Foclaininthian Languages
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| Foclaininthian | |
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| Geographic distribution | Foclaininth |
| Linguistic classification | Foclaininthian |
| Proto-language | Proto-Foclaininthian |
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| ISO 639-2 / 5 | foc |
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The Foclaininthian languages are a language family native to overwhelming majority of the Foclaininthian continent. It has over 18.7 billion native speakers, second only to the Verdelainiatic Languages. Some Foclaininthian languages, such as Saxburgish and Old Phileran, have expanded via colonialism in the modern period and have minorities in most nations. The Foclaininthian family is divided into five major branches, with four groups that still have living languages: Imbrodesian, Pelletian, Senesin, and Tabeteau. The extinct branch is the Namian group. Each branch is based in a subcontinent of Foclaininth.
Today, the individual language in the family with the most speakers worldwide is Saxburgish, with over 200 million speakers. The branch with the most speakers is the Pelletian branch.
All Foclaininthian languages are descended from a single prehistoric language, namely Proto-Foclaininthian, spoken sometime during the early stone age. The location where the language was spoken, the Foclaininthian Plateau, has been the object of study by several linguists across the globe. By the time that the first written records had been made, Proto-Foclaininthian had expanded to accomadete thousands of speakers. By the late Iron Age, the language had split into five distinct accents spoken in the five subcontinents, which later developed into the five branches.