Ziromnian language

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Ziromnian
ziromñazequo
Pronunciation/ziromɲazekʷɔ/
Native toZiromnia
EthnicityZiromnian
Native speakers
390,000,000 (2025)
Okchon
Early forms
Ziromnian (Ziromnian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Ziromnia
Regulated byZequo eña Ziromiña in an advisory capacity
Language codes
ISO 639-1zm
ISO 639-2zrx (B)
zmn (T)
ISO 639-3zmn
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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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Languages and Dialects

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Standard Ziromnian
Labial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar/
palatal 		Velar Glottal
Nasal m n   ɲ
Stop p b t d k ɡ ʔ
Affricate t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ
Approximant   j w
Lateral l   ʎ
Trill ʙ̥ ʙ t̪͡r̪̥ d̪͡r̪̥ r

Vowels

Monophthong phonemes of Standard Ziromnian
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
Close i y u
Near-close ɪ ʏ
Mid e ø ə 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 (ziromñazequo) Pronunciation
Yes Ea /ˈea/
No ane (listen) /ˈnɔ/
Of course! Certo! / Certamente! / Naturalmente! /ˈtʃɛrto/ /ˌtʃertaˈmente/ /naturalˈmente/
Hello! Ciao! (informal) / Salve! (semi-formal) /ˈtʃao/
Cheers! Salute! /saˈlute/
How are you? Come stai? (informal) / Come sta? (formal) / Come state? (plural) / Come va? (general, informal) /ˌkomeˈstai/; /ˌkomeˈsta/ /ˌkome ˈstate/ /ˌkome va/
Good morning! Buongiorno! (= Good day!) /ˌbwɔnˈdʒorno/
Good evening! Buonasera! /ˌbwɔnaˈsera/
Good night! Buonanotte! (for a good night sleeping) / Buona serata! (for a good night awake) /ˌbwɔnaˈnɔtte/ /ˌbwɔna seˈrata/
Have a nice day! Buona giornata! (formal) /ˌbwɔna dʒorˈnata/
Enjoy the meal! Buon appetito! /ˌbwɔn‿appeˈtito/
Goodbye! Arrivederci (general) / Arrivederla (formal) / Ciao! (informal) (listen) /arriveˈdertʃi/
Good luck! Buona fortuna! (general) /ˌbwɔna forˈtuna/
I love you Ti amo (between lovers only) / Ti voglio bene (in the sense of "I am fond of you", between lovers, friends, relatives etc.) /ti ˈamo/; /ti ˌvɔʎʎo ˈbɛne/
Welcome [to...] Benvenuto/-i (for male/males or mixed) / Benvenuta/-e (for female/females) [a / in...] /benveˈnuto//benveˈnuti//benveˈnuta/ /benveˈnute/
Please Per favore / Per piacere / Per cortesia (listen) /per faˈvore/ /per pjaˈtʃere/ /per korteˈzia/
Thank you! Grazie! (general) / Ti ringrazio! (informal) / La ringrazio! (formal) / Vi ringrazio! (plural) /ˈɡrattsje/ /ti rinˈɡrattsjo/
You are welcome! Prego! /ˈprɛɡo/
Excuse me / I am sorry Mi dispiace (only "I am sorry") / Scusa(mi) (informal) / Mi scusi (formal) / Scusatemi (plural) / Sono desolato ("I am sorry", if male) / Sono desolata ("I am sorry", if female) /ˈskuzi/; /ˈskuza/; /mi disˈpjatʃe/
Who? Chi? /ki/
What? Che cosa? / Cosa? / Che? /kekˈkɔza/ or /kekˈkɔsa/ /ˈkɔza/ or /kɔsa/ /ˈke/
When? Quando? /ˈkwando/
Where? Dove? /ˈdove/
How? Come? /ˈkome/
Why / Because Perché /perˈke/
Again Di nuovo / Ancora /di ˈnwɔvo/; /anˈkora/
How much? / How many? Quanto? / Quanta? / Quanti? / Quante? /ˈkwanto/
What is your name? Come ti chiami? (informal) / Qual è il suo nome? (formal) / Come si chiama? (formal) /ˌkome tiˈkjami/ /kwal ˈɛ il ˌsu.o ˈnome/
My name is... Mi chiamo... /mi ˈkjamo/
This is... Questo è... (masculine) / Questa è... (feminine) /ˌkwesto ˈɛ/ /ˌkwesta ˈɛ/
Yes, I understand. Sì, capisco. / Ho capito. /si kaˈpisko/ /ɔkkaˈpito/
I do not understand. Non capisco. / Non ho capito. (listen) /non kaˈpisko/ /nonˌɔkkaˈpito/
Do you speak English? Parli inglese? (informal) / Parla inglese? (formal) / Parlate inglese? (plural) (listen) /parˌlate inˈɡleːse/ (listen) /ˌparla inˈɡlese/
I do not understand Italian. Non capisco l'italiano. /non kaˌpisko litaˈljano/
Help me! Aiutami! (informal) / Mi aiuti! (formal) / Aiutatemi! (plural) / Aiuto! (general) /aˈjutami/ /ajuˈtatemi/ /aˈjuto/
You are right/wrong! (Tu) hai ragione/torto! (informal) / (Lei) ha ragione/torto! (formal) / (Voi) avete ragione/torto! (plural)
What time is it? Che ora è? / Che ore sono? /ke ˌora ˈɛ/ /ke ˌore ˈsono/
Where is the bathroom? Dov'è il bagno? (listen) /doˌvɛ il ˈbaɲɲo/
How much is it? Quanto costa? /ˌkwanto ˈkɔsta/
The bill, please. Il conto, per favore. /il ˌkonto per faˈvore/
The study of Italian sharpens the mind. Lo studio dell'italiano aguzza l'ingegno. /loˈstudjo dellitaˈljano aˈɡuttsa linˈdʒeɲɲo/
Where are you from? Di dove sei? (general, informal)/ Di dove è? (formal) /di dove ssˈɛi/ /di dove ˈɛ/
I like Mi piace (for one object) / Mi piacciono (for multiple objects) /mi pjatʃe/ /mi pjattʃono/

