Starspeak

== What is Starspeak? ==
Starspeak is the base language used by the Ardaithe, an extraterrestrial or perhaps extraplanar species made up of a currently unknown number of distinct cultures, living across a currently unknown number of worlds. Many of these cultures have their own dialect after such long periods of isolation, some of which are nearly new languages in their own right.
Starspeak has a vocal component like almost all languages do, but the exact intricacies of the language, such as tone, inflection, and punctuation can only be replicated through the emitting of colored light and harmonic sound from the bio-magical antlers/horns of the Ardaithe.
== Starspeak Primer ==
Sa-na, is gloir = In the Light, we triumph. This phrase is often accompanied by a golden glow, and a sound somewhere between a choir and a warhorn.
Airgid'speir = The homeworld of an unknown Ardaithe culture. Treated with special importance in Ardaithe literature, indicating that perhaps some great tragedy befell it long ago.
Briste = Broken. Refers to those Ardaithe who have rejected the worship of the Na'ar, but not of their own free will.
Cailte = Redeemed. Another religious meaning, this term denotes Ardaithe who have left and returned to the worship of the Na'ar. Some scholars investigating the Ardaithe have found that in much older literature, this word had a different meaning, closer to our conception of being 'Lost'. This may suggest that worship of the Na'ar was not always present, which would fundamentally change the entire understanding of Ardaithe history.
Mic'he = This term is almost never spoken out loud, unless there is a non-Ardaithe present. Among the species itself, it is simply a loud jarring noise, with the horns' color fading out completely. It comes from the shortening of the name of a character in an ancient Ardaithe myth, which has been entirely forgotten as the shorter word has replaced its use. The word only has meaning in the context of the myth, which was essentially decrying those who chose not to worship the Na'ar as fundamentally flawed or unnatural.
Category:Languages
Category:Traveler's Era