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{{Infobox language
|name          = Imperial Milevian
|name          = Old Terminian
|altname      =  
|altname      =  
|nativename    =  
|nativename    =  
|pronunciation =
|pronunciation =
|states (state) =  
|states (state) =  
|region        = Southeastern [[Parshita]]
|region        = [[Terminian isles]]
|latd  =  | latm  = | latNS  =  <!-- latitude degrees/minutes/direction -->
|latd  =  | latm  = | latNS  =  <!-- latitude degrees/minutes/direction -->
|longd =  | longm = | longEW =  <!-- longitude degrees/minutes/direction -->
|longd =  | longm = | longEW =  <!-- longitude degrees/minutes/direction -->
|ethnicity    = Milevians
|ethnicity    = Terms
|speakers      =  
|speakers      =  
|era          = 200 BCE – 400 CE
|era          = 200 BCE – 400 CE
|date          =
|date          =
|familycolor  = Ngerupic
|familycolor  = Ngerupic
|fam1          = [[Shaelic languages|Shaelic]]
|fam1          = [[Ngerupic languages|Ngerupic]]
|fam2          = [[Milevic languages|Milevic]]
|fam2          = [[Termic languages|Termic]]
|fam3          = [[South Milevic languages|South Milevic]]
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|script        = Milevic script?
|script        = Letso-Terminian script
|nation        =  
|nation        =  
|agency        =  
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|iso3          = IML
|iso3          = OTMN
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'''Imperial Milevian''' is a language historically spoken across western [[Milevia]], used as a lingua franca in the [[Milevian Confederacy]] throughout its existence. Regional variants of Imperial Milevian would evolve into a large number of the modern South Milevic languages. Although extinct as a spoken language, it has survived through a number of written sources dating back to the time of the Confederacy in both traditional and colonial writing systems, and remains in limited use in certain liturgical contexts.
==Geographic Distribution==
==Name==
==Classification and dialects==
Several distinct dialect groups emerged mostly after the initial standardisation of the language in the early 13th Century, traditionally labelled as Dialects A, B, and C. Certain variants of Dialect A - which includes dialects spoken around the city of [[Phamphar]] - would develop into modern [[Farmoshi language|Farmoshi]]. The most notable distinctions between dialect groups are phonetic, and can be summed up as such:
* Standard /ʀ/ is retained in B and C but becomes /r/ in A
* Standard /cʰ c' c ɟ/ become /tsʰ ts' ts dz/ in A and /tʃʰ tʃ' tʃ dʒ/ in C, retain'd in B
* Standard /tʰ t' t d/ become /tʃʰ tʃ' tʃ dʒ/ before /i/ (< PSM *i) in C
* Standard /u(:) o(:)/ are merged in A as /o/, kept separate in B & C (although B unrounds /u/ to /ɯ/)
* Standard /ʍ/ is preserved in A/C, voiced to /w/ in B
* Some instances of Standard, A & C /e:/ corresponding to /ejə/ in B
* Standard /h/ lost in C (→ Ø)
* Standard /ji/ sequences become /i/ in A & C
==History==
==Phonology==
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===Phonemes===
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Bilabial
! colspan="2" | Alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Postalveolar
! rowspan="2" | Palatal
! colspan="2" | Velar
! rowspan="2" | Uvular
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
|- style="font-size: x-small;"
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 35px; "| <small>plain</small>
! rowspan="1" style="width: 35px; "| <small>lateral</small>
! rowspan="1" style="width: 35px; "| <small>plain</small>
! rowspan="1" | <small>labial</small>
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| m
| n
|
|
|
| ŋ
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="4" | Plosive
! <small>voiceless</small>
|
| t
|
|
| c
| k
| kʷ
|
|
|-
! <small>aspirated</small>
|
| tʰ
|
|
| cʰ
| kʰ
| kʷʰ
|
|
|-
! <small>ejective</small>
|
| tʼ
|
|
| cʼ
| kʼ
| kʷʼ
|
|
|-
! <small>slack voiced</small>
| b̤
| d̤
|
|
| ɟ̤
|
|
|
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|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
|
| s
| ɬ
| ʃ
|
|
| xʷ ~ ʍ
| χ
| h
|-
! <small>slack voiced</small>
|
| z̤
| ɮ̤
| ʒ̤
|
|
|
| rowspan="2" | ʁ ~ ʀ
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Approximant
|
|
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|
| j
|
| w; w̰
|
|}
===Phonotactics===
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==Grammar==

Revision as of 11:46, 1 March 2024

Old Terminian
RegionTerminian isles
EthnicityTerms
Era200 BCE – 400 CE
Language family
Ngerupic
Writing systemLetso-Terminian script
CWS codeOTMN
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