Zlevic language

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Zlevic (Common Zlevic: злевский язык, Eastern Zlevic: zlĕvskiĩ ŷzĭk, zlyevskiy yazihk) is the most widely spoken language in eastern Gehanna, as well as the most widespread of the Eastern Languages.

Zlevic is of the Frat-shworn family – that is to say, it is recognised as originating from that truly ancient language – a language that is credited with being the basis of almost all western, and in particular, alphabet based languages.

Zlevic text is first evident around 3000 BCE (STS). Within the Eastern Languages Family, it resides in the Urallian languages group, along with Ukranitsan and the now mostly defunct Argossan. It took its name from the area it is said to origininate from Zlavinia – it’s influence exploded as the people of the Zlavinia went on to form the far-reaching Urallian Empire, using Zlevic as their standard language.

Classification

Zlevic is unique as in technically it is two separate languages in one. Common Zlevic is historically more close to the original Zlevic spoken in the times of the Urallian Empire. However, there is also Eastern Zlevic, which is spoken inside the region of PEEL, which due to outside pressure and influence, historically dropped many of its ties with Urallian Zlevic. As, with the fall of the Urallian Empire, both languages split in different directions and both were forcibly adapted to conform and mutate along with their surroundings. This is most clear in the case of Eastern Zlevic, where it has forsaken its Urallian characters completely and adapted an alphabet that bore closer resemblance to the common alphabets of the PEEL region.

However, in 1794(STS), King Dzhosef III of Ukranitsa invited scholars from Zedoljev to address the glaring differences in Zlevic in Zedoljev and Ukranitsa or recognise them as two separate languages. In the end, both languages were realigned and reorganised to form Modern Zlevic, with the influences of Eastern Zlevic taking greater precedence – however, a unified alphabet could not be agreed upon, so both versions would still be different. However, this was mostly down to the different alphabets.

This seemed to be history repeating itself as in 966(STS) the almost exact occurrence happened – in that instance however, Eastern Zlevic and Common Zlevic were “abolished” with a complete leveling of Zlevic. However the Zedoljans and Margaritans soon found that using the Urallian alphabet put them at serious odds with the rest of the PEEL region, and by 980, Zedoljev had abandoned its plans to re-adopt the alphabet, and Margarita-land followed suit by 990, and the terms “Eastern” and “Common” Zlevic were effectively reintroduced.

However, historically speaking, the glaring differences in Eastern and Common Zlevic felt by 966 then again by 1794 were clear indications about how vastly different were the directions both versions of Zlevic were heading. Many believe that if not for these two attempts to level Zlevic – and a further leveling in 2046 – then Eastern Zlevic and Common Zlevic would be as good as two completely separate languages.

Eastern Zlevic

Geographic Distribution

Today, Eastern Zlevic is primarily spoken in Zedoljev, but with the rise of the Soviet Union, of which Zedoljev is the head, its influence has spread considerably across the PEEL region. It could also be said that Zedoljev becoming a Socialist state, over a century prior, also contributed to the spread of Zlevic influence – not only that Zlevic, along with the similar Nurdbotian language (said to be essentially a mix-match of various PEEL languages including Zlevic), became seen by popular culture to be the language of Communism, but also a large migration of anti-Communist Zedoljans to other nations also led to small communities of Zlevic speakers in many nations around the Morbo Strait as well as New Europe and New Asia.

Eastern Zlevic was also spoken in Margarita-land which collapsed and became part of Nixorbania – while the Nixorbanian government tried to encourage much of the Margaritan population to abandon Zlevic, large pockets of Zlevic speakers have endured.

It is fair to say that, thanks to the ancient Urallians, Zlevic spread considerably further, however, much of the region was keen to forget Zlevic after the Urallians left and it’s perhaps fair to say that if not for Zedoljev, then Zlevic would have barely any significance in the region.

Official Status

Eastern Zlevic is the official language of The Federal Soviet Tschazanovite Republic of Zedoljev and all Colonial Republics that fall under the Novyi Zedoljan Soviet. It was the official language of Margarita-land. It is an official language of all Republics that make up Greater Zedoljev, as well as Burning Flame, Weinersteinston and Bamonia. It is also an official language of the Democratic Regional Order of PEEL (DROOP). Education in Zlevic is extremely widespread inside the Soviet Union, and remains a popular choice for Zlevic speaking communities in other countries.

Dialects

Being a fairly small country originally, dialect was fairly standardised within Zedoljev. In Margarita-land, generally there were two distinct differences – effectively north and south. Ironically, the South Margaritan and Zedoljan dialects are probably closer to one another, while the North Margaritan stands out as odd – it differs from the other dialects, particularly in the way it pronounces the un-stressed /o/ - according to a 1842 study by Zedoljan dialectologist, Aman D Akhbrayev, this pronunciation was “wrong” in the way it went against the New Zlevic grammar –

Akhbrayev went on to speculate that for some reason or another, the people of this area had seemingly ignored the leveling of Zlevic in 1794. In some ways Akhbrayev was correct, and it is clear that various pockets of native Zlevic speakers across the world often carry their own set of rules. A 1925 study concluded that North Margaritan also existed in the southern Zedoljan islands, where many say it still exists today, perhaps thanks to an influx of Margaritan immigrants fleeing the collapse of their country.

In that 1925 study, conducted by Dmitri S Shyermatov, it was claimed that the people of Goransk also had derived their own dialect and virtually their own grammar and vocabulary. Further more, the sound was coarser, and spoken “without much enthusiasm”. This dialect became known as “Draznits” and many attributed it to a form of sub-Zlevic in a slummy, under-educated area – which Goransk basically was by 1925. As education improved drastically over the next century, Draznits has become almost only a hint of an accent.

Derived Languages

Writing System

Alphabet

Eastern Zlevic’s difference to Common Zlevic is no more apparent than its alphabet. It uses as modified form of the Anglosian alphabet and until the 2046 its “alphabet” was mostly full of digraphs – two letters being used to represent one sound. However, after 2046, Eastern Zlevic was drastically changed once again, and while it retained a modified Anglosian alphabet it was made to match the structure of the Common Zlevic

The following table gives the upper case forms, along with IPA values for each letter's typical sound:

Orthography

Common Zlevic

Geographic Distribution

Official Status

Dialects

Derived Languages

Writing System

Alphabet

Orthography