Boynitz

Hamlet
Name	Boynitz
Hexacode	OC-EM-01
Population	286
Language(s)	Lovian English, Oceana
Geography
Next to	Magna Augusta
Trivia
Saint(s)	Saint Boniface

Boynitz (IPA: /'bɔɪ̯nɪts/; Oceana: /beə̯nits/; formerly known in English as Oceana Emeralds) is a Lovian hamlet in the state of Oceana, in the Oceana Emeralds district. Boynitz is located within the valley along the Thatrensh river and has been built along a single road which crosses the river several times. It is a very isolated community. Boynitz used to be the only hamlet within the Oceana Emeralds district until Magna Augusta was established. In the hills surrounding Boynitz, several Protestant British farmers live.

Demographics

Of the 286 inhabitants of the Oceana Emeralds district, 199 live in Boynitz. According to the 2014 census, the racial make-up of Boynitz was 199 white (100%); ethnically there were 108 British people (54,3%), 84 Oceana (42,2%), and 7 Lovians (3,5%). The first-language distribution was recorded as 131 English (65,8%) and 68 Oceana (34,2%). The distribution of religious affiliations was 108 Free Churchers (54,3%), 80 Roman Catholic (40,2%), and 11 with no religious affiliation (5,5%).

Environment

Boynitz is located in the Emerald Highlands. It lies in the Thatrensh river valley between the Lawrence French Massive and the Eastern Massive. The center of the built-up area is located at approximately 200 meters high. The Free Churchers' farms are located scattered along the Beaver River.

Of the 384 functioning registrated buildings in Boynitz, 93 have a residential designation, 164 are stalls, sheds or workhouses, 34 have a religious designation, 28 are shops or services buildings, 9 are governmental buildings, and 56 are undefined.

Economy

Most of the inhabitants of Boynitz are employed in forestry, the agricultural sector, or natural services. According to the 2013 census, the working population is 104 (59,1%), of which 38 have no registrated jobs (36,5%) and 3 are unemployed (2,9%).

Dialect

Boynitz has one of the most archaic Oceana language dialects. It is traditionally grouped as a subdialect of the dialect of East Hills, as it is said to be derived from it. However, it has kept a lot of archaisms still present in Old Oceana, such as verb conjugation and gender; but it also has several innovations, which used to occur in the East Hills dialect as well, such as lenition and vowel harmony. The dialect is therefore still relatively close to Slovak. It has been noted that the dialect is severely endangered, as younger speakers prefer the "standard" East Hills dialect.

Now follows an example of a regular verb in the Boynitz dialect, compared to the East Hills dialect.

Person	Old Oceana	Boynitz	East Hills	Written Oceana	English	Slovak
1sg	a robim	/æ: 'ʁoʊ̯m/	/æ: 'ʁobə/	a robe	I make	robím
2sg	ty robish	/tʰi: 'ʁoʊ̯ʃ/	/tʰi: 'ʁobə/	thu robe	you make	robíš
3sg	hæ robih	/ɦɛ: 'ʁoʊ̯/	/ɦɛ: 'ʁobə/	he robe	he makes	robí
1pl	væ robim	/vɛ: 'ʁoʊ̯m/	/vɛ: 'ʁobə/	we robe	we make	robíme
2pl	yæ robit	/jɛ: 'ʁoʊ̯t/	/tʰi: 'ʁobə/	thu robe	you make	robíte
3pl	on robya	/tʰozo 'ʁoʊ̯/	/tʰozə 'ʁobə/	those robe	they make	robia
inf.	robit	/'ʁoʊ̯c/	/'ʁobəc/	robe	to make	robiť

Sample

The most commonly used text to represent dialectual differences in Oceana is a Jonas Hladovka Sr. passage from the 1998 novel Vicedah:

