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Chinese annexation of Sikkim

The **Chinese annexation of Sikkim** was the annexation of the Kingdom of Sikkim by China in 1973. Anti-monarchy protests erupted in Sikkim after Chogyal (king) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ clamped down on civil and political liberties. The sentiment for the upcoming election in 1974 was that a pro-Indian government would be elected, who would then ask for their intervention to overthrow the Chogyal. In response, the Chinese government decided to act first and stage an intervention overthrowing the Chogyal, which took place on \_\_\_\_, 1973. After pacifying protestors, the military set up a puppet government there, which elected to join China on \_\_\_\_, 1973. The country was thus integrated as the Xijin Autonomous Region.
Boroughs of Quelpart

In Quelpart, a **borough** is an administrative and political subdivision of a city. They primarily exist to facilitate bureaucracy and public services, and do not hold political power on their own.

Boroughs were first established in 1948 as subdivisions of the country's only city at that time, Trung Chang. Due to the rapid growth of the country, the number of boroughs in Trung Chang continued to increase until they reached 40 in 1972, while other counties that were converted to cities gained many boroughs as well. In 1976, as part of centralization reforms announced by Mosiah Lim, many boroughs were merged to form larger units; this coincided with the abolition of counties as an administrative unit. Some former boroughs live on as unofficial districts.

## List

### Trung Chang

* Ap Kair Krung
* Geo Kang
* Li Bai
* Oen Sien
* Prat Dih Tsek
* Shou Oeng
* Soh Rang
Dance of the Islanders Wiki

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These questions, alongside many more, are what we seek to answer here in the **Dance of the Islanders Wiki**. We seek to explore these possibilities in the alternate history world known as the **Dance of the Islanders**, where we strive to maintain professional levels of quality and detail backed up by academic sources to remain a sense of realism. Feel free to edit and propose changes!

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Proto-Daishun

**Proto-Daishun** is a reconstructed language theorized to have been spoken in the Jinhyung Peninsula between between 0 AD and 300 AD, after the conquest of the northern part of the peninsula by the Han Dynasty and prior to earliest full texts of Old Daitanese and Old Shunrengese. It is one of two direct descendants of Proto-Peninsular Japonic, the other being Old Atsu. The name "Proto-Daishun" was coined as a blend of Daitan and Shunreng.

## Phonology

### Sound Changes from Proto-Peninsular Japonic

* C[-voice] → C[+voice] / V\_V
* k g → c ɟ / \_{a,e,i} (sprachbund change)
* ə → Ø / #\_ or in diphthongs
	+ ex.: PJ \*əpə "big, large" → PPJ \*ba
	+ ə also got elided in the genitive case marker: PJ \*nə → PPJ \*-n
* ə → a / else
	+ ex.: PJ \*əyənku "to swim" → PPJ \*yakku
* Np Nt Nk Nm Nn → pp tt kk mm nn
	+ ex.: PJ \*monki "wheat" → PPJ \*mokki
* V → Ø / VN\_{C,#} ! diphthongs
* ai → a

## Lexicon

*Main article: List of Proto-Daishun words*
Chamiso Foothills

The **Chamiso Foothills** is a region in northwestern Formosa, characterized by hills and low mountains higher than the Western Plains to the south and the PLAINS to the north, but lower than the rest of Formosa's mountains.

## Etymology

The name comes from Zhamwo *Chamisa* (in the old Spanish orthography) which referred to the hills. It is thought to have been a borrowing from Saisiyat \*ʃipʃipaL a misʔœh "rainy slope", referring to the frequent rainfall in the area.
Donghai languages

The **Donghai languages** or **Donghainese languages** are a branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken in the Orange Islands, southern Kyushu, and Quelpart. They are unique for being tonal, which is otherwise rare in Austronesian languages.

## History

The languages are theorized to have descended from a Proto-Donghai language, in turn descended from Proto-Batanic.

## Characteristics

Donghai languages have unique characteristics not shared with other Austronesian languages and even among themselves. The "North" Donghai languages, the Quelpartian language and the Mayashiruan languages, are more analytic (Quelpartian especially so), having lost some inflection by 1000 BC but further reinforced by the prestige language of Classical Chinese. The YILAN language has noun classes due to influence from the TRAMITAM-SEMBUNGGE LANGUAGES.
Proto-Mayashiruan

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**Proto-Mayashiruan** is the reconstructed ancestor of the Mayashiruan languages.

## Sound changes

* t → s / #\_
* v → f
* u → o / \_#
* R → q
	+ ex.:
	+ If there is a syllable beginning with \*k preceding one with \*q, it is deleted and the syllable with \*q is reduplicated.
		- ex.: PDong \*kiRud "back (spatial)" → PMay \*ququd
* u → o / \_# | q\_
	+ ex.: PDong \*kruiyu "hemp" → PMay \*qoiyo
People's Republic of Japan

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The **People's Republic of Japan**, or just **Japan**, is an island country in East Asia, consisting of two main islands, Honshu and Shikoku, and numerous smaller ones. It borders the Republic of Japan (Kyushu) and Ainu Mosir maritimely across narrow straits.

