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Angai (/ˈɑːŋgaɪ/ from Aíkaì Ānkạì /a⁵ŋ³ka¹i²/) is an alternate history Earth setting prominently featuring highly tonal languages. (The point of divergence from our timeline is some point between the emergence of modern humans and Out of Africa, so we still have all Earth species including humans, but today's human languages are from completely different families)

Team

  • Inthar: Thean

Calendar

The calendar used is the Angai Enlightenment calendar, where year 0 corresponds to the year when the number 0 was invented in Angai India.

Out-of-universe, it was arbitrarily decided so that 2025 is the year where the future timelines split and is sociopolitically similar to our CE 2025.

Languages of Angai

By number of speakers (2025):

  1. Quququqquq (Irenesian): 1.5 billion
  2. Dhasrawita (Irenesian): 1.2 billion
  3. Aíkaì (Aikaic): 990 million
  4. Thean (Theic): 975 million
  5. Fursfop: 650 million
  6. Lhabhdweni (Irenesian): 420 million
  7. Ernish (Irenesian): 300 million
  8. Wyacker (Pulchric): 290 million
  9. Séiseal (Qohtic): 260 million
  10. Qwbmwdqwg: 250 million

Angai Eurasia

  • Qwbmwdqwg: A tritonal root language with 11 lexical root tones and 1 neutral tone
  • Classical Aíkaì
    • Neo-Aíkaì languages
  • Irenesian languages
  • Theic
    • Classical Thean
    • A Tlingit-like language
  • Old Æ
  • Keric languages
  • Vylmic
    • Vylman
    • Angai Iranian
  • Flei

Angai Australia

  • Anbirese
  • Dårle

Angai Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Wyacker
  • Séiseal

Angai Americas

  • Nuaplw
  • Ryooteq
  • Thannayut
  • Strendian
  • Fursfop

Angai Papua

  • Ditab
  • Toki Ike

Future timelines

  • No human extinction scenarios (Full disclosure: I care more about preventing the worst non-extinction outcomes than I do about preventing extinction)