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Tajtek
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Posts: 14
Founded: May 19, 2015
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Postby Tajtek » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:17 pm

The national language is Tajtekaal. You can see a sample here. There are several recognised minority languages - Kruunaal and Elatsaal in the North, both of which are related to Tajtekaal, and Sanasaal in the East along the border with the Republic of Sanaz.
University student from London, UK
Lover of all cultures, language-learning enthusiast and conlanger
The idea for this nation comes from cyberpunk, space and my conlang Tajtekaal

This nation does not necessarily represent my views.
Pro: democracy, liberty, secularism, LGBT rights, gender equality, right to bear arms, national self-determination, non-interventionism, points-based immigration, NATO, Israel (two-state solution), יש עתיד

Neutral: religion, capitalism, socialism, EU, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, pre-Corbyn Labour, Trump, העבודה

Anti: terrorism, racism, cultural relativism, intersectionality, regressive leftism, UN, religious fundamentalism, communism, fascism, Jeremy Corbyn, Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, הליכוד, מרצ

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Herzl Land
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Posts: 5
Founded: Dec 25, 2015
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Postby Herzl Land » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:22 pm

There are two official languages of Israel - Hebrew and Arabic. Within Herzl Land the lingua franca is Hebrew, and is spoken fluently by 100% of the population. 85% of the population speak Hebrew natively, 3% speak Arabic, and the remainder are immigrants or the children of immigrants, who, whilst using Hebrew in their daily lives, speak other languages, most commonly Russian, French and English. English is widely spoken by the population as a second language.

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Arcturus Novus
Negotiator
 
Posts: 6727
Founded: Dec 03, 2011
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Arcturus Novus » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:25 pm

The official languages of the Arcturan Empire are English and Latin, though there are donzens of less-common regional languages.
Arcy (she/her), NS' fourth-favorite transsexual communist!
"I can fix her!" cool, I'm gonna make her worse.
me - my politics - my twitter
Nilokeras wrote:there is of course an interesting thread to pull on [...]
Unfortunately we're all forced to participate in whatever baroque humiliation kink the OP has going on instead.

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Xedania
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Posts: 66
Founded: Jan 19, 2016
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Postby Xedania » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:26 pm

The official language of Xedania is English, with a more intelligent sounding dialect.
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Xedania - The Republic of the Scholarly and Intellectual
Pro: Utopianism, Democracy, Religion, Intelligence
Neutral: Your Mother
Anti: Communism, Fascism, Ignorance, Rap
NSEconomy Information Factbook: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=xedania/detail=factbook/id=556638

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Ecnard
Envoy
 
Posts: 212
Founded: May 01, 2013
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Postby Ecnard » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:28 pm

English with our own dialect.

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Kanaria
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Posts: 1024
Founded: Jun 01, 2012
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Postby Kanaria » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:29 pm

Official languages in Kanaria are:
English (officially Kanarian English)
Turkish
Kurdish
Maori
Spanish
Salian
Darian
Russian
German
Catalan
Vietnamese
Chinese
Japanese

Federal Republic of Kanaria-
57 federal entities, 863.2 million people, $40.67 trillion GDP, Gini coefficient 0.38. North Pacific, 1,500 miles west of San Fransisco.

Federal Republic of Kanaria- 57 federal entities, $154 trillion GDP, Gini coefficient 0.39. Northern Ruson, Arctic/Anican/Pacific Ocean, 69 lightyears from San Fransisco, Chi Eridani system.
Liberal
Federalist
Republican
Democrat
Statist
Cishet male


American
And silly rabbit, Kanaria's a caliphate.

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Kyrokesia
Civilian
 
Posts: 1
Founded: Jun 30, 2015
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Postby Kyrokesia » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:33 pm

80% Kyrokesian
15% Cobata
5% Kegran Islander

Corbatans make up the largest minority group, and they come from the Sabian Plains west of Kyrokesia. Kegran Islanders are small minority with native speakers on the southern coast.
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Bongokarkovia
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Posts: 16
Founded: Oct 30, 2014
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Postby Bongokarkovia » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:35 pm

Official language of Bongokarkovia is Bongokarkovik, a South Slavic language closely related to Serbo-Croatian. Some influence from Arabic is evident, due to the language mingling with Arabic for several centuries before being officially transcribed, but for the most part, it is a Slavic language. Serbo-Croatian is generally considered one of the easiest languages to learn for people whose first language is Bongokarkovik, and Arabic is the most common minority language. English is rarely understood except by the highly-educated. For the highly educated, Russian and English are very common languages to learn. Working-class people tend to pursue Arabic and Serbo-Croatian since they are more commonly spoken inside the country than English or Russian.
Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.74

RESPECT AUTHORITY. I am not a communist, communism is a crap ideology. But I am an authoritarian socialist.

