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| child3 = Naéllang | | child3 = Naéllang | ||
| child4 = Sinat’ † | | child4 = Hau-Hau | ||
| child5 = Sinat’ † | |||
| notes = † indicates a dead sub-group. | | notes = † indicates a dead sub-group. | ||
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===Naéllang=== | ===Naéllang=== | ||
Naéllang(Nillíno: [[Help:IPA|[naˈejaŋ]]]) are a small Sinatolean language family that developed primarily on the former Spanish colony of Santa Valeria(Nillíno: ''Ngoé-kk’''), so most of the languages in this family, such as the most spoken language on the island, [[Nillíno]], have mostly Spanish-derived orthographies. However, the language of [[Narabõa]], spoken on the island of Narabõa/São Cezário, was influenced by Portuguese instead, because of Portuguese colonial influence on the island. | Naéllang(Nillíno: [[Help:IPA|[naˈejaŋ]]]) are a small Sinatolean language family that developed primarily on the former Spanish colony of Santa Valeria(Nillíno: ''Ngoé-kk’''), so most of the languages in this family, such as the most spoken language on the island, [[Nillíno]], have mostly Spanish-derived orthographies. However, the language of [[Narabõa]], spoken on the island of Narabõa/São Cezário, was influenced by Portuguese instead, because of Portuguese colonial influence on the island. | ||
===Hau-Hau=== | |||
The Hau-Hau languages are the most divergent of the Sinatolean branches. It is named after the [[Hau-Hau]] language, an ancient language that is the closest ancestor of all modern Hau-Hau languages. It merges and loses many sounds from Proto-Sinatolean, including *y, *f, *v, *s and *z. In the modern descendant of [[Ah Oka]], all fricatives have been dropped, and replaced with the glottal stop. | |||
Modern Hau-Hau languages are spoken primarily in the Pukahau Islands([[Hau-Hau]]: ''pukahauhau'' [[Help:IPA|[pukɐhɐwhɐw]]]) of the Nelahgan islands. | |||
===Sinat’=== | ===Sinat’=== | ||
Sinat’(Assiha’: [[Help:IPA|[zinˈɑːtˀ]]]) is a completely extinct branch of the Sinatolean language family, and also gave its name to the region where many Sinatoleans live today. It was spoken between around 600 CE-900 CE, when the dramatic rise of the [[Sinatolean|Sinatolean language]] and [[Sinatolean Empire|empire]] led to the decline and gradual extinction of the Sinat’ languages around 1000 CE. | Sinat’(Assiha’: [[Help:IPA|[zinˈɑːtˀ]]]) is a completely extinct branch of the Sinatolean language family, and also gave its name to the region where many Sinatoleans live today. It was spoken between around 600 CE-900 CE, when the dramatic rise of the [[Sinatolean|Sinatolean language]] and [[Sinatolean Empire|empire]] led to the decline and gradual extinction of the Sinat’ languages around 1000 CE. | ||
[[Category:Sinatolean languages]] [[Category:Language families]] | [[Category:Sinatolean languages]] [[Category:Language families]] | ||