Cantuath language
| Cantuath | |
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| Ethnicity | Paleocacherians, Hapats, Kernevic |
Native speakers | ~246 million (2023) |
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Official language in |  Paleocacher Hapatmitas Kernev |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Cantuath is a Goidelic language in the Gallaetic language family. It is the official and national language of Paleocacher and Hapatmitas and also serves as an official language of Kernev. Cantuath's base origins are retraced back to Ayreoshubic Latin. However, when the first humans crossed over to Ostlandet from Ecros 50,000 years ago, the language evolved to become distinct from the other languages on the continent. There are currently about 246 million native Cantuath speakers in both Paleocacher and Hapatmitas. Cantuath is also an official language in the Ostlandet Union.
In the language, there are currently four dialects - West and East Paleocacherian, Hapat, and Kernevic. West and East Paleocacherian originate from the original split of the country's respective regions; the Hapat dialect was developed by the 11th-century Paleocacherian-Hapat emigrants; the Kernevic dialect has developed as primarily a second language, due to the status of Cantuath as a co-official language in Kernev, alongside the more widely spoken, but still closely related Kernevic language. The Cantuath alphabet has two variants, respectively consisting of eighteen and twenty-four letters. While it is only widely spoken in the three countries, Cantuath also serves as a secondary language in a few of Paleocacher's main trading partners but not as a primary language.
