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===Pronunciations===

It’s not easy to define “dialects” for Chlouvānem, due to this history: all true dialects of Chlouvānem eventually developed into distinct vernaculars, and today’s regional variations are as such defined as “pronunciations” of Chlouvānem, in some cases moderately divergent from the standard one. Chlouvānem sources refer to them as ''~~bhælāyuiçai~~'' “land-sounds”, but they do not only vary in pronunciation. Each major geographic area of the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Inquisition]] has its own pronunciation; present-day standard Chlouvānem is based on the pronunciation in the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa around 4E 60, but the local pronunciation has somewhat diverged, so that the city where the traditional pronunciation is closest to the standard is Galiākina, some 300 km further west.

It’s not easy to define “dialects” for Chlouvānem, due to this history: all true dialects of Chlouvānem eventually developed into distinct vernaculars, and today’s regional variations are as such defined as “pronunciations” of Chlouvānem, in some cases moderately divergent from the standard one. Chlouvānem sources refer to them as ''bhælāyŏsai'' “land-sounds”, but they do not only vary in pronunciation. Each major geographic area of the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Inquisition]] has its own pronunciation; present-day standard Chlouvānem is based on the pronunciation in the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa around 4E 60, but the local pronunciation has somewhat diverged, so that the city where the traditional pronunciation is closest to the standard is Galiākina, some 300 km further west.

Local pronunciations are typically divided in six major groups by geographic areas:

* Jade Coast, Rainforest, and Eastern Plain (''lūṇḍhyalėnei nanayi no naleidhoyi no''), including pronunciations of the eastern part of the Lāmiejāya plain, the Jade Coast, and its interior (the main Chlouvānem heartlands and the northern parts of the rainforest). Standard Chlouvānem is one of these.

* Western Plain and Sand Coast (''samvāldhoyi chleblėnei no''), including the whole western part of the Lāmiejāya plain and the Sand Coast in the central-western Inquisition.

* Far Eastern (''~~lallanaleiyuiti~~''), including the Far Eastern part of the Inquisition (both mainland and insular); the dioceses of the so-called Near East are frequently considered a transitional zone between this and the Eastern Plain pronunciation group.

* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyutei''), including the Far Eastern part of the Inquisition (both mainland and insular); the dioceses of the so-called Near East are frequently considered a transitional zone between this and the Eastern Plain pronunciation group.

* Eastern (''~~naleiyuiti~~''), in the Chlouvānem East (the former Kans-Tsan area).

* Eastern (''naleiyutei''), in the Chlouvānem East (the former Kans-Tsan area).

* Northeastern (''~~kehamnaleiyuiti~~''), in the Northeast of the Inquisition; note that the most remote areas (the far northern taiga and the insular part), due to continuous and relatively recent immigration, have a pronunciation still closer to Standard Chlouvānem.

* Northeastern (''kehamnaleiyutei''), in the Northeast of the Inquisition; note that the most remote areas (the far northern taiga and the insular part), due to continuous and relatively recent immigration, have a pronunciation still closer to Standard Chlouvānem.

* Western (''~~samvālyuiti~~''), in the Western dioceses and in the coasts of the desert. As these were formerly Dabuke areas, they use distinctly more Dabuke terms than all other speakers.

* Western (''samvālyutei''), in the Western dioceses and in the coasts of the desert. As these were formerly Dabuke areas, they use distinctly more Dabuke terms than all other speakers.

Areas that do not fit in any of these groupings are often recent colonizations (or “Chlouvānemizations”), like e.g. the northern coast on the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, that do not have a truly distinct pronunciation, being a mix of speakers from different areas and tending to be very close to Standard Chlouvānem.

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* 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;

* Near Eastern (''mūtiānaleiyutei 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;

* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyutei 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);

* Kaṃsatsāni (''kaṃsatsāni maivai'') — spoken in the historic region of Kaṃsatsāna (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 are 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;

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

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

* Western (''samvālyutei 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.

