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'''Ponish''' ([[w:endonym|autoglossonym]]: ''Eohwisc''; <small>Ponish: </small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">[[IPA for Ponish|[ɤ:iʃ]]]</span>) is a West Germanic language spoken in Equestria. It developed out of [[ | '''Ponish''' ([[w:endonym|autoglossonym]]: ''Eohwisc''; <small>Ponish: </small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">[[IPA for Ponish|[ɤ:iʃ]]]</span>) is a West Germanic language spoken in Equestria. It developed out of [[Middle Ponish]] around 400 CE<ref>Celestial Era (0 CE is during Luna's Banishment to the moon.</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The autoglossonym of Ponish, Eohwisc, means 'pertaining to the ponies', the name comes from [[Old Ponish]] [[Contionary:Eohwisċ#Old Ponish|Eohwisċ]], which the [[w:West Germanic languages|Proto-West-Germanic]] word [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ehw|*ehw]], from earlier [[w:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ehwaz|*ehwaz]]. | The autoglossonym of Ponish, Eohwisc, means 'pertaining to the ponies', the name comes from [[Old Ponish]] [[Contionary:Eohwisċ#Old Ponish|Eohwisċ]], which the [[w:West Germanic languages|Proto-West-Germanic]] word [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ehw|*ehw]], from earlier [[w:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ehwaz|*ehwaz]]. | ||
==History== | |||
===In-universe=== | |||
The first records of Ponish, known as [[Old Ponish]], evolved from a group of Anglo-Frisian dialects around what is modern day Manehattan. [[Middle Ponish]] began began in 100 CE just a few centuries after Luna's banishment to the moon. There, [[w:French language|French]] and [[w:Latin|Latin]] Influenced the language, with many borrowings, mostley being for scientific terms. | |||
===Out-of-character=== | |||
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