Emeritan Pelaxian

Emeritan Pelaxian
pelaxiano eméridario, pelaxiano eméridense, eméridario, eméridense
Pronunciation	[peˈla.xja.no eˈme.ɾiˈd̪a.ɾjo, - peˈla.xja.no eˈme.ɾiˈd̪ẽn.se, - eˈme.ɾiˈd̪a.ɾjo, - eˈme.ɾiˈd̪ẽn.se]
Native to	Lucrecia
Region	Catenias
Native speakers	7,098,709 (2032)
Language family	Sarpo-Levantine Canetic Adonero-Panian Latinic Urlazian Southern Urlazian Emerito-Ventian Emerito-Albalitorian Emerito-Pelaxian Emeritan Pelaxian
Early forms	Old Latin Classical Latin Caphiric Latin Vulgar Latin Emeritan Latin Emerito-Pelaxian
Writing system	Latin (Pelaxian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Lucrecia
Regulated by	Emeritan Academy for Latinic Presevation
Language codes
ISO 639-1	em
ISO 639-2	emp
ISO 639-3	emp
Glottolog	empe1263
Linguasphere	51-AAA-se
IETF	em-LU

Emeritan Pelaxian (Pelaxian: pelaxiano eméridario or pelaxiano eméridense), commonly known as Emeritan (eméridario or eméridense), is an Urlazian language variety within the Sarpo-Levantine family. Long considered amongst linguists and the general public to be a partially-Latinised vernicular of the Pelaxian language, it has, since 1982, been reclassified as a Southern Urlazian language instead of a Taino-Kindredian language. Emeritan Pelaxian is, alongside Isurian, one of the two official languages of Lucrecia.

Every Lucrecian citizen who resides in the Emeritan Community (spanning the Emeritan Republic, the Emerida-Presidential Canton, and the Toledo-Administrative Canton) is required to be fluent in Emeritan Pelaxian, and thus classes that teach the language are mandatory in the Emeritan school system. There are presently no exemptions to this legal requirement outside of the possibility that a citizen is in fact a member of the Isurian Community (spanning the Isurian Generality, the Emerida-Presidential Canton, and the Toledo-Administrative Canton). The curricula used in the teaching of Emeritan Pelaxian are tightly-regulated by the Emeritan Academy for Latinic Presevation, with stringent requirements for applicant teachers, and regular meetings within the Academy to adapt new words into the language.

The earliest-known instance of a Sarpo-Levantine language on the island of Emerita was from the Latinic people of the Adonerum, who brought over a form of Old Latin onto the island. Through continued close contact with the other Latinic people who lived on mainland Sarpedon, the language of the island, which soon became the language of the nascent Emeritan Republic, was able to congruently evolve into Classical Latin and eventually an early form of Caphiric Latin. When the Emeritan Republic became independent in the 12th Century with the fall of the Second Imperium, the language soon evolved in a mildly divergent manner from Caphiric Latin, soon becoming the more simplified Emeritan Latin. Upon the establishment of Pelaxian suzerainty, the republic was introduced to the Pelaxian language, with the elites quickly adopting the language. During the years under Pelaxian suzerainty, the Emeritan vernacular of Latin was pelaxianised, taking in much of the features of their suzerain's language while at the same time preserving certain elements and words that were deemed "historically significant" to the Emeritans' Latinic heritage. This Emerito-Pelaxian language was eventually standardised in the 18th Century to become Emeritan Pelaxian.

Classification

   Main article: Classification of Latinic languages

Emeritan Pelaxian is a member of the Sarpo-Levantine language family and is a part of the Urlazian group, specifically the Emerito-Ventian branch of the Southern Urlazian subgroup. Emeritan Latin was one of the first Urlazian languages to have diverged from Caphiric Latin, and is often considered to be one of the most conservative Urlazian languages to the point that it is often considered to be a form of Latin. Its sister language is Ventian which has had a greater divergence from Latin through its exposure to the Lariano-Urlazian languages as well as Burgoignesc, but it is commonly accepted by linguists to still be a member of the Emerito-Ventian languages.

