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Latest revision as of 13:06, 27 August 2026
This list of languages catalogues the attested languages of the world, living and extinct, with the family, era, and principal region of each. The world's languages belong to five major language families — Herta-Olaic, Njeshan, Andusian, Shung-Worrehan, and Tacchoan — or stand outside them as language isolates. Modern languages, still spoken today, are listed separately from historical languages of earlier eras, several of which are the direct ancestors of modern languages. Reconstructed proto-languages, such as Proto-Herta-Olaic, are described in the articles on their families and are not listed separately.
Modern languages
| Language | Native name | Family | Region | Code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airananwe | Airánanue | Herta-Olaic | YAS-AI | ||
| Anilonic | Aniljew | Njeshan | YBS-AL | ||
| English | — | Language isolate | Engil | YXS-EN, YXS-NE | Spoken in two forms, Traditional English and New English. |
| Lonish | Lôniêv | Njeshan | Betonia | YBS-LO | Descends from Otjesi. |
| Nichana | Nehchánh | Njeshan | Northwestern Ignusia | YBS-NI | Descends from High Nichana. |
| Pjany | Peanei | Njeshan | Southwestern Ignusia | YBS-PJ | Descends from Pises. |
| Senitian | Sennic | Tacchoan | YDS-SE | ||
| Usinger | Yszènnu | Tacchoan | YDS-YS | ||
| Uu | Uu-Co | Njeshan | Northwestern Ignusia | YBS-UU | Little changed since its medieval form. |
Historical languages
| Language | Native name | Family | Era | Region | Code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Hertic | Χερτεχι | Herta-Olaic | Ancient | Hertia | YAQ-HE | Spoken on the eastern inland sea of Ignusia, in a region often described as the cradle of civilization. |
| Besoh | Bëson | Andusian | Ancient | Southern mainland of Andusia | YCQ-BE | Earliest attested Andusian language; conservative spelling of an earlier stage. |
| Esselitian | Ezjec | Tacchoan | Ancient | Esselis | YDQ-ES | |
| Gaillean | Ghaellea | Herta-Olaic | Ancient | — | YAQ-GA | Source language of scientific binomials, the standard register for natural-science naming. |
| High Gaillean | Gwalea | Herta-Olaic | Medieval | YAR-GW | Major liturgic language. | |
| High Nichana | — | Njeshan | Medieval | — | YBR-HN | Ancestor of Nichana. |
| Kankai | Tacchoan | Medieval | YDR-KK | |||
| Middle Airananwe | Hayraanye | Herta-Olaic | Medieval | YAR-AI | Ancestor of Airananwe | |
| Old Ousperian | Ösuppə | Tacchoan | Ancient | YDQ-PY | Ancestor of Terjiquan and of Old Usinger. | |
| Old Usinger | Yszènqè | Tacchoan | Medieval | YDR-YS | ||
| Otjesi | — | Njeshan | Medieval | — | YBR-OT | Ancestor of Lonish. |
| Pises | — | Njeshan | Medieval | — | YBR-PI | Ancestor of Pjany. |
| Skennic | Sgeeni | Herta-Olaic | Ancient | YAQ-SK | ||
| Terjiquan | Tertzikkè | Tacchoan | Medieval | YDR-TZ |