Sibarian
| Sibarian | |
|---|---|
| Sябиря | |
| Native to | Sibaria, other areas of the former Socialist Union |
| Region | Eastern Moneylania |
Native speakers | L1 speakers: 215 million (2020 census) L2 speakers: 146 million |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Proto Moneylanian
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| Cyrillic Sibarian Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Sibaria |
| Regulated by | Sibarian Language Institute |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Sibarian is a East Moneylanian language that was first spoken in early ancient Sibarian times. It is the national language of The Sibarian Federation, and is a recognised major language of nations such as The Republic of Daminy, The Republic of Berkraine, The Republic of Reznovistan and The Republic of Nalop. It is the second-most-common native language in Moneylania, after English. Standard Sibarian is the most used Arkeic language found today, with other Arkeic languages being Damanian and Berkrainian.
Sibarian is practically one of the only Moneylanian standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.
History
The Arke people and Arkeic
The Arke were the precersours to all Arkeic people today found throughout all of Eastern Moneylania.
Old Sibarian
Old Sibarian is the language the was prominent during the Ancient Sibarian Empire. Its alphabet wasn't much different then it is today, however, the pronounciation was different. The "Ah" or "Ar" sound (Sibaria - Seye-bar-ri-ah), was pronounced as an "Air" or "Ehh", and the "ch" sound at the end of words (Jakovic - Jah-koh-vich), was pronounced as a "c". Take a sentence in Modern Sibarian, Talakov boor chooti kak dov (meaning, Man with a good heart). This would have been pronounced Tehlehkov boor cooti kak dov
Modern Sibarian
Modern Sibarian existed since the early 1200's. This dialect is as it is today.
Dialects
Sibarian
This is the standard dialect in Sibaria.
Northern Sibarian
Northern Sibarian is the dialect found in the nations of Reznovistan, D'nalop and Berkraine. The pronouciation is slightly different, being alot more lazier with rolling the "r" sounds.
Islandic Sibarian
Islandic Sibarin is the dialect found in nations such as Daminy and islands such as Elektro, Kamyshovo and Pokov. Islandic Sibarian is as prominent as the other dialects (mostly since the addition of Damanian as the national language of Daminy), however, the Damanian language's pronouciation is almost identical to Islandic Sibarian. In Islandic, the "o" sound (Kamyshovo - Kah-mm-ee-sh-oh-v-oh) is drawn out a bit more.
Ulvanise Sibarian
Ulvanise Sibarian is found in the Xianuan language. The dialect is mostly spoken in Western Xianuan.
Southern Damanian Sibarian
Southern Damanian Sibarian is the dialect of Sibarian-Scuroian born Damanians. It is a mix of Islandic Sibarian and Scuroian.