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Kostemetsia
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Posts: 1354
Founded: Mar 11, 2007
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Postby Kostemetsia » Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:11 pm

The lingua franca of the Commonwealth is English. Linguistic makeup differs by colony; the majority languages on Yelan are English and Mandarin; on Mescalero, English, Spanish and Russian; on Esther's World, English, Arabic and French; on Suskind, English and the very occasional Hungarian.
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Bakhara
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Posts: 311
Founded: Jun 04, 2012
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Postby Bakhara » Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:59 pm

Bakhara has two official languages: French and Soninke (Songhai)

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Speckiland
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Posts: 15
Founded: Jan 19, 2016
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Postby Speckiland » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:29 pm

German.
Puppet of Arioslavia. Like all Arioslavia's puppets we DON'T use NS stats.

Proudly Germanic.
Though I'm 100% Polish.

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Straall
Diplomat
 
Posts: 623
Founded: Aug 16, 2006
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Straall » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:06 pm

Scandinavian as the primery then English, dutch, german are the large ones, then we have smaller languages.
We are the Empire, we protect the week and punish the wicked.
1: Open gate (Peace) - Normal Readiness - Military working normally - Green
[*]The Tebellich War and Famine - Neutral part - Red Cross/ aid provider
[*]Revulotion/Civilwar Third empire of me - RAUM Victory/ Peace Treaty
The population in:
Straall:
Commonwealth:

Imperial Armed Forces:
Straall:
Commonwealth:
Bosnian Zenica - Panzar - Hans-Wilhelmina - Faycrest - Tremyria-Coca ze-Skittlesborough-Morningstardom-Religulousia and Straall Overseas Colony - Ditriich

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Manchukuon
Civilian
 
Posts: 1
Founded: Jan 16, 2016
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Postby Manchukuon » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:19 pm

The languages of the Sino-Japanese Commonwealth:

Official: Chinese, Japanese.
Recognized: Korean, Vietnam, Russian, English.

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Brandenbourg-Anhalt
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Posts: 241
Founded: Jul 14, 2015
Democratic Socialists

Postby Brandenbourg-Anhalt » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:24 pm

The official national language of Brandenbourg-Anhalt is Brandenbourgish, which is also the first language of the approximately 88 % of the population who are "native" Brandenbourgish people.

English however is also recognized as an official administrative language, meaning that all public sector authorities as well as all public service providers (whether public, private or other entities or individuals contracted by public authorities) are legally obligated to provide an English-language version of all important official publicized documents so that they can also be read by foreign residents of Brandenbourg-Anhalt who might be eligible for certain public services.

Also, public sector entities as well as private and other entities hired as public service providers are strongly encouraged to hire employees that are competent in conversational English.

Brandenbourgish as a language is most similar to IRL German and Dutch.

All Brandenbourgish students are taught English as well as French all the way through primary school (age 5/6 to 15/16/17).
In high school (which is voluntary, three years, any time after primary school) all students continue with English as a subject (mandatory) and are offered to also continue with French (voluntary). They can also choose to start learning another additional language - there is a very wide variety of options offered: Latin, Greek, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Turkish, Malay (both the traditional version and the standardized specifically Indonesian version), Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Thai.
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Then it's a lie. Everything Fox News says is a lie.
Even true things once said on Fox News become lies.
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Pentecosta
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Posts: 193
Founded: Mar 26, 2014
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Postby Pentecosta » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:25 pm

English, though its known by a different name.

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Carena
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Posts: 993
Founded: Aug 15, 2012
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Postby Carena » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:52 pm

English and Spanish
FEDERATION OF CARENA

Early PMT nation in a 3 nation universe (Late PMT/FT)
Set on Earth with a focus on exploring near-future geopoltical scenarios & the implications of anthropocentric climate change
NEW NEW YORK TIMES|October 2nd, 2122|Omnicore loses 3 year long legal battle over Martian mining accident|Golden State Warriors sign former MVP Melvin Turant to 2 year/226 mil contract with a player option|Empress Xi Mingze denounces Carena & President Gerald Traugott, warning the world they are not to be trusted|Biafra declares independence from Nigeria, experts believe civil war is imminent

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The Sol Commonwealth
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Posts: 18
Founded: Dec 30, 2015
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Postby The Sol Commonwealth » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:06 am

Many languages are spoken throughout the planets and moons of the Commonwealth but the most commonly spoken ones are English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Thanatic, Martian, Latin and Arabic.
I am a: Socialist Authoritarian Multilateralist Bleeding-Heart Progressive
The Commonwealth is an interstellar human power with control over 79 inhabited worlds.

