I thought I'd go ahead and name all of the language families I've marked out so far (excluding the Velkastan languages). All in all, 44 language families are named (not including the Velkastan languages). I'm thinking of throwing in some smaller language families as well.
The languages marked in italics have been mentioned above in this thread. Those also marked in bold have their own dedicated threads.
Language Families of Sirden
S1 (dark blue):
Sirdic languages
S2 (light blue):
Gdrenk languages
S3 (green): Sorku languages
S4 (sandy): Limba languages
S5 (pink): Gadar languages
S6 (orange):
Kalabi languages
S7 (purple):
Lesic languages
S8 (dark grey):
Feluo languages
S9 (yellow):
Mesit languages
S10 (red): Pisyal languages
Language Families of the Bridge
B1 (dark yellow): Cyoba languages
B2 (brown): Hirbol languages
B3 (pink):
Vulukan languages
B4 (light blue): Ovija languages
B5 (red): Kimos languages
B6 (green): Upira languages
B7 (orange): Siloa languages
B8 (purple): Qerida languages
B9 (dark blue): Siltom languages
Language Families of Arenda
A1 (red):
Skawlas languages
A2 (dark green):
Tl'arga languages
A3 (dark blue): Bungor languages
A4 (yellow): Hnemut languages
A5 (grey):
Sjikan languages
A6 (purple): Adnija languages
A7 (pink): Murtip languages
A8 (light green): Zaraw languages
A9 (orange): Menyak languages
A10 (light brown): Pirmal languages
A11 (light blue): Iniba languages
A12 (dark brown): Baita languages
A13 (dark yellow): Thujen languages
Language Families of Konyur and Hungas
K1 (yellow): Siwida languages
K2 (dark brown): Krai languages
K3 (orange): Syik languages
K4 (purple): Mitija languages
K5 (pink): Stulit languages
K6 (light blue): Lorgyak languages
K7 (light brown): Ambar languages
K8 (grey): Igngast languages
K9 (dark yellow): Jimlok languages
K10 (dark blue): Iluwe languages
K11 (green): Gintum languages
K12 (red): Pilkun languages
What I want to do next, I think, is to start working on where certain shared features appear where, e.g. tone (southern Konyur), clicks (Thujen and Hirbol languages I think), certain word orders, noun classes, case, ergativity (already a feature of western Arendan languages).
I also need to work out how
old each language family is as well. The Velkastan languages, as mentioned above, are really old, due to the isolation of the Frozen Twins since their settlement by human beings around 12,000 BC. I'm thinking of a somewhat similar date for the Gintum languages (maybe 9,000 BC at the very latest) with the neighbouring Pilkun languages dating back to around 4,000 BC, making them much younger. Other language families, I think, might be relatively younger than that, removing nearby traces of earlier related languages as they expand outwards (in a similar manner to what
may have happened in Europe, with
possible relatives to PIE being wiped out as the IE languages moved into the area). Eventually, lack of evidence and time depth between remaining related languages makes the connection incredibly difficult to actually work out to the point where you may as well not bother
.
For example, Proto-Feluo and Proto-Mesit
might be related (more closely than to other languages), with a common ancestor spoken at around 10,000 BC (so, 6-7,000 years before each proto-language is spoken), but the connection would have been lost over time.
This process wouldn't have occurred in north-eastern Konyur and south-western Hungas and Velkasta, where populations have remained largely isolated, with a fair amount of room to expand into over time without bumping into other groups of people. Sure, it'll happen at some point, but the amount of languages that survive would make deeper relationships more obvious... I think.
Anyway, there are some names, just to fill out the map in more than just colour. I think at about this stage, there might be something along the lines of 8,000 languages spoken on Yantas.