Language: Luuk
Official Language: The Philippines (one of the official languages and principal native lingua franca)
Region: The Philippines, most specifically in the region between Manila Bay and the Pacific coast.
Family: Austronesian -> Malayo-Polynesian -> Philippine -> Proto-Philippine -> Luuk
Writing System: Kawi (Abugida)
Loan Words:
Through the course of history: Austronesian (Paiwanese, Malayic-Chamic, Javanese and Barito), Sinitic (Southeast Chinese), Japonic, Dravidian (Tamil), Semitic, Indo-European (Castilian Spanish and English), Native American languages (indirectly).
Details:
This language is prominently featured in my current Philippine-centered TL, currently on extended hiatus due to OTL circumstances (e.g. RL work, the need to rewrite from the start, and the pandemic).
Official Language: The Philippines (one of the official languages and principal native lingua franca)
Region: The Philippines, most specifically in the region between Manila Bay and the Pacific coast.
Family: Austronesian -> Malayo-Polynesian -> Philippine -> Proto-Philippine -> Luuk
Writing System: Kawi (Abugida)
Loan Words:
Through the course of history: Austronesian (Paiwanese, Malayic-Chamic, Javanese and Barito), Sinitic (Southeast Chinese), Japonic, Dravidian (Tamil), Semitic, Indo-European (Castilian Spanish and English), Native American languages (indirectly).
Details:
This language is prominently featured in my current Philippine-centered TL, currently on extended hiatus due to OTL circumstances (e.g. RL work, the need to rewrite from the start, and the pandemic).
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