Amaian languages

Amaian
Geographic distribution:	East Vaniua, West Parshita
Linguistic classification:	One of the world's primary language families
Proto-language:	Proto-Amaian
Subdivisions:	Amehrian language Jundi language Khamaian language Melquian language Wamenan language Ziimen languages
CWS code	–

The Amaian languages are a medium-sized family of ten languages in South Miraria. Together they are spoken by around 35 million people. Their ancestor was a partly-written language spoken about 2000 years ago in what is now western Khambvan.

Some common feature are: whistled sibilants, extremely head-final, relatively small phonemic inventories, evidentiality on verb, small case systems, voicing as a parameter.

Many of the constituent languages are mutually intelligible, and some constituent dialects are unintelligible, as a result of complex ethnic dynamics in the region. Amaian languages have official status in Amaia, Khambvan, Melqui, and Kaatkukia, and are also spoken to some extent in Balakia and Nekhilia.

Languages

Khamaian and Wamenan are usually considered the most conservative members along with some of the Ziimen languages, a paraphyletic ethnically-defined group.

Jundi and Melquian are highly divergent phonologically, grammatically, and lexically.

Language	Technical Classification	Number of native speakers	Location
Khamaian language	Macro-Khamaian	25,000,000	Amaia, Khambvan
Melquian language	Melquian	8,000,000	Melqui
Wamenan language	Wamenan		Kaatkukia
Jundi language	Jundi	400,000	Melqui (Northeast)
Amehrian language	Amehrian	125,000	Nekhilia
[[]]	Balaki Amaian	20,000	Balakia
[[]]	Balaki Amaian	10,000	Balakia
[[]]	Macro-Khamaian	2,500	Balakia, Amaia (Gynnyn)
[[]]	Macro-Khamaian	5	Amaia (Gynnyn)