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Huswyae
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Postby Huswyae » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:36 am

The most common language spoken in Huswyae is Huswyaen. There are more people who speak English as a 2nd language than there are people who speak Huswyaen as a 2nd language in Huswyae. Huswyaen is a language taught in schools of our ally nations.

Our 3 official languages are Huswyaen, English, and German. The 3 languages are similar but when it comes to place names, only 5 Huswyaen City names remain the same in all 3 of our languages (Lacrott City, Tamilan, Laclan, Corrowhey, and Brurnoslay), and only 4 places have the same pronunciation in all 3 (Lacrott City, Cestin, Laclan, Brurnoslay).

The least spoken language is Portuguese. Only 250,000 people speak it.
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Sheepish
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Postby Sheepish » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:39 am

The majority of people's first language (Cae) is a dialect of Welsh derived from the South Wales area, although English a very popular language too. Cae is compulsory in all schools, so is English.
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Taracy
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Postby Taracy » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:24 pm

Sheepish wrote:The majority of people's first language (Cae) is a dialect of Welsh derived from the South Wales area, although English a very popular language too. Cae is compulsory in all schools, so is English.


Im from South Wales and I have never heard of 'Cae' before and my family are Welsh speakers.

Anyway, the most popular languages are English (which approximately 6,500,000 million Taracians can speak), Welsh (which approximately 1,500,000 Taracians can speak), Sindarin (which approximately 250,000 Taracian can speak) and French (which approximately 200,000 Taracians can speak)
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Grulia
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Postby Grulia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:27 pm

In Grulia there is spoken Gerulinese, which is official in Grulia.
Also is spoken Gypsy language which is not.
English is not very spoken.
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Yaramaqui
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Postby Yaramaqui » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:44 pm

In Yaramaqui, the most commonly language is Yaramaquese, the lingua franca of the autonomous province. The Muslim and Druze population of Yaramaqui which comprises up to 36% and 14% of the country respectively of the country's population often speak Arabic amongst each other and use Yaramaquese to communicate to other groups of people such as the Jews which comprise 32% of the Yaramaquese population. About two-thirds of Yaramaquese Jews speak one of the varying dialects of Yaramaquese as a first language, with the large remainder speaking (from largest to smallest) Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and Greek. Amongst religious circles, Hebrew is the primary language used with also there being a use of Aramaic. There are a small number of Jews that speak Ladino, Yiddish, Judaeo-Italian, and an number of other Jewish languages as a native language. The Christian population of Yaramaqui representing 11% of the country's population are split between native Arabic speakers (45%) and Greek speakers (41%) with a smaller population of Aramaic speakers (~11%). The other 3% tend to be either native Yaramaquese speakers or native speakers of other countries from elsewhere. Zoroastrians (3% of the Yaramaquese population) tend to grow up speaking Modern Avestan learning Yaramaquese as a second language. Bahá'ís (2% of the Yaramaquese population) almost entirely are native Yaramaquese speakers, and have a higher frequency of monolingual speakers, with the Samaritans split between communities that speak Samaritan Arabic, Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, and Samaritan Yaramaquese natively, tending to use the Samaritan Hebrew as a lingua franca amongst themselves but use Yaramaquese to communicate with others. The remaining 1% of the country tends to speak English or a variety of other languages from across the world.

The most popular foreign language that isn't usually natively spoken in Yaramaqui and is most desired to learn by Yaramaquese is English due to the historical control and political influence English-speakers have had within Yaramaqui.
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Pruroslavia
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Postby Pruroslavia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:50 pm

As a Federation, Pruroslavia has multiple languages spoken, though they all share the same linguistic root. They are quite similar, though different enough for them to be classed as separate languages rather than dialects. Each state has its own language, and each of these languages is given the status of Official Language, which can be confusing as each state has its paperwork done in different languages, which is very difficult for tourists and outsiders to become accustomed to. The most widely spoken language would be Krsev, followed by Ustaske and Sroblini.

Popular foreign languages include Russian and Greek. English is spoken too, though this is less common.
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Oesterrepublik
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Postby Oesterrepublik » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:53 pm

Austro-bavarian German mainly

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Danceria
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Postby Danceria » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:54 pm

In Danceria, the official language is "High Westronic", which is a romance style language with Greek and Tolkein Elvish influences and Slavic/Germanic accent. Like all civilized countries in NS, English is the de-facto lingua franca that's taught in school, as well as any other languages of it's immediate neighbors. To the northern coast, many prefer speaking Escanthean Greek, and if you moved south, you'd more likely hear Sindarin. A few unofficial languages that are recognized (but not nearly as widespread) are Khuzdul, Hobbitish, and Rhohirric.
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Askavatan
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Postby Askavatan » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:58 pm

The language of Askavatan is Askavatani (Aṡκaвaᴛaνċε), which is basically Turkish, but with a distinct alphabet. Also, it contains a lot of Greek, Slavic, Arabic and Albanian loanwords, in addition to a smaller local vocabulary.
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The United Socialist Republic of Datlof
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Founded: Oct 14, 2015
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Postby The United Socialist Republic of Datlof » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:58 pm

Basically any Slavic language/dialect that exists.
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The United Colonies of Earth
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Left-wing Utopia

Postby The United Colonies of Earth » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:00 pm

