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| Gao-Showa
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| Gao-Showa
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| Spoken in
| Greater Hulstria, Sekowo
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| Language family
| Super Seleyan
Gao-Indralan
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Gao-Showa is a member of the Gao-Indralan branch of the Super Seleyan language family. Spoken by the Gao-Showa people of eastern Gishoto and other areas of the continent of Dovani where Gao-Showa population exist in significant numbers.
[edit] Status
Most ethnic Gao-Showa are fluent speakers and since Gishoto's adoption of Gao-Showa as an official language it has become more widely spoken with many young Hulstrian and Welsh inhabitants of Gishoto being able to speak it and a large number being able to read and write in the language as well. Official figures are however hard to come by.
[edit] Writing System
Gao-Showa has three alphabets each coming from different historical periods. The first is a pictographic system which was apparently in use before the arrival in Gishoto. It was extremely difficult to master however and was mostly in the preserve of the priestly class and the highly educated. In the modern day it remains mostly the reserve of religious texts.
The second alphabet uses a modified system of old Kazul rune script and opened up the written language to a far wider group. It is still used occaisionally today and many documents relating to clan by-law and ownership of land in eastern Gishoto are written in this script.
By far the most common in the present day is latin script adopted from the Hulstrians. Most Gao-Showa writing is now in this script making the written form surprisingly accessible once a person has learnt the spoken language and vice versa.
[edit] OOC Notes
For the most part Gao-Showa is Japanese. Previously it's used Japanese purely as a base for the general pronunciation of words, etc but for simplicities sake Japanese itself is used as the language with the exception of words where finding accurate translation can be difficult. Romanji is preferred again for sake of simplicity. The one basic rule is that ethnic groups end in Showa, countries end in Soto. Try to stick to past precedent beyond that it is up to the user.
| Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria
Kien (capital)
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| History & Economy
| Christopher Dove, War of Luthori Succession, Welsh Genocide, New Englian Crisis
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| Geography
| Dovani, Great North Dovani Plain, Schnee-Berge Mountains
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| Demographics
| Celts, Gao-Showa, Gao-Showa Clans, Gao-Showa Language, Hulstrian, Welsh
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| Culture
| National Anthems: The Call of Hulstria, For all eternity, For the Monarchy, Land of our Fathers, The Revolution ne'er can yield
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| Religion
| Buddhism, Episcopalianism in Greater Hulstria, Hellenic Polytheism, Shintoism
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| Crownlands
| Budenlar: Labsburg | Hilgar: Veilchen | Hulstria: Kien | Kuratha: Marchau | Mitrania: Graaffsberg, Mitrania Highlands National Park
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| Politics
| Historically Important Parties: Anarchitarians, Aneist Unionist Party, Christian Communist Party, Gao-Showa Peoples' Party, Kaiserliche Hulsterreichische Partei, Progressive Liberal Party of Hulstria, Refuge Pressure Party | List of Former Parties of Greater Hulstria
Presently Active Parties: Christliche Liberalen Allianz, Fascist Authority Party, Kaiserliche Hulsterreichische Partei, Nationale Demokratische Union, Nationale Partei, Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria
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| Monarchy
| Monarchs: Alexander I, Franz I, Franz VI, Ferdinand I, Godric I, Godric II, Heinrich I, Heinrich II, Karl III, Klaus Gustav III, Klemens II, Rainer IV, Rudolph III, Rudolph IV, Rudolph V
Other Royalty: Klaus Gustav, Crown Prince of Hulstria, Archduke Maximilian of Hulstria, Archduke Wilhelm of Hulstria, Roberta Lusk, Princess Janne von Bavoria, Queen Matilda of Rilandor, Karl, Crown Prince of Hulstria, Archduchess Cristyne of Hulstria, Archduke Rudolph, Archduke Paul of Hulstria, Archduke Henry
Primary Noble Houses: House of Flieder, House of Strauss, House of Rothingren
Palaces: Fliederbrunn Palace, Phönixstein Castle
Other Noble Houses: House of Brunner, House of Halvorsen
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| People
| Gao Showa: Meiji Hideaki, Meiji Takara, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokuro Tanemoto, Naoki Tsukuda, Tokugawa Jiang, Gao-Ri Juro, Haruhi Suzumiya
Hulstrian: Kyril von Flieder, Lanzo Henning, Konrad Labsburg, Otto von Labsburg, Rudolph Labsburg, Rebekka Liese, Heindrich Strauss, Konsort Strauss, Philip Strauss, Rosaline Strauss, Karl van Gessel, Spenzer Roderick, Erwin Zilberschlag, Wolfgang Reinhardt, Hildegard Klay, Martin Valle, Gregory Kleinman, Anders Raske, David Thorsten, Lukas Adenauer, Friedrich Ewald II, Ambrose Bauer, Maggie Bauer-Chamberlain, Charles Fuerstien, Waldemar von Treuburg, Wenzeslaus von Hortensiengau
Other: Charlotte Church, George Huws, Katherine Jenkins, Wali Thomas
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