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Leonism wrote:

LazASK for today: What is the language of your country like? Is it like a real language or is it fictional? Does it match with YOUR native language in RL? Is it spoken in other countries as well? Do dialects exist?
Are any foreign languages of other Lazarene countries known/taught in your country?

The men of Treadwellia speak in a wheezy, pursy assortment of breathless mmphs, and the women speak in a giggly assortment of hrms, from little babies all the way up to The Two Tubbies. These two languages operate under the same rules of grammar and enunciation, and each is completely understandable to the other's speakers. In fact, the question of whether these are two separate languages or merely two variants of one language is heavily debated in Treadwellian schools.

A unique feature of the mmphs and hrms is that the public considers the most rotund members of society the best speakers of either; because such people often labor more heavily to merely breathe, it takes more effort and focus to properly communicate in such ways. Therefore, the fattest folks in Treadwellia are naturally forced to better control their breathing and speaking in order to be understood at all. Perhaps this is one more reason why the utterances of Tubbius and Mrs. Tubbius are so highly revered. Being the portliest of all in the kingdom, The Royal Rotundities possess quite special gifts of speech!