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<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:ZibaJaujejua.svg|150px]]</div> '''Ziba''' ([[File:ZibainZiba.png]], ''ziba'', {{IPA-all|ziba}}) is the {{wp|language isolate|only}} extant {{wp|language}} of the eponymous Zibaic language family. It originated in and is the main language in [[Dezevau]] and northern [[Lavana]], and also has legal recognition in [[Hacyinia]] and [[Carucere]]. It is spoken natively by over 200 million people,  making it the fifth language in the world by native speakers, and a further 100 million or so speak it non-natively. Ziba originated in southwest Dezevau several millennia ago, possibly as a {{wp|contact language}}. It spread by {{wp|trade}} and {{wp|diplomacy}} among the region's city-states and other polities, as well as through {{wp|human migration|migration}}, and association with [[Badi]]. In the medieval period, in large areas of northern Southeast Coius, Ziba was used in {{wp|public sphere|public}}, {{wp|commerce|commercial}}, {{wp|politics|political}}, {{wp|religion|religious}} and diplomatic life, but coexisted with a variety of languages which were {{wp|first language|natively spoken at home}}, in circumstances of {{wp|diglossia}}. At least in southwest Dezevau and among some {{wp|social class|classes}}, however, it was also a domestic language. The [[Aguda Empire]], founded in 1476, established Ziba as the {{wp|official language}} throughout its territories, using it in {{wp|administration}}, spreading it through commerce, deepening its Badist association, and generally promoting it as part of its {{wp|cultural assimilation|assimilative}} policies. The state of diglossia collapsed across much of the Aguda Empire's territory, in favour of Ziba {{wp|monolingualism}}. Ziba acquired more ethnic-political implication as a result of the empire's policies. The Aguda Empire also conducted early efforts at {{wp|language reform}} and {{wp|language standardisation|standardisation}}, with the Ziba {{wp|dialect continuum}} converging considerably, and the {{wp|koiné language|koiné}} Agudan Ziba becoming the basis for virtually all later {{wp|prestige dialect}}s of Ziba. During the colonial and post-colonial periods, Ziba lost much of its status and reach outside of present-day Dezevau and Lavana, as colonial or other national languages were promoted instead. It remains an important regional language, with many of its neighbours retaining {{wp|loanword}}s from it, and it being the {{wp|working language}} of the [[Brown Sea Community]]. Ziba is an {{wp|agglutinative language}}, with a great deal of {{wp|affixation|suffixation}} to create new {{wp|noun}}s and {{wp|adjective}}s, sharing similarities in this with the neighbouring {{wp|Austronesian languages|Vehemenic languages}}. {{wp|Verb}}s, in comparison, exist simply within a SVO {{wp|word order|sentence structure}}. Ziba's possible roots as a {{wp|contact language}}, and its storied use as a {{wp|second language}} in the public sphere may be linked to its simple {{wp|grammar}} and small {{wp|phonemic inventory}}; it has twelve {{wp|consonant}}s and five {{wp|vowel}}s ({{wp|monophthong}}s, which can form a further twelve {{wp|diphthong}}s). Its inventory is unusual, however, in not having any {{wp|rounded vowel}}s, {{wp|unvoiced consonant}}s/{{wp|voice (phonetics)|voicing distinction}}, and a number of other features which are very cross-linguistically common. Most Ziba is written in the Ziba script (cf. [[Carucerean Ziba]]), which is somewhere between an {{wp|alphabet}} and an {{wp|abugida}}; it has had a very close {{wp|phonemic orthography|phonetic correspondence}} since the {{wp|orthography|orthographic}} reforms of the Aguda Empire.  ('''[[Ziba|See more...]]''')
<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:CR400AF-2033_at_Motan_(20190421101411).jpg|150px]]</div> The '''East Line''' ({{wp|Hessian dialects|Brumenese}}: ''Ostlinie'', {{wp|Finno-Ugric languages|Lush}}: ''Keleti Vonal''), commonly referred to as the '''Dinsmark - Alexandropolis Corridor''', is a {{wp|high-speed rail}} (HSR) line in [[Ajax|East Belisaria]] that is part of the continent's larger [[High-speed rail in East Belisaria|interconnected HSR network]]. It is served by the [[Continental Comet Consortium|Comet]], a HSR service owned by the [[Continental Comet Consortium]] (C3), a {{wp|consortium}} established by various railway corporations from [[Brumen]] and [[Drevstran]]. The East Line begins its service at Südbahnhof in Dinsmark the capital city of [[Brumen]], which also serves as its terminus & depot. It terminates in the city of [[Alexandropolis]], the capital of [[Mesogeia]]. There are two types of services: the slower ''Astro'' line which stops at all stations along the corridor, and the faster ''Sage'' line which only stops at certain stations. The ''Astro'' line is serviced by {{wp|China Railway CRH6|Blitz 2 NG}} trainsets, with a service speed of 220km/h it is the slowest of all Comet service lines. ''Sage'' lines are serviced by {{wp|Fuxing (train)|Blitz 4}} trainsets, with a service speed of 380km/h making it the fastest HSR service provided by the Comet. Talks of a HSR network between the two neighboring countries began since 1991 when both governments signed a {{wp|memorandum of understanding}} (MoU) which laid the groundwork for a fully integrated HSR network between [[Brumen]] and [[Drevstran]]. The Dinsmark - Angrast Corridor, now considered as Phase 1 of the project, commenced operation in 11 May 1994. Since then it has expanded its coverage to include Beredino in 2005 and [[Alexandropolis]] in 2006.
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The East Line (Brumenese: Ostlinie, Lush: Keleti Vonal), commonly referred to as the Dinsmark - Alexandropolis Corridor, is a high-speed rail (HSR) line in East Belisaria that is part of the continent's larger interconnected HSR network. It is served by the Comet, a HSR service owned by the Continental Comet Consortium (C3), a consortium established by various railway corporations from Brumen and Drevstran. The East Line begins its service at Südbahnhof in Dinsmark the capital city of Brumen, which also serves as its terminus & depot. It terminates in the city of Alexandropolis, the capital of Mesogeia. There are two types of services: the slower Astro line which stops at all stations along the corridor, and the faster Sage line which only stops at certain stations. The Astro line is serviced by Blitz 2 NG trainsets, with a service speed of 220km/h it is the slowest of all Comet service lines. Sage lines are serviced by Blitz 4 trainsets, with a service speed of 380km/h making it the fastest HSR service provided by the Comet. Talks of a HSR network between the two neighboring countries began since 1991 when both governments signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which laid the groundwork for a fully integrated HSR network between Brumen and Drevstran. The Dinsmark - Angrast Corridor, now considered as Phase 1 of the project, commenced operation in 11 May 1994. Since then it has expanded its coverage to include Beredino in 2005 and Alexandropolis in 2006. 

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