The Languages of Fornoire

Name	The Hokutan Language Hokuto Karou (Hokutan) ホクト カロウ (Hokutan Kana)
Region	Northeastern Fornoire
Speakers Language Family Writing Systems	13 million native speakers, with L2 speakers 13.5 million in total (Fornoire alone) Azurian Forniriac Central Forniriac Old Hokutan Hokutan Hokutan Kana, Fornirian (Hokutan script; minority, mostly loyalists to the absolute monarchy)
Recognized Minority Language in	Fornoire
Regulated by	Hokutan Language Association (Hokuto Karou Saigoni) (ホクト カロウ サイゴニ) (Uses Kana); The Loyalist Society (Liali Suikune) (Uses Fornirian) (Fornoire)

The Hokutan Language (Hokutan: Hokuto Karou; ホクト カロウ) is the third-most spoken Azurian language in the world, with 13 million native speakers and 13.5 million overall in Fornoire alone.

Hokutan is related to Fornirian, however there are differences in grammatical structure. For example, instead of using "-ur" as a suffix to indicate an adjective like in many Azurian languages, Hokutan just simply does not have it. For example, instead of Hokutour Karou, it is just Hokuto Karou. And, unlike many Azurian languages as well, it has no suffixes in general to indicate a verb or any tense. This is very rare, as instead Hokutan uses separate words to indicate any grammatical function [example: Tu ite parasani; ツ イテ パラサニ; You are walking. Ite parasani; イテ パラサニ; walking, to walk. Parasani; パラサニ; walking (noun)], or doesn't have any addition at all (like adjectives). It is exclusively a syllabaric language, with unseparated consonant words virtually non-existent.

The prevalent script in Hokutan is the Hokutan Kana, a modified version of the Japanese original. Unlike Fornirian Kana, which has declined so much it isn't common anymore, Hokutan Kana has become the standard way to write Hokutan. This is due to both nationalist, democratic and leftist tendencies in recent history (industrialization, the continuation of the absolute monarchy until 2016, etc.), which led to the domination of the Hokutan Kana. Initially as a means of protest, it has become the official way to write Hokutan.

There are minorities who use the Fornirian system instead, like Hokutan speakers in mixed-race towns, Hokutan L2 speakers (who are usually ethnically Fornirian), the Hokutan nobility (who are often pro-Fornirian and pro-monarchist. Duh, they're nobles, subject to the Fornirian Crown), or simply loyalist Hokutans who were untouched by the anti-absolutist or even anti-monarchist sentiment, or who wrote in Fornirian script as a ways to preserve their loyalist identity in otherwise nationalist, democratic and/or leftist regions.

Today, there are two main conflicting academies who regulate Hokutan, the Hokutan Language Association (which uses Hokutan Kana), and the minor Loyalist Society (which uses the Fornirian script). Both accomodate Kana and Fornirian users, respectively. As democracy has now come to Fornoire, there are ongoing negotiations between the two in order to unite as one, single academic institution to regulate Hokutan, although this is still a work in progress.