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==== the Samasian language family ==== | ==== the Samasian language family ==== | ||
The branch of Indo-European to which Caryatic belongs is called "Samasian." Here are some select isoglosses: | The branch of Indo-European to which Caryatic belongs is called "Samasian." Three other Samasian languages have been named and loosely sketched: Aduric, Melavian, and Bataic. Here are some select isoglosses: | ||
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Of the three non-Caryatic Samasian languages, the only one described in any detail was Bataic, Caryatic's nearest relative. Bataic is the native language of the ''Alfagīnakā''<ref>For some reason, I never specified the Bataic name of ''Alfagīnakā'', but it would presumably be ''*Ælfaïnæka'' or the like.</ref> region, which has been under Caryatic rule for "nearly 200 years." The capital of Alfagīnakā, from which Bataic gets its name, is ''Bātavaiks'' (Bataic ''Ɛbatawækar''), in turn named after its patron goddess ''Bātā'' (Ɛbata). | |||
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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||