Fiction:Medwedian Democratic Federation/Language

The Medwedian Language is the Language spoken by 95% of all Ursoids as primary or secondary language and it is the state language of the Medwedian Democratic Federation. The Medwedian Language is a North Germanic (Norse) language that is very similar to Earth's Scandinavian languages. The primary writing system is the Latin alphabet.

Language
90% of the words in Medwedian are of Old Medwydd and Old Tullnish origin, the other 10% generally originating from other languages of Ursus Prime. Medwedian is generally a complex language, althrough easy to understand by an Swedish, Norwegian or Danish speaker and moderately understandable by German or English speakers.

A large influence comes from the Slavic language of the ancient Ivetti tribes.

Alphabet
Medwedian is written in a Latin alphabet, with the additional letters Æ, Ø and Å. Letters such as Á or É are used very rarely, along with the letter Þ.

Outdated writing systems
Until about 1100 AA, the (Old) Medwedian language was written in runes just like Old Medwydd or Old Tullnish.

Grammatics
Medwedian has a very complex grammatic system, and often 2 or even more variants of grammatic rules exist. Generally, the difference is between Lower Medwedian spoken in the region of Tullemark and Waidawiek; with all other southern Medwedian regions and the Upper Medwedian which is spoken in the North of Medwedia. Generally, authorities opt for Middle Medwedian, which is a combination of the two.

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