Languages of Pelinai (Pacifica)
| Languages of Pelinai | |
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| Official | Pelinese |
| Semi-official |
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| Minority | Livanan; 17 other languages primarily of the Chorekic, Koryaric, Marahic, Polyaric, and Sevaric language families |
| Foreign | 86% of population:
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| Signed | Pelinese Sign Language |
Among the languages of Pelinai, the one accorded official status at the federal level is Pelinese. Five other regional languages consisting of Loshkarian, Samaric, Sevarian, Stelossian, and Yukisoran possess official status in their respective Federal regions, while 18 other non-official languages are used in Pelinai to varying degrees of prevalence. Classical Samaric, a medieval-era ancestor of modern Samaric, is also prevalent as a liturgical language in Samara.
History
Official languages
Pelinai currently possesse a total of 6 official languages used in government affairs and taught as standard in public education: one national-level language, and five regional-level languages. Virtually all Pelinese citizens know Pelinese and at least one regional language, while immigrants proficient in any Pelinese languages typically know Pelinese only.
| Region(s) | Language | Language family | No. of speakers in Pelinai |
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| National languages | |||
 Pelinai
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Pelinese | 141,938,103 (2020 census) | |
| Regional languages | |||
 Loshkaria
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Loshkarian | Polyaric | 20,906,228 (2020 census) |
 Samara
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Samaric | Marahic | 23,504,928 (2020 census) |
 Sevaria
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Sevarian | Sevaric | 34,913,027 (2020 census) |
 Stelossia
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Stelossian | Chorekic | 56,017,563 (2020 census) |
 Yukisora
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Yukisoran | Koryaric | 3,827,100 (2020 census) |
Minority languages
Pelinai possesses a total of 18 non-official languages with greater than 25,000 native speakers that do not have official status at the federal or regional level, though most have status in smaller administrative subdivisions. Most minority languages spoken in Pelinai are of the Marahic, Chorekic, Koryaric, Sevaric, and Polyaric families; Livanan is also spoken in the Marahu Delta, Zholtograd, and other regions historically part of the Kingdom of Arcania and Livana before 1980.
| Language | Language family | Region(s) | No. of speakers in Pelinai | Notes |
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| Derevian | Koryaric | Sevaria Stelossia
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829,741 (2020 census) | Spoken by Derevians in the central Yukisora Mountains. |
| Einjeri | Polyaric | Loshkaria
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72,918 (2020 census) | Spoken primarily by ethnic Einjeris on the Loshkarian side of the Marahu River. |
| Kholngo | Koryaric | Yukisora
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96,305 (2020 census) | Spoken in parts of western Yukisora by Kholnshins. |
| Khoshian | Chorekic | Stelossia
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553,192 (2020 census) | Spoken by Khoshians on the island of Zholtiya. |
| Livanan | Samara Stelossia
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Spoken by ethnic Livanans in the Marahu Delta and Zholtograd. | ||
| Eastern Neo-Maraqaic | Marahic | Loshkaria Samara
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359,183 (2020 census) | Spoken by Maraqaians in western Loshkaria and eastern Samara. |
| Western Neo-Maraqaic | Marahic | Samara
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29,104 (2020 census) | Spoken by Maraqaians in western Samara. |
| Eastern Beilltemmic | Loshkaria Samara
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52,947 (2020 census) | ||
| Eastern Beilltemmic | Samara
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41,846 (2020 census) | ||
| Shamsharic | Marahic | Samara
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293,750 (2020 census) | west Marahic language spoken by Shamsharis in eastern Samara; distantly related to Samaric. |
| Teremykh | Sevaric | Sevaria
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1,229,741 (2020 census) | A close linguistic relative of Sevarian spoken predominantly in western and northern Sevaria. |
| Yamar | Polyaric | Loshkaria Yukisora
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409,188 (2020 census) | Primarily spoken by Yamars in the far southwestern Yukisora Mountains. |
Endangered languages in Pelinai
Immigrant languages
See also
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Kingdom of Pelinai ペリナイ王国 | |
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| Capital | Pelograd |
| Largest city | Tsugunare |
| Government | Federal constitutional monarchy |
The Kingdom of Pelinai is a federal, parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a largely ceremonial monarch and an independent, democratically elected civilian government headed by the Pelinese State Parliament. Its administrative territory is composed of 45 prefectures and five federal cities, each of which maintain a measure of autonomy in domestic affairs and elect ministers of parliament to represent them in the Pelinese State Parliament. Major cities in Pelinai include Tsugunare on the Marahu River, Hanahi on Pelinai’s western border, Shizukaiyō on the eastern Seiko Sea, Dainēsa in the western Yukisora Mountains, Botanhata, in northern Sevaria, Mizu-Soi-No-Machi on coastal Sevaria, Yurikawa, in central Pelinai, Marasei, close to the former borderlands between Stelossia and Sevaria, Korolyeviya, in the Yukisora Mountains, Letograd, which rests on the southern peninsula of Stelossia, Zholtograd, on the western coast of the island of Zholtiya Zemla, and the capital of Pelograd on the northeastern Mediterranean coast.
The Kingdom of Pelinai was first formed by the Kingdom of Stelossia in 1781 AD, after the conquest of the Third Loshkarian Karaltsate and the Sevar Karaltsate, though the area in which it resides has remained continuously inhabited by civilization since the early Bronze Age. The first major empire to exist in what is now Pelinai was the Neo-Samarahi Empire, which conquered large areas of Milayakh and the South Bailtemmic Plain during the Bailtemmic Iron Age before giving way to the Chorekites, which were then followed by the horse nomads of the Great Polyar Karaltsate. The later faltering of central Polyar control in eastern Milayakh brought the establishment of the Loshkar Dakaraltsate of the south, the Koryar Karaltsate of the east, and the Sevar Karaltsate of the northeast; these successor states would continue to war with both each other and neighboring states such as the Kingdom of Samara and the unified Kingdom of Stelossia intermittently throughout the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. (Full article...)★ Featured page —
The Pelinese All-Engineering Union (Stelossian: Пелинский Всеинженерский Союз, Pelinskiy Vseinzhenerskiy Soyuz), often referred to by its Stelossian language acronym PVIS, is a partially state-funded federation of Pelinese professional associations and research organizations in the fields of engineering and closely adjacent sciences. Its declared purpose is to facilitate academic research and the dissemination of technical knowledge in Pelinai, as well as to ensure the proper and orderly practice of engineering professions.
Significant activities of the PVIS include the coordination of activities and research-sharing between member organizations, the issuance of engineering certifications in Pelinai, the evaluation and accreditation of university engineering education programs, and the distribution of Pelinese state-funded grants provided for research and other purposes. Member organizations under the PVIS receive access to Union-held umbrella conferences, large amounts of taxpayer funding for research, publishing, and training activities, and other significant financial and prestige benefits in exchange for compliance with a battery of public access requirements and CPI-bound price caps on certain products and services.
The Pelinese All-Engineering Union is a member institution of the Pelograd Accord on mutual recognition of academic accreditation for engineering and engineering technology programs; as such, degrees awarded by PVIS-accredited programs retain their full validity in other signatory countries. (Full article...)