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Havenian (or Hāa Gbə̀n Dhə́ii) is the national language of Haven and the lingua franca of the Havenian Hegemony. Previously being one of the largest and oldest spoken languages on Taurus. Soon after the Great Migration, the language was thought to be lost, as most records and dictionaries of the language have been destroyed. Although through evacuating refugees from Taurus has some Havenian speakers, records and works been recovered. The few remaining records remain as confidential government records, and has few speakers of the language left. This has in turn made the language a useful code language.

Overview

Most known information on the language stems from a single preserved encyclopedia, dictionary, and storybook preserved by a family since the downturn of Taurus's conditions.

Havenian's writing uses an ancient logographic (as in one symbol for every word) writing system called Gaven. Gaven has been heavily preserved and thus records of the language go far into the past, making Ancient Havenian the earliest known language on Taurus.

Its sentence structure is Verb-Subject-Object, (e.g. See I you, rather than I see you). It is a tonal system that has 4 tones, high, rising, falling, and toneless. It distinguishes from long and short vowels, contains retroflex consonants, and includes nasalized vowels.

Examples

Example 1
Havenian	Hlə́ə'dzè'āu ém-hòo'i trìən thū-e-rhóo'u àans sý hlə̄ə'lỳy'fè e ghə̄u'ngá gbù-lə̄ei'u e Kāa-tía
IPA	ɬɤː˩˥.d͡ze˥˩.au˦ ẽm˩˥.xʊː˥˩.i t͡ɕiɤ̃˥˩ ʈu˦.e.ɽʊː˩˥.u ãːs˩˥ ɕy˩˥ ɬɤː˦.ɫyː˥˩.fe˥˩ e ɠɤu˦.ŋa˩˥ g͡bu˥˩.lɤəi˦.u e kaː˦.tia˩˥
Literal	Be-[Perfect, Present] of us-[Nominative] far mark of history-[Dative] famous preserve-[Imperfect, Past] of generation-[plural] myriad King Country-[Dative] of Carthya.
English	Over there is a famous landmark being restored from an ancient Carthyan Kingdom.

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-Havenian (Hāa Gbə̀n Dhə́ii) is the national language of [[Haven]] and the lingua franca of the Havenian Hegemony. Previously being one of the largest and oldest spoken languages on [[Taurus]]. Soon after the [[The Great Migration|Great Migration]], the language was thought to be lost, as most records and dictionaries of the language have been destroyed. Although through evacuating refugees from Taurus has some Havenian speakers, records and works been recovered. The few remaining records remain as confidential government records, and has few speakers of the language left. This has in turn made the language a useful code language.
+'''Havenian''' (or '''Hāa Gbə̀n Dhə́ii''') is the national language of [[Haven]] and the lingua franca of the Havenian Hegemony. Previously being one of the largest and oldest spoken languages on [[Taurus]]. Soon after the [[The Great Migration|Great Migration]], the language was thought to be lost, as most records and dictionaries of the language have been destroyed. Although through evacuating refugees from Taurus has some Havenian speakers, records and works been recovered. The few remaining records remain as confidential government records, and has few speakers of the language left. This has in turn made the language a useful code language.
 == Overview ==