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===Vernaculars===

Local vernaculars of the Inquisition (''bhælāmaivai'', sg. ''bhælāmaiva'', literally “land word(s)”) are, linguistically, the daughter languages of Classical Chlouvānem. They are the result of normal language evolution with, in most areas, enormous influences by substrata.

Actually, only a bit more than half of the Inquisition has a vernacular that is a true daughter language - most areas conquered in the last 600 years, thus since the sixth or seventh century of the Third Era, speak a creole language, where lexicon is almost completely Chlouvānem but grammar still shows huge semplifications and analytic constructions and some traits odd for Chlouvānem and those languages that developed in the heartlands. Most of the Eastern languages, however, are thought to have origined as creoles.

The main division for local vernaculars - or Chlouvānem languages - is the one in groups, as few of them are standardized and large areas are dialect continua where it is extremely difficult to determine which dialects belong to a particular language and which ones do not. Furthermore, most people speak of their vernacular as “the word of [village name]”, and always refer to them as local variants of the same Chlouvānem language, without major distinctions from the national language which is always Classical Chlouvānem. Individual “languages” are thus simply defined starting from the diocese they’re spoken in, so for example the Nanašīrami language includes all dialects spoken in the diocese of Nanašīrama, despite those spoken in the eastern parts of the diocese being closer to those spoken in Takaiyanta than to the Nanašīrami dialect of Līlasuṃghāṇa.<br/>

The main divisions are:

* Eastern Plain/Jade Coast (''naleidhoyi lūṇḍhyalėnei no maivai'') — spoken in most of the Lāmiejāya Plain, in the Jade Coast and its interior, and the northern part of the southern rainforest;

* Western Plain (''samvāldhoyi maivai'') — spoken in the westermost parts of the Lāmiejāya Plain;

* Jungle Language (''nanaimaiva'') — spoken throughout the southern rainforest;

* Northern Plain (''kehaṃdhoyi maivai'') — spoken in the northern part of the Lāmiejāya Plain (the upper basin of the Lāmberah river);

* Near Eastern (''mūtiānaleiyuiti maivai'') — spoken in the Near East, or the parts of the Central East west of the Kārmādhona mountains;

* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyuiti maivai'') — spoken in the Far East (east of the Kārmādhona mountains) and in the eastern islands;

* Kaṃsaçāni (''kaṃsaçāni maivai'') — spoken in the historic region of Kaṃsaçāna (the Eastern Tribunal);

* Sand Coast (''chleblėnei maivai'') — spoken on the Sand Coast (west of the Lāmiejāya plain) and by communities in the southern Salt Desert;

* Ajāṣṭri-Mbusakitvi (''ajāṣṭri-mbusakitvi maivai'') — spoken in the dioceses of Ajāṣṭra and Mbusakitva, west of the Salt Desert. They is often grouped (especially in common speech) with the other Western languages, but those have a clear creole origin not recognizable in Ajāṣṭri and Mbusakitvi.

The other languages were all born as creoles:

* Northeastern (''kehamnaleyuiti maivai'') — various creoles spoken in the Near Northeast;

* Western (''samvālyuiti maivai'') — creoles spoken in the West, with extensive Dabuke influence;

* Najlājātei (''najlājātei maiva'') — creole spoken in the diocese of Najlājātia, an endorheic basin nestled between the mountains and the desert in the northwestern Inquisition;

* Kāyīchi (''kāyīchi maiva'') — creole spoken in the insular diocese of Kāyīchah, off the coasts of Védren. It is the least Chlouvānemized creole, as it has substantial influences both from indigenous Vedrenic languages and Cerian, due to the history of these islands, settled in part by Chlouvānem people (by the then-independent Lūlunimarti Republic) and in part by Cerians with Vedrenic slaves, and long fought between the two countries due to their strategic importance.

Many other areas, most notably the North and the far Northeast, do not have a local vernacular, due to Chlouvānem presence there being recent and those areas being either previously almost uninhabited (the far Northeast) or with lots of different ethnicities (the North). The main vernaculars that are actually languages that do not have Chlouvānem origin (and are commonly referred to as ''dældā'' instead of ''maiva'') are:

* Basaumi (''Bazá''), the most spoken, in the ethnic diocese of Tūnambasā, the westernmost on the mainland, where it is the native language of 78% of all inhabitants;

* Hūnakañumi (''Huwən-aganь-sisaat''), in the mountainous areas of Hūnakañjātia ethnic diocese in the Near East (note that most of the diocese, including the city of Līlekhaitė, 10th largest in the Inquisition, mostly speaks the local Near Eastern language, derived from Chlouvānem)

* Tumidumi (''sokaw y ee-tumið''), in the ethnic diocese of Tumiðajātia in the Near East - mostly spoken in the hills and mountains;

* Kotayumi (''kotaii šɔt''), in a few mountain villages in Kotaijātia ethnic diocese, Near East;

* Tendukumi (''tənduk sisod'') in Tendukijātia ethnic diocese, Near East — by percentage of people in its native area, it is the second most spoken, being the native language of 29% of people there, though it is the least populated diocese in that area.

* Tanomali (''nzɛk pɔb'') on Tanomaliė island, the southernmost of the Eastern Islands.

