years, I can safely say that in my original Valdimelic there were many too naïf elements and a bit of kitchen-sinkyness here and there, in the end there was something in its sound I liked and therefore, in February 2018, I decided to "revive" it (even if apart from a few lexical items it is, grammar-wise, a totally different language) and use it to replace ''saKalurilut'', a long-standing language in my conworld but which was too much of a Kalaallisut giblang to be justified after all those years. Its place in Calémere and a few words are thus taken from saKalurilut. As far as aesthetics are concerned, I replaced many of the too much Greek-looking words, as well as ēta and ōmega (but I kept gamma for /ɣ/) of the original Valdimelic, as well as those ideas that still survive in some way in Chlouvānem, with an aesthetic mostly inspired by Romanian, with hints of Irish, Yoruba (mainly ''ẹ'' and ''ọ''), and that beautiful Māori ''wh''. | ||
==Qualdomailor== | |||
{| style="float:right; font-size: 88%; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray; text-align: left” | {| style="float:right; font-size: 88%; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray; text-align: left” | ||
|+ <big>''' | |+ <big>'''The Communist Republic of Qualdomailor'''</big> | ||
! scope="row" | Native name | ! scope="row" | Native name | ||
| | | iă njăwțarnẹdarfiku niă nnăaqappartut căiši Cwaldeumăjlor | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Capital | ! scope="row" | Capital | ||
| | | Cănțe Inarviut | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Ethnic groups | ! scope="row" | Ethnic groups | ||
| | | Qualdomelic <small>(''cwaldewmẹljăd'')</small> 81,5%<br/> Chlouvānem <small>(''țẹnwhanem'')</small> 17%<br/>others 1,5% | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Religion | ! scope="row" | Religion | ||
| Yunyalīlti 96%<br/>others 4% | | Yunyalīlti <small>(''junjăliltărfik'')</small> 96%<br/>others 4% | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Nationwide official language | ! scope="row" | Nationwide official language | ||
| | | Qualdomelic | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Other languages | ! scope="row" | Other languages | ||
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! scope="row" | Demonym | ! scope="row" | Demonym | ||
| | | Qualdomelic; <small>Qua:</small> cwaldewmẹljăd | ||
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! scope="row" | Area | ! scope="row" | Area | ||
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! scope="row" | Population | ! scope="row" | Population | ||
| 39,838,427 (6418 census) | | 39,838,427 (386ᘔ <small>(6418<sub>10</sub>)</small> census) | ||
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! scope="row" | Population density | ! scope="row" | Population density | ||
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! scope="row" | Government | ! scope="row" | Government | ||
| | | Single-party presidential republic | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <div style="text-align: center">President</div> | | <div style="text-align: center">President</div> | ||
| | | Răjultiq Mittuk jamhni Whănguljtọq | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Time zone | ! scope="row" | Time zone | ||
| LIL−3 ( | | LIL−3 (Qualdomelic Time)<br/><small>(CER+9:53′40″)</small> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Currency | ! scope="row" | Currency | ||
| | | Qennguk | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | Drives on the | ! scope="row" | Drives on the | ||
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! scope="row" | Calling code | ! scope="row" | Calling code | ||
| +840 | | +840 | ||
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'''iKalurilut''' (native pronunciation: [ikaluʁiˈlut]), officially the '''Kalurilut Republic''' ('''Naasimiartut ruKalurilut''' [naːsimiaχˈtut ʁukaluʁiˈlut]), is a country in central Márusúturon, a continent of Calémere. It borders, clockwise from the north, Ylvostydh, Brono, and the Chlouvānem Inquisition; its western borders are maritime, on the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, more precisely the two inlets called Ittungaq Sea (''ivulit ittungaq'', a.k.a. High Ivulit in Chlouvānem sources) and (its southernmost part) Allaasinanngiup Gulf (''ikiissulit allaasinanngiup'', a.k.a. Little Ivulit), which divide it from the countries of Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, and Oempras. Most of its current borders are mountainous, with the country's highest peak, Mount Isivaruuk (''ingalup iSivaruuk''; <small>[[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''šūlābdeyān ga ñariāh''</small>), on the Chlouvānem border and very close to the tripoint with Brono, being 3.ᘔƐ2 pā (6758<sub>10</sub> = about 7021.5 m) high. | '''iKalurilut''' (native pronunciation: [ikaluʁiˈlut]), officially the '''Kalurilut Republic''' ('''Naasimiartut ruKalurilut''' [naːsimiaχˈtut ʁukaluʁiˈlut]), is a country in central Márusúturon, a continent of Calémere. It borders, clockwise from the north, Ylvostydh, Brono, and the Chlouvānem Inquisition; its western borders are maritime, on the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, more precisely the two inlets called Ittungaq Sea (''ivulit ittungaq'', a.k.a. High Ivulit in Chlouvānem sources) and (its southernmost part) Allaasinanngiup Gulf (''ikiissulit allaasinanngiup'', a.k.a. Little Ivulit), which divide it from the countries of Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, and Oempras. Most of its current borders are mountainous, with the country's highest peak, Mount Isivaruuk (''ingalup iSivaruuk''; <small>[[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''šūlābdeyān ga ñariāh''</small>), on the Chlouvānem border and very close to the tripoint with Brono, being 3.ᘔƐ2 pā (6758<sub>10</sub> = about 7021.5 m) high. | ||
