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Nidâri is one of two extant members of the Duaric language family. The language is spoken by roughly 1,200 people in | Nidâri is one of two extant members of the Duaric language family. The language is spoken by roughly 1,200 people in Sašvân ("refuge"), a volcanic island approximately 1100 km southeast of Minhay. Unlike its relative, Ín Duári, more than 90% of its inhabitants claim Nidâri as their first language. The language's survival and relative health compared to Ín Duári, considered a moribund language, can be attributed to the physical separation of its speakers from the Minhast mainland. | ||
Because of this separation, various phonemic and morphological changes have rendered Nidâri and Ín Duári mutually unintelligible. While more innovations have occurred in Nidâri, it nevertheless has retained more of the original Duaric lexicon, as loanwords from the Minhast and Peshpeg languages have had a significant impact on the Ín Duári lexicon. | Because of this separation, various phonemic and morphological changes have rendered Nidâri and Ín Duári mutually unintelligible. While more innovations have occurred in Nidâri, it nevertheless has retained more of the original Duaric lexicon, as loanwords from the [[Minhast]] and Peshpeg languages have had a significant impact on the Ín Duári lexicon. | ||
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