Midrasian language

Midrasian
Mydraziane
Native to	Midrasia
Region	Asura; now worldwide
Native speakers	250 million (2015)
Language family	Catai-Asuran South Asuran Fiorentine Mydran Midrasian
Official status
Official language in	Midrasia Renneque Template:Country data Sant Masllorenç CDN
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mdr

Midrasian (Mydraziane) is a Fiorentine language, and one of the most widely spoken languages in Aeia, with around 300 million speakers. The Midrasian language originated in Midrasia, but today is a global language, spoken on all continents, and in many ways is regarded as the de facto lingua franca for international diplomacy and trade, a legacy of the Midrasian Empire. Many multinational entities such as the Aeian Public Health Organisation, Commonwealth of Democratic Nations and World Educational and Cultural Organisation all utilise Midrasian in an official capacity.

Midrasian has no official standardisation authority, though the University of Mydroll's Society of Language can be regarded as the de facto authority through the regular publication of the Mydroll Midrasian Dictionary. As there is some disparity between the various dialects of Midrasian spoken across the world, standard Midrasian is based on the Lotrič dialect.

History

As a Fiorentine language, Midrasian is descended from Vulgar Fiorentine, evolving out of the various Mydran dialects spoken across southern Midrasia following the fall of the Fiorentine Empire. The Midrasian language has evolved considerably over time, notably during the Sixteenth Century when scholars attempted to 're-fiorentinise' the language to make it closer to its classical counterpart. Since this time Midrasian has become a valued language of international diplomacy and trade, notably becoming the lingua franca of much of the Asuran nobility; a status Midrasian has retained through a number of international organisations.

Whilst a considerable portion of Midrasian speakers use Midrasian as a second language, Midrasian maintains a large number of primary speakers, primarily from among the former colonies of the Midrasian Empire, such as Renneque and Sant Masllorenç.

Writing system

Alphabet

The Midrasian alphabet consists of 26 letters, utilising the standard Fiorentine alphabet.

Letter	Name	IPA	Diacritics
Aa	a	/a/	à á
Bb	bé	/be/
Cc	cé	/se/	Čč
Dd	dé	/de/
Ee	e	/e/ /ɛ/	è é
Ff	effe	/ɛf/
Gg	gé	/ɡe/ /dʒ/
Hh	àche	/aʃ/ (silent)
Ii	í	/i/	ì í
Jj	ji	/ʒi/
Kk	ka	/ka/
Ll	elle	/l/
Mm	eme	/m/
Nn	ene	/n/
Oo	o	/o/	ò ó
Pp	pé	/pe/
Qq	qú	/ku/
Rr	er	/ɛr/
Ss	ese	/ɛs/
Tt	té	/te/
Uu	u	/u/	ù ú
Vv	vé	/ve/
Ww	ou	/u/ /w/
Xx	ixe	/iks/ /x/ /s/
Yy	aye	/j/ /ʝ/	Ÿÿ
Zz	zéte	/dz/

Grammar

Pronouns

In Midrasian pronouns can be inflected to indicate their role in a clause (subject, direct object, etc.), as well as the person, gender, and number of their referent. Not all of these inflections may be present at once; for example, the relative pronoun que (that, which, whom) may have any referent, while the possessive pronoun la mea (mine) may have any role in a clause.

As noted above, Midrasian (like English) is a non-pro-drop ("pronoun-dropping") language; therefore, pronouns feature prominently in the language.

French object pronouns are all clitics.

Person		Translation
First	Eu	I
	Nos	We
Second	Tu	You
	Vos	You (plural)
Third	Il/Elle	He/She
	Ils/Elles	They