Jīnzīan Language

金子语 / 金子語

Individual codes:

* aax - Altay-Arxan
* chk - Chikagōsaon
* fei - Fēihēijíbáin
* kan - Kànāndēiguän
* kax - Käxgèrian
* nah - Nahuan
* nes - Northeastern
* shn - San Hú'ānyītǎn
* sha - Shānběinese
* sho - Shǒu'ěrean
* tag - Tagalaic
* ~~tex - Texarkanan~~
* van - Vancōván
* xin - Xīn Qiūan
* yua - Yuan'an

Nations where Jīnzīan is spoken as L1 or L2 as of Chapter XVI

* Majority native language
* Statutory of de-facto language
* More than 10,000,000 speakers
* More than 1,000,000 speakers
* More than 500,000 speakers
* Less than 500,000 speakers

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**Jīnzīan** (d͡ʑɪnziən/jin-ZEE-in  listen; Chinese Simplified: 金子语; Chinese Traditional: 金子語; pinyin: Jīnziyǔ; lit. 'gold language'), is a group of Sinitic and Romance mixed languages and dialects that are natively spoken in the Jīnzī Dynasty, Xīn Qiū Jichéng and the United Nahuan States. The group primarily consists of the **Jīnzīan dialect**, the basis of the phonology of standard Jīnzīan, the official language of the Jīnzī Dynasty. Although other dialects such as the **Xīn Qiūan dialect** and **Nahuan dialect** are mutually intelligible with each other, other dialects such as the extinct **Texarkanan dialect** was not mutually intelligible with dialects such as the **Vancōván** and **Chikagōsaon dialects** despite being taught in Texarkanan schools. Because the language first originated in **Tagalaia**, **Ïl'Ïnka**, the language is commonly referred to as **Tagalaic Chinese** in **Aeropia** and **Southeast Adjia** which as a result has led to many disputes over the official name of the language. Nevertheless, Jīnzīan is recognized as the top language with the most native speakers, totaling up to nearly 20 billion native speakers.

Since its creation, Jīnzīan had originally used the Subject-Object-Verb(SOV) word order, although it wasn't until the 1700 where the language adopted the use of the Subject-Verb-Object(SVO) word order to accommodate the coinciding use of the English language in Texarkana. As of today, both word orders are mutually accepted, although the SVO word order currently dominates over the SOV word order with over 75% of the Jīnzīan speaking world preferring the SVO word order compared to its original 5% preference in the 1700s.

## **Classification**

Until the 1700s, linguists had originally classified all varieties of Jīnzīan as a part of the Sino-Tibetan language family due to its many similarities with many languages that were spoken back on earth during the reign of the Qing Dynasty along with other languages spoken in the Himalayas and the Southeast Asian Massif. Although the classification was widely accepted throughout Hell, it wasn't until the early 1700s during the post-formation of the Treaty of Westminster where linguists discovered that the Jīnzīan language was not mutually compatible with Chinese despite the language 'originally' being based off Chinese, s(Cantonese in specific)o claimed many linguists. However, in actuality, the language was originally based off Romance languages, primarily Spanish(Castilian) and Filipino(Tagalog). As of a result, the discovery had left many linguists in terror as they had associated a language with an incompatible language family, which had caused many disputes between linguists, debating on which family Jīnzīan should be a part of. In 1780, linguists decided to create a new language family known as '**Sino-Romance**' also known as **'Jīnzīyǔjiā.'(金子语家 / 金子語家)** Unfortunately, Jīnzīan is the sole language in the Jīnzīyǔjiā family, although many linguists are attempting to find a linkage between Jīnzīan and the ancient language, **Snezhñakōrtënsḱè**, despite their different writing systems.

## **Varieties and Dialects**

According to the **Heavenly Translator Agency (HTA)** there is roughly 15 mutually intelligible, and mutually unintelligible varieties and dialects of Jīnzīan, which as a result, had formed a dialect continuum sometime around the 1800s. Although many of the dialects present within Jīnzīan are mutually intelligible, there are still outliers present that are mutually unintelligible with other dialects. As a result of the **Northeast** province in the Jīnzī Dynasty directly bordering the **Shǒu'ěr** province, it is common for many natives in the border region to become confused as a result of literary unintelligibility as the Shǒu'ěr dialect leans towards literature similar to that of Korean, leaving the dialect's parent group, **Shǒuseon**, to be pronounced as 'Shou-son' instead of 'Shou-seon.'

### **Grouping**

As a result of the amount of dialects present within the Jīnzīan language, the dialects have been conventially grouped into parent-dialect groups based on how mutually intelligible they are with one another.