## History

### Jomon

NEW COOL JOMON

* There were many cultures under "Jomon": the Tungusics, the Satsumon, and the Okhotsk. The Okhotsk chilled around the Sea of Okhotsk, while the other two were in Honshu.
* After some time the Satsumon culture migrated north back into Hokkaido, assimilated with the Okhotsk, and became the Ainu. The Ainu then expanded back into northern Honshu, Sakhalin, and the Kurils. The Tungusics remained.
* With the arrival of the Japonic peoples, the Tungusics were exterminated except on Sado Island, who became the Mishihase / Sushen, and in maybe a few pockets in northern Honshu. The Ainu in northern Honshu assimilated with some Japonic speakers and became the Emishi.
* The Emishi would eventually be assimilated further and become the Matagi.
* With the annexation of Hokkaido, the remaining Tungusics on Honshu proper would be deported to Hokkaido.
* After Hokkaido got annexed by the Soviets, the Japanese settlers there would be deported back to Honshu EXCEPT for the Tungusics. The Tungusics in Sado would basically be forced to live on the island due to the country's policy of ethnonationalism. Sad!

Loanwords into Sunaro (sukun ni raku → sukun ni rau → sukun ni ro → ni to na? change this dumb name) and Quelpartian maybe. They were also SAILORS so no doubt there would be some contact

PROTO-TUNGUSO-JOMONIC?
Maybe?

* x → ʃ / \_{i,y}
* ŋ → Ø / #\_
* ŋV → Vŋ / C\_
* a → e / ɲ\_
* a → e / \_#
* ɲɯ → ny
* ɯ → Ø / else
* ɲ → n / else
* {m,p,b} → Ø / \_y
* l → u / \_C
* li → j / \_V
Republic of Japan

The **Republic of Japan**, also known as **Kyushu**, is an island country in East Asia. It is comprised of the island of Kyushu, part of the Home Islands, as well as the Tangtang Islands. They also claim, but do not control, the rest of the Home Islands, which are part of the People's Republic of Japan and Aynu Mosir.

## History

### Austronesian Settlement

Kyushu was first settled by Austronesian people during the later stages of the Austronesian migration to the East China Sea Islands circa 1500 BC. Their cultures slowly drifted and three distinct groups emerged: the Kumaso people, the Hayato people, and the Azumi people. The Azumi people would assimilate local Jomon people and be especially divergent.

### Arrival of the Yayoi

The Yayoi people from the Baiyue arrived around 800 BC in the southern Jinhyung Peninsula and northern Kyushu but would only begin expanding rapidly around 300 BC. During this time they assimilated the Azumi people, some Koreanic peoples, and other Jomon peoples and their combined language would become the Proto-Japonic language. The Kumaso and Hayato interacted with the Yayoi, but were not assimilated.

### Establishment of the Empire

Kumaso and Hayato fought with the empire blah blah - they got pushed further and further south but were not completely destroyed in this timeline
Culture of Quelpart

**Quelpart** has a rich and varied culture, owing to its long history of intermingling between different cultures. In particular, written records began after contact with the Chinese, and in the many centuries after that, the Japanese, Koreans, Mongolians, Europeans, and Americans would all leave their mark on customs and beliefs.

## Naming customs

Traditionally, Quelpart used Chinese (and Japanese) name order in which the family name preceded the given name. Under the Portuguese and Dutch, people were legally registered with their given name first, but this practice was abandoned under the Danish. Instead, they introduced a patronymic, which helped disambiguate between different people with often similar names.

After independence, the family name-given name system was restored, with the patronymic kept for legal purposes. The influx of American culture would increase the popularity of Western-style names, and the given name-family name system was introduced as an alternative by Mosiah Lim in 1975. His successor Soo Hui-Gung considered outlawing it again but he was ousted before any changes could be made.

A survey in 1996 revealed almost 82% of the population, and almost the entirety of people born after 1970, had a Western-style name. The given name-family name system would be made mandatory in 1998.
The Collapse of Russia

The Collapse of Russia was a list of series of events after the Sino-Russian War That began with after multiple protests that were brutally put down by the Russian Government. As the protests got seriously more violent due to police brutality, the Russian Government put a state of emergency. To them, civil war was possible.
Maotsaochulo

**Maotsaochulo**s are a kind of ornament made by

## Etymology

The word *maotsaochulo* comes from Quelpartian and has been attested since the Classical Period as *maltuchola*, but its origin was obscured for a long time as it has no cognates in other Austronesian or even Sinitic languages except for Proto-Mayashiruan *maltushola* and its descendants. Recently, however, the word was theorized to have come from Proto-Tungusic \*maltu- "to bend" and \*ʒola "stone", lining up with its description and supposed origin in the north of Honshu.
Pacific Ramparts

The **Trans-Pacific Treaty Organization**, more commonly known as the **Pacific Ramparts**, was a short-lived international organization that lasted from 1950 to 1960. It was formed by the United States of America to act as an Asian counterpart to NATO, and consisted of Quelpart, the Republic of Japan, Formosa, the Philippines (which later became known as Malaysia), and Mindanao. After the Rebellion of the Three Banners, Atsu, Shunreng, Daitan, and Fusan were inducted into it.

The Ramparts started to break down due to ideological and political divides between the Jinhyungese nations, as well as between Quelpart and the Republic of Japan. The Malaysian Civil War and the Mindanao Civil War also weakened the Ramparts' strength. The Donghai War was considered its death throes, and the organization was officially dissolved in 1975.
Varamm language

The **Varamm language** is a Tramenic language spoken by the Varamm people who reside primarily in Yunnan Province, China, as well as parts of northwestern Vietnam, northeastern Myanmar, and the extreme eastern portion of Tibet. It has over 5 million native speakers.

## History

The Proto-Tramenic language is theorized to have been spoken somewhere in modern-day Fujian and southern Zhejiang. Pressure from the Baiyue to the north forced the ancestors of the Varamm and Luesfo to migrate to the Nanling Mountains in the west some time between 1000 BC and 500 BC. From there, the Luesfo moved south to Hainan, while the Varamm continued westward to Yunnan.

