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Old Dze
Dzeŋguq
RegionEastern Range
EthnicityDze
EraEarliest attestations around 40.000 BR, evolved into the Core Dze languages by 10.000 BR
Dzenic Languages
  • Eastern Dzenic
    • Far Eastern Dzenic
      • Old Dze
Dze Hieroglyphs
Official status
Official language in
 The Dze Confederation
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Old Dze (Old Dze: Dzeŋguq ['d͡zeŋguq]) is a classical language, spoken by the people of the Moonblade Culture and the Flower Stirrup Culture, which belongs to the Eastern branch of the Dzenic Languages. Belonging to a collective of 10 or so languages known as the Old Liturgicals, it is the language as it was spoken prior to it's evolution into Proto-Dze.

Archaeology

The first indications of the existance of Old Dze lie in the Dze Hieroglyphic script made by the Moonblade Culture around 40.000 BR until about 10.000 BR, a period of time in where the language changed very little if at all. The conservative nature of this language and the rest of the Liturgicals gave rise to the Dze Disturbance Bloom Hypothesis, which proposes that the language and culture of a Dze will only change after repetitive and forced changes to their way of life. The archaeological record of this language spans over 20.000 years and it is always within the estimated urheimat of the Moonblade Culture, with evidence of the language in other Dze cultures being scant or non-existant.

Historical and geographical setting

Descendants

Phonology