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Dhannuá is a [[Lúsanic languages| Lúsanic]] language, itself a branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in the archipelago of Aurónar. It is a continuation of [[Middle Dhannuá]], the official language used by courts during the Lúreian kingdom, which in turn descends from the insular Dánauir dialect of [[Old Dhannuá]], spoken during the Lúsan Empire. | |||
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==Background== | |||
Dhannuá was conceived in my mind when I decided to properly experiment with an Indo-European lexical and grammatical root stock. I draw inspiration from the Celtic family, the Italic and personal linguaesthetic preferences. It is an attempt to create a naturalistic, modern language of the Indo-European language family. | |||
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Descending from a central Proto-Indo-European dialect spoken thousands of years ago Dhannuá is the sole member of the | Descending from a central Proto-Indo-European dialect spoken thousands of years ago Dhannuá is the sole extant member of the Dhannic group in the [[Lúsanic languages|Lúsanic branch]] of Indo-European. Various attempts to classify it as Celtic, Italic or even as a variant of Scythian have proven unsuccessful. Having performed the merger of palatal/plain stops, Dhannuá is categorised as a centum language. | ||
==History== | |||
===Early History=== | ===Early History=== | ||