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===Etymologies===
 
===Etymologies===
  
===Language Families of Vland===
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===Language Families of Galian===
 
All dates are 3rd Imperium baseline
 
All dates are 3rd Imperium baseline
  
For editing purposes only TBD
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:::Cho'lan (date)
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::::Chekaalseras (date)
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::Archaic Galian (date)
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::::Middle Galian (date)
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::::Standard Galian (date)
  
:Dirmani (-15,000?)
 
::*Bolsa (-13,500?)
 
:::Sazrak (-12,000)
 
:::Bholrak (-12,000)
 
::::Orrakil (-10,000)
 
::Kaalan (-13,000)
 
:::Chekaal (-11,000)
 
::::Umshi Chekaal (-9,500)("West Chekaal")
 
::::Chekaalseras (-9,000) ("North Chekaal")
 
::Archaic Vilani (-11,000)
 
:::Old High Vilani (-5,000)
 
::::Khal (substrate I)
 
::::Standard Vilani (-2,500)
 
:::::Khal (substrate II)
 
                 
 
 
===Structure===
 
===Structure===
  

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Description (Specifications)

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Structure

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Morphology

Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words.

  • morpheme, inflection, paradigm, declension, derivation, compound, etc.

Phonology

Phonology, the study of the sound systems of a language.

  • phoneme, allophone, segment, mora, syllable, foot, stress, tone, etc.

Grammar

Grammar is the structure of a language.

  • tense, aspect, mood and modality, grammatical number, grammatical gender, case, etc.

Syntax

Syntax is the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences.

  • phrase, clause, grammatical function, grammatical voice, etc.

Meaning

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Lexicology

A lexicon is the word supply of a language.

  • word, lexeme, lemma, lexicon, vocabulary, terminology, etc.

Semantics

Semantics is the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences.

  • meaning, sense, entailment, truth condition, compositionality, etc.

Pragmatics

Pragmatics is the study of how language is used by its speakers.

  • presupposition, implicature, deixis

History & Background (Historical Linguistics)

TBD


Etymologies

Language Families of Galian

All dates are 3rd Imperium baseline

Cho'lan (date)
Chekaalseras (date)
Archaic Galian (date)
Middle Galian (date)
Standard Galian (date)

Structure

Ergativity

Tone

Examples: sentences

TBD

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This language is primarily in use in the following areas: TBD

References & Contributors (Sources)

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