Riqian

The Talmic languages (/ˈtɑːɫmɪk/ tahl-mik, from Eevo Talma /ˈtʰãmə/, the name of a Talmic goddess; Eevo: britsa Talmiv; Bhadhagha: ngàtha dTalmamha; Bênôcian: gaxvâis Tálmimâis; Nurian: gaffar Tāmmar; Roshterian: ṟoṟbitalmim) are a family of languages spoken in the Talma region in Etalocin. It is a subfamily of the Quihum languages.

Phylogeny

Some linguists classify both Nurian and Bênôcian into the same clade, Southern Talmic.

† denotes languages that are extinct in modern Tricin.

Proto-Talmic	Thensarian Old Eevo Bhadhagha Eevo Tumacan Standard Nurian Bênôcian Old Roshterian Roshterian Mategian (CW Talmic)

History of Talmic studies

History of the term

The Talmic family was referred to as the "Cēm languages" (Eevo: britsa ⟨Cēm⟩) in earlier Talman works, after the Thensarian word cēm for one. After the discovery of other Quihum languages such as Sjowaazheñ, the definition expanded to other Quihum languages, until Proto-Quihum was reconstructed with relative accuracy and the family was renamed Quihum (Eevo: britsa Cvillym or hølltu Cvillym). The designation Talmic (Eevo: Talmiv) is now applied to the branch, after the name of the Talma region where most of the Talmic languages are native to.