Languages spoken in Gentu
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Languages spoken in Gentu are structured systems of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means of communication of humans, and can be conveyed through speech (spoken language), sign, or writing. Many languages, including the most widely-spoken ones, have writing systems that enable sounds or signs to be recorded for later reactivation. Human language is unique among the known systems of animal communication in that it is not dependent on a single mode of transmission (sight, sound, etc.), is highly variable between cultures and across time, and affords a much wider range of expression than other systems.
Estimates of the number of human languages in the world vary between X and X. Precise estimates depend on an arbitrary distinction (dichotomy) being established between languages and dialects. Natural languages are spoken, signed, or both; however, any language can be encoded into secondary media using auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli – for example, writing, whistling, signing, or braille. In other words, human language is modality-independent, but written or signed language is the way to inscribe or encode the natural human speech or gestures.
Currently, there are 11 major language families still in use. They include: Oranish, Orano-Hangic, Juksanic, Plevo-Exoran, Meglimos, Harano-Rokan, Trimeshian, Horaponic, and many others.
Language families
Gentu's languages can be grouped into families consisting of languages known to show a common ancestry. There are recognised to have been around many hundreds of language families most of which had went extinct before the invention of writing. At present, there are 11 major language families still in use while there dozens of language isolates.
Oranish
Most of Oranland, the Limu mountain range, and Alabon are native home to the family of Oranish languages. Neragese, Cavalan, Palon, Hestandan, Veragese, and Seron are a few Oranish languages of this family that have spread due to colonization in the modern era and are currently spoken on other continents. The Oranish family is split into various branches or subfamilies, of which there are X groups with languages still in use today: Veragian, Alaric, Séanctish, East Renhullic, West Renhullic, Limuan and X; and another X subdivisions, like Herithian, that are now extinct.
5.32 billion people on Gentu, or 38% of the population, are native speakers of an Oranish language, the most significant in Gentu. X Oranish languages are still spoken today, with nearly half of them being Alaric languages. The Proto-Oranish language, which has been linguistically reconstructed as having been spoken between the Novalithic and Early Bronze Age, is the ancestor of all Oranish languages. Since Oranish had already developed into a number of languages that are now widely spoken over most of Oranland, the geographic origin of the language is uncertain.
Additionally, the Orano-Hangic languages family is closely connected to the Oranish family.
Orano-Hangic
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Juksanic
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Plevo-Exoran
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Meglimos
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Harano-Rokan
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Trimeshian
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Horaponic
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Kukanite
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Atontec
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Iolonan
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language isolate
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Language endangerment
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List of languages
Language | Native Name | Official language | National language | Regional language | Language family |
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Neragese | Neragese | 2 countries |
- | - | Oranish |
Veragese | Vorkisch | - | Auralia | - | Oranish |
Cavalan | Cavais | Cavala (and national language) |
- | - | Oranish |
Hestandan | Hestãndo | Paqueonia | Auralia | 2 countries |
Oranish |
Palon | Palôvesa | Paloa | Hoy Kok | - | Oranish |
Auralian | Áuralliàn | Auralia | - | - | Oranish |
Qiuese | 白話, 秋話 | Hoy Kok | - | - | Orano-Hangic |
Jaksan | ᠨᠡᠶᠢᠲᠡᠯᠢᠭ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ | Jukasa | - | - | Juksanic |
Sissatic | סיסטיש | - | Jukasa | - | Plevo-Exoran |
Juksan | ཀྲུའུ་སྐད། | - | - | Jukasa | Juksanic |
Norish | Նոերեն | - | - | Jukasa | Plevo-Exoran |
Horpongo | 穂本語 | Hoywako Horapon | - | - | Horaponic |
Kitsunese | 狐話 | - | - | Hoywako Horapon | Orano-Hangic |
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Extinct languages
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