Talnanian

Talnanian
ᠯᠢᠨᠸᠠ ᠲᠠᠯᠨᠠᠨᠶᠠᠨᠠ linva talnanyana
Flag of Talnania
Pronunciation	[ˈlinva talnaˈɲana]
Created by	Nehster9
Date	2026
Setting	Alt-history Mongolia
Ethnicity	Talnanians
Native speakers	13.8 million (2025)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Eastern Romance Talnanian
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance
Standard form	Capitalian Talnanian
Dialect	Valese
Writing systems	Mongolian Latin Braille
Official status
Official language in	Talnania
Regulated by	Talnanian Academy

Talnanian (endonym: ᠯᠢᠨᠸᠠ ᠲᠠᠯᠨᠠᠨᠶᠠᠨᠠ, linva talnanyana [ˈlinva talnaˈɲana]​) is a Romance language spoken by the Talnanians. Compared to other Romance languages, Talnanian has derived a substantial portion of its vocabulary from Mongolian and Persian, owing to the language's primary presence in Talnania. There are approximately 13.8 million speakers worldwide.

Talnanian is partially inspired aesthetically by Romanian, which is its closest relative. Uniquely, it features heavier palatalization relative to Romanian (and indeed most other Romance languages). Furthermore, the language has lost noun declension. In spite of this, vowels are relatively conservative, and the neuter is preserved. It aims to showcase what would happen if Balkan Romance speakers had migrated to real-world Mongolia along the Silk Road.

Phonology

Orthography

Talnanian can be written in one of two scripts, Mongolian and Latin scripts.

Letter	Name	IPA	Notes
ᠠ Aa	ᠠ a [ˈa]	/a/
ᠪ Bb	ᠪᠡ be [ˈbe]	/b/	primarily found in borrowings
ᠺ Cc	ᠺᠡ ce [ˈke]	/k/
ᠴ Čč	ᠴᠡ če [ˈt͡se]	/t͡s/
ᠳ Dd	ᠳᠡ de [ˈde]	/d/
ᠡ Ee	ᠡ e [ˈe]	/e/
ᠹ Ff	ᠡᠹ ef [ˈef]	/f/
ᠭ Gg	ᠭᠡ ge [ˈge]	/g/
ᠢ Ii	ᠢ i [ˈi]	/i/
ᠯ Ll	ᠡᠯ el [ˈel]	/l/
ᠨ Nn	ᠡᠨ en [ˈen]	/n/
ᠨᠶ ny	ᠨᠶᠡ nye [ˈɲe]	/ɲ/	digraph
ᠣ Oo	ᠣ o [ˈɔ]	/ɔ/
ᠣ Uu	ᠣ u [ˈu]	/u/
ᠫ Pp	ᠫᠡ pe [ˈpe]	/pe/
ᠬ Qq	ᠬᠤ qu [ˈxu]	/x/
ᠷ Rr	ᠡᠷ er [ˈer]	/r/
ᠰ Ss	ᠡᠰ es [ˈes]	/s/
ᠲ Tt	ᠲᠡ te [ˈte]	/t/
ᠸ Vv	ᠸᠡ ve [ˈve]	/v/
ᠶ Yy	ᠢ ᠭᠷᠡᠺᠠ i greca [i ˈgreka]	/ʎ/
ᠵ Zz	ᠵᠡᠲᠠ zeta [ˈd͡ʑeta]	/d͡ʑ/

Syntax