iKalurilut lies almost entirely between latitudes 30° and 39°N; its southernmost point is just about one mile south of the 30th parallel north. The country may be divided, thanks to its various mountain chains, in three distinct zones: the iRunguunap plain, along the iPiarunngit river, which lies in the central-northern part of the country and is its most densely populated part; the long but narrow western coast; and the central highlands, which are river basins that ultimately all drain into the western coast through two major rivers - the iSitilluq in the central part and the iKalappiq in the far south<ref>The final stretch of the iKalappiq river, after the canyons, also marks a small section of the border between iKalurilut and the Chlouvānem Inquisition.</ref> - that cut through the mountains in impressive canyon systems.<br/>Both the capital, iVarittuaq ("Flower Hill"), and the largest city, Arvallivat ("Red Castle"), lie in the iRunguunap plain. | iKalurilut lies almost entirely between latitudes 30° and 39°N; its southernmost point is just about one mile south of the 30th parallel north. The country may be divided, thanks to its various mountain chains, in three distinct zones: the iRunguunap plain, along the iPiarunngit river, which lies in the central-northern part of the country and is its most densely populated part; the long but narrow western coast; and the central highlands, which are river basins that ultimately all drain into the western coast through two major rivers - the iSitilluq in the central part and the iKalappiq in the far south<ref>The final stretch of the iKalappiq river, after the canyons, also marks a small section of the border between iKalurilut and the Chlouvānem Inquisition.</ref> - that cut through the mountains in impressive canyon systems.<br/>Both the capital, iVarittuaq ("Flower Hill"), and the largest city, Arvallivat ("Red Castle"), lie in the iRunguunap plain. | ||
iKalurilut, today, is a linguistically and religiously homogeneous country, with 96% of its inhabitants being religiously [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlti]]. Historically predominantly inhabited by the Sulurilut, in the half century since the Kaiṣamā era there has been a steady influx of Chlouvānem people, so that 81.5% of its population is Kalurilut, 17% Chlouvānem, and the remaining 1.5% of other ethnic backgrounds. saKalurilut is the only nationwide official language - [[Chlouvānem]] is only official in the four southern regions, but it is widely spoken as a L2 also by native Sulurilut due to its status as lingua franca of the Eastern bloc and sacred language of the Yunyalīlta. At the last census in 6418 (six years ago), the population amounted to 39,838,427 people; according to more recent estimates, it has grown to slightly more than 40 million people. | iKalurilut, today, is a linguistically and religiously homogeneous country, with 96% of its inhabitants being religiously [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlti]]. Historically predominantly inhabited by the Sulurilut, in the half century since the Kaiṣamā era there has been a steady influx of Chlouvānem people, so that 81.5% of its population is Kalurilut, 17% Chlouvānem, and the remaining 1.5% of other ethnic backgrounds. saKalurilut is the only nationwide official language - [[Chlouvānem]] is only official in the four southern regions, but it is widely spoken as a L2 also by native Sulurilut due to its status as lingua franca of the Eastern bloc and sacred language of the Yunyalīlta. At the last census in 6418 (six years ago), the population amounted to 39,838,427 people; according to more recent estimates, it has grown to slightly more than 40 million people.--> | ||
==Phonology== | <!-- ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
SaKalurilut is written in its own, alphabetic script (called ''sakallana ngaSulurilut''), which is a derivative of an older form of the [[Skyrdagor|Skyrdegan script]], a script it retains a large degree of mutual intelligibility with, despite a few differences through further simplifications the Skyrdegan script underwent and a different printing and typesetting style (the Kalurilut script is characterized by more curved lines). | SaKalurilut is written in its own, alphabetic script (called ''sakallana ngaSulurilut''), which is a derivative of an older form of the [[Skyrdagor|Skyrdegan script]], a script it retains a large degree of mutual intelligibility with, despite a few differences through further simplifications the Skyrdegan script underwent and a different printing and typesetting style (the Kalurilut script is characterized by more curved lines). | ||
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| Qualdomelic | |
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| cwaldeumẹlj | |
| Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ]] |
| Created by | Lili21 |
| Date | Mar 2014, revived Feb 2018 |
| Setting | Calémere |
| Ethnicity | Qualdomelic |
| Native speakers | 40,000,000 (3874 (642410) /2312) |
Samaidulic languages
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Qualdomailor |
The Qualdomelic language (natively toj cwaldeumẹlj [tɔɪ̯ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ] or, in full, toj cwaldeumẹlj toj γrămaț [- tɔɪ̯ ɣɾəˈmats]) is a language spoken on the planet of Calémere, native language of virtually all people in Qualdomailor (Qua.: Cwaldewmăjlor [kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]), a country in central Márusúturon, where it is the only nationwide official language[1], and also by some minority in the northwestern Chlouvānem Inquisition (the country Qualdomailor shares half of its land border with), far western Brono and Ylvostydh (the other two neighboring countries on land), as well as in Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, Oempras (all three divided from Qualdomailor by the Western Sea (in Qua. ivulit căd ittungaq), as well as some diaspora communities in other parts of the former Kaiṣamā (notably in Nerekton), in Greater Skyrdagor, and also in the West.
