Evandorian languages

Evandorian
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Geographic distribution	planet of Calémere: most of the continent of Evandor, then in almost all of the planet
Linguistic classification	One of Calémere's primary language families
Proto-language	Proto-Evandorian
Subdivisions	Northern Evandorian Central Evandorian Western Evandorian Southern Evandorian Kegdevian lgs. Narenian lgs. Holenagic Urkunkian

The Evandorian languages (Cer.: šérošu Évandorion; Nor.: þêukor Evandóran; Aur.: itxifsreyɣ idIwanduyyirɣ) are one of the language families of the planet of Calémere, the largest in terms of native and, most notably, second-language speakers. As the name says, the Evandorian languages are native of the continent of Evandor, one of the "continental areas" of the landmass called Greater Evandor (Sémánton Évandó) in Cerian sources, more commonly divided in the three continents of Evandor, Márusúturon, and Védren. All major languages of the continent are Evandorian languages, and, as Evandor was the birthplace of Western Calemerian civilization, Evandorian languages have had a large impact first on neighboring language and, in the last 700 years, on the whole planet due to exploration and colonization. Íscégon and Ancient Nivarese were the languages of the two main ancient Evandorian civilization and still prestige languages today, while the languages of the colonial powers (Cerian, Nordulaki, Auralian, modern Nivarese, and Dorumon above all, but also others) are spoken and understood in many areas of the planet; Cerian is possibly the most important trade language today, as the lingua franca of the Western world (opposed to Chlouvānem, the Eastern world's lingua franca).

Classification

Distribution of Evandorian languages across their homelands in Evandor.

Evandorian languages are divided in six major branches and two other languages — their names are mostly geographical — † denotes extinct languages:

• Northern Evandorian
  • Gathura
  • Velken languages
    • Nordulaki
    • Spyŋun
    • Landward Velken
      • Kalese
      • Hyxynen
        • Majkjaržen (Northern Hyxynen)
      • Voguž
      • Genestian
      • Opyžän
      • Megorian
      • Zaikrenvaścik
      • Voukotian
• Central Evandorian
  • Íscégon †
    • Cerian
    • Besagren
    • Osinnian
    • Péigu
    • Dorumian
  • ancient Quanarian †
    • Pjast †
    • modern Quanarian (AKA Kierışpası)
  • Pentilian †
  • Hennevian †
• Western Evandorian
  • Xend languages
    • Norpkarďaz
    • Majo-Bankravian
  • Shoronic languages
    • Shoronian
    • Rištećek
    • Pevân †
    • Isèlkan
  • Helinetian
• Southern Evandorian
  • ancient Nivarese †
    • modern Nivarese
  • Auralian
  • Sinernian
  • Aghrocic languages
    • Gamurt †
    • Nüktünian
    • Aghrocian
    • Gazimyukian
    • Móleachan
      • Teñlese Móleachan
• Kegdevian languages
  • Northern Kegdevian †
  • Southern Kegdevian †
    • Antlorian
    • Kajran
• Narenian languages
  • Spāq †
  • Trešian
  • Alsimian
  • Vuljakađi
  • Greubican
  • Tørenči
• Holenagic
• Urkunkian (often considered a group of two different languages, usually called North and South Urkunkian as almost every town gives it its own name — both are spoken in Olymagù, one of only five countries in Evandor whose official and majority language is not an Evandorian one)

Writing

There are three different scripts in use for Evandorian languages:

• Most languages in the family use an adapted variant of the Íscégon script: such languages include all of the Western and Central branches plus Holenagic (isolate among the family), Nordûlaki, Spyŋun, Gathura, and Hyxynen (all Northern), Auralian and Nüktünian (Southern) and, since the last fifteen years, also Alsimian and Greubican (both Narenian languages).
• The Nivarese script is mainly used in the southern part of Evandor, and is the writing system used for Nivarese and all remaining Southern Evandorian languages, the Kegdevian languages, and Tørenči (a Narenian language). Being the official script of Olymagù, it is also used by Urkunkian speakers to write their language, even if it mostly exists in oral form only.
• The Véraj script, originally an offshoot of the Nivarese script, is used for the Landward Velken languages and Vuljakađi (a Narenian language).

Note that Hyxyn is a digraphic country, using officially both the Íscégon and the Véraj script for Hyxynen. The Véraj script is predominantly used in formal contexts, while informal writings are in the Íscégon script. Hyxynen as spoken in Majkjar as well as Majkjaržen (whose status as a separate language is disputed) are however only written in the Véraj script.

Trešian, spoken in an autonomous region of Rūfīyya, is nowadays generally written in the Rūfī script due to it being the only official script of the country; however it has historically been written mostly in the Nivarese script.

Numbers in various Evandorian languages

Proto-Evandorian	Central				Northern					Southern					Western	Holenagic Hgâhlenaihduq
	Íscégon	Cerian Čérízon	Besagren Besodxun	Dorumian Dorrumìggjen	Nordulaki Nordûlaki	Kalese Kalávyn	Hyxynen	Genestian Ğeneštven	Gathura Gatḫuruiš	Ancient Nivarese Nīvaʼōnīs	Nivarese Niveóni	Auralian ahAwralyir	Aghrocian Ɂaḡručun	Gazimyukian ʕazimyük	Majo-Bankravian Majustin ~ Bankrawstin
*ŋ̊ʷe "one"	nue	ná	nau	nue	ge	že	že	že	g̃e	qe	ki	ḥa	gi	ge	jö	hngav [ŋ̊ɔ]
*sip "two"	sipo	šíu	seu	šipe	xiu	ší	šiv	šiv	šib	sep	sif	sif	šī	sö	sip	hluib [ɬupʲ]
*srwaɁ "three"	liúa	iúa	dxu	jubba	surá	thrá	šro	sró	sura	surwō	surov	srway	uršā	oras	swörr	svaq [svaq]
*l̥its "four"	tisís	tiše	tissi	tišši	lleix	ļiš	liš	liš	liz	śit	šet	ṣir	sič	yis	sjis	hleiȟ [ɬex]
*däps "five"	depso	deuso	dessu	dièppese	tait	toš	toš	toš	teš	dafes	dáfis	tefs	dač	des	dast	dehf [teː]
*dä.m̥eɁ "six"	iame	ján	dxame	jamme	teim	tém	tim	tím	teme	dufē	dufí	tfeɣ	dafi	dafe	täm	dahm [ta]
*Ɂʷi.täɁs "seven"	uisies	víše	bisse	uišše	deit	zöš	jež	zýš	iz	ʼisōs	isó	yaswa	gisa	giye	kwess	qehtq [q͡χɛxq]
*kʰo.dol "eight"	hodó	fú	odò	joddo	kau	ká	ko	kó	qul	khovol	khuvú	ḥuẓl	xuzul	xuzow	hjådn	qâl [q͡χɔw]
*laks "nine"	dax	dáso	dassu	daccese	llas	lás	vos	lós	las	lax	laš	laks	lač	les	läx	lahs [laːj]
*Ɂal.lakʷ "ten"	ádau	ódo	addo	uaddo	olbá	óvä	uvo	úva	alaḫ	ʼalox	áluš	arḥ	Ɂaḡulaḥ	aḡolak	ågl	qarȟ [q͡χarx]