Oceana text	Boynitz IPA	Hurbanova IPA	English translation
That mush o'thie horeless o'Heighnow ghnats that pes. Hine serdits beet in hine hrud. Hine oaks, eloaden kue obrasocks o'hoas, ewer zaviazni de hovorit hineself falste. Iese new that he vidert hine absolutni arfgood; up that trh o'shest ár, hine ghrietsh letch in hine bichen: de ryft that rýt, that call o'thie vlacks: odiste, those clocks povedet os we bude robe!	/tʰɛə̯t 'mɪʒ otʰiə̯ 'hiə̯çno:vɑ 'hɔ:lɛsʲ çnats tʰə 'pɛs | hi 'sɛ:dits 'bi:d in in 'hʁud | hini 'ʔʊ̯ɑkɛz ɛ'ɫa:n ki 'ʔobʁozogˠz o'hʊə̯z ɔ: 'zaviə̯zni dɛ 'hɔ:ʁiɟ iniə̯n 'falstə | izi 'nɛʊ̯ tʰɛə̯t ɛ: 'vi:ɟ i 'ʔabsolutun 'ʔɑ:fgu:d | ʔip tʰɛə̯t 'tʁɣu ʃɛscɑ 'ʔɒ: hin 'çʁiə̯tʃ lɛdʒʰ in i 'bitʃʰinɑ | dɛ 'ʁɪfc tʰə 'ʁi:t | tʰɛə̯t 'kʲalʲ otʰiə̯ 'vlakˠs | 'ʔodɛstɛ | tʰozo 'kʲlokˠos 'po:ɟ oz vɛ: by:m 'ʁoʊ̯c/	/t̪ʰat̪ 'myʃ ʔot̪ʰiə̯ 'xoʁəlɛsʲ ʔo'ɦiə̯çnoʊ̯ 'çnats t̪ʰat̪ 'pɛs | ɦinə 'sɛʁd̪its 'bi:t̪ in ɦinə 'ɦʁyd̪ | ɦinə 'ʔʊ̯ɑks ə'lʊ̯ɑd̪ən kɔ 'ʔobʁasokˠs o'ɦʊə̯s ʔɛʋɛʁ 'zaʋiɐ̯zni d̪ə 'ɦoʋoʁic ɦinəsɛlf 'falstɛ | ʔiə̯sə 'nɛʋ t̪ʰat̪ ə 'vid̪ɛʁc ɦinə 'ʔabsolycni 'ʔɑ:ʁfgu:d̪ | ʔyp t̪ʰat̪ 't̪ʁɣ ʔoʃɛsc 'ʔaɔ̯ʁ ɦinə 'çʁiə̯tʃ lɛtʃ in ɦinə 'bitʃʰɛn | d̪ə 'ʁyfc t̪ʰat̪ 'ʁœ:t̪ | t̪ʰat̪ 'kʲalʲ ʔot̪ʰiə̯ 'vlakˠs | 'ʔod̪istɛ | t̪ʰosə 'klokˠs 'poʋɛd̪ɛc ʔos wɛ byd̪ə 'ʁobə/	The man from the Heighnow forests chased the dog. His heart beat in his chest. His eyes, loaded with images of whores, were obliged to talk himself straight. It is now that he realized his real heritage; on the six are market, his sin lies in his living: to smell the ceremony, the call of the trains: leave, those clocks tell us we must!

Politics

Now follows the voting results for the local State Elections:

Party	2012	2013	F2015
CCPL	3	33	61
PNO	0	1	3
OSB	4	8	11
NPO	0	0	0
LMP	0	0	0
RTP	13	44	52
GP	0	0	0
KNPO	-	3	2
MLPE	-	4	-
SP	0	0	0
SLP	-	0	1
DV	-	0	-
UC	-	11	13
LEP	-	-	0
Valid	20	104	143
Blank	0	0	3
Invalid	1	0	2
Votes cast	21	104	148
Entitled to vote	25	128	208

Transportation

Boynitz is served by the Bus Service Oceana:

• Line 40: East Hills to Train Village (buses for sixteen to thirty-five travellers);
• Line 41: Train Village to East Hills (buses for sixteen to thirty-five travellers);
• Line 44: Boynitz to Hurbanova (buses for eight to sixteen travellers; only early in the morning).

The following bus stops lie within Boynitz's zone of habitation: Boynitz Beaver River, Boynitz Middle Road, Boynitz Old Bank, Boynitz That Logue, Boynitz Wall's End, and Sylvanian Border. Several bus stops located within the hamlet's territory are Lovian State Mine, Rashlit Askolit' II, and Zlate Mine.