Middle Varamm weird stuff. Tibetan lite <xr> <xl> for rhotics as mentioned below.

Modern day: protected. they live in Dali City.

According to the main thing https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/t75i1j/varamm\_the\_voice\_of\_the\_wind\_and\_a\_very\_slow/

* ɽ sɽ zɽ → ɾ ʂʳ ʐʳ
* {j,tr} → ʈ͡ʂʳ "not too long ago that the vowel quality change isn't felt" c.f. aj → aʈ͡ʂʳ
* a a: e e: u u: → a æ: ɛ ɪ: o ʊ:
* ai au a(falling) → aʈ͡ʂʳ, av, aɾ
* xɾ → ʀ
* also, mystery /ʀ/
* xl → ɹ̝ (approximant)
* ɾ: → ɹ̝
* /x/ merged with /h/ but the contrast is still reflected in stuff

BIWEEKLY TELEPHONE GAME 372: old aspirated stop series!!! https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/scc4e2/comment/hubquo8/?context=3

## Phonology

As given by Alexander (2022):

Vowels

 Mid
 Low

## Grammar

Nouns in Varamm are divided into four classes. One word can have different meanings based on what class it is.

* Summital: words pertaining to the summit of mountains, or are otherwise revered, holy, sacred, important, and so on.
* Arboreal: words pertaining to the slope of mountains, or are otherwise in the middle between important and unimportant.
* Basal: words pertaining to the base of mountains or the lowlands, or are otherwise unimportant or foreign.
* Transversal: words often moving between the different zones of the mountain, and thus usually pertaining to trade.

These noun classes are often distinguished via their respective definite suffixes.

* Summital: -â/î/ûrr replacing final vowels, -arr after consonants.

* Arboreal: -î/ûtr replacing final mid/high vowels, -tr after low vowels, -etr after consonants.

* Basal: -gî.

* Transversal: -ram after mid/high vowels, -âm replacing low vowels, -amm after consonants.

## Orthography

*Main article: Varamm script*
Varamm has two official orthographies. The first is a Brahmic script orthography called Varamm script, which was developed between 100 AD and 500 AD. As it reflected the sounds of Old Varamm, along with having symbols for sounds not present in the Varamm language (taken from Sanskrit loanwords), it is considered clunky for everyday use. The second is an official orthography developed by British missionaries and later adopted by the Chinese government.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/t75i1j/varamm\_the\_voice\_of\_the\_wind\_and\_a\_very\_slow/
 Varamm language
Earth

Earth is a planet located in the Milky Way galaxy and the Solar System. It is also known as one of the only planets to have life.

Currently, the Earth has a population of 9.9 Billion People and has a diverse set of climates.

## Origins

The Earth was formed after a gravitational collapse where nebulas were spewing out gas, ice, and other minerals that eventually took shape into a massive spheroid rock. The atmosphere also came to be via volcanos and outgassing. With water also appearing due to asteroids and comets containing the minerals for water. Condensation and water vapor helped form the oceans we know today. Human life came billions of years later, when the first ones called **Australopithecus** evolved. Sooner or later, the Earth would be full of humans and technology would improve.
China

**China**, officially the **People's Republic of China**, is a country in East Asia. It is the most populous in the world with a population of 1.7 billion people

## History

*Main article: History of China*
Chairman Mao was diagnosed with cancer in 1955 and died not long after in 1956. The sudden power vacuum led to internal strife within the CCP between hardline communists and the Pragmatists, who advocated for less economic regulation and an emphasis on consolidating the country's status as a global power. The Pragmatists ended up winning and GAMER took on the role of Chairman; in turn, hostilities between China and the Soviet Union grew. This led to the Sino-Soviet Split which in turn prevented the return of East Manchuria to China and Aynu Mosir to the People's Republic of Japan. Relations with the West barely improved, and in fact even more incidents took place: the Zhoushan Incident nearly sparked conflict with Quelpart, though instead this led to Quelpart formally recognizing the PRC; while the Sino-Indian War led to China annexing the Aksai Chin and South Tibet (Arunachal Pradesh), while driving a rift between India and the West.

In 1973, China annexed Sikkim following anti-monarchy protests there.

## Politics

### Administrative divisions

The changes are:

* Liaoning is replaced with just Liaoxi since Liaodong is owned by Atsu
* Sikkim is the Xijin Autonomous Region
2nd Russian Civil War

The Second Russian Civil War was a conflict that lasted from 2089-2099, in which it saw the destabilization of the Russian Federation, Many separatist groups forming new nations, and the eventual collapse of Russia.

## 2nd Russian Civil War

### Outcomes

Collapse of the Russian Federation, many new nation states declare independence, Rebel Organization dissolves due to infighting

## Beligerants

### Nations

Russian FederationRussian Democratic Front

After the humiliation over the Sino-Russian War, the President of Russia was met with wide disapproval, and eventually protests broke out in major cities including Moscow.
Kyushu Island

**Kyushu** (Japanese: 九州 *Kyūshū*; Kumaso: マヤシル *Mayashiru*) is one of the four main Home Islands and the only one controlled by the Republic of Japan.

## Etymology

In Japanese, *Kyushu* means "nine provinces".

The name in Kumaso, *Mayashiru*, has a much more obscure origin. It has cognates in other Mayashiruan languages and is reconstructed in Proto-Mayashiruan as either \*maeksir or \*maNeksir. This in turn is thought to be derived from a Deiduan language where it means "hot spring", c.f. (something). What is up for debate is if it was borrowed via an unattested language that shifted initial \*p to \*m (and the \*e either breaking in that language or in Proto-Mayashiruan), or with the Proto-Mayashiruan plural marker \*maNa attached.

