Chlouvānem: Difference between revisions

|nativename      = chlǣvānumi dældā

|pronunciation = [c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːʋaːnumi dɛɴ̆daː]

|agency        = Inquisitorial Office of the Language (dældi plušamila)

'''Chlouvānem''', natively '''chlǣvānumi dældā''' ("language of the Chlouvānem people"), is the most spoken language on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] (Chl.: ''Liloejāṃrya''). It is the official language of the Inquisition (''murkadhāna'') and its country, the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem lands]] (''chlǣvānumi babhrām''<ref>Commonly ''murkadhāni babhrām'' “Land of the Inquisition”, officially referred to as ''chlǣvānumi murkadhāni babhrām'' “Land(s) of the Chlouvānem Inquisition”) </ref>), the main lingua franca across vast areas of Márusúturon - most importantly Brono, Fathan, Qualdomailor, and all other countries of the former Kaiṣamā, and, due to cultural exchanges and influences in the last seven hundred years, also a well known language in Greater Skyrdagor.<br/>It is the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlti religion]]'s liturgical language.

The language currently known as Chlouvānem was first attested about 2400 years ago in documents from the Lällshag civilization, as the language of a [[Lahob languages|Lahob-speaking]] people that settled in the southern part of the Lāmiejāya-Lāmberah plain, particularly near Lūlunīkam Lake. Around year 4000 of the Chlouvānem calendar (itself an adaptation of the Lällshag one), the ''Chlamiṣvatrā'', the great Prophet of the Yunyalīlta, lived and taught her doctrine in the Chlouvānem language, paving the way for it to gain the role of most important language and lingua franca in the at the time massively linguistically fragmented lower Plain. While the Chlamiṣvatrā's language is what we now call "Archaic Chlouvānem" (''chlǣvānumi sārvire dældā''), most of the Yunyalīlti doctrine as we now know it is in the later stage of Classical Chlouvānem (''chlǣvānumi lallapårṣire dældā''), a koiné developed in the mid-5th millennium. Since then, for nearly two millennia, this classical language has been kept alive as the lingua franca in the Yunyalīlti world, resulting in the state of diglossia that persists today.

Despite the fact that local vernaculars in most of the Inquisition are in fact daughter languages of Chlouvānem or creoles based on it, the ''chlǣvānumi dældā'' is a fully living language as every Chlouvānem person is bilingual in it and in the local vernacular. About 1,4 billion people on the planet define themselves as native Chlouvānem speakers, more than for any other Calémerian language.

** Rǣrumi (''ræ:æron u xæræž''; Chl.: ''rǣrumi dældā'') — the Fargulyn language (distantly related to [[Skyrdagor]]) of the historically nomadic Rǣrai, which were settled in Kaiṣamā times in a hilly area between the Near East and the Northern Far East, nowadays the semi-ethnic diocese of Rǣrajāṇai.

** Kanoë-Pulin languages (''kanoyēpulin ga dældai'') — a language family mostly spoken in the Kahaludāh mountains and hills in Yarañšūṇa, Tumidajātia, and parts of Kotaijātia and Naitontā. Tumidumi (''sokaw y eetumið''; Chl. ''tumidumi dældā''), spoken by the Tumidai people of the ethnic diocese of Tumidajātia, is by far the most spoken.

** Kotayumi (''kotaii šot''; Chl. ''kotayumi dældā'') — a Yalikamian language (likely distantly related to the Kanoë-Pulin family) spoken by the Kotayai, indigenous people of the ethnic diocese of Kotaijātia.

** Hūnakañumi (''huwënaganь sisaat''; Chl. ''hūnakañumi dældā'') — the language of the Hūnakañai, the indigenous people of the ethnic diocese of Hūnakañjaiṭa; as with many Near- and Far Eastern languages, it belongs to the Yalikamian languages. It is however spoken only in sparsely populated hilly areas, and the diocese is predominantly Chlouvānem, including the macroregional metropolis and tenth-largest city of the Inquisition, Līlekhaitē.

