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Hyperborean (HB:Tinnunaqqa Telhun) is a polysynthetic, fluid-S split intransitive language with VSOX word order that is the official language of Hyperborea (HB: | Hyperborean (HB:Tinnunaqqa Telhun) is a polysynthetic, fluid-S split intransitive language with VSOX word order that is the official language of Hyperborea (HB: Huqeriqarija) and has approximately 236 million L1 speakers with a further 21 million L2 speakers. The Hyperborean Commonwealth (HB: Tinqara Anakte Huqeriqarijan) comprises northern Eurasia from the Volga-Kama-Urals line in the west to the Bering Strait in the east as well as all territory west of the Rockies in North America. The nation named itself after the Hyperborea of Greek Mythology. | ||
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The founders of Hyperborea, the Jamix, belong to the European Pygmy phenotype which is believed to have diverged from other ancient European lineages some 8,000 years ago. Its urheimat is believed to have been the forests of prehistoric Central Europe. European pygmies exist in mostly scattered populations throughout Europe and speak a variety of largely unrelated languages. Hyperborean is a language isolate and has no traceable genealogical relation to any language, ancient or modern. It is believed however to form an ancient sprachbund with the Uralic languages, sharing such features as a bisyllabic root structure, primary stress on the first syllable, consonant gradation, the negative verb and the expression of 'have' with the copula and an oblique case. The dialect described below is the standard variety promulgated by the Hyperborean Commonwealth | The founders of Hyperborea, the Jamix, belong to the European Pygmy phenotype which is believed to have diverged from other ancient European lineages some 8,000 years ago. Its urheimat is believed to have been the forests of prehistoric Central Europe. European pygmies exist in mostly scattered populations throughout Europe and speak a variety of largely unrelated languages. Hyperborean is a language isolate and has no traceable genealogical relation to any language, ancient or modern. It is believed however to form an ancient sprachbund with the Uralic languages, sharing such features as a bisyllabic root structure, primary stress on the first syllable, consonant gradation, the negative verb and the expression of 'have' with the copula and an oblique case. The dialect described below is the standard variety promulgated by the Hyperborean Commonwealth. | ||
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