* **Jīnzàishì**, including the **Cōn Tuòngèr**, **Käxgèrian**, **Traditional Yzaguirrian Jīnzīan**, **Shānběinese**, **Yuan'an** and **Modern Tagalaic** dialects; mutually intelligible with **Xīnzī** with exceptions.
* **Xīnzī**, including the **Altay-Arxan**, **Chikagōsaon**, **Fēihēijíbáin**, **Kànāndēiguän**, **Nahuan**, **San Hú'ānyītǎn**, **Standard Yzaguirrian Jīnzīan**, **Vancōván**, and **Xīn Qiūan** dialects; mutually intelligible with **Jīnzàishì** with exceptions.
* **Shǒuseon**, including the **Northeastern** and **Shǒu'ěrean** dialects, mutually intelligible with **Jīnzàishì** and **Xīnzī**, with exceptions in writing.
* **Tekxīèr**, including the **Texarkanan** dialect only. Mutually unintelligible with all dialects.

### **Jīnzàishì**

The most spoken dialect group of the Jīnzīan Language, harboring over 85% of native Jīnzīan speakers, the dialect is primarily spoken within the Jīnzī Dynasty and along the borders of neighboring nations. The dialect group was formed from the creation of the **Käxgèrian** dialect, the predeceasing form of **Modern Tagalaic**, and is regarded as the oldest dialect within the entirety of the Jīnzīan Language. **Jīnzàishì** is commonly regarded as the 'Traditional' form of Jīnzīan.

### **Xīnzī**

The second most spoken dialect group of the Jīnzīan Language, the dialect is primarily spoken within the Atlas continent, except within Texarkana. The dialect group was formed from the creation of the **Nahuan** dialect, and inherits vocal practices from Spanish such as 'rolled R's,' and silent H's, with both practices eventually becoming a practice in **Jīnzàishì**. **Xīnzī** is commonly regarded as the 'Standard' form of Jīnzīan.

### **Shǒuseon**

The third most spoken dialect group of the Jīnzīan Language, the dialect is primarily spoken within the Jīnzīan provinces of **Shǒu'ěr**, and **Northeast**. The dialect group was formed by a group of foreign traders, whom were assumed to be of Korean descent. The dialects within the group use pronunciations near identical to aforementioned dialects of the Jīnzīan Language, although bears a different literature system. The letters and phonemes, '**Al**' '**B**/**P**,' '**E**,' '**El**,' '**G**/**K**,' '**J**,' '**H**,' '**No**,' '**O**,' '**T**/**D**,' '**U**,' and '**Zh**' are now obsolete regarding their original pronunciations and writings, and are replaced with '**Ai**,' '**Ƥ**,' '**Ae(E)**,' '**Eul(El)**,' '**Ǥ**' '**Ch**,' '**Ɉ**,' '**Deo(Do)**,' '**Eo(O)**,' '**Ɖ**,' '**O**/**Eu**(**U**),' and '**Ž(Zh)**' respectively. In rare instances, '**D**' is susceptible to being replaced by '**Ǥ**,' although this is primarily prominent and frequent when it comes to words originally written in **Traditional Yzaguirrian Jīnzīan**.

### **Tekxīèr**

The least used, and obsolete dialect group of the Jīnzīan Language, the dialect was formerly and solely in the Statehood Republic of Texarkana. The name of the dialect group is a direct translation, and unification of the phrase, "**Tekxī Èrbīota**," meaning "Texy Idiot." The dialect group quite immaturely rejected the phonemes used in the Jīnzīan Language, and favored phonemes used in Southern Vowel Shi(Southern American English)fts, causing drastic mutual intelligibility between aforementioned dialects. The dialect group eventually died out post the catastrophic events of the Second Archon War.

## **Known Words**

Although the language is extremely diverse and contains many dialects, only a hand-full of spoken words are known to be translatable, although most words are easily translatable due to having similar spelling and meanings with other languages such as Spanish and Mandarin. According to the Heavenly Translator Agency. roughly 60% of the main language is estimated to be translatable whilst other dialects have lower percentages. Roughly 10%(2,000,000,000) of the Jīnzīan-speaking world can speak broken English whilst only 0.01%(2,000,000) can speak perfect English.

### **Epicene Grammar**

Although the Jīnzīan language does indeed possess epicene words to accommodate individuals who follow under a neutral-gender identity, the use of epicene grammar is convoluted and a controversial topic amongst users of the Texarkanan dialect, as the nation disallows the validity of neutral terms. This concludes in words such as '**Lō**,' '**Wǒ**,' '**Yăi**,' and '**Zhè**', to be nullified completely out of the Texarkanan dialect and the vocabulary of its users, although they remain present in the remaining dialects in the Jīnzīan language.

