Ganymedian - Revision history

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	\| name = Ganymedian		\| name = Ganymedian
	\| altname = Ganymedese, Ganymede Creole, Ganymede Pidgin, Swahilish		\| altname = Ganymedese, Ganymede Creole, Ganymede Pidgin, Swahilish
	\| nativename = ~~Kiganimedi~~, ~~Kiganí~~, luga kiganimedi, luga ~~kiganí, luga ya kiganimedi~~		\| nativename = kiganimedi, kiganí, luga kiganimedi, luga
	\| pronunciation = kiɡaniˈmɛdi		\| pronunciation = kiɡaniˈmɛdi
	\| pronunciation_key = IPA for Ganymedian		\| pronunciation_key = IPA for Ganymedian
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	\| agency = Akademia Kiganimedi		\| agency = Akademia Kiganimedi
	}}		}}
	'''Ganymedian'''{{efn\|''~~Kiganimedi~~'' or ''~~Kiganí~~'' [[IPA for Ganymedian\|[kiɡaniˈmɛdi]]]; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''ganimedés'', ''idioma ganimedés'', ''lengua ganimedesa''; [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]]: ''Kiganimedi''}} or '''Ganymedese''', '''Ganymede Creole''', '''Ganymede Pidgin''' and historically called '''Swahilish''' in linguistics, is a [[w:Mixed language\|mixed language]] and the native language of most Ganymedians, the descendants of human colonists of [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]. It is primarily a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] with [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]] and [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]] as primary lexifiers, though it has influence from other languages such as [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[w:English language\|English]], [[w:Hindi language\|Hindi]] and [[w:French language\|French]]. It is spoken natively by around 3 million Ganymedians, and is the most spoken natural extraterrestrial language (NEL) in the Solar System.		'''Ganymedian'''{{efn\|''kiganimedi'' or ''kiganí'' [[IPA for Ganymedian\|[kiɡaniˈmɛdi]]]; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''ganimedés'', ''idioma ganimedés'', ''lengua ganimedesa''; [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]]: ''Kiganimedi''}} or '''Ganymedese''', '''Ganymede Creole''', '''Ganymede Pidgin''' and historically called '''Swahilish''' in linguistics, is a [[w:Mixed language\|mixed language]] and the native language of most Ganymedians, the descendants of human colonists of [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]. It is primarily a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] with [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]] and [[w:Swahili\|Swahili]] as primary lexifiers, though it has influence from other languages such as [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[w:English language\|English]], [[w:Hindi language\|Hindi]] and [[w:French language\|French]]. It is spoken natively by around 3 million Ganymedians, and is the most spoken natural extraterrestrial language (NEL) in the Solar System.

	Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the First Republic of Ganymede, with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.		Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the First Republic of Ganymede, with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.

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	Personal pronouns are made possessive by placing them after the possessum, e.g. ''miti mi'' "my tree", ''karo tu'' "your car", etc.		Personal pronouns are made possessive by placing them after the possessum, e.g. ''miti mi'' "my tree", ''karo tu'' "your car", etc.
	===Determiners===		===Determiners===
	===Demonstratives===		====Demonstratives====
	Ganymedian has three postpositional demonstrative determiners: proximal ''te'' (from {{mn\|es\|este}}), medial ''se'' (from {{l\|es\|ese}}) and distal ''aké'' (from {{l\|es\|aquel}}).		Ganymedian has three postpositional demonstrative determiners: proximal ''te'' (from {{mn\|es\|este}}), medial ''se'' (from {{l\|es\|ese}}) and distal ''aké'' (from {{l\|es\|aquel}}).
	===Numerals===		===Numerals===

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	Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the First Republic of Ganymede, with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.		Ganymedian developed through the [[w:Creolisation\|creolisation]] of Latin American and East African space migrants, primarily incentivised to go there by recruitment efforts from American colonists. These migrants were primarily settled in the [[w:Enki Catena\|Enki Catena]] (now Gran Catena) and the nearby [[w:Neith (crater)\|Neith]] crater (now Neís); the proximity of the colonies led to significant cultural exchange and subsequent linguistic creolisation due to the absence of a widely known common language like the interplanetary lingua franca English. With the Great Exodus in 2210, American colonists especially on Galilean moons left en masse and returned to Earth, leaving the rest of the Ganymedians to occupy and subsequently resettle the formerly American colonies of Tros, Diment and New Washington; this led to a nominal declaration of independence by governor Kamari Karaskio from Tros in 2222, forming the First Republic of Ganymede, with Ganymedian, Swahili and Spanish as official languages; the nascent Republic of Ganymede was the first nation to make a [[w:Creole language\|creole language]] and NEL an official language. In the constitution of the subsequent Second Republic of Ganymede in 2267, Ganymedian was declared the sole official language of the nation, which it remains to this day.

	Ganymedian is the primary language of instruction on Ganymede, and is also a popular second language to be taught in other places in the Solar System, especially among the Galilean moons, where it functions as a ''de facto'' lingua franca alongside English. It is officially regulated in Ganymede by the Akademia Kiganimedi, which regulates its official use in government communications. Outside of official use however, it is generally split into three distinct dialect groups: Tros, Gran Catena and Sakari. It has also spoken natively in Ganymedian diaspora communities, especially on [[w:Callisto (moon)\|Callisto]], where it holds a minority language status in the colony of [[w:Hár (crater)\|Hár]].		Ganymedian is the primary language of instruction on Ganymede, and is also a popular second language to be taught in other places in the Solar System, especially among the Galilean moons, where it functions as a ''de facto'' lingua franca alongside English. It is officially regulated in Ganymede by the Akademia Kiganimedi, which regulates its official use in government communications. Outside of official use however, it is generally split into three distinct dialect groups: Tros, Gran Catena and Sakari. It has also spoken natively in Ganymedian diaspora communities, especially on [[w:Callisto (moon)\|Callisto]], where it holds a minority language status in the colony of [[w:Hár (crater)\|Hár]] (''Ari'').
	==Phonology==		==Phonology==
	===Consonants===		===Consonants===

