Bogmian language

Bogmian
Bogmijština
Flag of the former Kingdom of Bogmia
Pronunciation	/boɡmijʃcina/
Region	Slavic Belt in Thuadia
Ethnicity	Pustogorian Bogmians
Extinct	1912 – 1940 in Bogmia Still alive in Tlhenget: L1: 75,820 L2: 12,500 FL: 45,000
Language family	Thuado-Thrismaran Zarav-Slavic Slavic Kento-Polyash Mustelarian subgroup Bogmian
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Qazhshava Nohchat Province
Language codes
ISO 639-1	BG
ISO 639-2	PBG
ISO 639-3	PBG
Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers

The Pustogorian Bogmian language (Bogmian: Pustogorská Bogmijština), or simply referred to as Bogmian language (Bogmian: Bogmijština), or by its exile name referred to as the Pustogorian language or Pustogorian dialect (Bogmian: Pustogorština), is a language spoken in the Pusté Gory (Mokhavian: Тлъенгетав Гаў, Common: Barren Mountains or Tlhenget Mountains) area of the Nohchat Province of Qazhshava, which developed in a Bogmian community which fled Bogmia shortly after the Empire of Three Kings was formed.

History

See also: Zhoushi language history

The Bogmian language was the slavic language spoken in Bogmia, but after the integration with the Slavic Zhengian, it developed into the present day form of the Zhoushi language, which is still slavic, but with notable inclusion of some Zhengian grammatical aspects, such as fourth person denoting clusivity or large Prei-Phnom influence in phonology and vocabulary, as well as the development of a special alphabet lacking diacritics in favor of special characters.

Alphabet

Although originally using the Protopolyashi script, Bogmian language in exile later developed an alphabet on its own. In an act of defiance, the Bogmians in exile developed a diacritic alphabet, which is in a strong contrast to the Zhoushi grapheme script. This alphabet uses four digraphs (dj, dz, dž and tj) and three diacritic markers: caron for softening (Č, Ě, Ľ, Ň, Ř, Š and Ž), circumflex for phonetic shifts (Ĥ and Ô) and accute for vowel lenghtening (Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú and Ý).

A a	Á á	B b	C c	Č č	D d	Dj dj	Dz dz	Dž dž	E e
É é	Ě ě	F f	G g	H h	Ĥ ĥ	I i	Í í	J j	K k
L l	Ľ ľ	M m	N n	Ň ň	O o	Ó ó	Ô ô	P p	Q q
R r	Ř ř	S s	Š š	T t	Tj tj	U u	Ú ú	V v	Ƿ ƿ
X x	Y y	Ý ý	Z z	Ž ž

Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	—	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Majuscule	A	Á	B	C	Č	D	Dj	Dz	Dž	E	É	Ě	F	G	H	Ĥ	I	Í	J	K	L	Ľ	M
Minuscule	a	á	b	c	č	d	dj	dz	dž	e	é	ě	f	g	h	ĥ	i	í	j	k	l	ľ	m
IPA Sound	a	aː	b	t͡s	t͡ʃ	d	ɟ	d͡z	d͡ʒ	ɛ	ɛː	ʲe	f	g	x	ɦ	i	iː	j	k	l	ʎ	m
Order	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Majuscule	N	Ň	O	Ó	Ô	P	Q	R	Ř	S	Š	T	Tj	U	Ú	V	Ƿ	X	Y	Ý	Z	Ž
Minuscule	n	ň	o	ó	ô	p	q	r	ř	s	š	t	tj	u	ú	v	ƿ	x	y	ý	z	ž
IPA Sound	n	ɲ	ɔ	ɔː	u͡o	p	k͡v	r	r̝	s	ʃ	t	c	u	uː	v	w	k͡s	ɨ	ɨː	z	ʒ

The letter Ĥ was later introduced to distinguish the sound of /ɦ/ from foreign words from the sound /x/. Example of the usage may be the word ĥistorie (history), which is read as /ɦɪstorijɛ/.

Historically, multiple variants were developed, including a govoric one:

Protopolyash Govoric Latin IPA Sound Ⲁ ⲁ А а A a a Ⲁ ⲁ А́ а́ Á á aː Ⲃ ⲃ Б б B b b Ⲅ ⲅ Г г G g ɡ Ⲇ ⲇ Д д D d d ⲆⲒ ⲇⲓ Дь дь Dj dj ɟ ⲆⲌ ⲇⲍ Ѕ ѕ Dz dz d͡z ⲆϬ ⲇϭ Џ џ Dž dž d͡ʒ Ⲉ ⲉ Е е E e ɛ Ⲉ ⲉ Е́ е́ É é ɛː Ⲓⲉ ⲓⲉ Ѣ ѣ Ě ě ʲe Ⲍ ⲍ З з Z z z Ⲓ ⲓ И и I i i Ⲓ ⲓ И́ и́ Í í iː Ⲓ ⲓ Й й J j j ⲒⲨ ⲓⲩ Ы ы Y y ɨ ⲒⲨ ⲓⲩ Ы́ ы́ Ý ý ɨː Ⲕ ⲕ К к K k k Ⲗ ⲗ Л л L l l ⲖⲒ ⲗⲓ Љ љ Ľ ľ ʎ Ⲙ ⲙ М м M m m Ⲛ ⲛ Н н N n n ⲚⲒ ⲛⲓ Њ њ Ň ň ɲ Ⲟ ⲟ О о O o ɔ Ⲟ ⲟ О́ о́ Ó ó ɔː Ⲟ ⲟ Ө ө Ô ô u͡o Ⲡ ⲡ П п P p p Ⲣ ⲣ Р р R r r ⲢⲒ ⲣⲓ Ҏ ҏ Ř ř r̝ Ⲥ ⲥ С с S s s Ⲧ ⲧ Т т T t t ⲦⲒ ⲧⲓ Ть ть Tj tj c ⲦⲤ ⲧⲥ Ц ц C c t͡s Ⲩ ⲩ У у U u u Ⲩ ⲩ У́ у́ Ú ú uː Ⲫ ⲫ Ф ф F f f Ⲭ ⲭ Х х H h x Ⲯ ⲯ В в V v v Ϣ ϣ Ш ш Š š ʃ Ϩ ϩ Ґ ґ Ĥ ĥ ɦ Ϫ ϫ Ч ч Č č t͡ʃ Ϭ ϭ Ж ж Ž ž ʒ

Grammar

Unlike Zhoushi, Pustogorian Bogmian preserved exclusively Slavic base, with little to no Zhengian influence. Example of this may be the lack of clusivity distinction, still preserved vowel lenght and little to no noun gender indifference (Only notable word is a loanword "Zombie").