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Prime Leaders of the State of Austro-Caldera

No.	Prime Leader		Term in office	Party
1		Joeseph Seuber	1585-1600	Independent
2		Sigrid Dauk	1600-1615	Volkspartei
3		John Doe	1615-1630	Volkspartei
4		John Doe	1630-1645	Volkspartei
5		John Doe	1645-1660	Volkspartei
6		John Doe	1660-1675	Volkspartei
7		John Doe	1675-1690	Volkspartei
8		John Doe	1690-1705	Volkspartei
9		John Doe	1705-1720	Volkspartei
10		John Doe	1720-1735	Volkspartei
11		John Doe	1735-1750	Volkspartei
12		John Doe	1750-1765	Volkspartei
13		John Doe	1765-1780	Volkspartei
14		John Doe	1780-1795	Volkspartei
15		Jacksen Vershelde	1795-1810	Volkspartei
16		Arthur Seuber	1810-1870	Volkspartei
17		Hansel Kleiner	1870-1900	Volkspartei
18		Adelheid Hansen	1900-1915	Volkspartei
19		Adam Heinrich	1915-1924	Volkspartei
20		Derrich Lundsteiner	1924-1939	Volkspartei
21		Issaque Chienne	1939-1969	Volkspartei
22		Rupert Hilmer	1969-1984	Volkspartei
23		Karl Steinenkatz	1984-2005	Volkspartei
24		Adian Vandal	2005-Present	Volkspartei
25		Charles Lemieux	2034-Present	Yellow Party

In 2034, the League of Nations passed a resolution to no longer accept the PGRC as the representative of Canespa, thus eliminating Canespa's status as a member as a whole

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The Sheboan language is a nearly extinct indigenous Cronan language that was once spoken within Sheboa Valley, Bavogia, Caldera. The language is unique in that it's derived from the Volin language, but is so mutually unintelligible that many linguists fail to see connections besides basic grammar structure and some common words. There are only 4 surviving written works of the Sheboan language, written using the now extinct Sheboan alphabet, which has been entirely replaced by the Volin syllabary. There is also only 1 native speaker of Sheboan, although there are 3 non-native speakers, all based around Fluto Town, Sheboa Valley.

Sheboan
ᒍᔪᔦᓂ (Choyoyeni)
Region	Sheboa Valley, Caldera
Ethnicity	Indigeno-Calderan
Native speakers	L1: 1 L2: 3
Language family	Iroquoian Cusinautic Iroquoian Volin Sheboan
Writing system	Sheboan syllabary Volin syllabary
Official status
Regulated by	Fluto Town Office of Archaeology Library and Museum
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Classified as critically endangered - The youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently.

Classification

Some linguists debate whether the Sheboan Language is derived from Volin specifically, or if both Volin and Sheboan descended from the same Cusinautic Iroquian language. Linguists pointing to the language being descended to Volin cite evidence such as many Volin specific shared words, grammar, and the shared syllabary, although these may be explained through general proximity and contact.

Radical linguist Frejya Seaberg (1925-1986) argued that Sheboan wasn't even its own language, but rather an extreme dialect of Volin, despite the mutual unintelligibility.

History

Separation from Volin

The exact date of the start of the Sheboan language's descent from Volin is not known, but is assumed to have occurred over a thousand years, as the first settlers of Sheboa Valley began settling in the 4th century, and the first town to be formally established through documents written in Sheboan was Fluto Town in 1336.

Decline in Usage

The slow decline of the Sheboan language began in the early 1800s, with about half of Sheboa Valley generally using Volin for trade and most general speaking. The difference in syllabaries between Volin and Sheboan prompted many to begin to write using Volin script, a practice which resulted in children not properly learning Sheboan, and this further contributed to its decline.

In the year 1945, it was estimated that only about 100 people spoke Sheboan, being the population of Fluto Town and some residents of Calu City.

Ryan-Ad Dwarf

Beginning in 1990, Ryan-Ad Dwarf, who was an Indigeno-Calderan who moved to Fluto Town in 1986, organized various political movements and protests in both Little Caldera and Movingwater to promote the adoption of Sheboan as an official language, even if regionally. Ryan-Ad also sometimes advocated for the creation of a fourth province, Sheboa Valley, to better cater to isolated Sheboans, but Bavogia disputed Ryan-Ad's claim that Sheboa Valley is culturally distinct enough to separate it from other Volins. In 1997, Ryan-Ad suddenly halted his campaigns to push for the official adoption of Sheboan, claiming that the language simply needs to be protected, perhaps not in official capacity. Some international journalists claim that Ryan-Ad was paid to discontinue his efforts by the Volkspartei, while others argue that it was actually the Province of Bavogia which threatened Ryan-Ad due to the fear that promoting Sheboan nationalism would ultimately fracture Volin efforts to create an independent nation. In 2006, Ryan-Ad died from a sudden heart attack at the age of 38.

Syllabary

The Sheboa syllabary contains 36 characters, coinciding with the beginning sound of a consonant and ending on a vowel. Note that the Sheboan language contains no words that end in consonants, and any borrowed words that do would be substituted or otherwise modified.

