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'''NOTICE: Documentation of Mwail has moved to [https://mwail.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Miraheze].'''
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'''Angai''' (/ˈɑːŋgaɪ/ from Aíkaì ''Ānka{{cdb}}ì'' /a⁵{{ng}}³ka¹i²/) is an alternate history Earth setting prominently featuring highly tonal languages. (The point of divergence from our timeline is some point between the emergence of modern humans and Out of Africa, so we still have all Earth species including humans, but today's human languages are from completely different families)
'''Mwail''' (/mʷail/ [mʷaiɬ], Ernish for 'world, Earth') is an alternate history Earth setting being created by Inthar and Praveen. (The point of divergence from our timeline is some point between the emergence of modern humans and Out of Africa, so we still have all Earth species including humans, but today's human languages are from completely different families)


== Team ==
== Team ==
* Inthar: Timeline 1, mainly Thean language, history, and culture
* Inthar: Ernish, Proto-Erno-Kawenic
 
== Calendar ==
The calendar used is the Mwail Enlightenment calendar, where year 0 corresponds to the year when the number 0 was invented in Mwail India.
 
Out-of-universe, it was arbitrarily decided so that 2025 is sociopolitically similar to our CE 2025.


== Languages ==
== Languages of Mwail ==
=== Angai Eurasia ===
By number of speakers (2025):
* Qwbmwdqwg: A tritonal root language with 11 lexical root tones and 1 neutral tone
# Ernish (Irenesian): 1.5 billion
* Classical Aíkaì
# Dhasrawita (Irenesian): 1.2 billion
** Neo-Aíkaì languages
# Dosubian (Irenesian): 990 million
# Thean (Theic): 975 million
# Fursfop: 650 million
# Lhabhdweni (Irenesian): 420 million
# Wyacker (Pulchric): 290 million
# Séiseal (Qohtic): 260 million
=== Mwail Eurasia ===
* [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Irenesian languages|Irenesian languages]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Irenesian languages|Irenesian languages]]
* Theic
* Theic
** Classical Thean
** Classical Thean
** A Tlingit-like language
** A Tlingit-like language
* Old Æ
* [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Keric languages|Keric languages]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Keric languages|Keric languages]]
* Vylmic
* Vylmic
** Vylman
** Qocwane
** Angai Iranian
** Mwail Iranian
* Flei
 
=== Angai Australia ===
=== Mwail Australia ===
* Anbirese
* Anbirese
* Dårle
* Dårle
=== Angai Sub-Saharan Africa ===
=== Mwail Sub-Saharan Africa ===
* Wyacker
* Wyacker
* Séiseal
* Séiseal
=== Angai Americas ===
=== Mwail Americas ===
* Nuaplw
* Nuaplw
* Ryooteq
* Ryooteq
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* Strendian
* Strendian
* Fursfop
* Fursfop
=== Angai Papua ===
=== Mwail Papua ===
* Ditab: Tonal min-Tiberian Hebrew. ''Not'' a liturgical language.
* Ditab
* Toki Ike
* Toki Ike
== Tentative locations of cultures ==
* Irenesia: Middle East, Silk Road, Siberia, Korea, Japan, northern North America
** Kawenic: Korea, Japan, northern North America
** Ernic: Sakhalin, northern North America
** Lhabhdweni: Orchid Island
** Dhasrawita: India, Indonesia, Malaysia
** Hirbic: Philippines
* Theasphere (Thean, Æ, Keric, Vylman): Europe, North Africa, maybe eastern North America?
* Flei: India before they get conquered by Irenesians
* Qwbmwdqwg: Himalayas
* Aíkaì: China and Tibet
* Doremi: Mainland Southeast Asia
* Séiseal and Wyacker: Sub-Saharan Africa
* Sfipsurtopic world: Mesoamerica and western South America
* Bjeheond: Australia
* Ryooteq, Nuaplw, Thannayut: North America
As in our timeline's Earth, Papua-New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse area
== Future timelines ==
* No human extinction scenarios (Full disclosure: I care more about preventing the worst non-extinction outcomes than I do about preventing extinction)
[[Category:Angai|*]]

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NOTICE: Documentation of Mwail has moved to Miraheze.

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Mwail (/mʷail/ [mʷaiɬ], Ernish for 'world, Earth') is an alternate history Earth setting being created by Inthar and Praveen. (The point of divergence from our timeline is some point between the emergence of modern humans and Out of Africa, so we still have all Earth species including humans, but today's human languages are from completely different families)

Team

  • Inthar: Ernish, Proto-Erno-Kawenic

Calendar

The calendar used is the Mwail Enlightenment calendar, where year 0 corresponds to the year when the number 0 was invented in Mwail India.

Out-of-universe, it was arbitrarily decided so that 2025 is sociopolitically similar to our CE 2025.

Languages of Mwail

By number of speakers (2025):

  1. Ernish (Irenesian): 1.5 billion
  2. Dhasrawita (Irenesian): 1.2 billion
  3. Dosubian (Irenesian): 990 million
  4. Thean (Theic): 975 million
  5. Fursfop: 650 million
  6. Lhabhdweni (Irenesian): 420 million
  7. Wyacker (Pulchric): 290 million
  8. Séiseal (Qohtic): 260 million

Mwail Eurasia

Mwail Australia

  • Anbirese
  • Dårle

Mwail Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Wyacker
  • Séiseal

Mwail Americas

  • Nuaplw
  • Ryooteq
  • Thannayut
  • Strendian
  • Fursfop

Mwail Papua

  • Ditab
  • Toki Ike
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