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Qennesan
Kloasă Kaneșeană
/kloaˈsə kaneʃe̯aˈnə/
Official inFlagQennes.png Qennes
Also spoken inQennesan diaspora in Malësoria flag - Timboh01.svg Malesoria and elsewhere
Estimated number of speakers~3.4 million (L1)
~2.1 million (L2)
Regulating bodyRoyal Qennesan Academy (Akademiă Roială Kaneșeană)
Signed formRoyal Qennesan
Recognized dialects- Standard (Central) Qennesan (dialekțul kaneșeanî standardzî)
- Upper Qennesan (dialekțul kaneșeanî anoțî)
- Feredetean (dialekțul feredețean)
- Terdauan (dialekțul tîrdauesk)
- Malverttean (dialekțul malverttean)
- Erezan (dialekțul erezean)
- Old Erezan (dialekțul erezean viekî)
Language familyRomantish (Southeastern, Iviran)
Qennesan Alphabet (Abedetă)
Aa Ăă Bb Dd Ḑḑ Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Îî Kk Ll Ļļ Mm Nn Ņņ Oo Pp Rr Ss Șș Ṣṣ Tt Țț C̣c̣ Uu Vv Zz Ẓẓ
Norms of linguistic structure
Common constituent word orderSVO (subject–verb–object)
Modifier placementAfter verbs and nouns (exceptions include certain adverbs)
Noun declensions
CaseGenderNumber
Verb conjugations
AspectMoodNumber
PersonTenseVoice
Adjective declensions
CaseGenderNumber

Qennesan is a southeastern Romantish language spoken primarily in Qennes and its surrounding areas in southern Uletha. On a national level, it is the official language of Qennes and a recognized minority language in Antharia and Niscavo. On a subnational level, it is a recognized minority language in Errez-Kambunar in Malesoria. Traces of Qennesan can also be found around the world, most notably in Kalkara, the Commonwealth of Central Archanta, the Federal States, Deodeca and Gobrassanya. It is a recognized unofficial language within the Association of South Ulethan Nations. It is spoken by about 3.4 million people worldwide as a first language, and an additional 2.3 million people as a second or third language, making it one of the smallest Romantish languages in the family.

History & evolution

The evolution of the Qennesan language is very complex. Linguistically, Qennesan is divided into Eganian Qennesan and Romantish Qennesan. Eganian Qennesan is the earliest form of Qennesan, originating from Eganian roots in the 3rd century AD during the Eganian colonization of the Iviran Coast, sharing similarities with Antharian and Niscavo Eganian. With most of Kenes becoming subjugated under the Eganian nation of Apokias Egane and the Antharian Kingdom, Eganian Qennesan lost ground to the opponents in the conquered lands, while the remnants of the nation ended up getting conquered by Romany creating a client state under the name Quennesh.

Romantish Qennesan has emerged in the 15th century as a Romantish language as a branch of Garlian under the influence of the Romanish invaders. Over the course of 400 years later, Qennesan with its Eganian base has seen vast influences from notably Romanish (Garlian), but also Turquese, Iviran, Franquese, Malesorian, Surian and Navennan. Despite the linguistic shift, which meant that the Qennesan language transferred language families from Uletarephian to Romantish in a very rare phenomenon, linguistics disapprove of them being one language, and rather regard them as two separate entities.

By the end of the 18th century, the language wasn't standardized and regional dialects were plentiful. Many towns and areas had their own micro-dialects, some of which persisted to the present day. Modern Qennesan was standardized in 1794 by the Royal Qennesan Academy in Arta, becoming the noble language of the archduchy. The language is characterized by words of mostly Eganian origin, grammar rules mostly influenced by Romanish (Garlian), an orthography derived from both Eganian and Romanish, and internationalisms mostly coming from Franquese. The language has a similarity index of 25/100 with Eganian Qennesan and 65/100 with the earliest examples of Romantish Qennesan.

Additionally, the Qennesan Ekelan Church uses a form of Qennesan called Darazdinian Qennesan.

Dialects

Modern Qennesan recognizes 7 active and 12 extinct dialects:

  • Standard (Central) Qennesan - the standardized form of Qennesan, spoken by about 74% of Qennesan speakers. It is the only dialect that is not losing speakers.
  • Upper Qennesan - originating in the province of Kaneș-Montă in eastern Qennes, it is spoken by 7% of Qennesan speakers.
  • Feredetean - spoken in the province of Feredetî, mainly by ethnic Eganians. It is spoken by 3% of Qennesan speakers.
  • Terdauan - spoken in the province of Tîrdau in the north of Qennes. It has significantly more Garlian influence. It is spoken by about 11% of Qennesan speakers.
  • Malverttean - spoken in the city of Malvertta, influenced by Navennan. A notable feature of this dialect is the usage of digraphs such as tt, nn, ll and ss that are otherwise not present in Qennesan. Historically it was a very notable and influential dialect used by merchants in the city, however nowadays it is spoken by only 1% of Qennesan speakers.
  • Erezan - spoken by about 4% of Qennesan speakers, mostly in Malesoria.
  • Old Erezan - spoken by 0.1% of Qennesan speakers. It is on the verge of extinction.

Orthography and phonology

Grammar

Reading Qennesan on the map

Directions and map legend
Qennesan wordTranslationNotes
naoț nmsouth
naoțî adjsouthern
vouț-iast nmsoutheast
vuoț nmnorth
vuoțî adjnorthern
ḑaț nmwest
ḑață adjwestern
naoț-ḑaț nmnorthwest
iast nmeast
iastikă; iastă adjeastern
naoț-ḑață nmsouthwest
vuoț-ḑață nmnorthwest
Physical geography and landforms
Qennesan wordTranslationNotes
golf nfbayGarl. golf
plaẓa nfbeachFranq. plage
alumiă nfforestUnkn.
al nmtreeUnkn.
falț nfcliffFranq. falaise
arhipelag nmarchipelagoGarl. arhipelag
munc̣î nmmountainGarl. munte
rău nmriverGarl. râu
lină nmlakeEgan. límni
insulă nmislandGarl. insulă
peninsulă nmpeninsulaGarl. peninsulă
arsonă nmpeninsulaEgan. chersónisos
volkan nmvolcanoFranq. volcan
kaņon nmcanyonFranq. canyon
glaṣer nmglacierFranq. glacier
erîma nmdesertEgan. érimos
vale nmvalleyGarl. vale
plaț nmplateauGarl. platou
delta nmdeltaFranq. delta
ris nmreefFranq. récif
fiord nmfjordSven. fjord
spilă nmcavernEgan. spílaio
farănga nmgorgeEgan. farángi
oază nmoasisFranq. oasis
estuar nmestuaryFranq. estuaire
iaula nmestuaryEgan. ekvolí
mlaștină nmmarshGarl. mlaştină
lagună nmlagoonNaven. laguna
stenă nmstraitEgan. stenó
vrațară nmwetlandEgan. vregménos + Plev. terra
rezervoar nmreservoirFranq. réservoir
damîna nmreservoirEgan. dexamení
nmcataract; rapid.
nmescarpment.
nmsalt flat.
nmcove.
nmsound.
nmsteppe.
nmseamount.
nminlet.
nmalluvial plain.
nmpiedmont.
nmchannel.
nmpolder.
nmmeander.
nmkarst.
nmsalt marsh.
nmsandbar.
nmspit; sandspit.
nmpingo.
nmsaddle.
nmgrotto.
nmfloodplain.
areț nmarête.