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The '''Yombu-Raina languages''' are a language family of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]]. It is the largest family by number of recognized languages as well as by number of native speakers<ref>Native speaker count actually sees the Yombu-Raina and [[Lahob languages|Lahob]] families as almost tied.</ref>. They are named after the two most widely spoken branches, the Yombu (or Yomboic) languages and the Raina (or Rainic) languages; they are currently spoken across all of eastern Védren and southwestern Márusúturon, with an attested mostly historical presence of Raina languages on the southern coast of Márusúturon as far east as present-day Karindelmā, currently only surviving there in scattered pockets but leaving their traces in all creoles of the area. | The '''Yombu-Raina languages''' are a language family of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]]. It is the largest family by number of recognized languages as well as by number of native speakers<ref>Native speaker count actually sees the Yombu-Raina and [[Lahob languages|Lahob]] families as almost tied.</ref>. They are named after the two most widely spoken branches, the Yombu (or Yomboic) languages and the Raina (or Rainic) languages; they are currently spoken across all of eastern Védren and southwestern Márusúturon, with an attested mostly historical presence of Raina languages on the southern coast of Márusúturon as far east as present-day Karindelmā, currently only surviving there in scattered pockets but leaving their traces in all creoles of the area. | ||
There is no general consensus on where exactly the Yombu-Raina urheimat was, but all proposed | There is no general consensus on where exactly the Yombu-Raina urheimat was, but all proposed areas lie in the northeastern corner of Védren, where five of the nine main branches and two in-family isolates are found. | ||
==Historical spread== | ==Historical spread== | ||