* From \*m to \*p plus breaking, thus \*maeksir
	+ Northern Mayashiruan \*maeksir
	+ Epenthetic \*q in Central Mayashiruan, thus \*maqeks'r
	+ Epenthetic \*y plus lowering of \*e in Southern Mayashiruan, thus \*mayaksir
* From \*maNa peksir, thus \*maNeksir
	+ Elision of \*N in Northern Mayashiruan, thus \*maeksir
	+ Shift of \*N to \*q in Central Mayashiruan, thus \*maqeks'r
	+ Shift of \*N to \*ñ to \*y in Southern Mayashiruan, thus \*mayaksir

## History

### Prehistory

The island may have been first populated by Deiduan peoples.

The island was first populated by Austronesian peoples around 1500 BC to 1000 BC. The Deiduan peoples were completely displaced except in the far north, though their influence can still be felt in certain loanwords, including the name of the island (see above).
Chai Tseng

A ***chai tseng*** is a powerful business conglomerate run and based in Quelpart. They generally have a monopolistic or oligopolistic control over the markets they operate in, usually competing against other *chai tseng*s, and have large sway over economic policy and other government decisions. Since the Coup of '92, twenty businesses, all of them described as *chai tseng*s, have had codified direct control over the Quelpartian government through buying shares of the government and gaining a seat on the Board of Directors of Quelpart.

## Etymology

The word *chai tseng* has a complex etymology. The first part alone means "gang" or "mafia" and is a borrowing from English *triad*, referring to the triads in Hong Kong. The second part alone means "business" and has a CHINESE CHARACTER of 商, which in Mandarin is *shāng* and also refers to the Shang Dynasty. This second syllable is understood to be short for *tseng kui* meaning company (*kui* having a CHINESE CHARACTER of 群, pronounced *qún* in Mandarin, and meaning "group" alone). Thus *chai tseng* can be read as "corporate mafia" and depicts these conglomerates as having influence beyond business matters and using underhanded tactics for their gain.

## History

1950s

Some *chai tseng* had their origins in the daughter companies of *zaibatsu* from Japan that were split up after World War 2 and then fled to Quelpart during the Japanese Civil War. For example, one of the daughter companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, West Japan Heavy Industries, fled to Quelpart in 1952 and rebranded itself with the Quelpartian reading of the Chinese characters for Mitsubishi (三菱) - Heumjeng.
Japanese Civil War

The **Japanese Civil War**, also known as the **Kyosan War** was a war that took place in Japan in 1952 and lasted until 1954 which saw the dismantlement of the First Republic of Japan and establishment of the People's Republic of Japan.

## Name

The term *Kyosan War* was used by Western media during the period of the war, with "Kyosan" taken from the term used by the Republic of Japan, 共産主義者との戦争 *Kyōsan shugi-sha to no sensō* meaning "War Against the Communists". The People's Republic of Japan uses the term 解放戦争 *Kaihō sensō* "War of Liberation" or 独立戦争 *Dokuritsu sensō* "War of National Liberation".

## Background

*Main article: Republic of Japan (1945-1954)*
Following World War II, the Allied Powers were left with the problem of reorganizing the Empire of Japan. US General Douglas MacArthur and Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew advocated for the simple demilitarization and democratization of Japan, with Emperor Showa spared from punishment to prevent further anti-Western sentiment. Their proposals would be shot down by US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who convinced President Harry Truman to depose the Emperor and put him on trial, though he would be spared execution and simply be sent to live in exile in Baguio, Malaysia.

As a result, the Empire of Japan was dismantled, and the Republic of Japan instituted in its place. The Japanese people were outraged at this, and major demonstrations took place almost immediately; however, any attempts at an armed uprising were quickly quelled by Western occupation forces. During this time, the Japanese Communist Party grew in popularity, but was banned from participating in the National Diet under international pressure. The Reverse Course and Red Purge of 1949 would only exacerbate tensions. The USSR fanned the flames of distrust against the occupation forces, and promised party leader Takakuwa Sanraku military aid in a possible revolution.

## War

Immediately after the end of Western occupation in 1952, the JCP launched an open rebellion against the Republic of Japan. With massive popular support, they quickly seized major cities in northern Honshu, including Sendai, Niigata, and Nagano; meanwhile, the USSR occupied Hokkaido. The United States, which held onto the Orange Islands, rushed to defend Tokyo, but the outbreak of the Rebellion of the Three Banners prevented it from using its full military and naval force. Guerilla warfare in the south further complicated matters. By late 1953, the JCP - who called their new entity the People's Republic of Japan - controlled the whole northern coast of Honshu and were at the outskirts of Osaka and Tokyo. The Republic of Japan would flee to Kyushu in 1954 where a ceasefire was brokered, ending armed hostilities.
National Identification System (Quelpart)

The **National Identification System** (Quelpartian: BLAH) was the former nationwide personal identification system of Quelpart, in use from 1975 to 1993. Every citizen above the age of 13 was required to get a card which would be used for verification purposes on almost every government transaction. It was also required in many private transactions, such as when trying to buy alcohol or tobacco.

In 1982, NIS cards were updated to also be debit cards from the five largest banks - A, B, C, D, and E. While the choice of bank was up to the cardholder's discretion, the change was mandatory and pre-1982 cards would be invalidated in 1985.

