Uyami (language)

Uyami (Uyami [uˈjamɨ] or Uyamida Klarsú [uˈjamɨda klarsˈu]) is the language spoken by the Uyami. Uyami is the only language of its family still alive and the only national language of Valresh origin, despite being spoken much further south, in Onthukhan.Uyami is a minor Eldhamite language, being a recognize language of only Hvítrland. Yet, it is one of the most widely spoken native language in Eldham.

Uyami was adopted by the state of Hvítrland when it was founded, having previously been a language only used by the nomads in central Valresh who did not have a state after the decline caused by Rathnir colonist. Its development was only influenced by the isolationist traits the tribe had acquired in the last 3 centuries which made the language almost not change whatsoever.

Origins
During the Late Renovation ages, the established written language in the Uyami lands was Old Uyami, though the great majority of people were illiterate, and only a handful were well versed in the language. In the center and south of Valresh, as in most of the rest of the land under Uyami control, most would instead speak a local vernacular. These dialects, as they are commonly referred to, evolved from Old Uyami over the course of centuries, unaffected by formal standards and teachings, being instead affected by the local languages. They are not in any sense "dialects" of modern Uyami, which became what is known today when people from all over the Uyami lands became less and had to converge all in a small area which caused them all to merge into a single language. Despite some of Uyami vocabulary being adopted by other adjacent cultures, no language alive today is related to Uyami anymore.

Classification
Uyami is a klaminan language part of the khanite languages, a descendant of Northern Klaminan (colloquial spoken Klaminan in the northern section of the empire). Standard Uyami is based on many Old Uyami dialects, especially its Nus dialect, and is the only surviving Klaminan language, making its most closely related language be Gurdian, a khanite language.

Geographic Distribution
Uyami is the official language of Hvítrland and is spoken fluently by the majority of the country's population. Uyami isn't officially spoken anywhere else, though some surveys in colonialist nations such as Simulami note that some families speak a dialect of the language that uses a notably high quantity of Uyami vocabulary and grammar, yet not everybody agrees these people are of Uyami descendance.

Influence and derived languages
From the late fifth to the third century BJC, thousands of Uyami lived all around Valresh and had a notable influence in the surrounding countries and commerce, yet, as they were the biggest entity in the area (the closest civilization in size in Valresh at the time were the Nido Tribes who were barely a tenth of the size of the Uyami tribal lands), they operated in their native language even with outsiders.

In some cases, near nomad tribes would pick up much of the uyami vocabulary, sometimes even going as far as adapting it as a second language among them. In the case of the Nido, some of the eastern tribes developed a Nido-Uyami pidgin they would use among them.