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The language is being created by the user and administrator [[User:Waahlis|Waahlis]] of ''Linguifex'''. Obviously, and almost self-evidently, it has no native speakers and is not the official language anywhere else than in an office. | The language is being created by the user and administrator [[User:Waahlis|Waahlis]] of ''Linguifex'''. Obviously, and almost self-evidently, it has no native speakers and is not the official language anywhere else than in an office. | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
'''Attian''' (Attian Mkhedruli:''' რა აღდჺ''', Latin: '''Ta Athnai''', /aθˈne/) is a language isolate spoken in the Caucasus, across the borders of Georgia, Armenia and Turkey. It is not known to have any transparent genetic connections to any other language, despite a number of attempts of classification. | '''Attian''' (Attian Mkhedruli:''' რა აღდჺ''', Latin: '''Ta Athnai''', /aθˈne/) is a language isolate spoken in the Caucasus, across the borders of Georgia, Armenia and Turkey. It is not known to have any transparent genetic connections to any other language, despite a number of attempts of classification. | ||
The language has been documented in the [[Wikipedia:Caucasus]] since at least the 9th century AD, with the discovery of the Hayastani documents, (Attian: '''Eggrava ta Hayaztan''', '''ვფფპალა რა ტაყასრად''') a Greek transcript of the languages in an around the Transcaucasian settlements. The now fragile documents were written by the [[wikipedia:Byzantine Greek]] philosopher Antenor Erevanon, in an effort to investigate the ethnic diversity i the region: | The language has been documented in the [[Wikipedia:Caucasus|Caucasus]] since at least the 9th century AD, with the discovery of the Hayastani documents, (Attian: '''Eggrava ta Hayaztan''', '''ვფფპალა რა ტაყასრად''') a Greek transcript of the languages in an around the Transcaucasian settlements. The now fragile documents were written by the [[wikipedia:Byzantine Greek|Byzantine Greek]] philosopher Antenor Erevanon, in an effort to investigate the ethnic diversity i the region: | ||
<blockquote>''I have seen many different men of various posture and pride passing these roads, none less awe-inspiring than the other: The '''[[Wikipedia:Armenians|Armenioi]]''', an intelligent breed, clever and calculating merchants speaking a language not too dissimilar to our own. Then there are the '''[[Wikipedia:Georgians|Georgioi]]''', quite similar to the Armenioi, but far more divided and barbaric in their utterances, just like the warmonging Kurds and Turks. Then there are the '''Caphessonioi''', peaceful, tranquil, with a timid stance towards strangers, speaking a language using the very letters of our own alphabet. The '''Attnicoi''' on the other hand, are interesting, a reclusive tribe of people, shy to speak with their proper, unintelligible speech; preferring to use that of their neighbours[...]'' - Antenor Erevanon, 9th century philospher and settler</blockquote> | <blockquote>''I have seen many different men of various posture and pride passing these roads, none less awe-inspiring than the other: The '''[[Wikipedia:Armenians|Armenioi]]''', an intelligent breed, clever and calculating merchants speaking a language not too dissimilar to our own. Then there are the '''[[Wikipedia:Georgians|Georgioi]]''', quite similar to the Armenioi, but far more divided and barbaric in their utterances, just like the warmonging Kurds and Turks. Then there are the '''Caphessonioi''', peaceful, tranquil, with a timid stance towards strangers, speaking a language using the very letters of our own alphabet. The '''Attnicoi''' on the other hand, are interesting, a reclusive tribe of people, shy to speak with their proper, unintelligible speech; preferring to use that of their neighbours[...]'' - Antenor Erevanon, 9th century philospher and settler</blockquote> | ||