Intastella Inglish'z tha lingua frenka'v tha United Colonies of Earth. Ts'ondagan sineficen chenzh'z'n spelin sins tha 21st Sentri. Ther'a 11 afish kyraz'n tha UCE, Gheballbakyra, Sanskrit, French, Inglish, Rushin, Spanyol, Kiswahili, n-Erabik. Gheballbakyra'z rispanseba'fa maus'f'na-al tha sinificen chenzh'z'n spelin. Prozmali 15,000 kyraz'r spoken'n tha UCE.
(Interstellar English is the lingua franca of the United Colonies of Earth. It's undergone significant changes in spelling since the 21st Century. There are 11 official languages in the UCE, Ghibalbian, Sanskrit, French, English, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Arabic. Ghibalbian's responsible for most if not all of the significant changes in spelling. Approximately 15,000 languages are spoken in the UCE.)
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Alcantaria
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Founded: Sep 21, 2014
Democratic Socialists

Postby Alcantaria » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:03 pm

Alcantaria is a nation with two official languages: Catalan (usually named as Valencian) and Qastale. They are the two languages that are used by the government and the two ones that are taught in schools. The total percent of speakers is Valencian 35%, Qastale 60% and the rest 5% contains other languages such as Spanish or Portuguese. English is only used for international communications.

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Hansdeltania
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Postby Hansdeltania » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:07 pm

The official languages of Hansdeltania are English and Russian. Recognized as minority languages are, in descending order of speakers, Vietnamese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, and Polish. More than 40% of the population speaks four or more languages.
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The Worst Country in the World
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Postby The Worst Country in the World » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:10 pm

The national languages spoken in the Federation are Mongolian, French, Bantu, English, Portuguese, and Russian. The official language is broken Mongolian, which consists of Mongolian and English, as well as English itself.

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The Transylvanian States
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Postby The Transylvanian States » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:12 pm

The official language is Romanian but a large portion of the populous speak Hungarian and English

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New Lyrane
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Postby New Lyrane » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:26 pm

The official and sole spoken language in New Lyrane is Lyranian (Rireinutire). All the other languages have died out since Unification of our planet, 500 years ago. They are still studied in universities, mainly by historians and theologians. Galactic languages are only studied at the University of Haru.
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Ventalia
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Postby Ventalia » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:30 pm

The official and majority language of Ventalia is French. The largest minority first languages are Mandarin, Hebrew, and Arabic. English is the most common second language, followed by Spanish and Mandarin.
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Hashitoro
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Postby Hashitoro » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:45 pm

We have no official language, but a large majority speak both English and Japanese, as learning both are compulsory in schools.

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G-A
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Postby G-A » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:08 pm

The national language of G-A is English. Every place of G-A, Grimeloidians speak English.

In two cities (Sault-Sainte-Marie and Vauban) from Hedley, French is the official language. There are people of French descent outside those two cities, but, French is rarely spoken outside SSM and Vauban.

In two cities (Kimberley and Ajax) from Hedley, Dutch is spoken. It's not an official language and only few Grimeloidians speak Dutch.
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Gandoor
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Postby Gandoor » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:25 pm

Gandoor has three official languages, English, Japanese, and Russian.

Most people speak English or Japanese, which are understood by 97 and 91% of the population, whereas Russian is only spoken by 61% of the population.

Foreign language education is mandatory starting in intermediate school, with the most common foreign language learned (along with the most common foreign language spoken) being Korean, which is spoken by 19% of the population.
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Sonora City
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Postby Sonora City » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:31 pm

The two most popular languages are English and Spanish. About two-thirds of the nation is bilingual.
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Pherdistan
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Postby Pherdistan » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:46 pm

French words and phrases are commonly used in all the below languages, as is French slang, given the country's francophilia.

Arabic and Persian are the two national languages, as recognized by the Constitution. Arabic is generally used for administrative and religious affairs, primarily in courts, at mosques, and at colleges and universities for Muslim students and scholars. Persian is the common tongue, and spoken by just about everypony in Ferdistan. It's used for business and societal gatherings. Note that both languages are written using Arabic script. By numbers, 90% of the population speaks native or near-native Persian, while 60% of the population speaks native or near-native Arabic. The literacy rate is about 85%. All educational institutions are required to teach both Arabic and Persian, with a preference for Persian as the first language.

In addition to the national languages, each of the nation's 26 regions may designate local languages. These languages may be used in any capacity the regional government wishes, but the regional government must pay for the extra costs of translating and teaching in that language.

Currently, the only region that has designated an official language different from the national ones is Zebrastan, which has the Zebra language (similar to East African languages). Within the region, 50% of the population speaks Zebra, most of them rural villagers and farmers. 60% speak Persian and only 10% speak Arabic. Zebra is written in Arabic script. Literacy in Zebra is about 5%, as few who speak the language can write it. Literacy in Arabic and Persian, however, is about 40%.

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Sheepish
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Postby Sheepish » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:47 pm

Taracy wrote:
Sheepish wrote:The majority of people's first language (Cae) is a dialect of Welsh derived from the South Wales area, although English a very popular language too. Cae is compulsory in all schools, so is English.


Im from South Wales and I have never heard of 'Cae' before and my family are Welsh speakers.

Anyway, the most popular languages are English (which approximately 6,500,000 million Taracians can speak), Welsh (which approximately 1,500,000 Taracians can speak), Sindarin (which approximately 250,000 Taracian can speak) and French (which approximately 200,000 Taracians can speak)

'Cae' is the name of the Sheepish dialect, cae just means field so I thought it would be fitting.
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Soyuzistan
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Postby Soyuzistan » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:52 pm

The 2 most popular languages in Soyuzistan is Serbian and Russian, Serbian in the Balkan Areas, and Russian is almost everywhere else..

But keep in mind that language completely depends on the region.
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La Cosa Fedora
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Postby La Cosa Fedora » Thu Aug 18, 2016 5:32 pm

English and Japanese and Latin are the most common
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