Ziromnian language

Ziromnian
ziromñazecuo
Pronunciation	/ziromɲazekwo/
Native to	Ziromnia
Ethnicity	Ziromnian
Native speakers	450,000,000 (2025)
Language family	Okchonic Okchon Lake Omnic Ziromnian
Early forms	Zeeric Celisequo Old Ziromnian Middle Ziromnian
Writing system	Ziromnian (Ziromnian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Ziromnia
Regulated by	Zecuo eiña Ziromña in an advisory capacity
Language codes
ISO 639-1	zm
ISO 639-2	zrx (B) zmn (T)
ISO 639-3	zmn

Ziromnian is an Okchon language spoken by about 390,000,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Ziromnia, where it is the national language.

Ziromnian is part of the Omnic languages, which evolved from several dialects of Celisequo on the western coast of Lake Okchon after the collapse of the Okchon Empire in the 3rd century. The oldest systematic written use of the language happened in Rodmond, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Ziromnia, in the 7th century. The conquests of the Ziromnian Empire helped spread Ziromnian influences around the entire Western Okchon area, most notably in Vuisese.

Ziromnian is a descendant of Celisequo, and has one of the smaller degrees of difference from it (about 20%) alongside Reunic and Empireedian. Around 85% of modern Ziromnian vocabulary is derived from Celisequo, including Celisequo borrowings from Essuzic. It is also one of the most taught foreign languages throughout the world.

History

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Classification

Ziromnian is a member of the Omnic languages, along with other large languages such as Ixoleco and Vuisese. Along with the rest of the Omnic languages, Ziromnian is descended from Celisequo, specifically the Cellenic dialect.

According to the Telinguan Compendium, lexical similarity is 90% with Vuisese, 88% with Ixoleco, 82% with Empireedian, and 75% with Aelandian. However, these numbers are disputed, and the number with Aelandian suposedly was taken from a biased sample.

Scholars dispute whether or not Vuisese is a separate language from Ziromnian or not. The two are phonetically distinct, however the vast majority of words are shared. Most Ziromnian scholars consider the languages distinct, however a fair amount of international scholars do not.

Geographic Distribution

Ziromnian is an official language of Ziromnia and Xuzilvuis and is spoken fluently by the majority of the countries' populations. Ziromnian is also used in administration and official documents in the Okchon Alliance.

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Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Standard Ziromnian

	Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar/ palatal		Velar
Nasal		m		n				ɲ
Stop	p	b	t	d					k	ɡ
Affricate			t͡s	d͡z			t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ
Fricative	f	v	θ	ð	s	z
Approximant								j		w
Lateral				l				ʎ
Trill						r

Vowels

Monophthong phonemes of Standard Ziromnian

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	i			u
Mid	e	ø		o
Open			a

Words

Conversation

Note: the plural form of verbs could also be used as an extremely formal (for example to noble people in monarchies) singular form (see royal we).

English (loquotimaña)	Ziromnian (ziromñazecuo)	Pronunciation
Yes	Eisa	/ˈea/
No	Aune	/ˈaune/
Of course!	Orvoreivso!
Hello!	Io! (informal) / Iolla! (semi-formal)	/ˈjo/; /'jo.ʎa/
How are you?	Oevi eurazo? (informal) / Oevi veudisa eure? (formal) / ¿Oevi euraza? (plural)
Good morning!	Olzoteco! (Good day!)
Good night!	¡Oedenteque!
Have a nice day!	¡Viayazzo s'olzo oteco!
Enjoy the meal!
Goodbye!
Good luck!
I love you
Welcome [to...]	Stueca ae
Please
Thank you!
You are welcome!
Excuse me / I am sorry
Who?	Vue?
What?	Ivta?
When?	Ivneo?
Where?	Geodo?
How?	Auvi?
Why / Because	Urco?
Again
How much? / How many?	Iviamo?
What is your name?
My name is...
This is...
Yes, I understand.
I do not understand.
Do you speak English?
I do not understand Italian.
Help me!
You are right/wrong!
What time is it?
Where is the bathroom?
How much is it?
The bill, please.
The study of Italian sharpens the mind.
Where are you from?
I like

Question words

English	Ziromnian	IPA
what (adj.)	ivta	/'iv.ta/
who	vue	/'vwe/
how	auvi	/'au.vi/
where	geodo	/dʒe'jo.do/
why, because	urco	/'ur.co/
which
when	ivneo	/iv'ne.jo/
how much	iviamo	/iv'ja.mo/

Time

English	Ziromnian	IPA
today
yesterday
tomorrow
second
minute
hour
day	olzo	/'ol.zo/
week
month
year

Numbers

English	Ziromnian	IPA	English	Ziromnian	IPA	English	Ziromnian	IPA
zero	aunume		ten	iendro		twenty	icosa
one	neo		eleven	neodro		thirty	þoxa
two	uote		twelve	uotro		forty	uexa
three	þaune		thirteen	þodro		fifty	vexa
four	uers		fourteen	uedro		sixty	ixexa
five	veive		fifteen	vedro		seventy	ivexa
six	iexis		sixteen	ixedro		eighty	oçexa
seven	ievia		seventeen	ivedro		ninety	navexa
eight	oeçasvo		eighteen	oçadro
nine	naivia		nineteen	navedro

English	Ziromnian	IPA
one hundred	iecta	/ˈtʃɛnto/
one thousand	quilo	/ˈmille/
two thousand	uotquilo	/ˌdueˈmila/
two thousand (and) twenty (2020)	uotquilo u uotro	/dueˌmilaˈventi/
one million	mega	/miˈljone/
one billion	guiga	/miˈljardo/
one trillion	tera	/ˈmilleˈmiˈljardi/

Days of the week

English	Italian	IPA
Monday	lunedì	/luneˈdi/
Tuesday	martedì	/marteˈdi/
Wednesday	mercoledì	/ˌmerkoleˈdi/
Thursday	giovedì	/dʒoveˈdi/
Friday	venerdì	/venerˈdi/
Saturday	sabato	/ˈsabato/
Sunday	domenica	/doˈmenika/

Months of the year

English	Italian	IPA
January	telrante	/dʒenˈnajo/
February	rucade	/febˈbrajo/
March	arue	/ˈmartso/
April	quele	/aˈprile/
May	auvrrante	/ˈmaddʒo/
June	olzonte	/ˈdʒuɲɲo/
July	vuxue	/ˈluʎʎo/
August	iogtile	/aˈɡosto/
September	veole	/setˈtɛmbre/
October	idenve	/otˈtobre/
November	iultave	/noˈvɛmbre/
December	quente	/diˈtʃɛmbre/