Vedlys

is an old and widely spoken language used in Imperial Space and beyond.
== Varieties ==
"Vedlys" may refer either to the lingua franca of The Mage Imperium or to the current, somewhat evolved language of the Academy of Saldan. They will be referred to in this article as "Imperium Vedlys" and "Saldanese Vedlys".
=== Imperium Vedlys ===
Imperium Vedlys was the language of the Mage Princes. It serves a function as a diplomatic language: it is spoken primarily by scholars (useful for understanding ancient learning), aristocrats (a mark of good breeding) and diplomats (a common language without the troubling implications of speaking Aeldman, the official tongue of the often controversial Serene Duchy of Aeldrum).
=== Saldanese Vedlys ===
Linguistic recordings and even soul simulacra of Mage Imperial princes have endured to the modern age, allowing the Saldanese linguistic regulators to stringently preserve Imperial modes of pronunciation, grammar and accents. Nevertheless, some drift has inevitably occurred, and "practical" Vedlys used in correspondence by Saldanese academics and administrators is often more grammatically simplified while allowing much more varied sentence structures. A host of additional vocabulary has been adopted into Vedlys to reflect modern language needs. The Saldanese Vedlys Board has endeavored mightily to maintain a consistent tone for these words and to construct them from existing Vedlys terms as much as possible.
Saldanese Vedlys is roughly mutually intelligible with Velsian, the Vedlys derivative spoken by the Perfect Princes and their subjects in Naga Space. The drift between the two is comparable to Aeldman and Enclave Elvish.
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