Languages and Dialects of your Nation

[Gowinia]

What languages are spoken in your nation ? What are the official ones ? Are there any regional dialects ? How many people speak them ? For each language, provide explanations to its origin and for constructed languages, write an example.


In Gowinia, English and French are the official languages. No one really knows how they became spoken in Gowinia, as the country is on a planet far from Earth, but some believe time travellers came to modern day Gowinia around 3000 years ago and taught English and French to the locals. Today, English is the primary language, spoken by around 27.5 million people, or around 98% of the population. French is spoken by around 7 million people, mainly in the East part.

Haafingarian (Haafingartym) is a language that was originally a derivate of the Dovahzul, the ancient language of dragons, and got mixed in with a few North Germanic languages. Today it is spoken by around 1 million people, mainly in the North-West.
Example : "Tí bráchit neþ énan míradan míli sypa eþ saláta, ól sypa ær gryndsechlách blándata saláta"

Southern Elvish (Achardunmar'tal) is an ancient language, that derived from Dunmeris, the language of the Dark Elves, who lived in what became Morrowind, which then became part of Gowinia. It is now spoken by approximately 400 000 people, mainly in the South-East.
Example "Sini ne'a ba'ara ta ba'rechi gweth-on letha e'arga i e'lawtha, ta'a e'arga ba'eth dilitha bale'enda e'lawtha-on."

Solstheimian (Solsthimën) is a language which derived from French. It is spoken by around 500 000 people, mainly on the Isle of Solstheim, to the north of Gowinia.
Example : "Tié pò bëzon di shozir intèr li sope i li salde, car li sope ni qué di li salde bróië"

[Auzkhia]

The Official Languages of the German Empire
-German
Obviously, the largest spoken language, by a plurality of the realm. It is the standard register unifying the northern and southern dialects. Vienna, however, speaks a southern dialect called Auzkhian-Bavarian.
-Hungarian

-Czech
The most widely spoken Slavic language in the Empire, it is from Bohemia, and it has some German influence, related to Slovak and Polish to a lesser degree.
-French
Spoken in some of the western states like Alsace-Lorraine and Luxembourg.
-Romanian
Transylvania and Bukovina speak these. It is a Romance language, apparently some Transylvanians can understand Italian speakers from Trent or Triest but not the other way around.
-Italian
-Standard Italian is recognized, however the Italian speaking parts are related to the Lombard and Venetian dialects.
-Polish
-Spoken in parts of Galicia, Silesia, and Prussia.
-Slovak
-Related to Czech but has more Hungarian influence than German influence,
-Ukrainian
-Spoken in eastern Galicia, around, but in, the city of Lemberg, which is a Polish speaking city with a strong German minority.
-Rusyn
Sometimes called Russian, really Carpathian Russian, it's related to both Russian and Ukrainian.
-Serbian and Croatian-Bosnian or Serbocroatian or Jugoslav language.
-The South Slavic languages: However, Serbian uses Cyrillic, and Croatian and Bosnian use Latin, there are some differences in Vernacular, but the are all considered to be different standardized forms of the language, but many considered them to be all the same language but different dialects. However, the federal government is considering making a standardized form of all with both Latin and Cyrillic as acceptable alphabets.
-Slovene
Spoken in Krain and parts of Steiermark, it's a south Slavic language, it is slightly different than Croatian-Bosnian and Serbian.
-Danish
A minority language in Schleswig-Holstein and also the West Indies, as per the final treaty with Denmark, we agreed to protect Danish speaking minorities.

Other recognized languages on a state level
-Yiddish, an ethnic Hebrew dialect of German.
-Albanian and Turkish, Bosnia and Croatia have some speakers of them and have accommodated them.
-Dutch: Some Dutch speakers exist in Hannover and Rhineland.
-Low German: The Northern German states have begun to protect these dialects of German.
-Sorbian: Saxony and Prussia recognize this slavic language.
-Spanish: The West Indies Territory (Reichsland Westindien) recognizes Spanish along with German and Danish.
-Swahili: It is a lingua Franca in the Eastern African Territory
-Afrikaans: Recognized in Namibia along with other native languages in Namibia.
-Samoan: Samoa recognizes it along with German.

[Great United Germania]

The languages spoken in Great United Germania is German, Low German, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Frisian, English, Old English, Afrikaans, Icelandic, Faroese, Scottish, Limburgish, Luxembourgish, Yiddish, Gothic, Vandalic, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Burgundian, Bavarian and many others and too many dialects!

[Zeganas]

In the United Republics, people mostly speak Wytonian (english) and there's several different dialects that are easily mutually intelligible. Depending on which region you go to you have dialects like the eastern wytonian, central wytonian that has a heavy lisari influenced accent, and western wytonian. The seconary and native language, Lisari, has two main dialects, salisaro lisari and bornaeku lisari, the latter of which has many wytonian loan words.