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	\|head=besa		\|head=besa
	\|ear=reja		\|ear=reja
	\|eye=~~machó~~		\|eye=ojo
	\|nose=nusa		\|nose=nusa
	\|mouth=boka		\|mouth=boka

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	\|-		\|-
	! 6		! 6
	\| colspan=2 \| ''~~sise~~'' \|\| ~~{{mn\|sw\|sita}},~~ {{mn\|es\|seis}}		\| colspan=2 \| ''sesi'' \|\| {{mn\|es\|seis}}
	\|-		\|-
	! 7		! 7

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	\|back=gongo		\|back=gongo
	\|breast=teta		\|breast=teta
	\|heart=~~korasono~~		\|heart=kora
	\|liver=ini		\|liver=ini
	\|drink=bebe		\|drink=bebe
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	\|sand=		\|sand=
	\|dust=		\|dust=
	\|earth=		\|earth=duña
	\|cloud=		\|cloud=
	\|fog=		\|fog=
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	\|white=		\|white=
	\|black=		\|black=
	\|night=		\|night=noche
	\|day=		\|day=diya
	\|year=		\|year=año
	\|warm=		\|warm=moto
	\|cold=		\|cold=fifi
	\|full=		\|full=
	\|new=		\|new=

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	\| imagecaption = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]] before colonisation, now the home of the Ganymedian language		\| imagecaption = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]] before colonisation, now the home of the Ganymedian language
	\| imagesize = 200px		\| imagesize = 200px
	\| states = Ganymede		\| states = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]]
	\| date = 2276		\| date = 2276
	\| setitng = Far-future Solar System		\| setitng = Far-future Solar System
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	\| script1 = Latn		\| script1 = Latn
	\| script2 = Arab		\| script2 = Arab
	\| official = Ganymede		\| official = Ganymede Republic
	\| stand1 = ''Noma ya Akademia''		\| stand1 = ''Noma ya Akademia''
	\| dia1 = Tros dialects</br>		\| dia1 = Tros dialects</br>

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	! 6		! 6
	\| ~~''sita'' \|~~\| ''sise'' \|\| {{mn\|sw\|sita}}, {{mn\|es\|seis}}		\| colspan=2 \| ''sise'' \|\| {{mn\|sw\|sita}}, {{mn\|es\|seis}}
	\|-		\|-
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	Although boundaries are blurry and different by region, the Akademia recommends counting objects and people with ''kiswa'' numerals, e.g. '''''sita''' parosi na '''saba''' chuchosi'' "six birds and seven dogs" or ''tabla para '''bili''', nomba'' "table for two, please", and using ''pañola'' numerals for everything else, most commonly reading the date or time, e.g. ''ni '''quato''' ya mesi'' "it's the fourth of the month" or ''wa tatana ya '''dise''' na media'' "they will meet at half past ten".		Although boundaries are blurry and different by region, the Akademia recommends counting objects and people with ''kiswa'' numerals, e.g. '''''sita''' parosi na '''saba''' chuchosi'' "six birds and seven dogs" or ''tabla para '''bili''', nomba'' "table for two, please", and using ''pañola'' numerals for everything else, most commonly reading the date or time, e.g. ''ni '''quato''' ya mesi'' "it's the fourth of the month" or ''wa tatana ya '''dise''' na media'' "they will meet at half past ten".

	===Verbs===		===Verbs===
	The grammatical function of verbs in Ganymedian are mostly derived from Swahili, although the actual root terms are fairly often derived from Spanish as well. This leads to an agglutinative but otherwise simple verb system based on prefixes, somewhat similar to the complex [[w:Swahili grammar#Tenses, aspects and moods\|tense-aspect-mood]] system of Swahili, though notably omitting any inflections based on the person of the subject or the object.		The grammatical function of verbs in Ganymedian are mostly derived from Swahili, although the actual root terms are fairly often derived from Spanish as well. This leads to an agglutinative but otherwise simple verb system based on prefixes, somewhat similar to the complex [[w:Swahili grammar#Tenses, aspects and moods\|tense-aspect-mood]] system of Swahili, though notably omitting any inflections based on the person of the subject or the object.

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	\|five=tano		\|five=tano
	\|big=gran		\|big=gran
	\|long=~~gran~~		\|long=longa
	\|wide=~~longa~~		\|wide=pana
	\|thick=~~pana~~		\|thick=ancha
	\|heavy=pesa		\|heavy=pesa
	\|small=tito		\|small=tito

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	\| imagecaption = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]] before colonisation, now the home of the Ganymedian language		\| imagecaption = [[w:Ganymede (moon)\|Ganymede]] before colonisation, now the home of the Ganymedian language
	\| imagesize = 200px		\| imagesize = 200px
			\| states = Ganymede
	\| date = 2276		\| date = 2276
	\| setitng = Far-future Solar System		\| setitng = Far-future Solar System
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	Tani faña tu,		Tani faña tu,
	En duña komo en seyo.		En duña komo en seyo.
	Doa pani nosi ya diya te ya nosi		Doa pani nosi ya diya te para nosi
	Na pedona wadambi nosi		Na pedona wadambi nosi
	Komo pedona ~~kudambi~~ nosi;		Komo pedona kedambi nosi;
	Na no yebe nosi en tetasioni		Na no yebe nosi en tetasioni
	Pero libira nosi ya malo.		Pero libira nosi ya malo.