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The continent has been tenatively named Borealis [Sphaera was previously adopted as a term for both the continent and world]. There are several areas lacking neutral geographical terms, particularly in terms of broad multinational areas. Tenative names for the major regions of Sphaera are the Eramos Plateau, Western-Borealis, Eastern-Borealis, Northern-Borealis.
The continent has been tenatively named Borealis [Sphaera was previously adopted as a term for both the continent and world]. There are several areas lacking neutral geographical terms, particularly in terms of broad multinational areas. Tenative names for the major regions of Sphaera are the Eramos Plateau, Western-Borealis, Eastern-Borealis, Northern-Borealis.


My goal is to develop the languages and world until I have a setting which I can consistantly use and recycle for various purposes.


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As I can't quite get this chart working for me [having stolen it from Chrys with no idea how to code] here are the other languages/major dialects in simpler format;
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Families:
Eramos Languages:
*Eralih
**Eralih Dialects
**Dussarit+
*Tal [Possibly related to Eralih]
*Hainic Languages
**Saremitas
***Reakin Dialect
**North Tribe Dialects/Languages
*Viha(?)
Meiya:
*Meiya+
**Chilai Dialect
*Southern Islands Language(?)
Kergen:
*Kergen (Dialects to be added as area develops more).
 
Sprachbunds:
 
So'raan-Pyritto-Galavic [Western Sprachbund]
*Toryl [Dominant Politically]
*So'raan [Dominant Academically]
*Loeryl [Heavily influenced by Toryl]
*Cwengâr
*Dussarit [Some Dialects]
*Fén Ghír [Peripheral]
 
Kergen
*Kergen
*Anan Cán
*Some Hainic
*Fén Ghír [Northern Settlements]
Zewani-Sarem-Meiya [Eastern Sprachbund]
*Zewani
*Saremitas
*Meiya [esp. Northern Dialects]
*Viha
*Southern Islands
*Some Hainic [Mostly Zewani or Saremitas influenced, depending on region]
 
Notes:
 
*Meiya is large and serves as a rough China analogue; it consists of numerous dialects, none of them are politically independant. Refering to it as a isolate is dodgy, rather it has absorbed most of its relatives.
*Viha invovles a lot of conjugation and declension. The rootwords far are largely heavily mutated Meiyan loanwords but rather than being a largely isolating language as Meiyan, they are more aggulative as the Eralih. It was developed independantly of Eralih and may yet develop into an isolate.
*Kergan is severly underdeveloped but is an isolate. They may serve as approximate Basque analogues in terms of linguistic history [though culturally are closer to Cossacks and/or Ukranians].
*Southern Islands were never named outside of a working Meiyan title. They are currently a blank slate.
 
Symbols:
(†)-Symbolizes a Dead Language.
* - Symbolizes a Language which may be renamed due to further development.
+ - Symbolizes a language used without explicit permission from the author [though material is under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License]. Name and/or more substantial changes may be made should the original authors later contact me to object.
Long term Goals:
Fully developed languages for
*Fén [Galavic languages by extension]
*Possibly Toryl- Seems heavily influenced by Romance languages as the culture is vaguely Roman. I intend to introduce other elements, especially from the mess which is Galavic languages in order to keep it unique.
 
Partially Functional Languages [Some basic Phrases/Grammar sufficent for Place&Personal Names, Basic Conversation; 300 Word Maximum] for:
 
*Meiyan- [Basic Notes Exist already from original author which I have modified and interpreted to some degree; in theory it is already functional but serves as a crueder cousin to Fén with unique roots].
*Eralih- Minimal notes save a basic idea. Will be case/conjugation heavy, influenced by Author's native language of Spanish along with Quechua and Tibetan.
*Saremitas-Highly Aggulnative.
*So'raan [Most words will be imported through sound change, via relation with Pyritto-Galavic Languages]
*Zewani- Same as above, Author made 100 word vocab and had a general idea for grammar. Closely related enough to So'raan that vocab can be shared with only a handful of sound changes.
*Viha [Some Notes which make it semi-functional however improvements may be made and new roots should be added whether Eralih or original]
 
Lexicon [Largely Personal and Place names, some basic phrases.] for:
*Kergan- Designed to be a strange language with a forbidding phonology, little else is set in stone though it is apparently Tonal, which I have little experience with. Some infixing seems to be at play.
*Hainic Tribes- Saremitas with various sound changes. Not bothered develop much and for the most part, it is a fairly diverse group so once the general sounds/feel is set out, I'm free to scribble in whatever.,
*Dussarit-Eralih with sound changes. Originally based off Coptic Egyptian with a very forbidding phonology, it may end up more like a dialect of Eralih spoken through the filter of Accented Ze'raani.
*Southern Islands- A minor place. I may just end up making it highly isolating and putting in vaguely Hawaiian sounding names and places and hope no one notices.
 
Problems:
*I have limited experience with sound changes.
*Players [including myself initially] were interested in keeping to "sounds they could pronounce" so many languages are "English with a lot sounds cut out and a couple added in to make it sound foreign". This might make it harder to create a retroactive history for them, though I may start developing stronger accents for them as I get more comfortable with phonology.
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