Ganymedian: Difference between revisions

| nativename = Kiganimedi, Kiganí, luga kiganimedi, luga kiganí, luga ya kiganimedi

| 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

| official = Ganymede

'''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 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]].

! 1^{<small>st</small>} person

| ''mi'' || ''nosi''

! 2^{<small>nd</small>} person

| ''tu'' || ''uté''

! 3^{<small>rd</small>} person

| ''ye'' || ''wa''

''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").

===Demonstratives===

| colspan=2 | ''sise'' || {{mn|sw|sita}}, {{mn|es|seis}}

 

|long=longa

|narrow=nene

|thin=nene

|hair=pelosi

|eye=machó

|heart=korasono

|spit=

|earth=

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|day=

|year=

|warm=

|cold=