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{{Languages Infobox
|Name=Gostaldi
|Spoken By=Gostaldi
|Region=Gosterra
|Family=Bintzaila languages
|Ancestor=Bintzaila
|Status=Living
}}
{{Languages Sections
|Introduction='''Gostaldi''' is the language of the [[Gostaldi]] and of the [[Kingdom of Bóinbile]] in [[Gosterra]]. It is the ancestor of [[Tuzquês]].
|Etymology=The language takes its name from the Gostaldi people.
|History=Gostaldi descends from [[Bintzaila]], the language of the settlers who landed in Gosterra in the [[Great Migration]]. It was the language of the Kingdom of Bóinbile, founded in 151 ME. In 201 ME settlers from the Kingdom carried it down the coast to [[Balúrail]], where it later developed into Tuzquês.
|Distribution=Gostaldi is spoken in the Kingdom of Bóinbile, in central Gosterra. [[Heiosdyn]] is the language of the [[Heialdyn Stratocracy]] in southern Gosterra.
|Phonology=Long vowels are written with an acute accent, as in ''Bóinbile'' and ''Séan''. Vowel pairs such as ''ea'', ''ai'' and ''oi'' are common, as in ''Beascar'' and ''Bóinbile'', and ''h'' after a consonant marks a softened sound, as in ''dh''.
|See Also=* [[Gostaldi]]
* [[Kingdom of Bóinbile]]
* [[Tuzquês]]
}}