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The '''Sinatolean languages''' are a group of languages spoken primarily and natively in the Sinatolean Archipelago as well as the Nelahgan Islands east of the Sinatoleans. There are about 8,500,000 speakers of the Sinatolean languages. About 80% are [[Sinatolean]] speakers, with 58.8% of those being native speakers from the region of [[Sinat’]], the homeland of Sinatolean speakers. | The '''Sinatolean languages''' are a group of languages spoken primarily and natively in the Sinatolean Archipelago as well as the Nelahgan Islands east of the Sinatoleans. There are about 8,500,000 speakers of the Sinatolean languages. About 80% are [[Sinatolean]] speakers, with 58.8% of those being native speakers from the region of [[Sinat’]], the homeland of Sinatolean speakers. | ||
The reconstructed proto-language of the language family is [[Proto-Sinatolean]], which was spoken around 300 CE before diverging. | The reconstructed proto-language of the language family is [[Proto-Sinatolean]], which was spoken around 300 CE-400 CE before diverging into first the Southern languages and the Naéllang languages around 400 CE, then between the Southern languages and the Sinat’ languages around 600 CE and finally into the Central languages around 800 CE. | ||
Although Sinatolean is by far the most spoken Sinatolean language, and also where the family gets its name, there are other major Sinatolean languages: [[Mowinda-Moyeng]], with 765,000 speakers as of 2024, [[Mitu Õa]], with 391,000 speakers and [[Nillíno]] with 204,000 speakers. | Although Sinatolean is by far the most spoken Sinatolean language, and also where the family gets its name, there are other major Sinatolean languages: [[Mowinda-Moyeng]], with 765,000 speakers as of 2024, [[Mitu Õa]], with 391,000 speakers and [[Nillíno]] with 204,000 speakers. | ||