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{{Infobox language family
|homeland=Southern [[Ignusia]], northern [[Andusia]]
|proto=Proto-Herta-Olaic (reconstructed)
|reach=Widespread (colonial)
}}
'''Herta-Olaic''' is one of the world's five major [[:Category:Language families|language families]], native to the south of [[Ignusia]] and the north of [[Andusia]]. Its attested members include the ancient [[Ancient Hertic language|Ancient Hertic]] and [[Gaillean language|Gaillean]] languages, and Proto-Herta-Olaic has been reconstructed.

== Branches ==
The family takes its name from its two largest branches, the '''Hertia branch''' and the '''Olay branch'''. The [[Ancient Hertic language|Ancient Hertic]] language belongs to the Hertia branch. Herta-Olaic also comprises several smaller branches; the [[Gaillean language|Gaillean]] language belongs to one of these rather than to either principal branch.

== Members ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Language !! Native name !! Era
|-
| Airananwe || ''Airánanue'' || Modern
|-
| [[Ancient Hertic language|Ancient Hertic]] || ''Χερτεχι'' || Ancient
|-
| [[Gaillean language|Gaillean]] || ''Ghaellea'' || Ancient
|-
| High Gaillean || ''Gwalea'' || Medieval
|-
| Middle Airananwe || ''Airannawê'' || Medieval
|-
| Skennic || ''Sgeeni'' || Ancient
|}

== Colonial distribution ==
Herta-Olaic languages were carried abroad in waves of colonial expansion, coming to dominate nearly the entirety of [[Sihia]] and to occupy large parts of [[Lovvocia]] in the New World.

[[Category:Language families]]