Niklausian Ledonian

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Niklausian Ledonian
Nikolausianious Ledoniano
Pronunciation/nɪkɭaʊsiɛn ɭʌdoʊniɛn/
Native toLedonia
Native speakers
L1: 57.3 million (2057)
L2: 674.8 million
Indo-European
  • Paleo Verdelainiatic
    • North Paleo Verdelainiatic
      • Latinus-Ledoniaticus
        • Ledonian
          • Españolicus-Ledonian
            • Niklausian Ledonian
Early forms
Old Verdelainiatic
  • Proto Latinus-Ledoniaticus
    • Old Ledonian
      • Old Españolicus-Ledoniaticus
        • Middle Españolicus-Ledoniaticus
Españolicus-Ledoniaticus script (Niklausian Ledonian alphabet)
Signed Niklausian Ledonian
Official status
Official language in
Berush
Recognised minority
language in
Ledonia
Language codes
ISO 639-1NL
ISO 639-2NKL
ISO 639-3NKL
Glottologstan1355  Niklausian Ledonian[1]
Linguasphere76-AAA

Niklausian Ledonian (pronounced /nɪkɭaʊsiɛn ɭʌdoʊniɛn/, standard Niklausian Ledonian: Nikolausianious Ledoniano, pronounced /nɪkoʊɭaʊsiɛn ɭʌdoʊniɑnoʊ/) is a Ledonian language in the Indo-European language family spoken in Ledonia. The namesake of the language is St. Niklaus, a priest that founded the religion of Saletrism. The term "Niklausian Ledonian" was not used to refer to the language in Niklaus' Laws of Holiness and Saletrism; rather, it was called Lenguaeticus Sagrade, or "Holy Language. A speaker of Niklausian Ledonian may be referred to as a Niklausiphone.

Niklausian Ledonian is part of the Españolicus-Ledoniaticus branch of the Ledonian language family, which is part of the larger Indo-European language family. It has close similarities to Old Ledonian. The language, as a whole, is a minority language; however, to become a priest in Saletrism, one must learn the dialect.

Niklausian Ledonian emerged from the Españolicus-Ledoniaticus dialect spoken by Ledonians in the west. Niklausian Ledonian borrowed some grammar rules from Old Verdelainiatic, a North Paleo Verdelainiatic language. The dialect also borrowed some diacritics from Old Ledonian.

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Niklausian Ledonian". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.