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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 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]]. | 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. | ||
It is written in the Lifashian alphabet, a bicameral script ultimately related to other ancient scripts of Asia Minor like the [[w:Lydian alphabet|Lydian alphabet]]. | It is written in the Lifashian alphabet, a bicameral script ultimately related to other ancient scripts of Asia Minor like the [[w:Lydian alphabet|Lydian alphabet]]. | ||