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The '''Annerish''' language (''ın bearlan Annrach'' / ''ᛂᛓᛆᚭᛧᚳᛅᚿᚱᚭᚷ'') is primarily spoken by the inhabitants of the [[Verse:Alr_Annr|Anneries]] (''ne | The '''Annerish''' language (''ın bearlan Annrach'' / ''ᛂᛓᛆᚭᛧᚳᛅᚿᚱᚭᚷ'') is primarily spoken by the inhabitants of the [[Verse:Alr_Annr|Anneries]] (''ne hAnnry'' / ''ᚿᛁᚺᛅᚱᛦ'') — two archipelagos emerging from the [[:w:Porcupine_Seabight|Porcupine Bank]] (''Luínır'' / ''ᚳᚢᛂᚿᛁᛧ'') and [[:w:Rockall_Basin|Rockall Plateau]] (''Dóry'' / ''ᚿᚭᛧᛦ''), west off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland. While the total number of fluent speakers has remained steady throughout recent decades, [[w:First_language|L1]] [[w:Monolingualism|monolinguals]] are dying out, leaving the language [[w:Endangered_language|moribund]]. There's a rich and long literary tradition, exemplified by two distinct periods: Old Annerish and Middle or Classical Annerish. It may be the sole extant descendant of an independent [[:w:Indo-European_languages|Indo-European]] branch originating on the Western Europe mainland.<br> | ||
Annerish is the official language of the Annerish Nation, part of which is disputed with the United Kingdom, where it is classed as an indigenous minority language since 2007 and the ''Bésgnae Béırle'' (see below) was appointed as a language-development and regulatory body. There's also a small diaspora in the New World. | Annerish is the official language of the Annerish Nation, part of which is disputed with the United Kingdom, where it is classed as an indigenous minority language since 2007 and the ''Bésgnae Béırle'' (see below) was appointed as a language-development and regulatory body. There's also a small diaspora in the New World. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
There's no consensus on the origin of the endonym ''[[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]]'', simply suffixed with [[:wikt:-ish|-ish]] in English to give "Annerish". The native term for "the Anneries" - ''ne | There's no consensus on the origin of the endonym ''[[Contionary:Annr#Anrish|Annr]]'', simply suffixed with [[:wikt:-ish|-ish]] in English to give "Annerish". The native term for "the Anneries" - ''ne hAnnry'' derives from a compound with Old Norse ''[[:wikt:ey#Old_Norse|ey]]'', translating to "the Annerish islands".<br> | ||
A leading native theory connects the ethnonym with [[w:Andarta|Annarth]], mentioned in the "Gospel of Evynn" (''Lebor Ebuınne'') as the matron goddess of the [[w:Iceni|Eıchenna]], whose queen and chief priestess was [[w:Boudica|Bóıdech]]. Still, many theologians consider the text itself failing to point out a connection as definitive proof against this theory. Instead, the native theonym ''{{cd|Aınnr}}'' is regarded as the true origin of ''Annr''.<br> Bernthaler (1907), the main foreign scholar on the Annerish, supports both propositions and argues that the dental ending in the dative (''Aınnrte'') must trace back to the former theonym, but the root itself is one and the same as [[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anderā|*anderā]] ("woman") and, thus, likely Pre-Annerish. | A leading native theory connects the ethnonym with [[w:Andarta|Annarth]], mentioned in the "Gospel of Evynn" (''Lebor Ebuınne'') as the matron goddess of the [[w:Iceni|Eıchenna]], whose queen and chief priestess was [[w:Boudica|Bóıdech]]. Still, many theologians consider the text itself failing to point out a connection as definitive proof against this theory. Instead, the native theonym ''{{cd|Aınnr}}'' is regarded as the true origin of ''Annr''.<br> Bernthaler (1907), the main foreign scholar on the Annerish, supports both propositions and argues that the dental ending in the dative (''Aınnrte'') must trace back to the former theonym, but the root itself is one and the same as [[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anderā|*anderā]] ("woman") and, thus, likely Pre-Annerish. | ||