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The Sohainesian language (Sohainesian: 소해바̇사/Sohaibhasa, IPA pronunciation: [sohaj.bʰasa]) is the national and official language of Sohainesia. It is part of the Austroasiatic language family, and nearly all words are borrowed from Old Khmer. It is mutually intelligible with Thai, Khmer, and Laotian, even though it uses the Hangeul script for writing.

Sohainesia is an analytic language, meaning that it conveys relationships between words in sentences by using helper words.

Names in other languages
Below is a list of the name of the Sohainesian language translated into other languages.
 * Kadinhese: 㗂蘇海 (Chẹ́ng Su Hâi)
 * Thai: ภาษาสอแฮ
 * Khmer: ភាសាសឧហឥ
 * Laotian: ພາສາສອແຮ
 * Vietnamese: Tiếng Tôhẩy
 * Chinese/Japanese: 蘇海語
 * Korean: 소해어
 * Malay/Indonesian: bahasa Sohainesia
 * Tagalog: Wikang Sohaineso
 * Tetum: Sohainesa

Orthography
Sohainesian is written using Hangeul, an alphabet written from left to right. Here is the table of the characters used in the Sohainesian alphabet.

Modifiers
가́ = high (ká) 가̀ = low (kà) 가̂ = rising (kâ) 가̌ = falling (kǎ) 가̣ = voiced (ga) 가̇ = aspirated (kha)

Grammar
Sohainesian is an analytic and isolating language. The order is object-subject-verb.

Adjectives/adverbs
There is no distinction between adjectives and adverbs. Comparitives take the form A 란띠/대 X 지 B (A more/less X than B), and superlatives are expressed in the form A 란띠/대 X (A most/least X).
 * 냥 ㄷ래 (nyang drai) a speaking woman
 * 냥 ㄷ래 엽 (nyang drai yep) ''a woman who speaks silently

Verbs
Verbs do not inflect or change. They follow the pattern object-subject-verb, and they only add new words to use tenses without modifying any original words. The sentence "친 모 패" can be interpreted as I go to the park or I went to the park.
 * 친 모 패 (chin mo pai) I go to the park
 * 친 모 패 말미 (chin mo pai malmi) I went to the park yesterday.
 * 친 모 자 패 (chin mo ja pai) I will go to the park
 * 친 모 자 패 나새 (chin mo ja pai nasai) I will go to the park tomorrow

Nouns
Nouns have no grammatical gender, and there are no articles. They could also be identified as singular, plural, definite, or indefinite. 저 is used to pluralize nouns, and classifiers are often used. The following subjective pronouns are often used in conversations:

Vocabulary
The vast majority of Sohainesian words come from Khmer due to its proximity. For a list of Sohainesian words, go to Sohainesian vocabulary.