Taloric (language group)

The Taloric language group comprises a number of languages with Germanic roots. They dominate the area around the Trade Lake, though are fairly localised to that area.
The language group is generally believed to have originated in a tongue named Proto-Talorian. This later evolved and split in three - Pre-Dalforic, Lakespeak and Middle Talorian. The first, Pre-Dalforic, proliferates most widely. Its direct descendant language Dalforean is spoken west of the Trade Lake, and it is known that many descendants of Pre-Dalforic were also present east of the Flentia River before the Great Gap. This is evidenced by the presence of government records dating pre-Gap, and by the existence of Dalforic enclaves, languages such as Ormenthian and Moranian directly east of the river and in Caer Moranh respectively.
The second descendant of Proto-Talorian was Lakespeak. This evolved into High Lakespeak and Low Lakespeak as the people on opposing shores of the Trade Lake developed different speech patterns, and the former evolved further into Harnese. Lakespeak was also adapted into a third language, Flennish, which now dominates the lower reaches of the Spurnian River. One dialect of this Flennish language, spoken widely in The Spur, has coincidentally reformed into perfect English.
The final product of the Proto-Talorian language, Middle Talorian, has two descendants: Talorian and Varlish. These are spoken mostly on the northern shore of the Trade Lake, and resemble dialects of Scandinavian languages.
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