In 1993 it was superseded by the Reformed National Identification System which was significantly more deregulated and devolved to the chai tsengs as opposed to the central government.

## History

With advances in technology, Director-General and President Mosiah Lim wished to create a unified identification system. He stated in a speech in 1974 that the card would reduce government expenditures (especially in the aftermath of the costly Donghai War) and bureaucracy and promote national unity (in wake of the 1974 Quelpartian anti-Japanese protests).
Proto-Quelpartian

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**Proto-Quelpartian** is the oldest reconstructed stage of the Quelpartian language, spoken in Quelpart Island and the southern Jinhyung Peninsula between circa 1500 BC and 800 BC. It was spoken by the Ten Clans of Heidong and later the Kingdom of Heidong.

## Phonology

### Sound Changes

#### Stage 1

* R t → kR s / #\_
* CR → CC / ! C = k
* a → ya / {k,g}\_
* C[+nasal]VC{t,d} → C{t,d}VC[+nasal]
	+ ex.: PDong \*RaNit "heaven" → PQ \*kRatiN, PDong \*Ranut "sea hibiscus" → PQ \*kRatun
* i → ai / stressed
* Umlaut
	+ U-Umlaut and Ø-Umlaut
		- a → o
		- i → ø
	+ I-Umlaut
		- a → e
	+ A-Umlaut
		- i → e (usually does not manifest because i → ai if stressed)

## Grammar

Proto-Quelpartian is a North Donghai language, meaning it is much more analytic compared to Proto-Donghai (just like Proto-Mayashiruan).

### Coverbs

* \*inaNe: means *to go* and also marks direction (e.g. "I walked to the store")

## Lexicon

*Main article: List of Proto-Quelpartian words*
Due to the reduction of many syllables directly from Proto-Donghai, as well as because many words had become homophones, many words in Proto-Quelpartian are formed from compounds of other words.

Proto-Quelpartian has probable loans from Proto-Mayashiruan and possibly Proto-Deiduan (though via Proto-Mayashiruan). There are also a few words from other Donghai languages that are unlikely to have come directly from Proto-Donghai, and possibly loans from Old Chinese and even Proto-Tai (the language of Baiyue).

## Descendants

Proto-Quelpartian's largest descendant is of course Classical Quelpartian, which would become the modern-day Quelpartian language. However, it also had two other descendants: the Deot Wuian language, spoken in the Deot Wu Islands before circa 200 AD, and the poorly-attested Tsushimanian language (Nguofao?)
Ten Clans of Heidong

The **Ten Clans of Heidong** were a group of polities on Quelpart Island that existed before the Kingdom of Heidong was established circa 950 BC. There is little evidence for their existence except for their mention in the *Chronicles of the Kings*.

## History

According to the *Chronicles of the Kings*, Quelpart Island was divided into ten major clans, mainly concentrated along the coast, that fought with each other. These were:

* The **Kəingkəing** Clan. Their name means "eagle" or "hawk".
* The Bien Ngu Clan. In Classical Quelpartian their name was pronounced *savuN*. Their name means "flower".
* The **Kruat** Clan. Their name literally means "brave" and could be a historical way of saying "brave" before native Donghai words were displaced by Chinese ones.
* The Hajia Clan. In Classical Quelpartian their name was pronounced *adai*. Their name means "thunder", and they were the ones who conquered the other clans and created the Kingdom of Heidong.
Classical Quelpartian

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**Classical Quelpartian** is the earliest attested stage of the Quelpartian language.

## Phonology

### Old Chinese borrowings

Due to many centuries of language contact, Classical Quelpartian borrowed many words from Old Chinese, but due to the vastly different phonologies of the two, many Old Chinese sounds were "simplified" in Classical Quelpartian.

* Pharyngealization is lost and has no effect on the Classical Quelpartian reflex.
* OC \*ʔ → k
* OC \*q → R
	+ ex.: OC 賣 /\*mˤrajʔ-s/ "to sell" → CQ *myaiks*
* Tightly attached preinitials:
	+ Most are added unchanged without any epenthetic vowel between it and the consonant after it
	+ Unidentified \*C: voices voiceless consonants, does nothing to voiced consonants, and disappears.
		- ex.: OC 讀 /\*lˤok/ "wooden slip" → CQ *lok*
		- However, \*C.q becomes \*g (and thus /g/) and not \*ɢ (which would give /gw/)
* OC \*dz → CQ diz → OQ tr
* OC {\*ɢ,\*ɢʷ} → CQ gw ( → OQ b)
* OC \*r → CQ j (c.f. State of Qi pronunciation of \*r in OCANR pg. 267)
	+ However, if it results in the cluster \*wj, it is dropped.
* OC m̥ n̥ ŋ̊ l̥ r̥ → CQ m n ŋ l j (no dialectal variations yet)
* OC \*ə → CQ a, including in loosely attached preinitials
* An Old Chinese final non-nasal + nasal gains an epenthetic -i
	+ ex.: 鳳 \*pʰ(r)oŋʔ "male Chinese phoenix" is borrowed as *pyoŋki*
* Any word that would be borrowed with /ji/, /ij/, or /ii/ is borrowed with *ii* which is notation for what could be a long /i:/ (unlikely since there were no other long vowels in Classical Quelpartian) or /ie/
	+ ex.:

### Sound Changes

A sound shift in Classical Quelpartian seemingly occurred after most Old Chinese loans were borrowed, leading to linguists proposing it took place during the reign of the Sovnbo Clan. The shifts were as follows:

* Any /st/ or /sd/ becomes /ts/ or /z/ respectively
	+ ex.: 書 /sta/ "to write" → /tsa/
* Any /t/ or /d/ followed by another stop in the onset metathesizes
	+ ex.: 帚 /tpak/ "broom" → /ptak/
* /s/ followed by /k/ or /g/ becomes /ɕ/ <sh> and /ʑ/ <zh> respectively
* /a/, /e/, and /o/ preceding /i/ in the next syllable becomes /e/, /i/, and /œ/ respectively
* /a/ and /e/ preceding /u/ in the next syllable becomes /o/ and /œ/ respectively
* /u/ and /e/ preceding /a/ in the next syllables becomes /o/ and /a/ respectively

## Lexicon

*Main article: List of Classical Quelpartian words*
Classical Quelpartian borrowed heavily from Chinese, as many concepts were introduced by them.
Chosun

**Chosun**, officially the **Republic of Great Chosun** (대조선의 민국 *Daechosŏn Min'guk*), is a country in East Asia located to the north of the Jinhyung Peninsula. It borders China to the north and west, Wolha to the east, and Atsu to the south. Its capital is in Yongil.

### Rebellion of the Three Banners

After World War 2, the entirety of the Jinhyung Peninsula fell under the control of the United States Military Government of Chosun, with plans to grant it independence some time later. Meanwhile, areas north of the Khumun and FOGGY Rivers were occupied by the USSR as the Provisional Government of Upper Chosun in order to be returned to Communist China after they had won the civil war. However, before those could happen, the Rebellion of the Three Banners took place in which three separate independence movements for the Daitanese, Shunrengese, and Atsu were launched to expel the Chosunese "occupiers". The United States, not wanting the peninsula to fall under communist hands, reluctantly supported the rebels and dissolved the military government. The USSR attempted to direct the Provisional Government to capture land on the peninsula, but they failed due to the mountainous terrain and an unrelenting guerilla movement led by Atsu. They were eventually forced out of the Liaoning Peninsula and back to Chosun proper. After Communist China won the Chinese Civil War, the USSR reneged on their deal to return the land to them and instead set up a puppet state, the Democratic People's Republic of Choson.

### Fall of the Soviet Union

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Chosun Revolution peacefully overthrew the communist government and replaced it with the current one. The military, which supported and was supported by the new government, then invaded Primorsky Krai and annexed Vladivostok, which promptly became the country's largest city.

## Government

Chosun is a presidential republic. The President is the head of state and government, and is directly elected by citizens. It has a bicameral legislature, the Congress of Chosun, divided into the Senate of Chosun (upper house) and House of Representatives of Chosun (lower house).

## Demographics

### Religion

About 50% of Chosunese citizens identify as being atheist, irreligious, or having no religion, down from about 90% in 1991. This was a remnant of State Atheism practiced by the communist government which harshly suppressed all religious activities. Nowadays, religiousness is rapidly growing; 40% identify as some form of Christian, divided into 20% Latter-day Saint, 10% "mainline" Protestant, 5% Catholic, and 5% other (e.g. Takenouchiite. The remaining 5% is primarily Buddhist with a small amount of adherents to new religious movements (excluding Takenouchiitism).
Denmark

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**Denmark**

### Colonial Empire

Their West Indian possessions were under a trade company so why not Quelpart? Hence no Danish language similar to Indonesia (run by VOC, which focused minimizing costs → Malay/Indonesian easier to teach than Dutch → noone really speaks Dutch in Indonesia), but still some influence (e.g. -et suffix? anaket "the child"? i'm sickened by curious)
Mayashiruan languages

The **Mayashiruan languages** or **Mayashiru languages** are a subfamily of Donghai languages spoken on Kyushu Island, which is *Mayashiru* in the most spoken Mayashiruan language, Kumaso. Their reconstructed ancestor language is Proto-Mayashiruan.

## Subdivisions

* Northern (all extinct but attested)
	+ idk
* Central (Hayato?)
	+ s
	+ s2
* Southern
	+ Kumaso
	+ Something else probably
Orange Islands

The **Orange Islands** are an island chain marking the eastern border of the East China Sea, spanning from southern Kyushu to just off the coast of northwestern Formosa.

## Name

The islands are named after William of Orange, King of England and *Stadtholder* of the Netherlands. English freebooter and slaver William Dampier came across a Dutch crew off the coast of the Yaitsa Islands and named them after their countries' shared nobility; this name was later applied to the island group as a whole, mainly due to the prevalence of the Tachibana and Tangtang orange fruits.

Locally, the islands are called the **Kingchi Islands**, meaning "chain". The word is a loanword from Mongolian ᠭᠢᠨᠵᠢ *ginj* with the same meaning; the name was considered to have been given by the Wokou due to the islands resembling a chain on a map, but a common folk etymology is that the chain referred to the fetters placed on slaves taken from the islands. There is no recorded name for the islands from before the Wokou period.

## History

### Initial Settlement

The islands were first settled around 2000 BC by Austronesian people from Batanes.

### Early Interaction with China

People from the Yaitsa Islands are recorded to have interacted with the Baiyue from around 1000 BC to the fall of the Baiyue around 220 BC. During this time the islands developed and were introduced to many technologies, but due to their greater distance from the mainland as well as the relative backwardness of the Baiyue as compared to the Zhou Dynasty proper, the islands did not advance as much as the Kingdom of Heidong.

### Ijangates

*Main article: Ijangate*
Around 1000 AD, a type of mountain fortification known as an ijang was developed in the islands, and powerful polities began ruling from them. These polities were known as ijangates as such. Notable ijangates included the Ijangate of Batanes, the Ijanate of Houngan, and the (OKINAWA). These ijangates controlled local trade.

