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Gourdinian (Goudíñan) is a Romance language that is extinct though under revival, with perhaps 500 speakers as a first language and another 200 as a second language plus three hundred or so with some knowledge of it. Most of these people live in western Europe where the language originated. The Gourdinian tribe first started in Western Italy and spoke Faliscan but with the rise of the Roman Empire were displaced and travelled to the north of the peninsular. Over the course of 300 years their language evolved into a mix of vulgar latin and faliscan often coined vulgar faliscan. Then tribe then started to move further afield, so that in around 250 AD the tribe had branches in Southern Iberia, Northern Gaul, throughout Italy and in Western Greece. However, the language didn't break into other languages due to movement and a relatively standard version was in use.

Gourdinian was first spoken by nomadic tribe and is derived from vulgar Latin; ultimately from Latin, therefore it is closely related (grammatically and in vocabulary) to other Romance Languages such as the French language, the Spanish language and the Italian language, with considerable influence from the Greek language. Although the language was inspired by that of the Roman empire the tribe never came under roman control (though they destroyed it eventually) so didn't the language of the romans enforced upon them, so they have slightly more individual grammar that that of most other romance languages.

Recognition and Status

Gourdinian is seldom recognized, no doubt because it was "dead" for almost a thousand years. Though most linguists with any knowledge of the language agree that it is a romance language there is debate over whether it should be classified and a constructed language as; once again thanks to its extinction, several pieces of the language were lost, so a few aspects of its language had to be predicted, though only a very small amount.

It has not got recognition from any government- neither national or regional- and is still technically extinct. The fact that it died and is under fairly early stages of revival is a massive factor in the lack of recognition

Dialects

There are no dialects in the main language, but regional variation can be observed, most notably in names. The difference is observed in the few areas in eastern Europe that Gourdinian has reached. The divide in the slight change is essentially the La Spezia-Rimini Line. An example of this is the name Andrew. In the west it translates as Andreux (probably from French influence) yet in the east it is Andreos (probably from Greek influence).