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Avalonian (Aval: Nawhatti Telkun) is a polysynthetic language of the affixal, scopal subtype. It has nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment with ergative morphology and canonical VSOX word order.
Avalonian (Aval: Nawhatti Telkun) is a polysynthetic language of the affixal, scopal subtype. It has nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment with ergative morphology and canonical VSOX word order.


It is the majority language of the Avalonian Isles (Aval: Telku) and has approximately 23.6 million speakers. The Commonwealth of Avalon (Mag: Karatti Qanakte Telkun) comprises the entirety of the fictional islands of *Newfoundland, Avalon and *Prince Edward Island.
It is the majority language of the Avalonian Isles (Aval: Telku) and has approximately 36.8 million speakers. The Commonwealth of Avalon (Mag: Karatti Qanakte Telkun) comprises the entirety of the fictional islands of *Newfoundland, *Nova Scotia and *Prince Edward Island.


In this timeline, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island ended up in the eastern side of the Atlantic after the breakup of Pangea and became the island of Avalon. The archipelago lies south-west of Ireland.
In this timeline, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island ended up in the eastern side of the Atlantic after the breakup of Pangea and became the Avalonian Isles. The archipelago lies south-west of Ireland.


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