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Reicala (Dalkaisk: Rajkala) is the Tauran continent on which Dalkai was located. It was the most heavily populated continent on Taurus, and included the capital of Dalkai at the time, which was Nankai. Also known as Contiguous Dalkai, it contained 11 states, and 6 territories.
Administrative Units
Provinces
- Apulajf
- Dozhene
- Nankai
- Doreva
- Aphjil
- Blemie
- Suljenka
- Dauija
- Nordridzh
- Heneura
- Pychez
Territories
- Tevaja
- Sentson
- Futsan
- Shila
- Kjajdzha
- Chinaj
Cities and Regions
Nankai (Nankaj): Capital of Dalkai, birthplace of Dzheri Dumont.
Uphill (Aphjil): Economic Hub of Dalkai, and trading hub for Southern Reicala.
Pychezskov Port (Pychezskovbaj): Trading hub for Eastern Reicala, and where the Pychezskov Treaty was signed, giving Dalkai autonomy from SMG.
Northridge (Nordridzh): Ethnically Lancastrian city, trading hub for Northern Reicala, also known as Northforge
Blemie: Administrative province for the Bluhn peoples native to Reicala
Apulife (Apulajf): Administrative province for the previously present Applife civilization and Applifian peoples.
Tevekai (Tevekaj): Center of ethnically Carthyan peoples, birthplace of Tajler Darjon
Dialects
Various dialects of the Dalkaisk language are spoken on the Reicala Continent. Various dialectal boundaries show geographical features in the real world, such as the Tevaj Dialect of Dalkaisk being located in the Tevekai Mountains, and the relatively distant Futsan dialect, being located in the Northeastern Taiga.
Dalkaisk dialects are more or less mutually comprehensible with each other, with an exception in extreme situations. A Nankai Dialect speaker may have trouble with a Dauija Dialect speaker if the speech is spoken quickly and unclearly. With the addition of slang of various dialects, comprehension may understandably drop.
Various accents, such as the Avenije Dialect, are very distinct from other dialects. This could be due to various factors, such as influence from the Avenian peoples and the Avenian Language (Thus the name of the dialect, Avenije), its location on a jutted peninsula, and the Tevekai Mountain Range significantly cutting the region off from dialects on the other side of the mountain, such as the Dozhene and Nankai dialects.
Standardized Dalkaisk is based off the Nankai dialect due to Nankai's historic importance as the political center of Reicala and the Capital of Dalkai. Standardized Dalkaisk is used in broadcasts and signage by the government.
Dzheri Dumont, in his addresses and speeches, is noted to have a Nankai Dialect with strong Doreva Dialectal influence. In general, his speech is comprehensible to most Dalkaisk speakers, but for people on the outer edges of the Dalkaisk dialect continuum, some subtitle aid is prefered for maximum comprehension. Examples include Avenije, Tsekjen, Blemie, and Henelje.