User:GaussianIntegral/Abbasian
| Abbasian | |
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| العباسية Al Abbasiyah | |
| Native to | Shiraqi Belt Bahyrani Region Northern Hylasia |
Native speakers | 61,120,000 |
Tayo-Hylasian
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| Abbasian Script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
The Abbasian languages are a group of languages originating in southern Abaria and part of the Ahummic branch of the Tayo-Hylasian language family. They are spoken natively by approximately 35 million people in the Shiraqi Belt, Bahrayni Region, and northern Hylasia.
All attested Abbasian languages descend from Old Abbasian, a prestige dialect used in the (TBD) region and the language in which most of the Hamin Canon is written in. The language was spread across Northern Hylasia and Southern Abaria by various Hamin emirates, and became a central language of religion, commerce, and governance. While the Catabole and the ensuing Great Fitna heavily reduced the geographic area of Abbasian and exacerbated to its division into multiple languages, Old Abbasian and its descendants still maintain a key role in the Hamin faith and in the day-to-day business of the region.
Languages
Standard Abbasian
Standard Abbasian, oftentimes called Abbasian, is a standardized variety of Old Abbasian used in Hamin religious service.
Shiraqi
The Shiraqi languages are the largest branch of the Abbasian languages, and are spoken by approximately 35 million people in the densely-populated Shiraqi Belt. Almost all Shiraqi languages are descendants of Classical Shiraqi, the court language of the late Shiraqic Qal'adesh. These languages carry extensive influence from Ifrahi, Mizbehi, Almeraei, and lately Hyacinthean. Shiraqi has three standardized varieties: the Wajji Standard used in states aligned with Mizbeh and by Shiraqi rebel groups in Almeraei, the Qamarite Standard used in states aligned with Razan, and the Tahirian Standard used in Ghuria. Linguistically, these varieties are differentiated by sources of lexicon and minor differences in grammar.
Hylasian
Approximately 17 million people speak Hylasian varieties of Abbasian, mostly concentrated in coastal cities in a region stretching from the southern reaches of (Pashtun-Ossetian Aslanova) to modern Adanal. Most dialects are descended from the language brought by the Mustasadi host in its conquests in the 1300s. While most closely related to the Bahrayni languages, the Hylasian dialects exhibit a staggering variety, attributed to overlapping Abbasian ancestor dialects and various influences from Esophite, (Berber), and (Amharic), that has made them hard to classify.
Bahrayni
The Bahyrani languages form the third-largest branch of the Abbasian languages, and are spoken by approximately 5 million people in the modern (Pashtun-Ossetian Aslanova). Forming the descendants of the vernacular of the Empire of Al Bahrayn, Bahrayni has many loanwords from (Pashtun), (Ossetian), and other languages, but is notable for its conservative grammar, one that has proven useful for linguistics in the reconstruction of early varieties of Abbasian.