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|imagecaption      = Flag of the Republic of the Boteys
|imagecaption      = Flag of the Republic of the Boteys
|name              = Boteyese
|name              = Boteyese
|nativename        = Botajkly
|nativename        = botajkly
|pronunciation    = ˈbo.tɐj.klɨ
|pronunciation    = ˈbotɐjklɨ
|pronunciation_key = IPA for Boteyese
|pronunciation_key = IPA for Boteyese
|states            = The Boteys
|states            = the Boteys
|setting          = Alternative history [[w:Europe|Europe]], Southern [[w:Baltic Sea|Baltic Sea]]
|setting          = Alternative history [[w:Europe|Europe]], Southern [[w:Baltic Sea|Baltic Sea]]
|region            = [[w: Southern Europe|Southern Europe]]
|region            = [[w: Southern Europe|Southern Europe]]
|speakers          = 352,900
|speakers          = ≈360,400
|date              = 2024
|date              = 2024
|familycolor      = Language isolate
|familycolor      = Language isolate
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|dia4              = Northern (''forhaşkly''/''sfojkly'')
|dia4              = Northern (''forhaşkly''/''sfojkly'')
|dia5              = Odallandic (''ojalkockly'')
|dia5              = Odallandic (''ojalkockly'')
|dia6              = Buhats (''bjuhaşkly'')
|dia6              = Buhats (''bjuhaşkly'') †
|stand1            = Standard Boteyese (based on Kodenburg Skaheyese dialect)
|stand1            = Standard Boteyese (based on Kodenburg Skaheyese)
|script1          = Latn  
|script1          = Latn  
|agency            = Boteyese Language Council / ''Botjar çOpst aHyngyj''
|agency            = Boteyese Language Council / ''Botjar çOpst aHyngyj''
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'''Boteyese''' ([[w:Help:IPA|/ˌboʊteɪˈiːz, ˌboʊ-/]] [[w:Help:Pronunciation respelling key|''BOW-tay-EASE'']]; [[w:Endonym|endonym]]: ''botajkly'' [[IPA for Boteyese|[ˈbotɐjklɨ]]], ''botjar çopst'' [[IPA for Boteyese|[ˈbotjɐr ˈʃopst]]], or rarely ''botajsky'' [[IPA for Boteyese|[ˈbotɐjskɨ]]]) is a [[w:Language isolate|language isolate]] spoken as a [[w:First Language|first language]] by about 360,400 Boteyese of whom 35,700 reside outside of the Boteys, mainly in [[w:Germany|Germany]] and [[w:Russia|Russia]]. Alongside [[w:Basque|Basque]], it is one of the two known language isolates in [[w:Europe|Europe]].


This is a short reminder of the language format policy.
Owing to facts of Boteyese geography, history, and culture, the language is considered to feature many distinct regional varieties, not all of which are [[w:Mutually intelligibility|mutually intelligible]]. As of the mid-[[w:20th century|20th century]] however, the traditional [[w:Dialect|dialect]] areas have been in steep decline, with some already being effectively [[w:Endangered language|moribund]] or [[w:Extinct language|extinct]]. The profound [[w:Dialect levelling|dialect levelling]] taking place has been variously attributed to the events of [[w:World War II|World War II]], [[w:Urbanization|urbanization]], changes in societal attitudes, and the continued prevalence of the [[w:Standard language|standard language]].


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Boteyese features [[w:Agglutinative language|agglutinative]] and [[w:Fusional language|fusional]] elements and is of [[w:Head-directionality parameter|mixed head directionality]]. Its [[w:Phonology|phonology]] and [[w:Nominal (linguistics)|nominal]] [[w:Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] show close [[w:Linguistic typology|typological]] convergence with surrounding [[w:Indo-European Languages|Indo-European]] languages, particularly [[w:North Germanic languages|North Germanic]], though featuring no system of [[w:Grammatical gender|grammatical gender]]. [[w:Verb|Verbs]] are conjugated for [[w:Subject (grammar)|subject]] and [[w:Object (grammar)|object]], [[w:Definiteness|definiteness]] of [[w:Argument (linguistics)|arguments]], [[w:Grammatical tense|tense]]/[[w:Grammatical mood|mood]], [[w:Voice (grammar)|voice]], and [[w:Grammatical aspect|aspect]], and can take several [[w:Nonfinite verb|nonfinite]] forms. [[w:Word order|Basic word order]] is [[w:Object–verb word order|verb-final]], [[w:Topic and comment|topic–comment]], though [[w:Information structure|information structure]] and situational [[w:Syntax|syntactic]] constraints lead to some variation.  
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==


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The [[w:Archipelago|archipelago]]'s endonym ''Botjar'' and the [[w:English language|English]] exonym ''(the) Boteys'' both ultimately derive from [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]] ''Bóteyjar'', a [[w:Compound (linguistics)|compound]] of {{mn|non|bót|t=bight, cove}} and {{mn|non|ey|eyjar|t=islands}}. The Norse [[w:Plural|plural]] was not adapted into English, thus the name takes the English plural instead; cf. [[w:Orkney|Orkney a.k.a. the Orkneys]]. It has been suggested that the conspicuous absence of a single native word referring to the entire people prior to the arrival of Norse settlement could be indicative of a fractious social order and/or lack of shared cultural consciousness. 
 
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The language names derive from the Old Norse lemma also. The modern term ''botajkly'' is the [[w:Participle|participle]] form of the verb ''botajky'' 'to speak Boteyese', while its [[w:Archaism|archaic]] equivalent ''botajsky'' is derived with the [[w:Suffix|suffix]] ''-sky'' (Old Boteyese ''-sku''), used to form language names. The archaic suffix is of uncertain origin, but presumably the result of mixed influences from the [[w:Dative|dative]] singular form of early [[w:Modern Swedish|Modern Swedish]] language names (such as in the [[w:Gustav Vasa Bible|Gustav Vasa Bible]] e.g. ''på swensko'') and continental [[w:Slavic languages|Slavic]] i.e. {{mn|zlw-opl|-ski}}.
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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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===Orthography===
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===Phonotactics===
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==Syntax==
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===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
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==Example texts==
==Orthography==
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==Other resources==
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==Lexicon==


==Grammar==


[[Category:Boteyese]]
==Dialects==
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]
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