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'''Classical Thean''' is the most spoken language of Angai Europe. In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean ~~forms the basis of Literary Thean which was used as a literary language of Thea for over 2000 years before the emergence of Modern Standard Thean~~.

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|creator =

|name = Classical Thean

|nativename =

|pronunciation=

|setting = [[Verse:Angai]]

|region =

|speakers=975 million

|date=2025

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|fam1=[[Verse:Angai/Theic languages|Theic]]

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|official=Thea, Qualand, the Alliance

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'''Classical Thean''' was the most spoken language of Angai Europe before the timeline split. With 975 million L1 and L2 speakers worldwide, Thean was the fourth-most spoken language in 2025.

In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean evolves into highly tonal languages.

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The oldest attested stage of Thean, called Old Thean, uses a logography. The history of Classical Thean begins with the publication and spread of [some religious text; some form of Buddhism I guess] in a phonetic orthography and the rhyming prose tales of [author]. This switch to a phonetic orthography was incentivized by the introduction of the printing press.

=== Diachronics ===

==== Consonants ====

* Proto-Theic k g kʼ -> kʸ gʸ kʸʼ

* Proto-Theic kʷ gʷ kʷʼ -> č ʒ{{hacek}} čʼ

* Proto-Theic q ɢ qʷ -> k g kʼ

* Proto-Theic qʷ ɢʷ qʷʼ -> kʷ gʷ kʷʼ

==== Stressed vowels ====

* Proto-Theic a -> o after kʷ-series consonants, e after kʸ-series ones, a otherwise

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-'''Classical Thean''' is the most spoken language of Angai Europe. In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean forms the basis of Literary Thean which was used as a literary language of Thea for over 2000 years before the emergence of Modern Standard Thean.
+{{Infobox language
+|image =
+|imagesize =
+|creator =
+|name = Classical Thean
+|nativename =
+|pronunciation=
+|setting = [[Verse:Angai]]
+|region =
+|speakers=975 million
+|date=2025
+|familycolor=tsimulh
+|fam1=[[Verse:Angai/Theic languages|Theic]]
+|iso3=
+|official=Thea, Qualand, the Alliance
+|notice=IPA
+}}
+'''Classical Thean''' was the most spoken language of Angai Europe before the timeline split. With 975 million L1 and L2 speakers worldwide, Thean was the fourth-most spoken language in 2025.
+In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean evolves into highly tonal languages.
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 The oldest attested stage of Thean, called Old Thean, uses a logography. The history of Classical Thean begins with the publication and spread of [some religious text; some form of Buddhism I guess] in a phonetic orthography and the rhyming prose tales of [author]. This switch to a phonetic orthography was incentivized by the introduction of the printing press.
 === Diachronics ===
+==== Consonants ====
+* Proto-Theic k g kʼ -> kʸ gʸ kʸʼ
+* Proto-Theic kʷ gʷ kʷʼ -> č ʒ{{hacek}} čʼ
+* Proto-Theic q ɢ qʷ -> k g kʼ
+* Proto-Theic qʷ ɢʷ qʷʼ -> kʷ gʷ kʷʼ
 ==== Stressed vowels ====
 * Proto-Theic a -> o after kʷ-series consonants, e after kʸ-series ones, a otherwise