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*Fishome (English and Eevo are official; Netagin is the second most common language) | *Fishome (English and Eevo are official; Netagin is the second most common language) | ||
*Andaegor (Anbirese is official but Netagin is the most common language, followed by Mingen Vibish, [[Ouřefr]], Albionian, Irish, and [[Clofabosin]]; it's culturally more Bjeheondian than Talman. Among Jews, English, Ăn Yidiș and Galoyseg are spoken more than Judeo-Anbirese) | *Andaegor (Anbirese is official but Netagin is the most common language, followed by Mingen Vibish, [[Ouřefr]], Albionian, Irish, and [[Clofabosin]]; it's culturally more Bjeheondian than Talman. Among Jews, English, Ăn Yidiș and Galoyseg are spoken more than Judeo-Anbirese) | ||
===Cities=== | |||
*Bathening (from Scellan ''bøøð enañ'' "high waters") | |||
*Nginening (from Scellan ''ñain enañ'' "fast waters") | |||
*Rethought (from Scellan ''Riþollt'') | |||
==Anthem== | |||
The national anthem of Cualand was written by Bayroy Cafeece and is notable for mentioning Scella. | |||
==Names== | ==Names== | ||
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==Languages== | ==Languages== | ||
in order of popularity: English, Netagin, Eevo, Irish, Albionian, Hivantish, | in order of popularity: English, Netagin, Eevo, Irish, Albionian, Hivantish, Knench, Wiebian, Mandarin, (written entirely in pinyin with tone markers; hanzi isn't used in Tricin), Cuam, Hebrew (7 million), Ăn Yidiș (5 million), Clofabosin, Anbirese, Galoyseg, Slavo-Windermere, An Bhlaoighne, Judeo-Anbirese | ||
(Use a Zipf distribution for number of speakers) | (Use a Zipf distribution for number of speakers) | ||
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*Hnawhaswel /hnaʊhəseɪ/ | *Hnawhaswel /hnaʊhəseɪ/ | ||
Sometimes h is dropped in Cualand Eevo, as in Modern Hebrew, so Hnawhasewl is pronounced / | Sometimes h is dropped in Cualand Eevo, as in Modern Hebrew, so Hnawhasewl is pronounced /naʊəseɪ/ and the Windermere prefix hyl- is simply pronounced /ʊ/. | ||
====Judeo-Eevo==== | ====Judeo-Eevo==== | ||
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Far East Semitic is commonly spoken in Crackfic Andaegor. The dominant FES language is the one that's closest to proto-FES. | Far East Semitic is commonly spoken in Crackfic Andaegor. The dominant FES language is the one that's closest to proto-FES. | ||
=== Netagin === | === Netagin === | ||
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=== Cualand Irish === | === Cualand Irish === | ||
In Cualand, Irish is mainly spoken in the Éire Nua (placeholder name) province of Fishome. (Like in Irta, Irish has many speakers in Crackfic Tricin | In Cualand, Irish is mainly spoken in the Éire Nua (placeholder name) province of Fishome and Andaegor. (Like in Irta, Irish has many speakers in Crackfic Tricin) | ||
Standard Cualand Irish is an archaizing form of Cork Irish: | Standard Cualand Irish is an archaizing form of Cork Irish: | ||
* It retains the Classical Irish distinction between ''molaidh sé'' /mˠɔlˠətʲ ʃeː/ 'he praises', ''ní mholann sé'' 'he does not praise', ''a mholas sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molas sé'') 'whom he praises (direct relative)', ''a-N molann sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molann sé'') 'he praises (indirect relative)'. | * It retains the Classical Irish distinction between ''molaidh sé'' /mˠɔlˠətʲ ʃeː/ 'he praises', ''ní mholann sé'' 'he does not praise', ''a mholas sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molas sé'') 'whom he praises (direct relative)', ''a-N molann sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molann sé'') 'he praises (indirect relative)'. | ||
* It has some Hebrew syntactic influence in the literary register. | * It has some Hebrew syntactic influence in the literary register. | ||
It has very little influence from English or from Trician languages; however it's innovative in its own particular ways. The Irish of pre-Mac Léivigh literature like Ádhamh na Binne Fiona is quite archaic by our standards, almost identical to Classical Irish with some syntactic Hebraisms. | It has very little influence from English or from Trician languages (except Eevo); however it's innovative in its own particular ways. The Irish of pre-Mac Léivigh literature like Ádhamh na Binne Fiona is quite archaic by our standards, almost identical to Classical Irish with some syntactic Hebraisms. | ||
Today, Cualand Irish is written in a much shallower orthography, introduced by Alastair Mac Léivigh, based on similar principles to Cyrillic. The older orthography, identical to our post-reform Irish orthography but written in Gaelic type, was used in Ádhamh na Binne Fíona's times. | Today, Cualand Irish is written in a much shallower orthography, introduced by Alastair Mac Léivigh, based on similar principles to Cyrillic. The older orthography, identical to our post-reform Irish orthography but written in Gaelic type, was used in Ádhamh na Binne Fíona's times. | ||