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Rhyfelnydd
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Posts: 1485
Founded: Oct 23, 2014
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Postby Rhyfelnydd » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:24 am

Welsh is most widespread and the official language, and spoken by 91% of the population as a first language. Around 53% are fluent in english as well. The most prominant minor languages include Gaelic, Cornish, German, Polish and French.
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Thermodolia
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Founded: Oct 07, 2011
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Thermodolia » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:29 am

The official languages of Thermodolia are English and Šænsôc.

Examples:

English: The National Republic of Thermodolia

Šænsôc: Grœthást Ræńth Thôdthósć
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Darussalam
Minister
 
Posts: 2520
Founded: May 15, 2012
Anarchy

Postby Darussalam » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:50 am

High Darussian is the administrative language of the Eternal State. Classical Darussian is used for Imperial ceremonies, while its native speaker is practically zero the language itself survived in the form roughly the exact same as a millenia and five hundred years ago. The Imperial Clan, and by extension the Imperial Court utilized a pidgin version of Classical Darussian known as Qarawandi. The "Darussian" language itself is comprised of thousands of regional dialects and linguistic styles, not all of which are mutually intelligible with one another.

Other than Darussian the Empire also recognized other 21 languages, this includes the native Shan, Warjend and Kalwak, or the imported Arab, Farsi, Urdu, Turkish, Hebrew, Berber, Balochi, Swahili, Turkmen, Uzbek, or Tajik, among many others. The last is the discouraged and suppressed 'barbarian-tongues', despite the Empire's resolute refusal to recognize these languages there are quite substantial, some mother-derived even, speakers of Greek, German, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and other 'Far Eastern' or 'Far Western' speeches.

tl;dr Austro-Hungary had it easy.
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A Lovecraftian (post?-)cyberpunk Galt's Gulch with Arabian Nights aesthetics, posthumanist cults, and occult artificial intellects.

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Minroz
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Founded: Nov 24, 2007
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Postby Minroz » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:18 am

Standard Mandarin, a variety of Mandarin which is based on the Zhongyang dialect and known in Minrozian as Putonghua (普通话; "common speech"), is the official national language of Minroz and is used as a lingua franca in the country between people of different linguistic backgrounds. Despite its wide distribution, the Mandarin language is virtually homogeneous throughout the country. Mandarin is the most geographically widespread language of the Yazhou continent. Same goes for Menggurian (Mongolian) but not as widespread as Mandarin.

Mandarin is the most used language in Iclamia, on the internet, and is one of the six official languages of the AoN.

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Assadistan
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Founded: Jan 20, 2016
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Postby Assadistan » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:21 am

English as primary, then Arabic, Persian, Russian, French, some Chinese and Japanese as well.
Assadistan is a United Middle East (minus the Arabian Peninsula states)
Lead by Bashar al-Assad, a secular benevolent dictator
The states: Sorted by conservatism (sorta)
al-Sunni
al-Shi'a
al-Sufi
al-Salafi
al-Qutbi

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Magonsate
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Founded: Dec 30, 2015
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Postby Magonsate » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:30 pm

Magonsate is primarily an English-speaking country.

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Kedri
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Founded: May 25, 2012
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Postby Kedri » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:06 pm

Kedri has no de jure official language, but English is the de facto official language, specifically West Country English.

Spanish, Dutch, and Korean are also fairly common.
Kedri is a nation of 18th century pirates who know water-bending. Throw in some steampunk, as well. Tech level is PT/FanT.
Kedrians abandon piracy and become a modernized country, founded by reformed criminals who forsook piracy and the citizens are descended from pirates, and still retain some of their heritage such as speech, accent, politics.

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Aterria
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Posts: 1645
Founded: Jan 21, 2016
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Postby Aterria » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:01 pm

Aterrian English (American English + Some British English) and Some Nipponese (West coast provinces only)
A large mixed tech / retro empire set in an Earth-like world
Currently undergoing heavy civil unrest
**Based on the old game "battlenations" (now dead), Valkyria Chronicles, Code Geass (Holy Britannian Empire), and lots of other things

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