Cartadanian language

Cartadanian
cartadaniano, língua cartadaniana
Ethnicity	Lusophones Cartadanians Luso-Cronans Luso-Alshari
Native speakers	Native: 440 million; 80 million L2 speakers; Total: 520 million
Language family	Sarpo-Levantine Canetic Urlazian Western Urlazian Taino-Kindredian Mediterranean Lato-Cognatian Cartadanian
Early forms	Old Latin Caphiric Latin Vulgar Latin Old Cartic
Writing system	Latin (Cartadanian alphabet) Cartadanian Braille
Signed forms	Manually coded Cartadanian
Official status
Official language in	5 countries Cartadania Ceylonia Template:Country data Kartejya Porlos The Cape
Recognised minority language in	Cultural language Caphiria Numerous international organizations
Regulated by	Cartadania: Erudite University of Alahuela (College of Arts and Letters) Academia Cartadaniana de Letras Ceylonia: Academia Ceylonique de Letras
Language codes
ISO 639-1	cd
ISO 639-2	car
ISO 639-3	car
Linguasphere	51-AAA-a
File:Map of the cartadanian language in the world.svg   Native language   Official and administrative language   Cultural or secondary language   Cartadanian-speaking minorities   Cartadanian-based creole languages

Cartadanian (cartadaniano or, in full, língua cartadaniana) is a Romance language originating in the Central Midlands region of Sarpedon. It is the sole official language of Cartadania and Ceylonia, maintains co-official language status in Kartejya and Porlos, and is a recognized national language in the Cape. A Cartadanian-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (lusófono), from the Lusia region where it originates, or less commonly as "Cognatian" (cognatense), referring to the Cognatia region where Cartadania is located alongside Pelaxia. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Cartadanian and Cartadanian creole speakers are also found around the world. Cartadanian is part of the Taino-Kindredian Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Caphiric Latin in the Caphirian provinces of Cartadania and Pelaxia.

History

The roots of the Cartadanian language can be traced back to the medieval language known as Aleo-Cartadanian, or Old Cartadanian, which was spoken in the northwestern provinces of Caphiria, the region in which Cartadania was situated. Written records of Aleo-Cartadanian were first recorded in Latin administrative documents dating back to the 9th century, in a phase known as Proto-Cartadanian, which persisted until the collapse of the Second Imperium in the 12th century. At this time, Lusia became a quasi-independent state and the region was influenced by various Taínean-descended tribes, as well as Germanic peoples who navigated from southwestern Levantia.

As a result of these influences, the Latin language spoken in Cartadania and Pelaxia began to evolve into the Romance languages spoken today. Over time, the various dialects of Latin spoken in these regions began to diverge and, by the time of the Third Imperium, had evolved into distinct languages. Cartadanian emerged as the national language following the independence of Cartadania in 1630, in part due to the expansion of colonization into the Cartadanian interior and the increasing numbers of Cartadanian settlers in the west.

Throughout the centuries that followed, Cartadanian continued to evolve, reflecting the country's history of colonization, trade, and cultural exchange. Substantial waves of non-Cartadanian-speaking immigrants arrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mostly from Aciria, Burgundie, Pelaxia, Urcea, Volonia, the UAE, and Polynesia. These groups were largely linguistically integrated into the Cartadanian-speaking majority within a few generations, with the exception of some areas in the two northeasternmost states of Cambria and São Andreas, where Urcean, Calinthian, and Ardmorean languages persisted, and in northern Milan, where the Burgundiac language was spoken, as well as in Lotoa, where the indigenous Lotoan language was still in use. Additionally, in Porta Bianca, the native Taínean language maintained a foothold for quite some time.