[Great Aletia]

The most common language is Aletian Demotic, also known as Laconan Standard, a form of Greek which features heavy Slavic influence. Latin is also spoken, and is a co-official language alongside Greek and Slavic.

[Neo Azati]

The official language and lingua franca of Nua-Asàiti is the language, Asàiti. Asàiti is derived from a proto-Gaelic language, more modern than Celtic, but more ancient than Old Irish, though the dialect and some words are heavily influenced by the now-extinct language of the peoples who lived on the island before the proto-Asàiti fled here. Though the etymological path Asàiti took is similar to Gaelige, this amalgamation has led to different grammatical structure and pronunciation. Approximately 99% of the population can perform basic communication in Asàiti.
After Asàiti, the next three most commonly spoken languages are, in order, English, Scots Gaelic, and Finnish. Little is known about how the Finnish language became so widespread, but several cities in the eastern half of the nation have high percentages of Finnish speakers.
The island state of Sarh'eilan has a slightly different dialect of Asàiti, distinct enough to provide a slight communication barrier. For example, though "Very nice to meet you" is "Ma-maith a thu bualecheadh.", the same phrase is "Mea ma-bannachtae a tu bualh." in Sarh'eilan. Though this is almost entirely just a shift in idiomatic expression of the same idea, there are some conjugation changes, and even spelling changes, as seen with "thu" versus "tu".

[The holy united capel empire]

capelonian

[Sweden1]

The offical language of the kingdom of Sweden is Swedish with recognised languages such as Norwegian to the west and north-west , Sami in northern Sweden and finish and Sami to the north eastern border with Finland. Arabic is a recognised language in populated areas such as Stockholm, malmö , Rinkeby and karlstad. Other minor languages include Bosnian , somali , Persian , Afghan and danish.

[Estonland]

The only national-level language of Estonland, which the plurality speaks as their native language and 96% of the population fluent in is German in its Baltic dialect.
Due to the federal structure of the Estonische government there are several regional languages which are co-official with German in their province/region:
Russian(Native language of 30% of the population)
Finnish
United Baltic(Artificial fusion of Latvian and Lithuanian)
Several small ethnic minorities speak Polish, Swedish and Sami, and some immigrant communities speak Serbo-Croatian, Turkish as well as Hindi.

[Aeritania]

Most Aeritanians speak the global lingua franca of the moment, as much of the original Aeritanian language has been lost. Still, some words and linguistic customs remain, and a reconstructed version is often used in academia and official politcal documents. Some more isolated parts of the islands use very modernized dialects, more influenced by the reconstructed version than the original.
The most important phrases a diplomat would need to know are:
Hael ei oreaurel vaguely translates to "hail and well-met", and is still used as a greeting in the present day, though most Aeritanians would use either "Hael" or "Oreaurel".
Ars is a noble title, and vaguely translates to "lord". Although the nobility do not possess much power in the present day, many still choose to use the title over the more common Sir/Ser, which are the Mr./Ms. equivalents. It is also part of the formal title of government representatives, harking back to the old system of government.
Princeps is the ruler's title. It is gender neutral; both a female leader and a male leader would bear the title Princeps.
Most of what modern day linguists know of the original language comes from place names and the names of historical figures.

As a side note, the motto of Aeritania, "As the sea, so the sky" is derived from the original Aeritanian language, which is why it's essentially gibberish. No one actually knows what it means, just that it's a poor translation of the original motto, which has similarly been lost to history.

Aeritanian writing uses the system of the current lingua franca. Original Aeritanian had a writing system, but it is mostly indecipherable, and what little is known comes from royal and noble crests. The Ordan Alecmis maintains a large catalog of ancient Aeritanian texts, waiting for the day their Rosetta Stone may be uncovered.

[The Monza Isles]

The official language of the Monza Isles is English. But given that the royal family were descended from Italians, Italian is a language taught to the royal family and many members of high society learn the language as a matter of custom. The native population (known simply as The People) had a native language, but few people learn it nowadays due to the native enslavement and the stigma associated with it from the royal family. Those that do learn the language are either linguists in study, or the wealthy and powerful who learned it as a luxury.

[Wunderstrafanstalt]

Novospika
The official language of the world promoted by the New World Organization (NWO), it is derived from the words "new" and "speak". It is currently the only official language in Wunderstrafanstalt. It is basically English with a strong German vocabulary, but with consistent rules, regular verbs only, and no gender.

"He sees his favorite famous actor in the TV, they're holding an umbrella."
"They see theyer favorit nameknown showplayer at the farseer, theys is halting a rainshade."

