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'''Natalician''' ({{IPA|/nəˈtɑlɪʃən/ or /ˌnɑteɪˈlɪʃ.ən/}}; [[w:Endonym|endonym]]: ''Nataledhi'' {{IPA|[na.ta.le.di]}} or ''Natal Rettive'' {{IPA|/na.tal re.tːive/}}) is a North Kasenian language mainly spoken in Central East Tinaria, primarily in Natalicia, Firenia and North-East Nirania. Outside of Natalica, it is recognized as an official language in Budernie, Nirania, Kannamie and as a minority language in East Espidon and the Dogostanian community in Eastern Amarania. Natalician is closely related to other North Kasenian languages such as Espidan and Niranian.  

Modern Natalician gradually developed from Old Natalician, which in turn developed from an extinct unnamed language spoken by the Natalo-Kesperian tribes. Today, Natalician is one of the most important languages in the world, and is the most spoken Kasenian language, both natively and as an additional language. About 65 million people speak Natalician worldwide, 37 of which are natives.

Natalician is a language characterised by the lack of [[w:Grammatical case|cases]], the absence of [[w:Grammatical genders|genders]], nearly no irregularity and a systematic grammar and an orthography with no digraphs, dipthongs or anything of the like, making it such a straightforward language to read and learn.

The earliest traces of the Natalician language date as far back as the year 334, with a much different vocabulary and grammar as that of the modern descandant, sub-dividing the Natalician language's history into 3 timelines - '''Classic Natalician''' (334 - 1203), '''Old Natalician''' (1203 - 1540) and '''Modern Natalician''' (1540 - present). The language is estimated to be 1687 years old as of 2021.

Also known as the '''Poetic Natalician''' or the '''Natalo-Kesperian Language''', the only recorded evidences of the earliest traces of the language are found in ancient poetries and old writings on recovered artifacts. These evidences however are deemed not enough by the NACL to be considered a valid or complete written evidence of the Natalo-Kesperian spoken language, as illiteracy was dominant in the pre-Killisic era and the chosen vocabulary choice is said to be too formal. Classic Natalician's vocabulary has many direct elements from the early Proto-North-Kasenian language which was later ambolished due to the migratory era, culture clashes and the increase of loanwords.

There is no known documents for Classic Natalician that have survived. No known evidence of the development of the language during the primary era have been found.

When the Killistic era entered, the Natale tribes have recieved access to knowledge brought by the proclaimed king of the Natales, '''Ribel Zömeri'''. It was the era where literacy skyrocketed in the newly born and united Natale monarchy [1203 - 1834], and printed evidence of the Natalician language have surfaced and bloomed.

The first recorded book containing written evidence comes from the book "Natåltïå kočåculaï orūnza" (Natalician Guide Book) by late author Ulun Cilesli Irkete, written and published in year 1210. Following that have come multiple documents that have been preserved through generations and found as artifacts in the '''Natalician Grand Museum of Literature and Artifacts''' in Celicia.

Many scholars of history and literature have claimed that Classic and Old Natalician are the same language, but lack of evidence weakened the claims. Scholar '''Iček Friktinäm''' quotes: ''"Old Natalician may be the result of intervention of new local loanwords and the varieties of dialects may have caused a deviation of Kasenian roots from the standard spoken Natalician at that time."''

Old Natalician features a drastically different grammar and vocabulary from that of the Natalician of today, the most notable difference is ''vowel harmony'' and ''cases''. The old language features '''4''' vowel harmony types and '''3''' grammatical cases: '''Nominative''', '''Accusative''' and '''Genetive'''. The different suffixes and verb conjugation are majorly notable differences aswell.

The language has been having a constant update of vocabulary and grammar during the 15th century, during the beginning of the decline of the monarchy by the hands of '''Goz Hoz''', and until the creation of the new republic by '''Zafel Sörät Fortla''', during the year 1845 when the official ''Natalician academic council for Linguistics'' was founded and coined the official source of tracking of the language's status.

The name of Natalicia, the Natales and the Natalician language comes from the '''Natala''' tribes of the Natalo-Kesperian community from central east Tinaria, the name comes from the Proto-Kasenian word '''Nåťåla''' (meaning: "To ensure fairness"), which later evolved to ''Nåsåla'' in Old Natalician and to ''Nasala'' in Modern Natalician.

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