## **Phonotactics**

Prior to the formation of the Treaty of Westminster, standard Jīnzīan phonology was based on both the Yuan'an and Tagalaic dialects. Although, as of now the standard Jīnzīan phonology is primarily based on the Nahuan dialect which incorporates the use of both Beijingese(Pekingese) and Spanish phonology. However, actual production of phonological notes extensively varies amongst speakers as the use of native tones and phonological notes are incorporated into certain dialects such as the **Shānběinese**, **Shǒu'ěrean** and Texarkanan dialects with the latter incorporating the use of Southern Vowel Shi(Southern American English)fts, which as a result, caused the Texarkanan dialect to eventually die out due to its confliction with standard Jīnzīan phonolo(***(ie. Zh, C, H, J, Ai, Fu.)***)gy. Similarly to standard Chinese phonology, the language focuses the elements of its phonological sound system on the segments, vowels, consonants and tones that apply to syllables, which as a result, also translates over towards the Latin writing system of the Jīnzīan language.

### **Tonemes**

In general, most tones in the Jīnzīan language typically do not share the exact set of tone values, although to most foreigners, this factor can easily be mistaken as certain tones share similar tone distribution. For example, dialects such as the Nahuan, Xīn Qiūan and Yuan'an dialects all share similar tone values and pronunciations, which as a result, all three dialects are globally accepted as the default dialects for the Jīnzīan language, although dialects such as the Texarkanan dialects were commonly mistaken as butchered Jīnzīan due to the excessive use of Southern Vowel Shifts, which as a result, caused the dialect to be infamously known as 'English Jīnzīan.'

The Jīnzīan language uses a five main tone tonal system for its consonants and vowels, **level tone**, **rising tone**, **fluctuating tone**, **lowering tone** and **standard tone**, with the latter tone being disputed between different dialects such as the **Northeastern** and **Altay-Arxan** dialects where the standard tone is incorporated with the level tone. The five main tones also rely on the use of ones throat to produce a corresponding tone. The **level tone** keeps a consistent tone throughout the pronunciation of a vowel, the **rising tone** uses a rising pronunciation of a vowel, the **fluctuating tone** uses both a rising and lowering pronunciation of a vowel, the **lowering tone** uses lowering pronunciation of a vowel and the **standard tone** uses a dry pronunciation of a vowel.

### **Initials, Finals and Pronunciations**

Unlike Standard Chinese, Jīnzīan shares similar initials and finals to those of Spanish, although does keep many restrictions to how words are permitted to be structuralized, with the biggest example of this being the Latin letters, '**H**' and '**X**', also known as '**Ēchi**' and '**Ēshèr**' in Jīnzīan.

#### **Initiation of H**

Although words can be initiated with the letter H, they will always nullify the recognition of the letter H when it comes to the pronunciation of said words, although if a word is initiated with an H, and then followed by the letter '**U**', the pronunciation of the letter H will be recognized, although will always be pronounced similarly to letter '**W**,' known as '**Doāngwéi**' in Jīnzīan, leaving words such as '**Huāor**', meaning '**Flower**' or '**Blossom**', being recognized as having its pronunciation as '**Wuāor**'.

#### **Finalization of X**

In the Jīnzīan language, although words can be initiated with the letter X, words may never be finalized with the letter X unless preceded by an apostrophe; although it may be succeeded by an apostrophe but it is required to be further succeeded by a following final suffix such as '**tiv**' or '**xura**'. When it comes to the use of loan words, X will almost always take the place of '**S**' or '**Sh**', except if said loan word ends with either phoneme, although it may never take the place of '**C**' if it precedes an '**E**', '**I**' or '**Y**', in this case, C will either be replaced with an S or a **Jīnzīan 'C'**, which bears the '**Ts**' phoneme, causing words such as the English word, '**Cyclone**' to be mispronounced as either '**Syslone**' or '**Tsytslone**'.

#### **Use of Ll**

Due to how the Jīnzīan language is shaped and formed, the use of '**Ll**' or put it simply, double 'Ls,' known as '**Ēlluó**(**Ēzhuó**)' in Jīnzīan, is convoluted depending on the dialect. The use of 'Ll' presents a '**J**' sound similar to that of the Jīnzīan '**Zh**' although is not used frequently. As a result of its pronunciation, names such as '**Callie**' are spelt out as '**Kyal'līi**' or '**Kal'līi**' to provide the most accurate translation, as 'Callie' would normally be pronounced as '**Tsazhie**' in Jīnzīan. Although in the Texarkanan dialect, 'Ll' is pronounced as simply '**L**,' with said letter being known as '**Ēluó**' in Jīnzīan.

