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'''Blairian Ænglish''', also known colloquially as '''Alstinian Ænglish''', is a register of Ænglish originally developed by the poet Edwin Blair. It was designed to contain as many lexical and grammatical elements from Old Ænglish as possible, as well as preferring [[Gothic people|Gothic]] calques or loanwords for technical and scientific terminology, while maintaining mutual intelligibility. A passionate pan-Ænglist and Gothophile, Blair believed that Ænglish liberation and unification could only be accomplished with support from and solidarity with the other [[Gothic people]]s of northern [[Levantia]], and saw the removal of [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] and [[Latinic people|Latinic]] elements from Ænglish as vital to asserting the "Gothic" spirit of the [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]]. He began developing the "resourcement of Ænglish" during the 1860s, and the project reached its peak of public interest with the [[Concordat of Donnebourg]], reuniting Anglei into a single state of which Blair was a national. | |||
His primary opponents were the Anglo-Urceanists, who identified the success of the Ænglish people as coming through continued friendship with [[Urcea]] and union with the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], viewed pan-Ænglishism as a primarily cultural project, and approached positively the influence of Gaels and Levantines on Ænglish civilization. They thus supported [[Julian Ænglish]] which became the standard variety of the language in [[Anglei]]. Though the fortunes of Blairian Ænglish in Anglei declined in the aftermath of the [[First Great War]], it was readily adopted in [[Alstin]] in both high society and education, and gradually supplanted the variety of Julian Ænglish used in the country through the 19th century. Its adoption took place as part of a larger project by leaders to create a unique national identity rooted in the nation's [[Ænglish people|Ænglish heritage]]. It is now the primary version of Ænglish spoken in [[Alstin]]. | |||
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