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Golahát is an indigenous minority language spoken in small pockets in Minhay. The language is not related to the Minhast language, nor the Peshpeg language, another minority language in the Minhast Nation. A relationship with the extinct Corradi language, another language indigenous to Minhay, has not been successfully demonstrated. Some linguists have also tried to establish a relationship with nearby languages in Northeast Asia, including Japanese, Korean, Ainu, and various Altaic, Tungusic, and Paleosiberian languages. Others have tried to link it to the Indo-European language family, due to typological similarities between the two. Nevertheless, a relationship with other languages continues to elude scholars, and thus Golahát remains classified as a language isolate. | Golahát is an indigenous minority language spoken in small pockets in Minhay. The language is not related to the [[Minhast]] language, nor the [[Peshpeg]] language, another minority language in the Minhast Nation. A relationship with the extinct Corradi language, another language indigenous to Minhay, has not been successfully demonstrated. Some linguists have also tried to establish a relationship with nearby languages in Northeast Asia, including Japanese, Korean, Ainu, and various Altaic, Tungusic, and Paleosiberian languages. Others have tried to link it to the Indo-European language family, due to typological similarities between the two. Nevertheless, a relationship with other languages continues to elude scholars, and thus Golahát remains classified as a language isolate. | ||
Golahát is an exonym, originating from the Peshpeg word ''gola'', meaning foreigner, and ''-hát'', a Peshpeg suffix used to derived denonyms; the suffix ''-hát'' is itself a borrowing from the Minhast suffix ''-ast/-hast''. Golahát speakers refer to themselves as ''im Doari'', meaning "the people", and their language as ''penáz'', meaning "those who speak (intelligibly)". | Golahát is an exonym, originating from the Peshpeg word ''gola'', meaning foreigner, and ''-hát'', a Peshpeg suffix used to derived denonyms; the suffix ''-hát'' is itself a borrowing from the Minhast suffix ''-ast/-hast''. Golahát speakers refer to themselves as ''im Doari'', meaning "the people", and their language as ''penáz'', meaning "those who speak (intelligibly)". | ||