Archive:Cananganamese language
| Cananganamese | |
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| Ū́vō | |
| Region | Asuranesia, Nagu, Boroso |
| Ethnicity | Canamic peoples |
| Native speakers | 97 million L1; Unknown L2 (2018) |
| Language family | Asuranesian
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| Official status | |
| Official language in | Cananganam, Sunha |
| Recognised minority language in | Mujansa |
| Regulated by | Cananganamese Linguistic Society |
| CWS code | – |
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The Cananganamese language, or simply Cananganamese, is an Asuranesian language that originated in the areas of the Cilte Gulf. Today it is sometimes considered a world language, with its distribution as a language of commerce throughout the Asuranesian macro-region, both historically and presently. Spoken by over 100 million speakers, it is one of the most spoken languages on Sahar.
Cananganamese descends from Classical Cananganamese, its name sake, having its first developments as a formulated entity by the 8th century, where some writers started to adopt orthographic traditions more aligned with local pronunciations. The first systematic use of the language appears in documents dated to some time within the 12th century, prior to the collapse of the Cananganamese empire, despite some scholarly accounts that claim the shift to the modern tongue was a result of the loss of the empire. As a descendant of the classical language, it shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Anchashi, where upon both languages have a level of 73-81% lexical similarity. Both languages were affected by various peoples and minority groups within the empire, but their shared ancestry expresses itself despite these influences.