There are about 40 million native Qualdomelic speakers, the vast majority in Qualdomailor.
It belongs to the Samaidulic language family (Qua.: tăjț samăjdul tăjț γrămaț), more specifically to the Western Samaidulic languages - it is thus distantly related to another major language of the area, the Eastern Samaidulic Brono-Fathanic.
As the language of a people - the Qualdomelics (Qua. cwaldewmẹljăd) - situated in a vital bottleneck of commerce between the Eastern and Western parts of central-northern Márusúturon, many words from it have entered languages of neighboring peoples, and an older form of Qualdomelic was a lingua franca in a vast area of the continent. In the next centuries, its importance on the continent began to sharply fall, mostly due to the rise of the empire of Greater Skyrdagor to the northeast and the conquest of most lands to the south of Qualdomailor — where Qualdomelic was the lingua franca — by the Chlouvānem from the southeast. Qualdomelic still influenced both languages, with often loanwords from Chlouvānem to Skyrdagor and vice versa showing signs of being borrowed through the means of Qualdomelic first. Still, Qualdomelic itself absorbed lots of loanwords, especially religious terminology and modern-day concepts from Chlouvānem, starting from the Qualdomelics' conversion to the Yunyalīlti religion.
After a long period where its international importance was overshadowed by the far greater reach of Chlouvānem and Skyrdagor, the Qualdomelic language is now getting a revival in abroad learning, aided by the less strict visa policies and better human rights record for foreigners in Qualdomailor when compared to the Chlouvānem Inquisition, so that the country has become an obligatory destination for most Westerners interested in Eastern Calemerian culture, lifestyle, and sciences, as well as life in the environmental-friendliest country on Calémere.
External History
Qualdomelic is a revived version of what I consider my first ever "serious" conlang (that is, not a relex), which I created in March 2014 - along with my first conworld sketch I used the name Calémere[2] for - and was called Valdimelic (Hvaldeimήḷta in the orthography I used back then) - conworld-wise, it was Chlouvānem but about fifteen versions before the current one. While, after four years, I can safely say that in my original Valdimelic there were many too naïf elements and a bit of kitchen-sinkyness here and there, in the end there was something in its sound I liked and therefore, in February 2018, I decided to "revive" it (even if apart from a few lexical items it is, grammar-wise, a totally different language) and use it to replace saKalurilut, a long-standing language in my conworld but which was too much of a Kalaallisut giblang to be justified after all those years. Its place in Calémere and a few words are thus taken from saKalurilut. As far as aesthetics are concerned, I replaced many of the too much Greek-looking words, as well as ēta and ōmega (but I kept gamma for /ɣ/) of the original Valdimelic, as well as those ideas that still survive in some way in Chlouvānem, with an aesthetic mostly inspired by Romanian, with hints of Irish, Yoruba (mainly ẹ and ọ), and that beautiful Māori wh.
Qualdomailor
| Native name | iă njăwțarnẹdarfiku niă nnăaqappartut căiši Cwaldeumăjlor |
|---|---|
| Capital | Cănțe Inarviut |
| Ethnic groups | Qualdomelic (cwaldewmẹljăd) 81,5% Chlouvānem (țẹnwhanem) 17% others 1,5% |
| Religion | Yunyalīlti (junjăliltărfik) 96% others 4% |
| Nationwide official language | Qualdomelic |
| Other languages | Chlouvānem (regional, South) |
| Demonym | Qualdomelic; Qua: cwaldewmẹljăd |
| Area | ～TBA |
| Population | 39,838,427 (386ᘔ (641810) census) |
| Population density | ～TBA |
| Government | Single-party presidential republic |
President
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Răjultiq Mittuk jamhni Whănguljtọq |
| Time zone | LIL−3 (Qualdomelic Time) (CER+9:53′40″) |
| Currency | Qennguk |
| Drives on the | left |
| Calling code | +840 |