Helmer
A creole language from the colonial period, it is made from the mixture of English, French, German, and native Siverian. Universally all of Wunderstrafanstalt speaks in this language, which is known only as "informal Novospika" or "peasant language" (despite large differences) and has no consistent grammar.

German
Language of the imperialists, it is still used particularly in the household of the rich and the aristocracy.

English, Changkouese, Nusantaranian, Bengali, Rus, Hispanic, etc
Languages used in the world's largest economies. It widely taught in schools, although not compulsory.

[Basilia]

Basilia boasts a large number of spoken languages, mostly Mediterranean in origin. When Basilia was founded as a colony, the Iberian Empire was at it height, though still had no dominating Lingua Franca. The languages of consisted roughly of Catalan (medieval Spanish), Basque, Galician, Leonese, Aragonese, Portuguese, Sicilian, Sardinian, Corsican, Palmese, Maltese, Morocese (a dialect spoken in Catholic Spanish Morocco) and Italian (Napolian and Tuscan, respectively). It was not until after the Basilian Revolution that either Basilia or Iberia started building central language bases. Basilia's Lingua Franca became Basilian, and the Empire's became Iberian.

The two languages are very similar, however, due to Hispanic culture being the ruling culture of the Iberian Empire, the Iberian Language is significantly more Catalan and Leonese-based. The close proximity to France and close relationship with the Congolese colonies in the past, have also given some French and African loan-words.

Basilian, on the other hand, is a much more healthy mix of Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Due to the bastard-nature of the language, those other three languages also make up a vast majority of Basilia fairly evenly, making the Commonwealth a thriving culture, and coincidentally makes most of the country bilingual or even trilingual. It also has some Turkish loan-words, left over from the mass immigration of the Christian Aksaran Turks.

Some phrases in Basilian:
Thanks/Thank you = Grazi
I'm Sorry = Scusa/Mi Sinto
Hello = Ola
Goodbye = Adios
Yes/No = Si/No
What is your name? = Como te name?
My name is.../I am... = Soy...

It is through this great struggle that we attain our ultimate right: freedom, everlasting. = "Es attraves desta grande loicha chi alcevemos el nostro drecho ultimo: la libertad, eterna." [From the address of General Gregorio Rosales de Zamora y Patron, at the Siege of Porto Rocco, 1718]

[Obninziki]

My nation is a nation of Russian exiles from Volga-Ural (Or Keivian Rus) but settled in Benelux in the 1000's so there's a bit.

Official Languages: Obninzikian Russian (98%) (A Volga-Ural dialect), Standard Russian (72%).
UnOfficial: German (1%), French (1%), Dutch (8%), and English (13%).

Most of the UnOfficial is from immigrants since Obnin-Rus has been in force for about 1000 years or so.

[Kowani]

The majority language of Kowani is, surprise, Kowani. However due to not being a naturally evolving language, it's not spoken by most older people as a first language. And due to the way its constituent languages are spread out, accents and dialects are very easy to find.
Academic Kowani
Thsis is the one you'd find if given a "how to speak Kowani" guide. Lost of diacritics and apostrophes, pronunciation of every written letter. Used in all official writing and the one taught in schools.
Andalusian Dialect
No "s", fast paced. All consonants become much softer, and the word tío is thrown into almost every sentence.
Portuguese Dialect
Incorrect usage of possessive pronouns. More accurately, constructing them as if they used Portuguese logic. "O" becomes a "U" at the end of words.
Catalan Dialect
Extremely hard consonants.
Canarias Dialect
A pidgin with some of the native African languages, lots of loanwords.
Galician Dialect
The apostrophized "L" is pronounced like a French le, and not the Kowani Lul.

Examples
AK: L’q’qeres’t n’é m’problema.
AD: L’q’qere t n’é m’problema.
PD: O q’qeres’t n’é a m’problema.
CD: Lo’q’qeres’t n’é m’problema.
CD: L’q’qerest n’é ik dilemma.
GD: Le q’qeres’t n’é miproblema.

[Aikoland]

The sole official language of the Queendom of Aikoland is English, which is utilized for all official government business. However, as our nation's three states are Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin are recognized as national languages and are still spoken by the populations living within those territories. Due to the ease of communication, all citizens, at the very least, are bilingual and can speak their native tongue and English fluently.

