Ostro-Ludzic

Ostro-Ludzic
Ostrozavan Ludzic Baderian1
Native to	Ostrozava, Drevstran, Velikoslavia, Ludvosiya, Garima, Brumen, Zacapican, Others2
Region	Transkarminia, Kupalnitsan Basin, Drev River Valley
Language family	Kardo-Belisarian Ludic West Ludic Ostro-Ludzic
Standard forms	Common Ostrozavan Standard Ludz
Writing system	Latin alphabet, Ludic alphabet, Gothic alphabet (archaic)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)

Ostro-Ludzic (Common Ostrozavan: Ostroludzky, Standard Ludzian: Ostreludski) is a West Ludic language and is the primary official language of Ostrozava and holds co-official status in Drevstran. A pluricentric language, Ostro-Ludzic has been standardized into two nationally-sanctioned, mutually-intelligible standard varieties: Ostrozavan and Ludzian. Several ethnographic distinctions exist, with the body of speakers all typically preferring a local dialect outside of major urbanized areas. Ostro-Ludzic forms a dialect continuum between the Magnic-influenced Ardovian dialects to the archaic tongue of the Biele.

Historically, the precise definition of Ostro-Ludzic dialects has been controversial; the term "Ostro-Ludzic" used to describe the majority of Ludic dialects in the Kupalnitsa basin first appeared in Transkarminian historiography in 1801, but was not widely adopted until the mid-19th century, when Pan-Ludism became a dominant source of discourse in the area. An ongoing controversy is the inclusion of Baderian into the continuum, as it may be considered a dialect of either Zamorodnian or Low Ludic, as spoken in southern Velikoslavia. Some scholars, typically of irredentist persuasion, may even consider Baderian to be its own language.