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| mapcaption = Etzeán Island. Most Etzeá speakers live on the western side of the island, past the Tûzogyâud Range. | | mapcaption = Etzeán Island. Most Etzeá speakers live on the western side of the island, past the Tûzogyâud Range. | ||
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'''Etzeá'''(''etzeà''; [[Help:IPA|[ed͡zeɑ]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the [[:File:Etzean.jpeg|island of Etzeán]] | '''Etzeá'''(''etzeà''; [[Help:IPA|[ed͡zeɑ]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the [[:File:Etzean.jpeg|island of Etzeán]] primarily by the Etzeá people, who primarily live in rural areas; however, it has also become a common second language of the indigenous [[Myshon]] and the various [[Tuzak languages|Tuzak]] peoples. | ||
Etzeá | Due to its early geographic isolation from mainland Yeldhic languages, Etzeá became the closest modern living relative to [[Proto-Yeldhic]] in the [[Yeldhic languages|Yeldhic language family]], making the language a key contributor in modern reconstructions of Early Proto-Yeldhic. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||