Zumarian

The Zumarian language (Zumurtá) is a small language that is now only spoken by about 5,000 people, well known for the length of some of its words. The language originated around the year 150 in a small territory near modern-day Debrecen, Hungary. Languages including Hungarian, Finnish, Norwegian, and Danish all have many words that originally came from the language Zumarian, and certain aspects of it are closely related to Gaelic languages such as Scottish Gaelic and Irish.

In about the year 1887, it was believed that Zumarian had been lost, but by March of 1893 there were already about 760 known speakers. The numbers increased until it dropped and stayed in the low 600's. Since then, Zumarian has become a language people are learning while already knowing a more common language. In 2016, the sovereign state of Zumar was formed in an unclaimed territory near the Seychelles with Zumarian as the official language. Article lV of the 2017 Constitution of Zumar stated that, "All Zumar citizens must speak the language Zumarian...", but that was removed in Amendment II (2019).

Classification and Dialects
Zumarian has two main dialects, Divuthi (Yebethi) and Faldun (Baldúnæ). Divuthi is commonly referred to as Standard Zumarian, and the two dialects only are different in their pronunciations. Faldun is mainly spoken in the small village of Jak in the far south of Zumar.

Writing System
An H makes no individual sound, but instead changes the sound of the consonant before it (if one is before it). Rh makes the /ɻ/ sound, ch and th make the /χ/ sound, and bh and mh make a /v/ sound.

Example text
yarapa mennesso av hándess = The people speak to the trees.

cræll av jokérnopess! = Welcome to the party!

Zumarian tongue twister - falác facillo farraflecufe'e afcafá av falc falác úvufelo. = Immature squirrels quickly fly to ensure flying is safe.