Vowel Cons.	a	e	i	o
-	ᐊ	ᐁ	ᐃ	ᐅ
p	ᐸ	ᐯ	ᐱ	ᐳ
t	ᑕ	ᑌ	ᑎ	ᑐ
k	ᑲ	ᑫ	ᑭ	ᑯ
ch	ᒐ	ᒉ	ᒋ	ᒍ
m	ᒪ	ᒣ	ᒥ	ᒧ
n	ᓇ	ᓀ	ᓂ	ᓄ
s	ᓴ	ᓭ	ᓯ	ᓱ
y	ᔭ	ᔦ	ᔨ	ᔪ

Vocabulary

Dashes to the transliteration indicate which part of a verb the word is meant to attach to. No dashes indicate being an independent word

Szabolcs list word	Sheboan form	Transliteration	Notes
I	ᐊ	a
you (sing.)	ᒋ	chi
he	ᐱ	pi
we	ᐅ	o
you (pl.)	ᐃᒐᐱᓴ	ichapisa	-	they	cho
this	ᑕ	ta
that	ᑭ	ki
here	ᐳ	po
there	ᐳ	po
who	ᑭᐳ	kipo
what	ᓇ	na	-	where	ᒐᑭᓇ	chakina
when	ᐁᐸᑎ	epati
how	ᒋᐸ	chipa
not	ᐊᐸᒐ	apicha
all	alle		As Gothic languages are inflected languages, this word changes substantially based on case and other factors
many	viel		As Gothic languages are inflected languages, this word changes substantially based on case and other factors
some	einige
few	wenig
other	ander
one	ein
two	zwei		Sometimes "zwo" to prevent confusion with "drei"
three	drei
four	vier
five	fünf
big	groß
long	lang
thick	dick
heavy	schwer
small	klein
short	kurz
narrow	schmal
thin	dün
woman	Frau
man (adult male)	Mann
man (human being)	Mensch
child	Kind
wife	Ehefrau
husband	Ehemann
mother	Mutter
father	Vater
animal	Tier
fish	Fisch
bird	Vogel
dog	Hund
louse	Laus
snake	Schlange		Sometimes "Schnecke", particularly in regions close to Anglei
worm	Wurm		Sometimes "Schnecke" when referring to snake-like reptiles, particularly in regions close to Anglei
tree	Baum
forest	Wald
stick	Stock
fruit	Frucht
seed	Samen
leaf	Blatt
root	Wurzel
bark (of a tree)	Rinde		Sometimes "Borke"
flower	Blume
grass	Gras
rope	Schnur
skin	Haut
meat	Fleisch
blood	Bluht
bone	Bein
fat (noun)	Fett
egg	Ei
horn	Horn
tail	Schwanz
feather	Feder
hair	Hahr
head	Kopf
ear	Ohr
eye	Auge
nose	Nase
mouth	Mund
tooth	Zahn
tongue	Zunge
fingernail	Fingernagel
foot	Fuss
leg	Bein
knee	Knie
hand	Hand
wing	Flügel
belly	Bauch
guts	Darm
neck	Hals
back	Rücke
breast	Brust
heart	Herz
liver	Leber
to drink	trinken
to eat	essen		As Gothic languages are inflected languages, this word changes substantially based on case and other factors
to bite	beißen
to suck	lutschen
to spit	spucken
to vomit	speien
to blow	blasen
to breathe	atmen
to laugh	lachen
to see	sehen
to hear	hören
to know	wissen
to think	denken
to smell	riechen
to fear	befürchten
to sleep	schlafen
to live	leben
to die	sterben
to kill	töten
to fight	kämpfen
to hunt	jägen
to hit	schlagen
to cut	schneiden
to split	spalten
to stab	stechen
to scratch	kratzen
to dig	graben
to swim	schwimmen
to fly	fliegen
to walk	gehen
to come	kommen
to lie	liegen
to sit	sitzen
to stand	stehen
to turn	wenden
to fall	fallen
to give	geben
to hold	halten
to squeeze	drücken
to rub	reiben
to wash	waschen
to wipe	wischen
to pull	ziehen
to push	schieben
to throw	werfen
to tie	binden
to sew	nähen
to count	zählen
to say	sagen
to sing	singen
to play	spielen
to float	treiben
to flow	fließen
to freeze	frieren
to swell	schwellen
sun	Sonne
moon	Mond
star	Stern
water	Wasser
rain	Regen
river	Fluss
lake	See
sea	Meer		Sometimes also "See"
salt	Salz
stone	Stein
sand	Sand
dust	Staub
earth	Erde
cloud	Wolke
fog	Nebel
sky	Himmel
wind	Wínd
snow	Schnee
ice	Eis
smoke	Rauch
fire	Feuer
ash	Esche
to burn	brennen
road	Straße		Sometimes also "Weg"
mountain	Berg
red	rot
green	grün
yellow	gelb
white	weiß
black	schwarz
night	Nacht
day	Tag
year	Jahr
warm	warm
cold	kalt
full	voll
new	neu
old	alt
good	gut
bad	schlecht
rotten	faul
dirty	schmuzig
straight	gerad
round	rund
sharp	scharf
dull	stumpf
smooth	glatt
wet	nas
dry	trocken
correct	recht
near	nah
far	weit
right	recht
left	links		in East Gothic it is left that is cognate with correct/just, not right (that is instead cognate with common); historians have hypothesised that this may have been due to unusually high rates of left-handedness in key ruling elites early in the language's history
at	an
in	in
with	mit
and	und
if	wenn
because	weil
name	Name