===Historical dialects===

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 ===Vernaculars===
+Local vernaculars of the Inquisition (''bhælāmaivai'', sg. ''bhælāmaiva'', literally “land word(s)”) are, linguistically, the daughter languages of Classical Chlouvānem. They are the result of normal language evolution with, in most areas, enormous influences by substrata.
+Actually, only a bit more than half of the Inquisition has a vernacular that is a true daughter language - most areas conquered in the last 600 years, thus since the sixth or seventh century of the Third Era, speak a creole language, where lexicon is almost completely Chlouvānem but grammar still shows huge semplifications and analytic constructions and some traits odd for Chlouvānem and those languages that developed in the heartlands. Most of the Eastern languages, however, are thought to have origined as creoles.
+The main division for local vernaculars - or Chlouvānem languages - is the one in groups, as few of them are standardized and large areas are dialect continua where it is extremely difficult to determine which dialects belong to a particular language and which ones do not. Furthermore, most people speak of their vernacular as “the word of [village name]”, and always refer to them as local variants of the same Chlouvānem language, without major distinctions from the national language which is always Classical Chlouvānem. Individual “languages” are thus simply defined starting from the diocese they’re spoken in, so for example the Nanašīrami language includes all dialects spoken in the diocese of Nanašīrama, despite those spoken in the eastern parts of the diocese being closer to those spoken in Takaiyanta than to the Nanašīrami dialect of Līlasuṃghāṇa.<br/>
+The main divisions are:
+* Eastern Plain/Jade Coast (''naleidhoyi lūṇḍhyalėnei no maivai'') — spoken in most of the Lāmiejāya Plain, in the Jade Coast and its interior, and the northern part of the southern rainforest;
+* Western Plain (''samvāldhoyi maivai'') — spoken in the westermost parts of the Lāmiejāya Plain;
+* Jungle Language (''nanaimaiva'') — spoken throughout the southern rainforest;
+* Northern Plain (''kehaṃdhoyi maivai'') — spoken in the northern part of the Lāmiejāya Plain (the upper basin of the Lāmberah river);
+* Near Eastern (''mūtiānaleiyuiti maivai'') — spoken in the Near East, or the parts of the Central East west of the Kārmādhona mountains;
+* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyuiti maivai'') — spoken in the Far East (east of the Kārmādhona mountains) and in the eastern islands;
+* Kaṃsaçāni (''kaṃsaçāni maivai'') — spoken in the historic region of Kaṃsaçāna (the Eastern Tribunal);
+* Sand Coast (''chleblėnei maivai'') — spoken on the Sand Coast (west of the Lāmiejāya plain) and by communities in the southern Salt Desert;
+* Ajāṣṭri-Mbusakitvi (''ajāṣṭri-mbusakitvi maivai'') — spoken in the dioceses of Ajāṣṭra and Mbusakitva, west of the Salt Desert. They is often grouped (especially in common speech) with the other Western languages, but those have a clear creole origin not recognizable in Ajāṣṭri and Mbusakitvi.
+The other languages were all born as creoles:
+* Northeastern (''kehamnaleyuiti maivai'') — various creoles spoken in the Near Northeast;
+* Western (''samvālyuiti maivai'') — creoles spoken in the West, with extensive Dabuke influence;
+* Najlājātei (''najlājātei maiva'') — creole spoken in the diocese of Najlājātia, an endorheic basin nestled between the mountains and the desert in the northwestern Inquisition;
+* Kāyīchi (''kāyīchi maiva'') — creole spoken in the insular diocese of Kāyīchah, off the coasts of Védren. It is the least Chlouvānemized creole, as it has substantial influences both from indigenous Vedrenic languages and Cerian, due to the history of these islands, settled in part by Chlouvānem people (by the then-independent Lūlunimarti Republic) and in part by Cerians with Vedrenic slaves, and long fought between the two countries due to their strategic importance.
+Many other areas, most notably the North and the far Northeast, do not have a local vernacular, due to Chlouvānem presence there being recent and those areas being either previously almost uninhabited (the far Northeast) or with lots of different ethnicities (the North). The main vernaculars that are actually languages that do not have Chlouvānem origin (and are commonly referred to as ''dældā'' instead of ''maiva'') are:
+* Basaumi (''Bazá''), the most spoken, in the ethnic diocese of Tūnambasā, the westernmost on the mainland, where it is the native language of 78% of all inhabitants;
+* Hūnakañumi (''Huwən-aganь-sisaat''), in the mountainous areas of Hūnakañjātia ethnic diocese in the Near East (note that most of the diocese, including the city of Līlekhaitė, 10th largest in the Inquisition, mostly speaks the local Near Eastern language, derived from Chlouvānem)
+* Tumidumi (''sokaw y ee-tumið''), in the ethnic diocese of Tumiðajātia in the Near East - mostly spoken in the hills and mountains;
+* Kotayumi (''kotaii šɔt''), in a few mountain villages in Kotaijātia ethnic diocese, Near East;
+* Tendukumi (''tənduk sisod'') in Tendukijātia ethnic diocese, Near East — by percentage of people in its native area, it is the second most spoken, being the native language of 29% of people there, though it is the least populated diocese in that area.
+* Tanomali (''nzɛk pɔb'') on Tanomaliė island, the southernmost of the Eastern Islands.
 ===Historical dialects===