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Modern day Ogúviutón is not unlike Ceránento or Púríton, with many fairly developed countries with a strong colonial past; however, there is a much larger influence of local customs and languages. Auralian is the main lingua franca in the eastern part of the continent and in many subpolar whaling communities; the western side has had more varied colonizers. Parts of modern-day Ésínenda and various other communities in the area were in colonies of various Chlouvānem countries, the only actual ones outside of Márusúturon (excluding the minor settlements in Holenagika as well as the current Inquisition-held stations, which were all mostly on uninhabited land, often remote non-continental islands).<br/>Among native languages, the most spoken ones are Spimbrionic languages, native to the western part of the continent. The two most notable ones are ''Hālʾọgbi'' and ''Boitembẹn''. | Modern day Ogúviutón is not unlike Ceránento or Púríton, with many fairly developed countries with a strong colonial past; however, there is a much larger influence of local customs and languages. Auralian is the main lingua franca in the eastern part of the continent and in many subpolar whaling communities; the western side has had more varied colonizers. Parts of modern-day Ésínenda and various other communities in the area were in colonies of various Chlouvānem countries, the only actual ones outside of Márusúturon (excluding the minor settlements in Holenagika as well as the current Inquisition-held stations, which were all mostly on uninhabited land, often remote non-continental islands).<br/>Among native languages, the most spoken ones are Spimbrionic languages, native to the western part of the continent. The two most notable ones are ''Hālʾọgbi'' and ''Boitembẹn''. | ||
===Major oceans and seas=== | |||
The major oceans and seas of Calémere are: | |||
* '''Nadrenic Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Nadoréneo''; Nor. ''xotá Nadrênt''; Spc.: ''č'łup' e t'weyƛ'' <small>"Northern Sea"</small>; Chl.: ''sofilænani mairān'' <small>"Spocian Ocean"</small>; Western name from ''Nadren'', the Goddess of the Seas in Nivarese mythology), lying between Védren to the south, Púríton to the west, and Evandor/Márusúturon to the east. Its northern limit is usually defined as a straight line between the northernmost point of Evandor (on Holenagika) at 71ºN and the northernmost point of Púríton at 67ºN; its southernmost limit between Védren and Púriton is considered to be between Cape Sóroten on Púríton (5ºN) and the westernmost point of Cáren Island off Védren (8ºN). | |||
** '''Evandorian (Inner) Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion Évandorion''; Nor. ''kix Êvandurin''; Chl.: ''hålinaiki jariā'' <small>"Sea of Holenagika"</small>), the inner sea of Evandor, officially a part of the Nadrenic Ocean, delimited by the main landmass to the south (whose shores are mainly divided between Ceria and Nordúlik) and Holenagika to the north. Its western end, the Holenagic Strait, connects to the main Nadrenic Ocean, while the northern end, the Gathura Straits (whose narrowest part is just north of the Polar Circle), connects to the Northern Polar Ocean. | |||
** '''Carpan Sea''', '''Nähärian Sea''', or '''Eastern Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion Cárpo''; Nor. ''kix Neħer''; Chl.: ''eppillænani jariā'' <small>"Sea of Eppilläinen"</small>), the inner sea which is the easternmost part of the Nadrenic Ocean, enclosed insider Márusúturon and Védren except for a small passage at its western end - the Ránon Strait - at the westernmost point of Márusúturon. | |||
* '''Védrenian Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Védurenon''; Nor. ''xotá Vêdrenin''; Chl.: ''šortumi mairān'' <small>"Ocean of Harpies"</small>), the ocean lying between Védren (NE), Fárásen (SE), Ceránento (SW), and Púríton (NW). The northern limit is the southern limite of the Nadrenic Ocean; the western limit is a line from Cape Ħaig, the northwesternmost tip of Ceránento, to Bérin Point, the southernmost point of Púríton; while the eastern limit is a line from Cape Tunar, the southernmost point of Védren, to Cape Áburon, the northernmost point of Fárásen. There is no internationally agreed limit to the south between Ceránento and Fárásen, nor internationally agreed definitions for that area of the world ocean. | |||
