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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''n gaz Anbirjeong'' /ən | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''n gaz Anbirjeong'' /ən gâz ánbirjəŋ/ [ànbírjəŋ]) is a major [[Talmic]] language descended from [[Tigol]], inspired by Sino-Korean, Swedish, and Welsh. compared to its relatives [[Skellan]] and [[Ciètian]], it has a relatively conservative verb system. On the planet of [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]] ({{SUBPAGENAME}}: ''n Smo'' /ə̀n smô/), it is an analogue of German in terms of influence. {{SUBPAGENAME}} is the official language of the Talman countries [[Verse:Tricin/Anbir|Anbir]] and [[Verse:Tricin/Musun|Musun]] and of former colonies in Cualuav and Txapoalli; it is the second-largest Talmic language in terms of number of speakers. Like most modern Talmic languages, {{SUBPAGENAME}} is a descendant of [[Thensarian]]. Like with German, there is a Standard {{SUBPAGENAME}} and various regiolects. | ||
Thanks in large part to the printing press, Modern {{SUBPAGENAME}} rapidly gained prominence over a larger area in Northern Talma and came to serve as a lingua franca for northern mainland Talma. Today, {{SUBPAGENAME}} still enjoys status as a "cultured" language and is one of the most widely taught foreign languages in the Bitaletan world. | Thanks in large part to the printing press, Modern {{SUBPAGENAME}} rapidly gained prominence over a larger area in Northern Talma and came to serve as a lingua franca for northern mainland Talma. Today, {{SUBPAGENAME}} still enjoys status as a "cultured" language and is one of the most widely taught foreign languages in the Bitaletan world. | ||
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Each word has one of two possible pitch accents: | Each word has one of two possible pitch accents: | ||
#Rising (or low, or peaking): starts low and rises, peaks at the second syllable; | #High: high and level, falls off word-finally; unmarked | ||
#Rising (or low, or peaking): starts low and rises, peaks at the second syllable; transcribed with an acute accent | |||
For example: | For example: | ||
*''skaen'' /skên/ ( | *''skaen'' /skên/ (high tone) = 'a friend (sg)'; ''n skaen'' /ən skên/ = 'the friend' | ||
*''skáen'' /skěn/ (rising tone) = 'friends (pl)'; ''n skáen'' /ən skěn/ = 'the friends' | *''skáen'' /skěn/ (rising tone) = 'friends (pl)'; ''n skáen'' /ən skěn/ = 'the friends' | ||
*''ael'' ( | *''ael'' (high tone) = 'loves (present tense)' | ||
*''áel'' ( | *''áel'' (rising tone) = 'loved (past tense)' | ||
A handful of dialects lack pitch accent. | A handful of dialects lack pitch accent. | ||