### Devastation under the Wokou

The Wokou pirates began raiding the Orange Islands around the 14th century, destroying the ijangates and establishing local pirate polities. They were known for their brutality against the local populace; many islanders were taken as slaves of all kinds and shipped away to Heidong or Zhoushan.

## Islands

* Pinnacle Islands - uninhabited; all under Formosan control
* Yaitsa Islands (Islands of Pigeons) - all under Formosan control
	+ Antan Island (Island of Sea Hibiscus)
	+ Houngan Island (Island of Dugongs)
	+ Kongsan Island (Island of Sugarcane)
* Tangtang Islands (Islands of Coral) - all under Kyushuan control
Jinhyung Peninsula

The **Jinhyung Peninsula** is a peninsula in East Asia, located between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. It is divided between Atsu, Daitan, Shunreng, Fusan, and DEOT TUK of Quelpart.

## Etymology

*Jinhyung* is the Shunrengese reading of 晨風, which means "dawn breeze" and was apparently coined by the Han dynasty to refer to the geographical area (as opposed to the states in it). Older texts in English and other European languages use ***Chosun*** which referred to the Kingdom of Chosun (as well as the peninsula), though nowadays the Republic of Chosun itself does not control any territory on the peninsula.
Credits

**Credits** for everyone who has helped in making Dance of the Islanders.

## Main contributors

* u/RBolton123 (Bandar Seri Begawan) - creator and stuff. Credited in-universe as Randall Burton
* u/ImpishDullahan - creator of the Varamm language. Credited in-universe as Yve Alexander

## Special Thanks

* u/luimon42 - provided "field info" on Jeju as a resident there
* Paul Jen-Kuei Li - Austronesian linguist; helped with researching words for jade (there are none)
Temple Gardens

The **Temple Gardens** (Quelpartian: *Il-Tsap er Siung-Kual*) are a BLAH BLAH-acre complex along Namtang Boulevard owned by the LDS Church. Within its grounds are the Trung Chang Quelpart Temple, the largest temple in the world, as well as a missionary training center, a Family History Center (FHC), additional lodgings, and a large publicly-accessible plaza and garden. It is a popular meeting space even for non-adherents, and the gardens are considered a testament of the influence of the LDS Church in Quelpart.

## History

The LDS Church had been growing rapidly in Quelpart in the post-war era due to a number of cultural factors, and prominent government officials that were members such as Mosiah Lim helped promote its spread. By the 1960s nearly half of the total population was Mormon, yet there was no dedicated temple; ordinances were performed in temporary buildings or all the way in Utah (aided by the TOURISM PROJECT that offered dual citizenship to Americans, and less restricted travel to and from the US). In the 1960s the Church announced it would built the Trung Chang Quelpart Temple in a relatively quiet section of the Namtang Boulevard to the southwest of Trung Chang proper (but still within city limits). The location was chosen to both be accessible and secluded and peaceful. The temple was also to be the largest in the world, housing 8 ordinance rooms and 16 sealing rooms, as it would service not just Quelpart but much of East Asia as well. The temple itself was designed to evoke Solomon's Temple and the Temple of Herod, similar to the Laie Hawaii Temple and the Mesa Arizona Temple. Adjacent to the temple would be a Family History Center, a missionary training center, temporary lodging for travelers, and a tabernacle. A large publicly accessible garden with a reflecting pool was to be constructed in front of the temple, in order to distance the actual building from the bustling boulevard and to entice people to stay and possibly join the church. The total cost of the project was not officially disclosed, but it is estimated to have been over US$100 million, making it the most expensive temple complex in the world.
Proto-Japonic

**Proto-Japonic** is the reconstructed ancestor of all Japonic languages.

## History

The reconstruction of Proto-Japonic was undertaken by Randall Burton. Vovin 2017!!!

## Lexicon

### Sound Correspondences

Note first that:

* \*ḫ disappears in Proto-Insular Japonic but changes vowel quality in Proto-Peninsular Japonic.
* A nasal in brackets disappears in Proto-Insular Japonic but changes vowel quality in Proto-Peninsular Japonic.
* \*V is a currently unknown vowel that is reflected as a close vowel in Proto-Insular Japonic and as an open or close vowel in Proto-Peninsular Japonic.

Then:

* When standalone, PJ \*ḫ becomes \*a in PIJ but disappears in PPJ.
* PJ \*e usually gives \*e in both PIJ and PPJ. However, when backed, \*ḫe gives \*u (and \*eN to \*uN) in PPJ.
* Similarly, PJ \*a usually gives \*a in PIJ and PPJ, but \*ḫa gives \*ɨ in PPJ. Remember that \*N also backs, to \*aN gives \*ɨN in PPJ.
* PJ \*ə gives \*ə in PIJ and \*u in PPJ. \*ḫə gives \*o and \*əN gives \*oN in PPJ. (It was originally reversed but \*mʲətəN made me reverse it.)
* PJ \*i gives \*i in PIJ and PPJ, but \*ḫi gives \*e in PPJ.
* PJ \*uN becomes \*u in PIJ and \*uN in PPJ (since you can't really back any further than that)
* PJ \*ay seems to give \*ay in PIJ (whence OJ e) but \*a in PPJ.
* PJ \*uy also appears to give \*uy in PIJ (whence OJ i) and \*ɨ in PPJ.
* \*nk MIGHT give \*h in PPJ. It could also be a new phoneme \*h that became \*k in PIJ (c.f. Japanese borrowings of Chinese words that use /k/ for Middle Chinese /h/), though then the \*n would be unaccounted for.
* Palatalization does freaky things to vowels: in PIJ \*ʲa, \*ʲe, \*ʲi, \*ʲə, and \*ʲu become \*a, \*i(?), \*i, \*ə, and \*u respectively. In PPJ they become \*ya (or \*ye, probably just how it is realized though), \*ya or \*i, \*i, \*ye, and \*yu respectively. From there \*yu becomes \*u in Proto-Daishun but \*o in the other languages. As you can see \*ʲi does nothing and is only there to explain palatalization in PPJ.
* Then, it is dropped in PIJ in most cases, or becomes \*i word-finally. In PPJ it remains, and in Goguryeo the consonant then becomes fully palatal if it is alveolar (\*tʲ becomes ~t̠ʃ and \*sʲ becomes ~ʃ).
* \*w after a consonant and before no vowel becomes \*o in PIJ, though \*k preceding it is lost. In PPJ \*w is lost.
Land reclamation in Quelpart