* '''Rondian Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Róndenon''; Nor. ''xotá Rûdanys'' (from Róndan, an area in northwestern Védren); Chl.: (partially) ''maichleyutei camimairān'' <small>"Great Southern Ocean"</small>; (partially) ''naleiyutei kūdrivi mairān'' <small>"East Fárásenian Ocean"</small>), the large ocean between Védren, western Márusúturon, Ogúviutón, and reaching to the northeastern shores of Fárásen. Its eastern limit is not clearly defined, as it is a line from Cape Dhūrandėvi - the southernmost point of Márusúturon and of the core area of the Chlouvānem Inquisition - to one of five different points on the central part of the northern coast of Ogúviutón depending on the source. Chlouvānem sources have a completely different definition as they consider the waters from Fárásen to a line from the southernmost point of the Keros Peninsula in Védren to the westernmost point of Ogúviutón (a line very close to the Cerian Prime Meridian) to be a different ocean, the East Fárásenian Ocean (''naleiyutei kūdrivi mairān''), and the core Rondian Ocean is not distinguished from the Antipodal Ocean to the east, forming a larger ocean called the Great Southern Ocean (''maichleyutei camimairān''), as it lies south of most of the Chlouvānem Inquisition. | |||
** ''Térasen Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion Térasen''; Nor. ''kix Terasen''; Central Dabuke koiné: ''Terasi tambazi''; Chl.: ''dabūki camivṝṭheya'' <small>"Great Dabuke Bay"</small>), the northernmost inlet of the Rondian Ocean, reaching the shores of the isthmus of Tabal, usually considered the border between Védren and Márusúturon. | |||
* '''Antipodal Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa táserótodon''; Nor. ''xotá taseroitiħ''; Chl.: (partially) ''maichleyutei camimairān'' <small>"Great Southern Ocean"</small>, (partially) ''lanāyumi mairān'' <small>"Ocean of Islands</small>), so called because it lies on the opposite side of the planet to Evandor (even if not all Evandorian areas are actually antipodal to it), lying between eastern Márusúturon, Ogúviutón, southern Púríton and northwestern Ceránento, including most of Queáten inside its waters; its northeasternmost limit - between Márusúturon and Púríton - is usually considered to be the Equator, which cuts across Ecáréton, the main landmass of Queáten. Chlouvānem sources consider most of it to be part of the Great Southern Ocean, but the eastern third of the Evandorian definition (east of a line starting from the southernmost point of Tanomaliė island at the southeastern end of Márusúturon, cutting through the Nukahucė atoll chain, and reaching the northeasternmost point of Ogúviutón) is known as a separate ocean, the Ocean of Islands (''lanāyumi mairān''), so called because of its large number of high oceanic islands. | |||
** ''Flæmvasta Sea'' (Cer.: ''čésion Fonenvasota''; Nor. ''kix Fenémvasta''; Chl. ''flæmvasta ga jariā''), a large sea inside the Antipodal Ocean which is surrounded on three sides by territories of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, including some of its most densely populated parts such as the Jade Coast or the eastern part of the Lāmiejāya-Lāmberah-Lirāh plain. | |||
* '''Doron Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Doron''; Nor. ''xotá Dôron'' (from a mythological figure of Western Púrítonen natives); Chl. ''kaitasašu ga mairān'' (from ''Kāitazashu'', "East Water" in the Kans-Tsan language)), lying between Márusúturon, Púríton, and the northern shores of Queáten. Its northern border is internationally agreed as the northern Polar Circle between the continental islands associated to the two continents. | |||
* '''Northern Polar Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa púrodon rátóndon''; Nor. ''xotá pureħ ratiħ''; Chl.: ''lalla kehamyutei mairān'' <small>"High Northern Ocean"</small>), the ocean lying north of all continental landmasses up to the North Pole. Due to the continents' position, the geographical "Polar Ocean" actually extends as far south as 27°N in central Márusúturon. | |||
** '''Orcish Straits''' (Cer.: ''cárotósio orógiodon''; Nor. ''kartoig euriħ''; Chl.: ''etekleṃrān šimbroe''), a series of skerry-filled straits lying between northwestern Márusúturon (and far northeastern Evandor) and the "orcish continent" of Gurdugal. | |||
** '''Skyrdegan Inner Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion terósi Sucirodágoron''; Nor. ''kix prait Xkirdaigiħ''; Sky.: ''skyrdegan szavyk''; Chl.: ''ṣkurdauri jariā'' <small>"Sea of Skyrdagor"</small>), a sea inside Márusúturon named after the Skyrdegan islands that are the most prominent geographical feature inside it. It is, practically, a closed sea for about half of the year, as the only possible connection to the other seas is by the Orcish Straits (both of whose ends are above the Polar Circle, and usually freeze during the winter), as circumnavigating either Gurdugal or eastern Márusúturon would mean reaching latitudes of over 84°N, well into the permanent sea ice area. | |||
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