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Cultivated Cualand Irish phonology is essentially that of our conservative Cork Irish (with less English influence) and even has the Cork intonation, with pitch starting and remaining high and falling on a stressed syllable. | Cultivated Cualand Irish phonology is essentially that of our conservative Cork Irish (with less English influence) and even has the Cork intonation, with pitch starting and remaining high and falling on a stressed syllable. | ||
Broad Cualand Irish incorporates more features that are in Ulster/Gàidhlig/Manx in our timeline. | Broad Cualand Irish incorporates more features that are in Ulster/Gàidhlig/Manx in our timeline. Broad Cualand Irish is influenced by Eevo, Qazhrian, Korean, and Japanese phonology; for example broad L is pronounced like Eevo L. | ||
==== Syntax ==== | ==== Syntax ==== | ||
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Cualandian Irish jokes may start with a cleft construction, which marks the sentence as new information: ''Siúl isteach i mbeár a rinne fear'' lit. 'it's walking into a bar that a man did', as in French (''c'est un mec qui rentre dans un bar'' 'it's a guy who walks into a bar') and Irta Hebrew (בוא בא איש אל בית-משתה). | Cualandian Irish jokes may start with a cleft construction, which marks the sentence as new information: ''Siúl isteach i mbeár a rinne fear'' lit. 'it's walking into a bar that a man did', as in French (''c'est un mec qui rentre dans un bar'' 'it's a guy who walks into a bar') and Irta Hebrew (בוא בא איש אל בית-משתה). | ||
Broad Cualand Irish also has fully German-like infinitive clauses from Korean influence: a+L VN goes all the way to the end, instead of coming after the direct object and before adjuncts. | Broad Cualand Irish also has fully German-like infinitive clauses from Korean and Clofabosin influence: a+L VN goes all the way to the end, instead of coming after the direct object and before adjuncts. | ||
=== Cualand Korean === | === Cualand Korean === | ||
largely spoken in Andaegor with an Irish/Tiberian Hebrew-esque accent; all words have weak final stress | largely spoken in Andaegor with an Irish/Tiberian Hebrew-esque accent; all words have weak final stress | ||
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* sʰ ʃʰ s ʃ h ç | * sʰ ʃʰ s ʃ h ç | ||
[moˈðɨˑn iŋgaˈnɨˑn | [moˈðɨˑn iŋgaˈnɨˑn θʰɛɔˈnaˑl̠ʲ t̪⁼ɛvuˈθʰɔ tsʰajuɾˠovɨˈmʲɔ kʰɨ tsʰonɔmˈwa kʰwəl̠ʲieiˈsɔ t̪ʰoŋd̪ɨŋaˈða] | ||
=== Cualand Japanese === | === Cualand Japanese === | ||
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* /r/ is more consistently a trill or flap | * /r/ is more consistently a trill or flap | ||
* /tʰ/ is usually [θ] | * /tʰ/ is usually [θ] | ||
* /s/ is lamino-dental | * /s ts⁼ tsʰ/ is lamino-dental | ||
* /t⁼ t͡s⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative). | * /t⁼ t͡s⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative). | ||
* Postalveolars /t͡ʃ⁼ t͡ʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [t͡ɕ⁼ t͡ɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | * Postalveolars /t͡ʃ⁼ t͡ʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [t͡ɕ⁼ t͡ɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | ||
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Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | ||
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/. | * Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/. | ||
* Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta) | * Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta). | ||
* Before a morpheme boundary | * Before a morpheme boundary. | ||
Unstressed vowels are pronounced more like they are in Scottish Gaelic: זעראק 'red' is ['t͡s⁼ɛ:ɾag] | Unstressed vowels are pronounced more like they are in Scottish Gaelic: זעראק ''zerăg'' 'red' is ['t͡s⁼ɛ:ɾag] and סקשיסאל ''sgșisăl'' 'awful' is ['sk{{sh}}isal]. | ||
Gü-Ghoydeliș is popular even in real life; e.g. in signages or Renaissance faires. | Gü-Ghoydeliș is popular even in real life; e.g. in signages or Renaissance faires. | ||
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''bală gan'' (lit. 'town without') 'a mess' (a mistranslation of Eevo ''vee ðrav'' lit. 'state/station without'; ''vee'' also means 'town') | ''bală gan'' (lit. 'town without') 'a mess' (a mistranslation of Eevo ''vee ðrav'' lit. 'state/station without'; ''vee'' also means 'town') | ||
==Enclaves== | ==Enclaves== | ||
Mostly Trician | Mostly Trician | ||
Balðimoor Serñ/New Baltimore/Bamăr Ür (Ḷbāḷdimōra in Palkhan): A Hasidic enclave | Balðimoor Serñ/New Baltimore/Bamăr Ür (Ḷbāḷdimōra in Palkhan): A Hasidic enclave | ||
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**''The Theory and Practice of Hanierůl'' | **''The Theory and Practice of Hanierůl'' | ||
* Inthar '''Turandaught''', opera singer | * Inthar '''Turandaught''', opera singer | ||
* Bayroy '''Cafeese''', composer who used Snielist themes | |||
** part of an ensemble ''Cyfís as Yjíad'' | |||
===Sculptors and painters=== | ===Sculptors and painters=== | ||