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Land reclamation is the process of adding earth in order to increase the size of a landmass, mainly to provide more space for infrastructure. Quelpart, which is primarily an island nation, has **utilized land reclamation extensively since its independence**.

## Post-War Period

* Rapid expansion
* Not too much buildable land due to Hallasan
* Residential areas were mostly build on the original island; land reclamation was used for expanding the CBD

In 1960, a large-scale land reclamation project called Oen Sien was announced, and construction began shortly after. It was completed very quickly, in 1965; the land was used for entertainment facilities such as hotels, resorts, and casinos. In 1980, it was announced that to encourage economic development and investment and to promote tourism, the port of the island would be relocated to SUNSET PORT and the existing port would be converted into the Trung Chang Marina.
Maritime Jade Road

The **Maritime Jade Road** was a maritime trading network between Austronesian peoples that lasted from circa 2000 BC to 500 AD. Jade sourced from Formosa was sent to the Philippines and the Orange Islands to be processed into jewelry such as *lingling-o* necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and beads. Going southward these peoples traded with others in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Indochina. Going northward these peoples traded with those in Kyushu Island, Quelpart Island, southern China (the Tramenic peoples), and southern Jinhyung. The trade links to the north began weakening from 1000 BC onward but the ones in the south remained until 500 AD, when Chinese trade took over.
Proto-Yaitsa-Abaz

**Proto-Yaitsa-Abaz** is a reconstructed daughter language of Proto-Donghai thought to have been spoken in the Yaitsa Islands between 1700 BC to around 1000 BC at the latest. As the name suggests, it is the ancestor of Proto-Yaitsa and the Abaz language.

## History

Austronesians migrated to the Yaitsa Islands between 2000 and 1900 BC, and often traded with the ancestors of the Kavalan and Amis who lived on the southwestern coast of Formosa. This extended period of contact led to Proto-Yaitsa-Kidan breaking off from Proto-Donghai early, at around 1700 BC (the same time that Proto-Tangtangic broke off). The language would only break apart at 1000 BC with the Great Formosan Migration, where the settlers would go on to speak Proto-Abaz and those remaining on the islands would speak Proto-Yaitsa.

## Phonology

### Sound Changes

RECONSTRUCTION ONGOING

* Phase 1
	+ r → Ø
	+ c → ts
	+ {t,d}{i,e} → z / \_{CV,#}
	+ s → t / \_i
	+ s → i / a\_{C,#}
	+ s → Ø / z\_
	+ u → Ø / \_# (word-finally) ! in a diphthong
	+ u → w / C\_
	+ ui → uu / open syllables
	+ ui → wi / closed syllables
	+ N → n / {t,d}\_
	+ a → e / y\_
		- ex.: \*aNyaN "to wander" → \*āyē
* Phase 2
	+ m → v / a\_C
		- ex.: \*amna "unfortunately" → \*avna
	+ {m,f,v} → Ø / \_w
		- ex.: \*amuiN "face" → \*avwiN → \*awī
	+ w → Ø / a\_i
	+ p b → t d / \_R
		- ex.: \*abRuk "to bend, to curve" → \*adRuk
	+ V{m,n,N,R} → V: / \_{C,#}
	+ t → ts / \_a
	+ ab → ao / \_{C,#}
	+ au → ao
	+ Ø → y / #\_ai
	+ CC → C: / \_{V,#}
		- Not counting \*w. Both consonants need to be stops.
		- ex.: \*abku "bent" → \*abk → \*abb; \*akpad "bitter" → \*appad

### Tentative

* + VC[-voice][+stop] → C: / #\_V
		- \*w doesn't count as a vowel.

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## Grammar

As a non-North Donghai language, Proto-Yaitsa-Abaz preserves more grammar features of Proto-Donghai than the North Donghai languages (Proto-Mayashiruan and Proto-Quelpartian).

## Lexicon

*Main article: List of Proto-Yaitsa-Abaz words*
### PROTO-ABAZ

* \*zano "garnet" from Proto-Amisong \*jano
* \*sotsaz "lapis lazuli" from Proto-Amisong \*soc(j)a
Danish Quelpart

Quelpart was a colony of Denmark from 16XX to 1910 and again from 1918 to 1939. The Netherlands granted the island to Denmark in 16XX to consolidate their newly-established alliance, and because the island was redundant following their acquisition of Dejima in Nagasaki.

## History

### Invasion of Korea

*Main article: Danish invasion of Korea*
In 17XX, Denmark unsuccessfully attempted to conquer Korea.