Category:Panlaffic languages

General information
The Panlaffic languages are a family of mainly inflected fusional nominative-accusative languages. The language family is found exclusively in the island cluster of the country of Kihāmát. There are seven extant Panlaffic languages. There are a total of approximately five million speakers of Panlaffic languages, this include native and non-native speakers of all seven languages.

Language tree
Panlaffic languages


 * Ancient Kihā́mmic


 * Old Kihā́mmic


 * Early Middle Kihā́mmic


 * Middle Kihā́mmic


 * Late Middle Kihā́mmic


 * New Kihā́mmic


 * Modern Kihā́mmic


 * Old Church Kihā́mmic


 * Early Middle Church Kihā́mmic


 * Late Middle Church Kihā́mmic


 * New Church Kihā́mmic


 * Modern Church Kihā́mmic


 * Old Gánəmannic


 * Middle Gánəmannic


 * New Gánəmannic †


 * Old Kétassic


 * Middle Kétassic


 * New Kétassic


 * Modern Kétassic


 * Old Kyánnic


 * New Kyánnic


 * Modern Kyánnic


 * Old Lôppic


 * Modern Lôppic


 * Old Fnórric


 * New Fnórric


 * Modern Lower Fnórric


 * Modern Upper Fnórric


 * Old Engtáffic


 * Old Angáttic


 * Early Middle Angáttic


 * Late Middle Angáttic


 * New Angáttic †


 * Old Pōllic


 * New Pōllic †


 * Middle Engtáffic


 * New Engtáffic †


 * A language in bold denotes that it is extant.
 * A language in italics denotes that it is now extinct (i.e. has no native speakers).
 * † denotes the extinction of a linguistic subgroup

Language distribution

 * Kihāmát_(Islands,_numbered).pngā́mmic is the native language on the main Island of Raibáûī [1], as well as the small northern Rock Island [7] and the Rock of the Church [8]. It is also spoken fluently by almost all other citizens of Kihāmát as a second language. It is the working language of Kihāmát.
 * Church Kihā́mmic is used primarily as a liturgical language, though there are a very small number who are native speakers.
 * Kétassic is the native language of the Kétassic people and of most others on the Island of Tōrnáûī [3].
 * Kyánnic is the native language on the Island of Rātəná [4].
 * Lôppic is the native language of the Lôppic people who reside mostly on the Island of Laāláûī [2].
 * The Fnórric languages are the natives language on both Upper [5] and Lower Fnórāt [6].
 * Engtáffic was the native language of the Engtáffic people, natives of the Island of Raibáûī.
 * Angáttic was the native language of the Angáttic people, who are related closed to the Engtáffic and also natives of the Island of Raibáûī.
 * Pōllic was spoken on the Islands of Raibáûī and Rātəná, as well as on the Rock of the Church, as a lingua franca.

Statūs of the languages
All of the extant Panlaffic languages are recognised legally within Kihāmát. The specific statūs are listed below:

Kihā́mmic
The Kihā́mmic language is the official language of The Socialist Republic of Kihāmát, as well as the official regional language of the Island of Raibáûī, Rock Island and the Rock of the Church. It is the most spoken Panlaffic language, with approximately two million native speakers and another million who speak it as a second language as it is taught in all the country's schools to non-native speakers as a second language. Children who do speak it as their first language learn another official regional language instead.

Church Kihā́mmic
Modern Church Kihā́mmic is used primarily as a liturgical language and has no official status in the country, the language is kept alive however by the liturgical use and there are a few people who are brought up as native speakers, mainly by intensively religious parents.

Kétassic
Kétassic is the official regional language of the Island of Tōrnáûī. Kétassic is the language associated with the synonymous ethnic group, it is the third most spoken Panlaffic language.

Kyánnic
Kyánnic is the official regional language of the Island of Rātəná. It is the least spoken official language of Kihāmát.

Lôppic
The Lôppic language is the Island of Laāláûī's official language and is associated with the Lôppic ethnic group. It is the most spoken Panlaffic language after Kihā́mmic.

Fnórric
There are two different varities of Fnórric; Upper and Lower, which are the official regional languages of the corresponding islands. The two are distinct languages though they are mutually intelligible. Together they have roughly the same number of speakers as Kétassic. Upper Fnórric has slightly more speakers than Lower Fnórric.