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Ońilo
Pronunciation[oˈŋilo]
Native toWallenland and worldwide diaspora
Native speakers
L1: 11,800,000 (2020)
L2: 700,000 (no date)
isolate
  • Ońilo
Early form
Proto-Ońilo
Latin script
Official status
Official language in
 Wallenland
Language codes
ISO 639-1on
ISO 639-3onl
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Ońilo is a language isolate in Iearth. Natively spoken in Wallenland and abroad by 11,800,000 people and spoken as a second language by the various diasporas in Wallenland, numbering at around 700,000.

History

Prehistory

Though Ońilo has no relation to any modern Adulan languages, linguistic historians strongly suggest that Proto-Ońilo was originally situated on the modern-day Terehan coast before emigrating to the Wallene islands.

Adulan Contact

The existence of Old Ońilo was unchallenged until Emmirian contact in the 900s, changing traditional life through religion, customs, ideas and language, all of which still resounds with Emmirian loanwords in Wallene vocabulary - one example is bándaril (port; harbour), phonemes from Emmirian phonology and the formation of a creole language - Banaḫdālemērai. The next point of change was Quetanan colonisation, beginning with efforts in the 1540s by companies tasked to establish settlements. By the beginning of the 1700s, Qoati was the language of trade and governance for the Companhia Imperial das Ilhas das Especiarias Quetanan

Suppression and Decline of Ońilo

Wallenland Renaissance

Post-War and 'Decolonisation of Ońilo'

After the World War, the question of Wallene independence rose into prominence once again

Phonology

Vowels

Oral
Front Back
Close i (ʊ) u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid œ
Open a
Nasal
Front Back
Close ĩ ũ
Close-mid õ
Open-mid œ̃
Open ã

Consonants

Consonants
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Labialvelar Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m ɱ n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k͡p ɡ͡b k g ʔ
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Lateral affricate t͡ɬ d͡ɮ
Fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ x (ɣ) χ (ʁ)
Lateral fricative ɬ ɮ
Approximant j w
Lateral approximant l (ʎ)
Liquid ɾ

Tone

Ońilo is a tonal language with three tones and is used only for vowels: a high tone which is marked by an acute accent (⟨á⟩), a mid tone which is unmarked as the macron is reserved for long vowels, and a low tone which is marked by a grave accent (⟨à⟩).

Orthography

Grammar

Syntax

Ońilo follows a unique VSO word-order ...

Morphology

Sample Text

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Ońilo: Asaḿesbe hále mœsegè líbinake gan igúalke er dignidáodà gan dirétogò. Ḍa'aģalbe ebe pā ratsò gan kōncíencià gan abfarájbe vehógpe mœsè er ēspirítò pā fratūnadáodò.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.