** Tendukumi (''tănduk sisod''; Chl. ''tendukumi dældā'') — a Yalikamian language spoken by the Tendukai people of the ethnic diocese of Tendukijātia. By percentage of speakers in its native area, it is one of the most spoken languages among officially recognized ones in ethnic diocese, with about 41% of people in Tendukijātia speaking it. The diocese, however, is the least populated in the tribunal.

** Niyobumi (''niyyube sesath''; Chl. ''niyobumi dældā'') — a Yalikamian language spoken in the hilly areas of Niyobajātia ethnic diocese.

** Tātanībāmi (''etek tatënibång''; Chl. ''tātanībāmi dældā'') — the main language spoken on the island of Tātanībāma, in most of the other islands in the Haichā group, and on Tahīɂa. The languages of the Leyunakā islands - commonly known as Northern Leyunakī and Southern Leyunakī - are also related to Tātanībāmi, with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility.

** Tanomalī (''nzɛk pɔb''; Chl.: ''tanomalī dældā'') — the indigenous language of Tanomaliē island, the southernmost of the Southeastern archipelago.

** Modern Toyubeshian (''úat Vyānxāi'', ''úat Từaobát'', ''úat Xợothiāp'' or other names; Chl.: ''tayubešumi tāvyāṣusire dældā'') — a koiné language for the dialects widely spoken in the inland areas of the former Toyubeshian lands. The common name is actually misleading, as it is not a daughter language of Toyubeshian (the former courtly language the loans in Chlouvānem and most local placenames came from), but of a related language. Due to the common koiné it is considered a single language; however, dialects on the eastern and western ends on the area are for the most part mutually unintelligible.

** Nalakhojumi (''üj nolomħoj''; Chl.: ''nalakhojumi dældā'') — a Nahlan language spoken in most of the ethnic diocese of Nalakhoñjaiṭa by the Nalakhojai people. The city of Lānita, main urban area of the diocese, however, is almost entirely Chlouvānem-speaking.

** Halyañumi (''üš hælyaney''; Chl.: ''halyañumi dældā'') — a Nahlan language spoken by the Halyanyai people in the ethnic diocese of Halyanijaiṭa. Usage is highest in the northern part of the diocese and lowest in the metropolitan area of Īdisa, the largest inland metropolitan area of the Northeast.

** Kūdavumi (''kowdao hüüj''; Chl.: ''kūdavumi dældā'') — a Nahlan language spoken in the ethnic diocese of Kūdavīma by the Kūdavai people. While having only a small number of speakers, some words from it are common in the vernaculars of all of the Northeast, likely due to the historically nomadic nature of the Kūdavai.

** Čathinow (''čathinowtawkow''; Chl.: ''cathinauvyumi dældā'') — main vernacular in the ethnic diocese of Seikamvēyeh. It is one of only two official languages of ethnic dioceses - together with Bazá - which is official in other countries, in this case it is the national language in the bordering country of Nēčathiwēyē as well as in the latter's northern neighbour Čiwēynac.

** Dahelyumi (''dæhæng pop''; Chl.: ''dahelyumi dældā'') — a language isolate (often subject to controversial classification theories) spoken by the Daheliai people of the ethnic diocese of Dahelijaiṭa, Northern tribunal, mostly in rural villages.

** Ogotet' (''oghotet' tuyun''; Chl. ''augatethumi dældā'') — a language, related to its neighbor Čathinow, spoken by the Ogotet' people of the diocese of Mevikthænai. Most Ogotet' live, however, in the bordering country of Ogotet'hep or as the extremely large Ogotet' diaspora, very numerous across Greater Skyrdagor.

** [[Brono-Fathanic|Moamatemposisy]] (''ta fewåwanie ta mwåmatimbušihь''; Chl.: ''måmatempuñiyi dældā'') — a variant of Brono-Fathanic spoken as a vernacular in the northern part of the diocese of Hivampaida. It is a triglossic area, as for official purposes, aside from Chlouvānem, Standard Bronic is also used.

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