Sprinske language
| Sprinske language | |
|---|---|
| La Langa De Sprinske | |
| Created by | Aaron I, Emperor of Sprinske |
| Users | 2 (2022) |
| Purpose | Kolniaric Languages
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Early form | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Sprinske Empire Republic of New Riga |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
 Map of the Kolniari Sector where Kolniaric Languages are spoken | |
 The Sprinske language is classified as "Critically Endangered" because of the low speakers. | |
The Sprinske language (La Langa de Sprinske) is a constructed language spoken in the Kolniaric Nations, mostly in the Sprinske Empire. It is based on Latin and Dalmatic, unlike the other Kolniaric languages, which are mostly based on Slavic languages or Greek. It is the only known Kolniaric language still spoken.
Language Information
Sprinske translator on LingoJam
Alphabet
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| A | Á | B | Ċ | Ç | Ć | C | D | E | É | F | G | H | I | Í | J | K | L | M | N | O | Ó | P | R | Я | S | Š | T | U | Ú | V | Y | Z | Ð | Þ |
| Lowercase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | á | b | ċ | ç | ć | c | d | e | é | f | g | h | i | í | ȷ | k | l | m | n | o | ó | p | r | я | s | š | t | u | ú | v | y | z | ð | þ |
| Grapheme | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| á | aw |
| é | ay |
| ê | eh |
| í | ee |
| ó | oh |
| ú | oo |
| ç | s |
| ċ | ch |
| ć | kh |
| zc | zh |
| я[1] | rolling r |
| š | sh |
| ð | th in the |
| þ | th in thin |
| ȷ | y |
Ðardȷa Alphabet
The Ðardȷa Alphabet (Also spelled Ðardhya) is the writing system used to write the Sprinske language. It is mostly used for ceremonial purposes as Sprinske is usually written in Latin. Ðardȷa’s use is expanding beyond the Sprinske language however, as it has also been used in Sprinske Scots and Séitnamic.
History
The Sprinske language was created sometime in 2019 by the Prime Minister of the Sprinske Communist Republic to replace earlier code languages he had created such as Donkrean or Falconiac. Despite being a full language, Sprinske would never gain the amount of speakers that Donkrean, Gorralic or Falconiac had, but it is the only one of those languages that survived the Sprinske Revolution. After the revolution, the language began to grow, witnessing many small changes over its existence, such as some words gaining accents, or the replacement of some words, the most notable example being the earlier word for the, ‘dal’ changing to ‘dál’ before then being replaced with ‘la’.
Sprinske Language Act
When the Sprinske Empire was drafting it’s third constitution in October 2020 to celebrate its second anniversary, an act was added into law that would reform the Sprinske language. This would add three new letters (ċ, ð and þ) but would also remove ‘č’ as it would no longer be necessary with ċ taking its place. All three letters that were added originally came from Old English, a language that Emperor Aaron I found interesting, but it may also have been because he lost the editing link to the translator, and felt it was time to update the language. These reforms tried to make the language easier to learn by making some words sound familiar to speakers of Romance languages, but adding a few similarities to Russian in some areas, such as the word for time changing from ‘cycla’ to ‘vremja’ which is originally descended from the Russian word for time, but slightly modified to fit the Sprinske Language.