Question words

English Italian[1][2] IPA
what (adj.) che /ke/
what (standalone) cosa /ˈkɔza/, /ˈkɔsa/
who chi /ki/
how come /ˈkome/
where dove /ˈdove/
why, because perché /perˈke/
which quale /ˈkwale/
when quando /ˈkwando/
how much quanto /ˈkwanto/

Time

English Italian[1][2] IPA
today oggi /ˈɔddʒi/
yesterday ieri /ˈjɛri/
tomorrow domani /doˈmani/
second secondo /seˈkondo/
minute minuto /miˈnuto/
hour ora /ˈora/
day giorno /ˈdʒorno/
week settimana /settiˈmana/
month mese /ˈmeze/, /ˈmese/
year anno /ˈanno/

Numbers

English Italian IPA
one hundred cento /ˈtʃɛnto/
one thousand mille /ˈmille/
two thousand duemila /ˌdueˈmila/
two thousand (and) twenty (2020) duemilaventi /dueˌmilaˈventi/
one million un milione /miˈljone/
one billion un miliardo /miˈljardo/
one trillion mille miliardi /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 gennaio /dʒenˈnajo/
February febbraio /febˈbrajo/
March marzo /ˈmartso/
April aprile /aˈprile/
May maggio /ˈmaddʒo/
June giugno /ˈdʒuɲɲo/
July luglio /ˈluʎʎo/
August agosto /aˈɡosto/
September settembre /setˈtɛmbre/
October ottobre /otˈtobre/
November novembre /noˈvɛmbre/
December dicembre /diˈtʃɛmbre/[3]


  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Danesi, Marcel (2008). Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian Grammar, Premium Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-1-259-58772-6.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Collins Italian Dictionary | Translations, Definitions and Pronunciations". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Kellogg, Michael. "Dizionario italiano-inglese WordReference". WordReference.com (in italiano and English). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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