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==Dialects==
==Dialects==
==History==
==History==
Proto-Mengriian, also known as Common Mengriian, was spoken by the Mengriian tribes which inhabited the Messarian peninsula from prehistory to early antiquity. By early antiquity, Proto-Mengriian had taken the form of what is now known as Ancient Messarian. However, most speakers of Ancient Messarian were concentrated in the eastern half of the peninsula by the 5th century BC as a result of the steady Greek colonization which had been occurring since the 7th century.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
==Orthography==
==Orthography==
==Grammar==
==Grammar==
==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==

Revision as of 23:42, 5 January 2021

Messarian
Amsarturi
ამსარური
Pronunciation[ɑmsɑːrturi]
Native toMessaria
RegionGreater Dienstad
Early forms
Ancient Messarian
  • Soteric Messarian
    • Ingrian
Messarian script
Official status
Official language in
Messaria
Regulated byMessarian Linguistic Institute of Kharist
Language codes
ISO 639-1mes
ISO 639-2mss
ISO 639-3me

Messarian is a language within the Ingro-Zyguric branch of the Mengriian language family. It is recognized as the official language of Messaria, where it is spoken as a first language by the majority of the nation's inhabitants and as a second by some regional subgroups. Messarian is the literary language for all Messarians, including other Messarian subgroups.

Classification

Messarian is the most-spoken member of the Mengriian language family. Unlike other members of the Ingro-Zyguric branch, Messarian has no Instrumental case despite being directly descended from Ingrian

Dialects

History

Proto-Mengriian, also known as Common Mengriian, was spoken by the Mengriian tribes which inhabited the Messarian peninsula from prehistory to early antiquity. By early antiquity, Proto-Mengriian had taken the form of what is now known as Ancient Messarian. However, most speakers of Ancient Messarian were concentrated in the eastern half of the peninsula by the 5th century BC as a result of the steady Greek colonization which had been occurring since the 7th century.

Phonology

Orthography

Grammar

Vocabulary