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===Languages=== | ===Languages=== | ||
The de facto official languages of TotLC are Colloquial Schlaub and Rhomboidean Octaplician. Wug Nlab is spoken by mathematicians, musicians, astronomers, and logicians. Mandarin is recognized as an official minority language. All government materials and newspapers are printed in Schlaub, Octaplician, and Mandarin. Recently there has been a creole of these languages surfacing within the younger members of the city, called Last City Creole by foreign linguists. | The de facto official languages of TotLC are Colloquial Schlaub and Rhomboidean Octaplician. Wug Nlab is spoken by mathematicians, musicians, astronomers, and logicians. Mandarin is recognized as an official minority language. (Last City Mandarin is written with the Schlaub featural script and is called an "initial-and-rime script".) All government materials and newspapers are printed in Schlaub, Octaplician, and Mandarin. Recently there has been a creole of these languages surfacing within the younger members of the city, called Last City Creole by foreign linguists. | ||
Other languages spoken within family units are Gloob, Tessaronic, English, Standard German, Norwegian, Russian, and other varieties of Chinese. | Other languages spoken within family units are Gloob, Tessaronic, English, Standard German, Norwegian, Russian, and other varieties of Chinese. | ||
==Structure of the city== | |||
The city consists of five districts; North, South, West, East, and Centre. | |||
===Northern district=== | |||
This district has a population of 1.41 million people. Near the border of the city is the Norwegian-speaking enclave, and part of the Judaist sector (not recognized by the government) is situated there. This cistrict houses many of the speakers of Octaplician. | |||
===Southern district=== | |||
This district has a population of 1.6 million. Most important historical buildings, including the ''Gein in Schräd'' and Museums of Musical Instruments and Theology are situated here. | |||
===Western district=== | |||
This district has a population of 640 thousand people. It contains equally both Schlaub and Octaplician-speaking peoples with a slim majority for the former. | |||
===Eastern district=== | |||
This district has a population of 430 thousand people. It contains most of the Chinese-speaking people in the city. In addition, the Last City University is situated there. | |||
===Central district=== | |||
This district has a population of 520 thousand people and contains most of the Gloob-speaking people in the city. The Music Hall (the concert hall of the city) and the government office are in here. | |||
==Life in the city== | ==Life in the city== | ||