| Yingdalan | |
|---|---|
| 瑩文 | |
 Names for the Yingdalan language written in Gao chracters. Red: 雅話 / Aa1waa6 Green: 瑩文 / Jing4man4 | |
| Pronunciation |
Jing4man4 Hanshengese: Yíngwén Wok:6Yin6ven * Hazhouese: 1Yin1ven Laan: Êngbûn Fan: Yn5un4 |
| Region |
Yingdala and Dalibor as majority language Bianjie, Kimlien, Hanzen, and various other regions in Dovani as minority language |
| Ethnicity | Wong Yingdalans |
| Native speakers | ~206 million (5567) |
| Language family |
Xsampan-Yingdalan |
| Standard forms | Standard Yingdalan |
| Dialects |
Majority: Tycoon Minority: Hanshengese Wok Laanese Fanese |
| Writing system | Gāozì, Selucian script |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |
 Yingdala Dalibor |
| Recognised minority language in |
 Bianjie Kimlien Hanzen |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Yng |
Yingdalan (瑩文, Aawaa: Jing4man4) is a language group originating with the Wong Yingdalan ethnicity, a major language of Yingdala, and a major language of Terra. Besides being the official majority language in Yingdala and Dalibor, Yingdalan is recognized as a minority language in Bianjie, Kimlien, and Hanzen, and is additionally spoken in diaspora communities spread all throughout the globe.
The most common and widespread dialect of Yingdalan is known as Tycoon. The official standard language of Yingdala is known as Standard Modern Tycoon Yingdalan (現代標準雅話). It is largely based on the Kaizhou dialect, which is considered more faithful to the sounds of older Middle Yingdalan.
Minority dialects of Yingdalan are numerous, but the four most common are Hanshengese, Hazhouese, Laan, and Fan.
Status[]
Standard Yingdalan is the official and literary language of Yingdala, and as such it is the language of all government acts and of parliamentary debates. Standard Yingdalan is derived from colloquial Tycoon Yingdalan, which is the overwhelmingly most spoken Yingdalan dialect. Until the 30th century Classical Kunikata was also an official language.
Phonology[]
Tones[]
All varieties of Yingdalan are tonal in some capacity; Hazhouese being notable for its' two-tone system. Standard Yingdalan has six conventional tones, which are classified on the table below.
The 6 tones of the Yingdalan language and their representative vocabulary; 1 - High Level (陰平, ex. 詩), 2 - Medium Rising (陰上, ex. 史), 3 - Medium Level (陰去, ex. 試), 4 - Low Falling (陽平, ex. 時), 5 - Low Rising (陽上, ex. 市), and 6 - Low Level (陽去, ex. 是).
| Tone Table of Standard Yingdalan | ||||||
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| Name | High Level 陰平 |
Medium Rising 陰上 |
Medium Level 陰去 |
Low Falling 陽平 |
Low Rising 陽上 |
Low Level 陽去 |
| Example | 詩 | 史 | 試 | 時 | 市 | 是 |
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Marker | ˥ | ˧˥ | ˧ | ˨˩ | ˨˧ | ˨ |
| Diacritic | sī | sí | si | sìh | síh | sih |
Writing system[]
Indralan uses two writing systems, an ideographic script and the latin alphabet. The former, known as Gāozì (高字), was adopted during the Qin Period in 920, and it is now the main script used for the language. The Selucian (OOC: Latin) script was adopted in the 19th century, under Alorian colonial rule, and it is now used mainly as a means to teach the language to children and foreigners, and to illustrate the pronounciation of difficult or rare characters.
OOC notes[]
Aajyu Yingdalan is Yue Chinese (Cantonese) and should be the primary language used in Yingdala. The Hanshengese dialect is the PT version of Mandarin, but should be understood as a minority language in-universe without the same cultural or social prestige it has in real life. Laan Yingdalan is based on Min/Hokkien whilst Fan Yingdalan is based on Gan Chinese and Wok Yingdalan is based on Wu Chinese (within Wok, Hazhouese is Shanghaiese).
Whilst Traditional characters are in geenral preferred over Simplified ones, both are justified to exist in-game as is explained in detail on this page.
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