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We also know how the modern, Moshurian city of Oalan came to be: the region was conquered by Moshuria in 281 BH, and the site, which was coincidentally on the same spot as the original city, was chosen by Moshurian settlers due to its prime location for fishing and farming, which most historians suspect was the same reason that the original Oalanii settled the area.

The etymology of "Oalan" is unknown, though we know it is a Moshurian word, and that it is most likely not derived from the name of the city given to it by the original Oalanii. The most popular theory is that it comes from [[Moshurian#Middle Moshurian|Middle Moshurian]] ''ukhalan'', meaning "beaver heaven", as early explorers noted the unusually high amount of beavers in the region. The change from ''ukhalan'' to ''Oalan'' most likely comes from the [[Moshurian#Oalan dialect|Oalan patois]], where glottal/velar fricatives that are surrounded by vowels are not pronounced, and initial /u/ often turns into /o/. As censuses were updated, the city names eventually began to appear similarly to their local pronunciation<ref>Although some emperors such as Son Echuin tried to impose a unified standard dialect of the language, and thus insisted that cities like Oalan be referred to by their original names, like ''Ukhalan'' or in the case of Sépenzg, ''Sipénaşg''.</ref>.

The etymology of "Oalan" is unknown, though we know it is a Moshurian word, and that it is most likely not derived from the name of the city given to it by the original Oalanii. The most popular theory is that it comes from [[Moshurian#Middle Moshurian|Middle Moshurian]] ''ukhalan'', meaning "beaver heaven", as early explorers noted the unusually high amount of beavers in the region. The change from ''ukhalan'' to ''Oalan'' most likely comes from the [[Moshurian dialects#Oalan dialect|Oalan patois]], where glottal/velar fricatives that are surrounded by vowels are not pronounced, and initial /u/ often turns into /o/. As censuses were updated, the city names eventually began to appear similarly to their local pronunciation<ref>Although some emperors such as Son Echuin tried to impose a unified standard dialect of the language, and thus insisted that cities like Oalan be referred to by their original names, like ''Ukhalan'' or in the case of Sépenzg, ''Sipénaşg''.</ref>.

==Phonology==

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 We also know how the modern, Moshurian city of Oalan came to be: the region was conquered by Moshuria in 281 BH, and the site, which was coincidentally on the same spot as the original city, was chosen by Moshurian settlers due to its prime location for fishing and farming, which most historians suspect was the same reason that the original Oalanii settled the area.
-The etymology of "Oalan" is unknown, though we know it is a Moshurian word, and that it is most likely not derived from the name of the city given to it by the original Oalanii. The most popular theory is that it comes from [[Moshurian#Middle Moshurian|Middle Moshurian]] ''ukhalan'', meaning "beaver heaven", as early explorers noted the unusually high amount of beavers in the region. The change from ''ukhalan'' to ''Oalan'' most likely comes from the [[Moshurian#Oalan dialect|Oalan patois]], where glottal/velar fricatives that are surrounded by vowels are not pronounced, and initial /u/ often turns into /o/. As censuses were updated, the city names eventually began to appear similarly to their local pronunciation<ref>Although some emperors such as Son Echuin tried to impose a unified standard dialect of the language, and thus insisted that cities like Oalan be referred to by their original names, like ''Ukhalan'' or in the case of Sépenzg, ''Sipénaşg''.</ref>.
+The etymology of "Oalan" is unknown, though we know it is a Moshurian word, and that it is most likely not derived from the name of the city given to it by the original Oalanii. The most popular theory is that it comes from [[Moshurian#Middle Moshurian|Middle Moshurian]] ''ukhalan'', meaning "beaver heaven", as early explorers noted the unusually high amount of beavers in the region. The change from ''ukhalan'' to ''Oalan'' most likely comes from the [[Moshurian dialects#Oalan dialect|Oalan patois]], where glottal/velar fricatives that are surrounded by vowels are not pronounced, and initial /u/ often turns into /o/. As censuses were updated, the city names eventually began to appear similarly to their local pronunciation<ref>Although some emperors such as Son Echuin tried to impose a unified standard dialect of the language, and thus insisted that cities like Oalan be referred to by their original names, like ''Ukhalan'' or in the case of Sépenzg, ''Sipénaşg''.</ref>.
 ==Phonology==