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{{LanguageInfobox | {{LanguageInfobox | ||
|name = Hellean | |name = Hellean | ||
|scope = [[Hellea]] | |scope = Across the [[Hellea|Hellean peninsula]] | ||
|writing_system = | |writing_system = Hellean alphabet | ||
|related_languages = | |related_languages = [[Thadrian]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Hellean''' is a regional language spoken primarily by the population of the [[Hellea|Hellean peninsula]]. Rather unusually, Hellean is a semi-standardized language, having been intentionally developed to ease communication across speakers of the widely varying old Hellean dialects. Developed by a group of scholars and linguists, standard Hellean has no official backing but has nonetheless been widely adopted due to its use in intellectual and diplomatic circles trickling out to the broader population. | '''Hellean''' {{Pronunciation|ha-LAY-an}} is a regional language spoken primarily by the population of the [[Hellea|Hellean peninsula]]. Rather unusually, Hellean is a semi-standardized language, having been intentionally developed to ease communication across speakers of the widely varying old Hellean dialects. Developed by a group of scholars and linguists, standard Hellean has no official backing but has nonetheless been widely adopted due to its use in intellectual and diplomatic circles trickling out to the broader population. | ||
Older Hellean dialects still survive, but generally in a marginal form. For example, on some islands within the [[Sea of Ersas]] the old dialect of Ersas Hellean remains in use. The [[Ersas | Older Hellean dialects still survive, but generally in a marginal form. For example, on some islands within the [[Sea of Ersas]] the old dialect of Ersas Hellean remains in use. The [[Ersas city-states]] are home to the largest concentrations of speakers of this dialect, though their numbers are rapidly decreasing as the standard dialect is adopted more broadly. | ||
Hellean vocabulary is greatly influenced by [[Thadrian]], and vice versa, due to speakers of the two languages' long intertwined histories. | |||
Some linguists believe the Hellean language family to have originally developed as a form of Cyclopean that diverged millennia ago, pointing to the two languages' remarkable similarities in grammar and structure and the resemblance of the Hellean alphabet to ancient Cyclopean script. Others disagree, using as evidence the near-total lack of shared words aside from terms used to describe geographical formations and locations. | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:16, 1 January 2024
Hellean (pronounced ha-LAY-an) is a regional language spoken primarily by the population of the Hellean peninsula. Rather unusually, Hellean is a semi-standardized language, having been intentionally developed to ease communication across speakers of the widely varying old Hellean dialects. Developed by a group of scholars and linguists, standard Hellean has no official backing but has nonetheless been widely adopted due to its use in intellectual and diplomatic circles trickling out to the broader population.
Older Hellean dialects still survive, but generally in a marginal form. For example, on some islands within the Sea of Ersas the old dialect of Ersas Hellean remains in use. The Ersas city-states are home to the largest concentrations of speakers of this dialect, though their numbers are rapidly decreasing as the standard dialect is adopted more broadly.
Hellean vocabulary is greatly influenced by Thadrian, and vice versa, due to speakers of the two languages' long intertwined histories.
Some linguists believe the Hellean language family to have originally developed as a form of Cyclopean that diverged millennia ago, pointing to the two languages' remarkable similarities in grammar and structure and the resemblance of the Hellean alphabet to ancient Cyclopean script. Others disagree, using as evidence the near-total lack of shared words aside from terms used to describe geographical formations and locations.