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 ===Pronunciations===
-It’s not easy to define “dialects” for Chlouvānem, due to this history: all true dialects of Chlouvānem eventually developed into distinct vernaculars, and today’s regional variations are as such defined as “pronunciations” of Chlouvānem, in some cases moderately divergent from the standard one. Chlouvānem sources refer to them as ''bhælāyuiçai'' “land-sounds”, but they do not only vary in pronunciation. Each major geographic area of the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Inquisition]] has its own pronunciation; present-day standard Chlouvānem is based on the pronunciation in the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa around 4E 60, but the local pronunciation has somewhat diverged, so that the city where the traditional pronunciation is closest to the standard is Galiākina, some 300 km further west.
+It’s not easy to define “dialects” for Chlouvānem, due to this history: all true dialects of Chlouvānem eventually developed into distinct vernaculars, and today’s regional variations are as such defined as “pronunciations” of Chlouvānem, in some cases moderately divergent from the standard one. Chlouvānem sources refer to them as ''bhælāyŏsai'' “land-sounds”, but they do not only vary in pronunciation. Each major geographic area of the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Inquisition]] has its own pronunciation; present-day standard Chlouvānem is based on the pronunciation in the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa around 4E 60, but the local pronunciation has somewhat diverged, so that the city where the traditional pronunciation is closest to the standard is Galiākina, some 300 km further west.
 Local pronunciations are typically divided in six major groups by geographic areas:
 * Jade Coast, Rainforest, and Eastern Plain (''lūṇḍhyalėnei nanayi no naleidhoyi no''), including pronunciations of the eastern part of the Lāmiejāya plain, the Jade Coast, and its interior (the main Chlouvānem heartlands and the northern parts of the rainforest). Standard Chlouvānem is one of these.
 * Western Plain and Sand Coast (''samvāldhoyi chleblėnei no''), including the whole western part of the Lāmiejāya plain and the Sand Coast in the central-western Inquisition.
-* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyuiti''), including the Far Eastern part of the Inquisition (both mainland and insular); the dioceses of the so-called Near East are frequently considered a transitional zone between this and the Eastern Plain pronunciation group.
+* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyutei''), including the Far Eastern part of the Inquisition (both mainland and insular); the dioceses of the so-called Near East are frequently considered a transitional zone between this and the Eastern Plain pronunciation group.
-* Eastern (''naleiyuiti''), in the Chlouvānem East (the former Kans-Tsan area).
+* Eastern (''naleiyutei''), in the Chlouvānem East (the former Kans-Tsan area).
-* Northeastern (''kehamnaleiyuiti''), in the Northeast of the Inquisition; note that the most remote areas (the far northern taiga and the insular part), due to continuous and relatively recent immigration, have a pronunciation still closer to Standard Chlouvānem.
+* Northeastern (''kehamnaleiyutei''), in the Northeast of the Inquisition; note that the most remote areas (the far northern taiga and the insular part), due to continuous and relatively recent immigration, have a pronunciation still closer to Standard Chlouvānem.
-* Western (''samvālyuiti''), in the Western dioceses and in the coasts of the desert. As these were formerly Dabuke areas, they use distinctly more Dabuke terms than all other speakers.
+* Western (''samvālyutei''), in the Western dioceses and in the coasts of the desert. As these were formerly Dabuke areas, they use distinctly more Dabuke terms than all other speakers.
 Areas that do not fit in any of these groupings are often recent colonizations (or “Chlouvānemizations”), like e.g. the northern coast on the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, that do not have a truly distinct pronunciation, being a mix of speakers from different areas and tending to be very close to Standard Chlouvānem.
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 * 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;
+* Near Eastern (''mūtiānaleiyutei 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;
+* Far Eastern (''lallanaleiyutei 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);
+* Kaṃsatsāni (''kaṃsatsāni maivai'') — spoken in the historic region of Kaṃsatsāna (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 are 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;
+* Northeastern (''kehamnaleyutei maivai'') — various creoles spoken in the Near Northeast;
-* Western (''samvālyuiti maivai'') — creoles spoken in the West, with extensive Dabuke influence;
+* Western (''samvālyutei 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.