Chlesamnic

Chlesamnic
Created by	–
Geographic distribution	Eurasia
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Para-Germanic Chlesamnic
Proto-language	Proto-Chlesamnic
Subdivisions	Western Eastern Northern Southern
Modern-day extent of Chlesamnic languages: West Chlesamnic Languages   Dobruja Polovic   Azov Polovic   Volga Polovic   Caucasus Polovic East Chlesamnic Languages   Erqhomis   Tonsian   Tevvic

The Chlesamnic languages are a branch of the Para-Germanic languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken predominantly in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Chlesamnic, an offshoot from Pre-Proto-Germanic, and thus distantly related to the Germanic languages.

A notable feature of early Chlemsamnic was its susceptibility to be influenced by various superstrata, resulting in the various modern Chlesamnic languages to become quite divergent from each other.

Branches

Due to their divergent nature, the true number of languages that make up the Chlesamnic family is still under debate. This article aims to show languages that are conventionally agreed upon that make up the four branches of the Chlesamnic languages. These four branches are named on the basis of geography, namely West, East, North, and South Chlesamnic:

Chlesamnic language tree

• Chlesamnic
  • West Chlesamnic
    • Low Polovic
      • Volga Polovic
      • Azov Polovic
      • Dobruja Polovic
    • High Polovic
    • Caucasian Polovic
    • Balkan Thadic†
  • East Chlesamnic
    • Kolasian
      • Erqhomis
      • Tonsian
    • Tevvic
      • Ancient Tevvic (liturgical)
        • Tevvic
        • (Unnamed)
  • North Chlesamnic
  • South Chlesamnic

West Chlesamnic

East Chlesamnic

North Chlesamnic

South Chlesamnic

History

Typology

Earlier attested languages such as Old Thadish, Old Low Polovic, Ancient Tevvic, and Kolasian have been instrumental to comparative linguistics, as they exhibit many shared features that have been lost or altered in their modern descendants. Using those languages, a number of shared typological features can be identified.

Grammar

Phonology

Lexicography