Written languages

The most advanced of Amauvala's societies have indigenous alphabets and writing systems, some of which are listed here.
==Houm==
==Doriya==
The ancient Doriyans are believed to be the first to develop writing, and thus is believed to have been the only functional script on Amauvala during the Archaic age. As the illiterate Vidstossi conquered Doriya after the Battle of Zora, the Doryic script fell increasingly into disuse and in the Bronze Age it was used sparingly. It is believed to have spawned numerous descendants though, including the writing systems used in Syan, Vidstos, Tiorunae, and many other places. 
The Doryic script is an abjad, meaning vowels are omitted from script. However, in some handwritings there are diacritics that are believed to be to indicate vowel sounds, especially when the Doryic script is used to write foreign words.
==The Iron Desert==
As neighbouring civilisations around the Iron Desert developed writing, the region was still highly isolated and did not inherit a writing system from their neighbours. Thus, true writing occured considerably later among the Scorhed than, say, the Syannics or the Doryi. However, a system of pictograms is known to have been used in the Iron Desert since the mid-Archaic as a mnemonic aid for poets reciting long verses. This system was later developed into a proper script, allegedly by the Ancestor-Saint Essjentír , giving rise to the eponymous Essjentine script . It remains the dominant writing system used throughout the Mír region to this day.
The Essjentine script is a complex script with an intricate system of conjuctions, capable of expressing long syllabic clusters in a single letter. It also has a wide range of ideograms that are integrated seamlessly into the script, making the total number of possible letters in the Essjentine script range in the thousands.
The Mósharenja civilisation also developed a writing system in the early Bronze Age, but after the end of the Thousand-Year War and the subsequent demise of the Mósharenja, the script fell into disuse. It has since been referred to as the Mstjrshtvá (lit. "black script") and is largely unknown except among scholars of ancient Mósharenja scrolls. The Mstjrshtvá has a structure vague reminiscent of the Essjentine script.
==The Land of the Golden Grass==
==The Land of the White Horses==
==Natum 'we==
==Raidhsénia==
The Raidhsénian written language was devised in collaboration between Solastic scribes, bureaucrats and merchants, notably the prominent politician and poet Dáb Fáthain and Solastic prophet Suibhne Ard-Greimne.
The Raidhsénian alphabet is below, its characters are to the left of the romanised letter. It consists mainly of vertical lines, with variations in numbers of horizontal lines denoting the letter.
See Also
Raidhsénia
==Syan==
The Syannic alphabet, like most writing systems on the continent, are descendent from the ancient Doryan script but has changed considerably to accomodate the radically different Syannic language. They maintain a similarly cursive shape though. The largest difference is the addition of independent letters for vowel sounds, making the Syannic script a true alphabet. The Syannic script is used throughout all of Syan and also sees frequent use in neighbouring countries, as well as among Syannic expatriate communities. As the Syannic world is one of the largest producers of books in the world, their alphabet is also one of the most common in the world.
==Vidstos==
==Ween==
==Yehar==
Written language was first introduced to the Yeharene world by Syannic expeditions from the north and alpabetical system of Saezosyannic has heavily influenced subsequent indigenous writing systems in Yehar-Elam, which are also predominantly alphabetical. In Sofalss the writing system used is known as Mannakene in reference to the Second Prophet Mannak who according to tradition developed it.
==Za'ah==
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