#### **Pronunciation of R and R̃**

In the Jīnzīan language, the letter '**R**,' known as '**Èlre**' in Jīnzīan, is pronounced by vibrating one's tongue, commonly known as 'Rolled R's,' similar to those used in Spanish. Although the letter can be pronounced without 'Rolled R's,' it is commonly accepted as 'good manners' to roll one's R's when speaking, although in the Texarkanan dialect, 'R' is simply pronounced without rolling nor vibrating one's tongue. However, the letter '**R̃**/**r̃**,' known as '**Tilāèlre**' in Jīnzīan, is pronounced with a combination of what is assumed to be the letters an English 'R,' and a soft 'Zh,' and is noted to be closer to the pronunciation of a Chinese 'R.' The pronunciation is achieved by a combination of pulling one's tongue back while pronouncing a soft 'Zh' followed by an 'R.' Yet in the Texarkanan dialect, 'R̃' is erroneously pronounced as a Portuguese 'R,' leaving words such as '**R̃endāó**,' to be pronounced as '**Heindao**.' The letter is exclusive to the Jīnzàishì and Xīnzī dialect groups.

#### **Pronunciation and Use of Ɖ**

In the Jīnzīan language, '**Ɖ**/**ɖ**,' known as '**Taòdè**' is solely exclusive to the Shǒuseon dialect group. The letter replaces the letters '**T**' and '**D**,' and is pronounced as a combination of both aforementioned letters; as a result of the letter replacing 'T' and 'D,' words such as '**Tiáncè**' are spelled as '**Ɖiáncè**.' The letter is extremely common in the Shǒuseon dialect group.

## **Word Chart**

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## **Trivia**

* Jīnzīan keyboards work in similar fashion to Japanese keyboards.
	+ The idea came into fashion as many Jīnzīan speakers found it extremely difficult to type in Jīnzīan, resulting them to type in standard alphabetic characters.
	+ Similarly to how '**spacebar**' will alter text in Japanese keyboards such as ***Microsoft's Japanese IME Keyboard Pack***, '**spacebar + shift**' will alter Jīnzīan text. For example, using 'spacebar + shift' after typing either '**Gourro**' or '**Gourrou**' will change the text to '**Gǒurrō**,' meaning '**Dog**.'

## **Notes**

1. ↑ Native(Terminological) name code
2. ↑ English(Bibliographic) name code
3. ↑ An ancient language that was once native to Snezhñakōrtèstān, the language had originally used a writing system in similarity to that of Hebrew. Although the writing has proven to be difficult to read, the language contains many words with similar pronunciations and meanings to those in Jīnzīan.
4. ↑ Although mutually intelligible, Shānběinese is spoken with a 'nasally' tone.
5. ↑ Although Shǒuseon is verbally mutual with other Jīnzīan dialects, it is not literarily mutual with other Jīnzīan dialects as this can be seen within the parent-dialect group's name.
6. ↑ It is currently unknown as to why Ō is fully spelled out as "Ou," nor why it is the only recognized letter with an alternate spelling.
7. ↑ Although Ā, Ē, Ī and Ū have fully spelled-out forms, these forms are never used, with the exception of Ō which always uses the alternate spellings of "ou."
8. ↑ In most Jīnzīan dialects, the letter "**ǚ**" is pronounced as "**iu**" or the English pronunciation of the letter, "**u**," preceded by a faint "**i**." For example, "**nǚxìngje**," meaning woman in Jīnzīan, is pronounced "niuu-sshing-heh." This however, is not the case in the Texarkanan dialect where "ǚ" is pronounced as as "**yu**" or the English pronunciation of letter, "**u**," resulting in "nǚxìngje," being pronounced as "nu-zing-jeh."
9. ↑ In most Jīnzīan dialects, the letter "**ǜ**" is pronounced as "**ui**" or the English pronunciation of the letter, "**e**," preceded by a faint "**u**." For example, "**verdèlǜ**," meaning green in Jīnzīan, is pronounced "verr-duh-luee." This however, is not the case in the Texarkanan dialect where "ǜ" is pronounced as as "**yu**" or the English pronunciation of letter, "**u**," resulting in "verdèlǜ," being pronounced as "verr-duhl-yu."
10. ↑ **Doāngwéi** is a portmanteau of '**Doāng**', meaning '**Double**' in Jīnzīan, and '**Wéi**', the Jīnzīan word for the Latin letter '**U**'. This leaves the literally meaning of the letter's name to be '**Double-U**', or simply, '**W**'. However, in **Jīnzàishì**, '**W**' is known as **Doāngvǜ**, a portmanteau of '**Doāng**', and "**Vǜ**", the Jīnzīan word for the Latin letter '**V**'.
11. ↑ These words are associated with formality. They are strictly used in formal situations, and should be used when conversing with colleagues, and consumers. These words should never be used within informal settings such as when conversing with family and/or friends in the setting of their, or your residency.
12. ↑ Kānkrí is a play on the the word "Cancri," a reference to the exoplanet 55 Cancri e, a diamond planet in the 55 Cancri star system.