The development of Emeritan Pelaxian in Emerita has found itself being influenced by many Urlazian languages, most especially the Pelaxian language during the years that the Emeritan Republic and subsequently Lucrecia had been under Pelaxian suzerainty. This has allowed spoken and written language to diverge considerably, leading to Emeritan Pelaxian having a very low mutual intelligibility with any form of Emeritan Latin, but having a rather high mutual intelligibility with any form of the Pelaxian language, particularly the vernaculars on mainland Vallos, and even modern forms of the Ventian language to a lesser extent. Because of the heavy influence Pelaxian has had on Emeritan Pelaxian, some scholars have made the argument that Emeritan Pelaxian is in fact a member of the Mediterranean languages, specifically through its Albalitorian branch, instead of Emerito-Ventian.

One of the reasons behind Emeritan Pelaxian being classified as a member of Emerito-Ventian is due to still-prevalent influence that Emeritan Latin has had on Emeritan Pelaxian. Many of the innovations found within Emeritan Pelaxian have been noted to have been founded in Emeritan Latin, many of which having descended from Caphiric Latin. This was most especially the case during the height of Emeritanism in the early 20th Century when the language experienced a re-emeritanisation as Pelaxian-based words were replaced with Emeritan-based words albeit while conforming to certain aspects of Pelaxian all the while attempting to reform the language so as to "remind the Emeritan people of their Latinic heritage".

Vocabulary

Comparison with other Urlazian languages

Ænglish	Caphiric Latin	Emeritan Latin	Ventian	Emeritan Pelaxian	Larianic	Pelaxian	Isurian	Charentais	Cartadanian	Sarpo-Volonian
assembly	comitium	cumitiatu	assemblea	comiciado	assemblea	asamblea	asemblea	assemblée	assembleia	adunarea
Merida by the Sea	Emerita Maris	Emeritu di su Mare	Meritu di u Mari	Emérida d'u Mar	Merita del Mare	Mérida del Mar	Merita do Mar	Mérite de la Mer	Mérita do Mar	Merit Mării
democracy	democratia	demograzia	democrazia	democracia	democrazia	democracia	democracia	démocratie	democracia	democraţie
house	domus	domu/domo	casa	doma	casa	casa	casa	maison	casa	casa
language	linguam	limba/lìngua	lingua/linga	linba	lingua	lengua	llengua	langue	língua	limbă
emperor	imperator	impiratu	imperatore	imperador	imperatore	emperador	emperador	empereur	imperador	împărat
republic	respublica	reprùbica	republica	republica	repubblica	república	república	république	república	republică
church	ecclēsiam	crèsia/eccresia	ghjesgia	gresia/igresia	chiesa	iglesia	església	église	igreja	biserică
hospital	hospitālem	ispidale/spidali	spedale/uspidali	hispidal	ospedale	hospital	hospital	hôpital	hospital	spital
heart	cor	core/coro/coru	core	coruzo	cuore	corazón	corazón	cœur	coração	inima

Phonology

Consonant phonemes

Consonants of Emeritan Pelaxian

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		t͡ʃ	k
	voiced	b	d		d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	θ	s	(ʃ)	x
	voiced				ʒ
Nasal		m	n		ɲ
Vibrant				ɾ, r
Approximant				l	ʝ

Vowel phonemes

Vowels of Emeritan Pelaxian

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Grammar

Much like in Emeritan Latin, Pelaxian and other Western Urlazian varieties, Emeritan Pelaxian uses the plural marker -s: eméritario, eméritarios "Emeritan"; comiciado, comiciados "assembly"; granduque, granduques "Grand Duke". However, unlike with Emeritan Latin, Emeritan Pelaxian does not change the final vowel. The definite articles also derive from the Latin ille instead of ipse; hence the definite articles lu, la, plural lis, and las instead of su, sa, plural sos, and sas as found in Emeritan Latin.