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'''Cleepoyish''' (Standard Cleepoyish: '''Klippöisk''' /ˈklɪpœɪ̯sk/), also known as '''Cleepoyic''', is a Lesionic ( | '''Cleepoyish''' (Standard Cleepoyish: '''Klippöisk''' /ˈklɪpœɪ̯sk/), also known as '''Cleepoyic''', is a Lesionic (Central Germanic) language spoken on the island of [[w:Bornholm|Cleepoy]]. It is the second most spoken Lesionic language, with about 40,000 speakers all concentrated atop Cleepoy. It is also one of the two co-official languages of the Republic of Cleepoy (alongside [[w:Danish Language|Danish]]). | ||
The modern standard form of the Cleepoyish Language, which this article mainly covers, stems from the pre-Danish dialects spoken in and around [[w:Rønne|Růpläch]], and was established in order to promote cleepoyish identity and phase out at-the-time dominating foreign languages such as Danish and Swedish on the island. As such, it employs a heavily etymological, yet consistent, orthography and a partly traditional phonology compared to that of other surviving dialects of Cleepoyish. | The modern standard form of the Cleepoyish Language, which this article mainly covers, stems from the pre-Danish dialects spoken in and around [[w:Rønne|Růpläch]], and was established in order to promote cleepoyish identity and phase out at-the-time dominating foreign languages such as Danish and Swedish on the island. As such, it employs a heavily etymological, yet consistent, orthography and a partly traditional phonology compared to that of other surviving dialects of Cleepoyish. | ||
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===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
Cleepoyish is classified under the [[w:Germanic languages | Germanic]] branch of the [[w:Indo-European languages | Indo-European languages]], specifically the Lesionic branch of Germanic (with the other branches being the [[w:North Germanic languages | Scandinavian]], [[w:North Sea Germanic | Ingvaeonic]], [[w:Weser–Rhine Germanic | Istvaeonic]], [[w:Elbe Germanic | Irminonic]], and [[w:East Germanic languages | Vistulic]] branches) | |||
===Old Cleepoyish=== | ===Old Cleepoyish=== | ||
By the 6<sup>th</sup> century, the language spoken on Cleepoy by Lesionic peoples post-Slavic migration to Central Europe was discernably divergent enough to warrant its own language. Old Cleepoyish existed on a dialect continuum, wherein each group of settlements would speak and attestedly write in a dialect slightly different from the neighboring settlements. | |||
===Modern Cleepoyish=== | ===Modern Cleepoyish=== | ||