Languages of Obanacia

Obanacia is the most linguistically diverse country in the Nesionytan Islands. Several languages belong to different language families, the most significant ones being Kagrash and Iliht-Gao languages. The country has one of the highest number of languages, with a total of over 224 languages spoken.

According to the 1983 constitution, Hajorian in the Kubusa script, Baritoa in the Rathekhi script, and Barashan in the Nesio-Arabic script are the three official languages of Obanacia. Prior to 1983, the country had no official languages, and all these three were classified as 'working languages'. Hajorian is the most widely spoken language in Obanacia, and is the lingua franca along with Baritoa and Barashan. The language has around 3 million native speakers, around 30% of the country's entire population, and 7 million second language speakers. In the mid-1980s, the Mokkhiya policy, meaning oneness, was enacted, implementing all the three languages to be taught in schools. Endangered languages will have stricter implementation on the schools of the regions where the languages are spoken.