Abusku languages

The Abusku languages, also called the South Kejafrosian languages, is a language family spoken by a number of human ethnicities in Kejafros and parts of Rozakkora. It is comprised of five members, including Baszku, Herlundine, Kairian, Shanak, and Mukshoshu.
It is one of the largest language families by number of speakers, only challenged by the neighboring Aysari languages.
== History ==
=== Origin ===
It is postulated that the language family has a close relationship with the Aysari languages, though the two are unrelated and separate. Some have written that all Humans in Kejafros came from somewhere in the Northwest, likely Talasi before migrating into Kejafros. Others claim that Humans have existed in the South for as far as back as human history. Either way, those peoples in the Southern tip of Kejafros, called the proto-Baszku would slowly expand through much of the continent and Rozakkora.
At this point of expansion, this Proto-Abusku language began to immediately diverge into different derived languages. The largest of these were the Baszku language, which in its own right had numerous dialects. Mukshoshu also diverged at this time, spoken by speakers of the language family in the Akus Sea and along the coastlines of Rozakorra. Mukshoshu also had significant impact from languages like Sentari and Vukh.
Shanak and Herlundine would diverge from Baszku relatively recently, and had far more influence taken from the Aysari languages then their cousins in the South did. Kairian, while older then either Shanak or Herlundine, shares many similarities to Herlundine because of its borrowings from the Aysari languages and similar orthography.
=== Contemporary history ===
The most widely spoken language by far is Baszku, where it is the official language of Zilatra, one of the largest single nations in Abexilas. Herlundine also shares an official status, albeit only in the region of Herlundy in Ischanor. Kairian is similar, holding official status in the region of Kairias, also in Ischanor. Kairian is the second most widely spoken of the languages. The remaining two languages are fundamentally endangered. Mukshoshu is spoken by remaining Mukshoshu tribes on the coastline and in the Akus Sea, while Shanak is spoken by the historically nomadic Shanak people who were widely assimilated into the Baszku and Ischanic people groups over the centuries, and remain a rather small community today.
The scripts for all of these languages were created in the Traveler's Era, though Mukshoshu is seldom written. The scripts bare several notable differences which differentiate them from one another.
Languages like Sentari, Namah, and more bare notable loanwords from Abusku languages due to their proximity.
=== Examples of written language ===
Traveler's Tongue 	Baszku 	Herlundine 	Shanak 	Kairian
The sheep ran in the forest. 	A-Ba miyacu eb a-haba. 	Eii Happa aize I pach. 	A pa m'azo e a asha. 	Bechœ yazie ie japfœ.
The tree fell on the house. 	A-Daqir matru te a-tazil. 	Teii Taziela trenna I viera.	A dazi me'tro ta a farila. 	Trüœ trehnie ie meyosœ.
The countries fought for five years.	U-Hajatku mazamus fa basz hadutku.	Pas Zoete hazelle I haxe. 	O zahat'o m'azemo fa pash hasho'ko.	Lohze batrie pehdeh kinkuen jerez.
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