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===Chronology and languages=== | ===Chronology and languages=== | ||
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<tr><td>'''[[Proto-Olgish]]'''</td><td>Likely already covers multiple distinct dialects within the larger Ortûlékian continuum, definitively separates from [[Proto-Aribelo-Celdic]] after the [[Parting of the Peoples|Ortûlékian migrations]] in the '''early second millennium B.E.B.'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td colspan="2">''As the Olgs expand along [[Cëlac]] and [[Brethan]] over the course of the following centuries, eastern and western dialects become increasingly distinct. Many Ortûlékian features are lost in the period. A lack of writing in this period makes dating linguistic shifts difficult, and the dialects likely remained in flux until the late Bronze Age.''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Old Olgish|Old Cëlacian]]'''</td><td>Defined to begin around '''1300 B.E.B.''', shortly before the oldest alphabetic writing of Olgish</td></tr> | |||
< | <tr><td>'''[[Old Brethanian]]'''</td><td>Held to begin slightly later, around '''1100 B.E.B.''' Initially spoken across Orinion but confined to small coastal and island communities by the end of the Bronze Age.</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td> | <tr><td>'''[[Old Olgish Koiné]]'''</td><td>Emerges during the [[Iilish occupation of Belkondíl|Iilish Occupation]] and in [[Kingdom of Belkondíl|Enethin’s Kingdom]] as an amalgamation of the Cëlacian dialects, around the '''End of the Bronze Age'''. Language of the [[Lonsorigi#History|Old Lonsorigi]] and major clerical language of the [[Olgish High Kindgom]]</td></tr> | ||
< | <tr><td colspan="2">''Despite its cultural dominance, the Koiné does not replace the Olgish dialects, which remain spoken throughout [[Belkondíl]] and the Olgish dominions in the [[Reknaya]], [[Geran]], and [[Seligon]] and independently evolve into several daughter languages.''</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>'''[[Old Wertian]]'''</td><td>Initially a dialect of Old Olgish; remains free from Koiné influence after the Wertians reject [[Enethin|Enethin’s]] dominion and emerges as its own language around the '''fifth or sixth century E.B.'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Old Corbian]]'''</td><td>Similarly independent of the Koiné. Emerges as a distinct idiom in the '''seventh century'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Liturgical Middle Olgish|Early Middle Olgish]]'''</td><td>Heavily influenced by the Koiné but retaining several unique features, the Cëlacian dialects evolve into early forms of Middle Olgish between the '''ninth and twelfth century''' This stage of the language is the source for [[Saint Fádin|Fádin’s]] Liturgical Olgish</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Middle Olgish|Middle Olgish]]'''</td><td>Arises in the early to mid-'''twelfth century'''. Distinct from but intelligible with Fádin’s earlier liturgical language.</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Middle Brethanian]]'''</td><td>Evolves from Old Brethanian around the '''sixth century'''. Now a minority languages spoken only on the [[Mairn]] and the [[Díneamh|Orinian coastland]].</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td colspan=2>''With the foundation of [[Lécaron]] in 1312 E.B./0 L.R., the Olgish dialects experience a great deal of standardization under the defining umbrella of Liturgical Middle Olgish. Nonetheless, as [[Lécaronian Soskish]] begins to replace Olgish as the Empire’s main language, the remaining Olgish dialects evolve rather unconcerned of imperial impositions.''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[New Olgish|Modern Cëlacian]]'''</td><td>Actively spoken only as a minority language in [[Orinion]], western [[Geran]], and [[Seligon]]. Evolves from Middle Olgish over a series of sound shifts in the '''third century L.R.'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[New Brethanian|Modern Brethanian]]'''</td><td>Emerges around '''150 L.R.'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Corbian language|Modern Corbian]]'''</td><td>Emerges around '''second century'''.</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Wertian language|Modern Wertian]]'''</td><td>Emerges around the '''third century'''.</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>'''[[Northern Feldic language|Northern Feldic]]</td><td>Diverges from the Middle Olgish dialects of [[Seligon]] in relative linguistic isolation, around the '''fourth century'''.</td></tr> | |||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Major literary language<br /> | |||
† Branch extinct | |||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
While perserving much of the ancestral [[Proto-Ortûlékian language|Ortûlékian]] vocabulary, Olgish grammar differs greatly from that of its sister languages. The complex Proto-Ortûlékian verbal morphology is truncated heavily, and by the time of classical [[Old Olgish]], nearly all feature coding has moved from the head to the dependant. The Olgish languages retain, on the other hand, the hallmark ‘Ortûlékian lax affixes’, referring to a tendency of all or most affixes in Ortûlékian languages to allow attachment to all or most word classes, often with slightly different meanings depending on host class. | While perserving much of the ancestral [[Proto-Ortûlékian language|Ortûlékian]] vocabulary, Olgish grammar differs greatly from that of its sister languages. The complex Proto-Ortûlékian verbal morphology is truncated heavily, and by the time of classical [[Old Olgish]], nearly all feature coding has moved from the head to the dependant. The Olgish languages retain, on the other hand, the hallmark ‘Ortûlékian lax affixes’, referring to a tendency of all or most affixes in Ortûlékian languages to allow attachment to all or most word classes, often with slightly different meanings depending on host class. | ||