[Darussalam]

In no particular order (and with different IC names):
Arabic, Persian, Gilaki, Mazarandani, Luri, Hindustani, Pashto, Balochi, Kurdish, Armenian, Tocharian, Sogdian, Saka, Hebrew, Sabaean, Mongolian, Turkish, Tatar, French, Greek, Finnish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Malay, Tangut, Korean, Georgian, Armenian, Talysh, Circassian, Punjabi, Gujarati, Greek, Yue, Wu, Qashqai, Kazakh, Bengali, Afshari, Turkmen, Balochi, Somali, Amharic, Tati, Tigrinya, Assyrian, Pashayi, Nuristani, Pamiri, Russian, English, Swahili,

These are few among many languages spoken by those who have settled in Darussalam for long, and profess themselves Imperial subjects.

Arabic (or to be precise, the Classical Arabic dialect or Fusha) is the liturgical language, while Persian (as Darbari) is the court language and lingua franca throughout Darussalam.

[Gandoor]

Per our nation's constitution, the official languages of Gandoor are English, Japanese, and Russian.

Of the three official languages, English is the most widely spoken, with 79% of the population reporting fluency in it, followed closely by Japanese, with 73% fluency, and Russian with only 29% fluency.

Many citizens are bilingual in English and Japanese, with 60% reporting fluency in both, as due to our close cultural and economic ties with Japan, Japanese language education typically begins in primary school and lasts through secondary school.

Bilingualism/multilingualism involving Russian, however, is much less common, primarily because the majority of Russian-speakers in Gandoor (nearly 60% of them) live within Freena Yon which is almost entirely monolingual and Russian speaking (of the 44 million people who live in Freena, only 5 million report speaking a language other than Russian at home). Of the Russian-speakers who live outside Freena Yon, all report fluency in English and about 4% report fluency in all three official languages.

As a result of our nation's multilingualism, one may find that there are many more cases of Japanese and Russian loanwords used in Gandoorese-English compared to other dialects of the English language.

[Esperantujo 2]

The main language in Esperantujo 2 is Esperanto. Note that spelling of Esperanto in our nation differs from the international standard in avoiding diacritics by using "ch", "gh", "hh", "jh" and "ux".
The second most spoken language is Pastarra, a language related to English. Pastafarrians arrived here before the Esperantists. Tok Pisin , also related to English is spoken by some recent immigrants.
The oldest language spoken in our nation is Charma, the language of the indigenous population of Charma Insulo, who are of neanderthal origin.

[Cottony]

Due to Cottony being surrounded by Canadian waters and islands, the official languages, French and English, are taught from Canadian sources and curricula. Cascadian English is a separate dialect slightly influenced from Falaisean Dirlandic and French, it being from British English around the late 1800s. Rivieran French is, of course, from French of around the same time period, though slightly affected by Northern Dirlandic, such as lengthening of nasal vowels.

The national language, Dirlandic, has 4-ish dialects, the Falaisean being the most 'pure', while the Southern is slightly influenced by 1600s Norwegian, West by 1300s Icelandic (which spread through the Southern dialect, slightly affecting the Falaisean and heavily influencing the Northern) and Northern by French and English.

[Amitola]

The Amitolan language, Luwe Amitole, is the sole official language. Some basic phrases are:


Yaudi: Hello

Ae Daem: Goodbye

Kuola: Please

Kwana: Thanks

Saliman: Sorry

Miba roy galepolitsa?: What is your name?


_____ sai galepolitsa: I am ______

[-The Islamic Queendom-]

The official language of the Islamic Queendom is Modern Standard Arabic. As is common in other Arabic-speaking countries, Modern Standard Arabic is only used for formal communications with speakers from other Arabic-speaking countries and in every day usage, citizens of the Islamic Queendom speak using what is referred to as the Queendom Arabic dialect.

[Vdara]

Vdara has three main languages native to the country.
These are:

Vdaran - A lot like Greek, but with no diacritics. Most of the country speak this.

Cesque - National language of Ceyesca. Spoken because of Cesque colonisation of Malta and Cyprus.

Italian - Not as many people speak Italian as much as Cesque or Vdaran, but Italian colonisation of the Dodecanse has left many people there speaking Italian.

Largely spoken languages that are not main languages:

English - Many people speak this language in and around cities, mainly for tourism reasons.

German - Surprisingly, a lot of German ex-pats go to live in Vdara, and a lot of German tourists come here too, so, yeah.

[The Horland]

[color=#FF00FF]German, English, Japanese, Swedish, Hebrew and Arabic
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[Cona Hatrez]

We have Spanish, which was the first language spoken of Cona Hatrez.
We have English, as it is a language spoken by many countries. This is mainly spoken in tourist areas as they are likely to only speak English.
We have Russian, as our country is in a Slavic region of Velika Slavia.
We also have the Belgian dialect of Dutch, no one really knows why, we just do.

The most commonly spoken languages are Spanish and Russian. The government speak Spanish, but they speak Russian in meeting of our region