Niklausian Ledonian

Niklausian Ledonian
Nikolausianious Ledoniano
Pronunciation	/nɪkɭaʊsiɛn ɭʌdoʊniɛn/
Native to	Ledonia
Native speakers	L1: 57.3 million (2057) L2: 674.8 million
Language family	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
Writing system	Españolicus-Ledoniaticus script (Niklausian Ledonian alphabet)
Signed forms	Signed Niklausian Ledonian
Official status
Official language in	Berush
Recognised minority language in	Ledonia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	NL
ISO 639-2	NKL
ISO 639-3	NKL
Glottolog	stan1355  Niklausian Ledonian
Linguasphere	76-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.