Footballian

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Footballian

Spoken in:

  • Footballia
  • jb Room


The Footballian Language

Footballian is the language of the great Footballian people. It appears to have roots in German, Spanish, and English, these being the principal peoples surrounding the Footballians in their early days. The speakers of Footballian mostly reside in Footballia and jb Room, however, many are slowly immigrating to other countries in Noitazilivic.

Words

Footballian words are simple. Each word has one meaning, with no silent letters.

Some Footballian Words

  • Footballia=Loçñjal
  • Footballian=Loçñjali
  • Intelligence=Intelihit
  • Foreign=Alñ
  • Internal=Inti
  • Overlord=Obereper
  • Imperial=Obereperi
  • Agency=Ajenci
  • Economy=Jania
  • Economic=Janiar
  • Security=Setiq
  • And=Y
  • Force=Foos

The Footballian Alphabet and Pronunciation Key

There are 23 letters in the Footballian alphabet (a, b, c, ç, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ñ, o, p, r, s, t, v, w, x, z). These are pronounced as in English (main sound), except for "ñ", which is pronounced as in Spanish, "j", which is pronounced as in Spanish and "ç", which is pronounced as kwu.

Each letter makes only one sound. When any two vowels (a, e, i, o) are together they each make their own sound. Thus, the combination 'oo' would be oh-oh, not ooh.

Footballian Speaking Nations

Jb Room recognizes Footballian as its official language.
Greater Footballia recognizes Footballian as its official language.