Kōkainese Phineaner

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Kōkainese Phineaner

Bahasa Phineaner Kōkai بهاس ملايو كوكاي 黃海のマライ語
Base Kōkaï Tschakak Kōkaï バサ・黃海 チャカㇰ・黃海
Pronunciation	[basə ko̞ːka̠i] or [tt͡ɕakak̚ ko̞ːka̠i]
Spoken natively in	Phinbella
Region	Kōkai
Ethnicity	Kōkainese Phineaners
Number of speakers	~1,980,000 (L1) ~784,000 (L2)
Language family	Dromonesian Phineano-Polynesian (disputed) Phineanic Phineaner Kōkainese Phineaner
Writing system	Latin script (Phineaner alphabet) Arabic script (Jawi) Kana script (Manschūhōrian-Kōkainese kana)
Source	Phineaner (with Gangwol, Terengganuan, Hiliorian and Oranje Phineaner influences)
Official status
Official language in	Kōkai
Recognised minority language in	Syōnan Archipelago Heijō
Regulated by	Phinbellan Languages Studies Association

Kōkainese Phineaner (Sangunese: 黃海のマライ語, Phineaner: Bahasa Phineaner Kōkaï; Jawi: بهاس ملايو منشوهوريا), also known as Base Kōkaï (バサ・黃海, IPA: [basə ko̞ːka̠i]) or Tschakak Kōkaï (チャカㇰ・黃海, IPA: [tt͡ɕakak̚ ko̞ːka̠i]), alternatively known as Northern Euran Phineaner, is a a dialect of Phineaner spoken in the Phinbellan special self-governing territory or state of Kōkai especially in the Losong and Glayzer river basin areas, as well as coastal areas up to part of Tukau and part of Padang Hijau and Bokor. It is the mother tongue of Kōkainese Phineaners, and it is also spoken by the largest minority as a second language, it is spoken together with Kōkainese Kyōwa-go, a branch of Kyōwa-go that exists in Phinbella. However, it is believed that the dialect originated from six Kōkainese periods with the influence of five other Phineaner dialects. Like the dialects of the Tempasuk region such as Manschūhōrian and even neighbouring Shandānø'kaílander, the Kōkainese dialect is considered non-standard, but sometimes will be standard over the territory. The Pansori text is written in the Kōkainese dialect. Although it is the official language and standard dialect throughout the state of Kōkai, its co-existence with other major dialects in Kōkai such as Gangwol, Hiliorian, Cocos, Shandānø'kaílander and Manschūhōrian, including several other language-based pidgins still plays an important role in maintaining Kōkai's identity.

This dialect has developed distinct phonetic, syntactic and lexical differences that make it unintelligible to speakers from outside Kōkai and outside the PES region, especially those who speak Standard Phineaner or Phinbellan. Kōkainese Phineaner still has a close linguistic relationship with the dialects in this territory due to the influence of those dialects. Together with the Shandānø'kaílander dialect, it forms under the umbrella term "Euran Phineaner language" but retains its own distinctive features that differ from the Shandānø'kaílander dialect. Kōkainese Phineaner can be divided into several sub-dialects in each collectivity and autonomous sub-district along the main river basin and it is named after the area or collectivity where it is spoken more.