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|ethnicity = Lifashians (''lífasyi'') | |ethnicity = Lifashians (''lífasyi'') | ||
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|agency = National Lifashian Language Board<br/>''so Majalis Lommehi Dáré Lífasyám'' | |agency = National Lifashian Language Board<br/>''so Majalis Lommehi Dáré Lífasyám'' | ||
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'''Lifashian''', natively referred to as ''(at) lífasyátat'' or ''(sá) lommá lífasyása'', is an [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] language, an isolate inside the family, spoken in an alternate timeline of Earth<ref>At the time of writing, the author still has not decided whether Lifashian and [[Rumonian]] exist in the same timeline.</ref> in the northeastern corner of [[w:Anatolia|Asia Minor]], i.e. the historical region of [[w:Pontus (region)|Pontus]] and neighboring areas across the Pontic Alps into the [[w:Armenian highlands|Armenian highlands]]. It is the official language of the former Soviet republic of ''Dár Lífasyám'', spoken by the majority of its population. | '''Lifashian''', natively referred to as ''(at) lífasyátat'' or ''(sá) lommá lífasyása'', is an [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] language, an isolate inside the family, spoken in an alternate timeline of Earth<ref>At the time of writing, the author still has not decided whether Lifashian and [[Rumonian]] exist in the same timeline.</ref> in the northeastern corner of [[w:Anatolia|Asia Minor]], i.e. the historical region of [[w:Pontus (region)|Pontus]] and neighboring areas across the Pontic Alps into the [[w:Armenian highlands|Armenian highlands]]. It is the official language of the former Soviet republic of ''Dár Lífasyám'', spoken by the majority of its population. Lifashian is the native language of about 3,6 million people in the world, the majority of which in Dár Lífasyám and neighboring areas in Eastern Turkey; a small Lifashian diaspora is found mostly in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, as well as in some Western European countries. | ||
Lifashian developed on its own, distinctly from other Indo-European languages, despite sharing some traits with the [[w:Anatolian languages|Anatolian languages]], [[w:Armenian language|Armenian]], and [[w:Greek language|Greek]]. Its vocabulary has a substantial number of inherited roots, but through millennia the language absorbed many loanwords, especially from [[w:Persian language|Persian]] and [[w:Arabic language|Arabic]] (through the former), and to smaller extents from its neighbours Armenian, the [[w:Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian languages]] and [[w:Turkish language|Turkish]], as well as from Greek and [[w:Russian language|Russian]]. Long-term Genoese colonization and reciprocal contacts also introduced many [[w:Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]] loans, as well as forming one of the main ethnic minorities in the country, Lifashian Ligurians, which had a marked influence on the culture of coastal urban areas. | Lifashian developed on its own, distinctly from other Indo-European languages, despite sharing some traits with the [[w:Anatolian languages|Anatolian languages]], [[w:Armenian language|Armenian]], and [[w:Greek language|Greek]]. Its vocabulary has a substantial number of inherited roots, but through millennia the language absorbed many loanwords, especially from [[w:Persian language|Persian]] and [[w:Arabic language|Arabic]] (through the former), and to smaller extents from its neighbours Armenian, the [[w:Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian languages]] and [[w:Turkish language|Turkish]], as well as from Greek and [[w:Russian language|Russian]]. Long-term Genoese colonization and reciprocal contacts also introduced many [[w:Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]] loans, as well as forming one of the main ethnic minorities in the country, Lifashian Ligurians, which had a marked influence on the culture of coastal urban areas. | ||