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| name          = Kalmish
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| nativename    = Kalmisch
| pronunciation = /kɑ:lmɪʃ/
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| region        = Originally {{Kalm}}, now worldwide
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| speakers      = 206 million
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| date          = 2001
| dateprefix    = as of
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| fam1          = [[Uletarephian]]
| fam2          = [[Gaermanic]]
| fam3          = [[Uletarephian/Gaermanic languages#West Gaermanic languages|West Gaermanic]]
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| script        = [[Romantian|Romantian script]] ([[Kalmish#Kalmish alphabet|Kalmish alphabet]])
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| nation        = &lt;!--[[File:AN_Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Assembly of Nations]]&lt;br /&gt;--&gt;{{Kalm}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Midistland}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Älved}} (Mergan)&lt;br /&gt;{{Helvetiany}} (Mergan)&lt;br /&gt;{{Mergany}} (Mergan)&lt;br&gt;{{Zylanda}} (Sassn)
| minority      = {{Garlis}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Sathria}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Eshein}} (Mergan)&lt;br /&gt;{{Mauretia}} (Mergan)&lt;br /&gt;{{Reeland}} (Mergan)&lt;br /&gt;{{Viljanni}} (Mergan)
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}}'''Kalmish''' is a [[Uletarephian/Gaermanic languages#West Gaermanic languages|West Gaermanic language]] in the [[Uletarephian/Gaermanic languages|Uletarephian Language Group]] that was first spoken in [[Kalm]] and is now a language spoken everywhere in the world. Prominent variants of Kalmish are [[Gaerman]], [[Mergan]] and [[Zylandian Language|Sassn in Zylanda]].

=History and geographic distribution=
* at the beginning of the 12th century: merchants of the [[Sellern dynasty]] and, a few years later, a large amount of emigrants spread Kalmish across [[Central Uletha]] and [[Eastern Uletha]], nowasays it is still present at some of these places, e.g. in [[Midistland]] or represented by the [[Mergan |Mergan language]] in [[Älved]], [[Helvetiany]] and [[Mergany]]
*1470s merchants and adventurers from Kalm settled in [[Zylanda]], nowadays [[Zylandian Language|Sassn]] is based in Kalmish
*Kalmish colonization of [[Teenesccan]]
*emigration to [[Zylanda]] during the [[Nine Year War]] in 1667-1676

=Modern language=

==Kalmish alphabet==
The modern Kalmish alphabet consists of the twenty-six standard Latinic letters plus four special letters, all are part of the [[Planetary Association for Rationalisation|PAR Unicode]]-letters. 
{|
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{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
! Capital&lt;br&gt;letter
! Small&lt;br&gt;letter
! Pronunciation&lt;br&gt;([[Phonetic Alphabet of Caflin|PAC]])
|-
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''A'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''a'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|/aː/
|-
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|'''Ä'''
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|'''ä'''
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|/ɛː/
|-
|'''B'''
|'''b'''
|/beː/
|-
|'''C'''
|'''c'''
|/t͡seː/
|-
|'''D'''
|'''d'''
|/deː/
|-
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''E'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''e'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|/eː/
|-
|'''F'''
|'''f'''
|/ɛf/
|-
|'''G'''
|'''g'''
|/ɡeː/
|-
|'''H'''
|'''h'''
|/haː/
|-
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''I'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''i'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|/iː/
|}
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{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
! Capital&lt;br&gt;letter
! Small&lt;br&gt;letter
! Pronunciation&lt;br&gt;([[Phonetic Alphabet of Caflin|PAC]])
|-
|'''J'''
|'''j'''
|/jɔt/
|-
|'''K'''
|'''k'''
|/kaː/
|-
|'''L'''
|'''l'''
|/ɛl/
|-
|'''M'''
|'''m'''
|/ɛm/
|-
|'''N'''
|'''n'''
|/ɛn/
|-
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''O'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''o'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|/oː/
|-
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|'''Ö'''
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|'''ö'''
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|/øː/
|-
|'''P'''
|'''p'''
|/peː/
|-
|'''Q'''
|'''q'''
|/kuː/
|-
|'''R'''
|'''r'''
|/ɛʁ/
|}
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{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
! Capital&lt;br&gt;letter
! Small&lt;br&gt;letter
! Pronunciation&lt;br&gt;([[Phonetic Alphabet of Caflin|PAC]])
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|'''S'''
|'''s'''
|/ɛs/
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|''''''
|'''ß'''
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|'''T'''
|'''t'''
|/teː/
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|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''U'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|'''u'''
|style=&quot;background: #8888ff&quot;|/uː/
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|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|'''Ü'''
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|'''ü'''
|style=&quot;background: #ccccff&quot;|/yː/
|-
|'''V'''
|'''v'''
|/faʊ̯/
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|'''W'''
|'''w'''
|/veː/
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|'''X'''
|'''x'''
|/ɪks/
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|'''Y'''
|'''y'''
|/ˈʏpsilɔn/
|-
|'''Z'''
|'''z'''
|/t͡sɛt/
|}
|}

==Naming==
The continents are named in Kalmish:
*[[Antarephia|Antarefia]]
*[[Archanta|Arkanta]]
*[[Ereva]]
*[[Kartumia]]
*[[Orano]]
*[[Pelanesia|Pelanesien]]
*[[Tarephia|Tarefia]]
*[[Uletha]]

[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Uletarephian/Gaermanic languages]]