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'''Spocian''' (natively '''xtʾesčʾ spocʾyuƛwa''' [ˈxt'ɛʃtʃ' ʃpɔˈts'jutɬ'wa] or just '''spocʾyuƛwa''') is a Oƛ-Yeshan language spoken on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] (in Spocian ''Cʾyuweƛiłpʾeɂ'' [ts'juwetɬ'iɬˈp'ɛʔ], literally "every land" or "all the lands"), in the northern and northwestern part of the continent of Védren. The native language of most people in the country of '''Spocius''' (in Spocian ''Spocʾyuł'' [ʃpots'ˈjuɬ]), a lingua franca across northern and western Védren, and an important language in the Łoxvicʾay religion, it is the third most spoken language on the planet when counting both native and L2 speakers (about 630 million, after [[Chlouvānem]] and [[Cerian]]), and the fifth most spoken if counting only native speakers (about 200 million, after those two as well as [[Nordulaki]] and [[Skyrdagor]]). | '''Spocian''' (natively '''xtʾesčʾ spocʾyuƛwa''' [ˈxt'ɛʃtʃ' ʃpɔˈts'jutɬ'wa] or just '''spocʾyuƛwa''') is a Oƛ-Yeshan language spoken on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] (in Spocian ''Cʾyuweƛiłpʾeɂ'' [ts'juwetɬ'iɬˈp'ɛʔ], literally "every land" or "all the lands"), in the northern and northwestern part of the continent of Védren. The native language of most people in the country of '''Spocius''' (in Spocian ''Spocʾyuł'' [ʃpots'ˈjuɬ]), a lingua franca across northern and western Védren, and an important language in the Łoxvicʾay religion, it is the third most spoken language on the planet when counting both native and L2 speakers (about 630 million, after [[Chlouvānem]] and [[Cerian]]), and the fifth most spoken if counting only native speakers (about 200 million, after those two as well as [[Nordulaki]] and [[Skyrdagor]]). | ||
With Spocian people (sg. ''Spocʾyuƛip''', pl. ''Spocʾyuƛepʾi'' [ʃpɔts'juˈtɬ'ip'], [-ˈtɬ'ep'i]; in literature also (pl.) ''xviicʾ spocʾyuƛwa'') being the only Oƛ-Yeshan speaking community that founded states before Evandorian colonization, Spocian is the only Oƛ-Yeshan language to have a long written and literary history, and the literary language typically used by speakers of the Sandy branch (to which Spocian also belongs) of the Oƛ-Yeshan family. Spocian is also one of only two native Védrenian languages which were already written before contact with either the Evandorians or the Chlouvānem, Chodwaeng being the other one. | With Spocian people (sg. ''Spocʾyuƛip''', pl. ''Spocʾyuƛepʾi'' [ʃpɔts'juˈtɬ'ip'], [-ˈtɬ'ep'i]; in literature also (pl.) ''xviicʾ spocʾyuƛwa'') being the only Oƛ-Yeshan speaking community that founded states before Evandorian colonization, Spocian is the only Oƛ-Yeshan language to have a long written and literary history, and the literary language typically used by speakers of the Sandy branch (to which Spocian also belongs) of the Oƛ-Yeshan family. Spocian is also one of only two native Védrenian languages which were already written before contact with either the Evandorians or the Chlouvānem, Chodwaeng being the other one. The exonym ''Spocius'' is [[Íscégon]] (actually ''Spócius'', with a long vowel), whence derives its Cerian name ''Sufóčusu''. Chlouvānem call it ''Sofilænan'', through Nähäri ''Sohyläinen''. | ||
Spocian grammar is agglutinating, characterized by heavily inflected verbs and almost uninflected nouns (only a small set of nouns is marked for plural, but these are mostly irregular - c.f. ''waƛiłupʾ'' "land" vs. ''weƛiłpʾeɂ'' "lands"). Its phonology features a large number of contrasting plain and ejective stops and affricates. | Spocian grammar is agglutinating, characterized by heavily inflected verbs and almost uninflected nouns (only a small set of nouns is marked for plural, but these are mostly irregular - c.f. ''waƛiłupʾ'' "land" vs. ''weƛiłpʾeɂ'' "lands"). Its phonology features a large number of contrasting plain and ejective stops and affricates. | ||