Creeperian language

Not to be confused with the Craeperian language, also known as the Old Creeperian language.

Creeperian
Ծրեեպերիանո / Creeperiano
"Creeperian" in the Creeperian language in the Creeperian and Iberic scripts
Pronunciation	[kɾepeɾiˈano] (northern) [kɾipeɾiˈano] (southern)
Native to	Creeperopolis
Ethnicity	Creeperans
Native speakers	L1: 495 million (2020) L2: 126 million (2020) Total: 621 million
Language family	Ecro-Avansertian Ayreoshubic Southern Ayreoshubic
Early forms	Old Creeperian Classical Creeperian Middle Creeperian Early Modern Creeperian
Standard forms	Creeperian Standard Rakeoian Standard
Writing system	Creeperian, Iberic
Official status
Official language in	Creeperopolis El Salvador Rakeo State of the Church Zahle
Recognised minority language in	Lurjize Sequoyah
Regulated by	Imperial Academy of the Creeperian Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cr

Creeperian (/kɾiːˈpɛəriː.ɛn/, kree-PAIR-ee-en; endonym: Ծրեեպերիանո / Creeperiano pronounced [kɾepeɾiˈano] or [kɾipeɾiˈano]) is a Ayreoshubic language of the Ecro-Avansertian language family. Creeperian evolved from the Romanyan Iberic language with influences from the Xichútepan, Arabic, and Deltinian languages. With 621 million first and second language speakers, Creeperian is one of the world largest languages. Creeperian is an official language in Creeperopolis, El Salvador, Rakeo, the State of the Church, and Zahle; a recognized minority language in Lurjize and Sequoyah; and one of the six official languages of the Terraconserva Council of Nations.

Creeperian is a part of the Southern Ayreoshubic language branch, of which it is the largest member. Creeperian is one of the several Southern Ayreoshubic languages which descended from vulgar Romanyan Iberic which was spoken across areas of Northern Sur where the Romanyan Empire controlled or influenced. The earliest form of Creeperian, known as Craeperian or Old Creeperian, is attested as early as the 2nd century AD in manuscripts written in the Craeperian Republic, but linguists disagree when Creeperian became its own language as opposed to being a dialect of Romanyan Iberic. There are several dialects of Creeperian, the largest of which are Northern, Southern, Islander, Rakeoian, Lurjizean, and Zahlean.

Creeperian is written in both the Iberic script and the Creeperian script. As a descendant of Romanyan Iberic, Creeperian has always been written in the Iberic script, but in 2020, the Creeperian government promoted the usage of the Creeperian script which had fallen out of use during the 600s as the Creeperian language supplanted common usage of indigenous Creeperian languages such as Xichútepan. According to a study conducted by the Antonio Sáenz Heredia University in 2023, around 48 percent of Creeperans describe themselves as being able to read the Creeperian language in the Creeperian script, but only 12 percent state they primarily read and write in the Creeperian script.

Classification

Creeperian is a member of the Ecro-Avansertian language family and belongs to the Southern Ayreoshubic branch of the Ayreoshubic languages.

Phonology

See also: Creeperian phonology

Vowels

Creeperian vowel chart

Creeperian only have five vowel phonemes (/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/), all of which are short vowels. All of Creeperian's vowels can be either stressed or unstressed.

Creeperian vowel phonemes

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i						u
Close-mid	e						o
Open-mid
Open			a

Examples of stress in Creeperian vowels

Stressed			Unstressed
Word		Translation	Word		Translation
պասո / paso	[ˈpaso]	"I pass"	պասօ / pasó	[paˈso]	"he/she passed"
պեսո / peso	[ˈpeso]	"I weigh"	պեսօ / pesó	[peˈso]	"he/she weighed"
պիսո / piso	[ˈpiso]	"I step"	պիսօ / pisó	[piˈso]	"he/she stepped"
պոսո / poso	[ˈposo]	"I pose"	պոսօ / posó	[poˈso]	"he/she posed"
պփսո / puso	[ˈpuso]	"he/she placed" (northern)	պփսո / puso	[puˈso]	"he/she placed" (southern)

Dialects and variations

Most of the dialects of Creeperian are mutually intelligible with each other, with most speakers finding different accents to be a larger factor in mutual intelligibility than differences in grammar, vocabulary, and phonology between dialects. The two largest dialects of Creeperian are Northern and Southern, spoken in northern and southern Creeperopolis, respectively. Other notable dialects in Creeperopolis include Western Creeperian (spoken in the viceroyalties along the Creeperopolis–El Salvador border and the Castillianan viceroyalties), Islander Creeperian (spoken in the San Carlos Islands), and Sequoyan Creeperian (spoken in Nuevo Amanecer, San Juan, and the country of Sequoyah). Dialects outside of Creeperopolis with over one million speakers include Rakeoian Creeperian and Lurjizean Creeperian.

Northern Creeperian

Northern Creeperian has more Xichútepan influence.

Southern Creeperian

Southern Creeperian has more Arabic and Deltinian influence.

Writing system and alphabet

The Creeperian language uses both the Creeperian script and the Iberic script.

Ա ա A a

Ը ը Á á

Բ բ B b

Ծ ծ C c

Ճ ճ CH ch

Դ դ D d

Ե ե E e

Է է É é

Ֆ ֆ F f

Գ գ G g

Հ հ H h

Ի ի I i

Ձ ձ Í í

Ջ ջ J j

Կ կ K k

Լ լ L l

Ժ ժ LL ll

Մ մ M m

Ն ն N n

Թ թ Ñ ñ

Ո ո O o

Օ օ Ó ó

Պ պ P p

Ք ք Q q

Ր ր R r

Ս ս S s

Տ տ T t

Փ փ U u

Ղ ղ Ú ú

Շ շ Ü ü

Վ վ V v

Ւ ւ W w

Խ խ X x

Յ յ Y y

Զ զ Z z

Example text

The following text is an excerpt from Prime Minister Antonio Sáenz Heredia's speech on 3 January 1933 regarding the outbreak of the Creeperian Civil War:

Լա'ծոնսպիրածիօն ծոմփնիստա ծոնտրա լա'Պատրիա նո տենդրը էխիտո, յ պոր լա'վոլփնտադ դե Դիոս, ել պփեբլո պերսիստիրը յ դեֆենդերը լաս'վերդադես դել Ծատոլիծիսմո յ լա'մոնարքփձա.

La'conspiración comunista contra la'Patria no tendrá éxito, y por la'voluntad de Dios, el pueblo persistirá y defenderá las'verdades del Catolicismo y la'monarquía.

[la‿konspiɾaˈsjon komuˈnista ˈkontra la‿ˈpatri.a no tenˈdra ˈeksito i poɾ la‿βolunˈtað ðe djos el ˈpweβlo peɾsistiˈɾa i defendeˈɾa las‿veɾˈðaðes ðel katoliˈsismo i la‿monaɾˈki.a]

The Jackian translation of the above text is:

The communist conspiracy against the Fatherland will not succeed, and by the will of God, the people will persist and uphold the truths of Catholicism and the monarchy.

See also

• Languages of Creeperopolis
• Languages of Terraconserva