Kyo language

Kyomal
쿄말 Kyomal
쿄말 ('Kyo language') written in the Kyo script in different fonts. From top to bottom: seal script, flowing script, and palace script.
Region	Dovani
Ethnicity	Kyo
Native speakers	87 million  (3600)
Language family	Kyo-Changtae
Dialects	Gongmangdo (Standard), Nambyeon, Myeoggi, Seongtaek, Southeastern, Northwestern, Yingdalan, Jobyeon
Writing system	Kyogul and Yeongja
Official status
Official language in	Great Bae North Dovani
Recognised minority language in	Yingdala, Sekowo, Midway
Regulated by	National Institute of the Kyo Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ky
ISO 639-3	kyo

The Kyo Language (쿄말, Kyomal), is the official language of Dankuk and is one of the two still-extant members of the Kyo-Changtae Language Family, alongside the Changtae Language.

Kyo is a mixed-script language, making use of both the native Kyogul script as well as Yeongja, or Gao-Indralan characters as used in Dankuk.

Dialect Differences

Main article: Differences between Munhwa O and Pyojun O

There are significant disparities between speakers of Southern and Northern Kyo. Though mutually intelligible; pronunciation and vocabulary are significantly removed; giving a non-native speaker a very hard time communicating with a southerner or a northerner.

Writing System

Overview

Kyomal makes use of two writing systems, Kyogul and Yeongja.

Yeongja

Yeongja (英字/영자) are Gao-Showan characters as adapted to the Dankukian context. Generally, Dankuk tends to use older and more traditional forms of these characters than is found in other languages employing the script such as Indralan and Kunigo. Yeongja literacy is required to learn the Kyo language to a proficient degree.

Kyogul

King Saejong of Bae, the ninth king of the Kingdom of Bae and the inventor of the Kyo alphabet

The Kyo Alphabet (-㐎/쿄글) was invented by King Saejong of Bae in the year 972 CE. It is one of the only featural alphabets in use in Terra; meaning that the letters looks similar to how they are pronounced and formed in the body. The script is world-renowned for it's simplicity, elegance, and convenience.

Kyogul isorganized into syllabic blocks. Each block consists of at least two of the 24 Kyogul letters, with at least one each of the 14 consonants and 10 vowels. These syllabic blocks can be written horizontally from left to right as well as vertically from top to bottom in columns from right to left.