Languages

Throughout Azura, many sentient races have come to form civilizations within the continents. Some were greater than others, but it's no surprise that almost all of them had developed a language that was used to communicate with each other - some of them even began inscribing words into text and creating alphabets. These races usually learn their native tongue if they are born and raised on their home continents, or even taught by their parents provided they do not forget as they migrate to other nations. Here is a collection of the languages within the world. While there are usually singular dominant languages on each of the continents, it's worth noting that there are smaller variations of the languages or different accents based on the region or race that speaks them. While they may be slightly different, it is believed that essentially, sentient races living on the same continent should be able to understand each other.

## ***Trepheon***

**Native Dormian** - The most common language spoken in Trepheon; the native language of humans and most other sentient races that were born on the continent. Basically, it’s English, and in the history of Azura, it evolved from the various cultures escaping Dormia’s fall and becoming mixed, making a new form of the Dormian language that’s rather different from ancient Dormian. Most people who reside on Trepheon know how to speak it, and a good amount also know how to read and write in Native Dormian.

* **Tura'k** - Dryads and some Ents, although rare, can come to understand Native Dormian, as well. However, they have a stranger-sounding variation of the language. When they speak, it sounds as if the wind is blowing through their mouths, slightly, creating a slight hissing or humming sound. It's oddly soothing and sounds as if a wise old person is speaking, though they are said to be somewhat slow speakers and have a lower pitch in their voice.
* **Lagartian** - The Lizardkin, Gillians, and Tachtan have a “snake-like” accent of Native Dormian known as Lagartian, where they emphasize certain syllables and speak in a somewhat hushed tone. It truly sounds befitting of a reptile, and can sometimes be intimidating to those who are not familiar with lizardkin. However, one would find it to be more soothing and peaceful over time - often associated as a wise undertone. However, their language is old-fashioned due to not much of it changing over the years.

## ***Ludwag***

**High Sindaryn** - The language that is associated with elves, drows, and fauns. It spent centuries developing within the continent of Ludwag. It sounds like a sophisticated language and is also complex to learn when it comes to reading and writing Ludwagian characters. Drow, although speaking the same language, have a more “defined” way of speaking it, as they have their own accent. High Sindaryn is used most commonly in the lands of the Silvic elves.

**· Aridian** - What some call the "refined" form of High Sindaryn. This language sounds and feels smooth, nimble, and direct. Aridian and High Sindaryn speakers can mutually understand one another fairly well, having only a few words differentiating from one another.

* **Tallariic** - The language of the Tallarii is a difficult one for many to understand, it derives from Aridian. Being referred to as Tallariic, its words are composed of harmonic hums of the throat and higher-pitched accent tones to punctuate and split words apart. Even native Aridian speakers would have a hard time understanding most aspects of the language.

**· Meridian** - An older form of High Sindaryn, it is used by Meridian elves and is very rare to be heard. It is more of a ceremonial language as a small number of Meridian elves speak it today. Meridian is described as sounding very spiritual or compound.

**· Pyrian** - This is the form of High Sindaryn whose grammar and lexicon were uniformly taught and enforced by Pyrosi law. It was extinct but suddenly reintroduced to Azura with the appearance of Amare, where it is most commonly spoken. It is at once both simplistic and archaic, having been enforced in Pyros to improve communication throughout the empire, but containing many words and grammar that may seem eccentric or pretentious to modern speakers of High Sindaryn. It is mutually intelligible to speakers of Silvic, Aridian, and Meridian dialects.

· **Raoan** - This is the form of High Sindaryn used by Rao elves from the Kingdom of Rao. This language can be described as a tonal language, as its words are written with diacritics or accent marks. The same underlying letters with different diacritics produce different words: different in both pronunciation and meaning.

**Monic** - The most common language in Ludwag, spoken by humans, it shares many similarities to Native Dormian, however, historians have not been able to trace a proper connection between Dormia and the Mons. Over time, rapid Human expansion and the great Elven migration caused Monic across all of Latteras to become more common over High Sindaryn.

* **Nixian** - A language deriving from Monic, but very distinct from it. It could be compared to the difference between modern-day English and German.

**Amican** - The most common spoken language in Impolo (Sourthern Ludwag) by the humans in the Umbusan Empire. Although humans speak it, it has no relation with the Monic language in Northern Ludwag. A characteristic of the Amican language is that most of its words end in a vowel, as well as its use of three different types of click sounds, which most linguists believe were borrowed from Pejig. It's also the root language of Diveep & Kasi languages, yet today they're very different in scripture, as their writing isn't anywhere near the same. Even though, some words can be seen to have a relation between them when said outloud.

* **Diveep** - A language that has roots in Amican yet has found its place in the world after consolidating its scripture. Though it sounds similar to Amican, they're quite different. Diveep is written in symmetrical rounded shapes within squared outlines, but it's phonetical since it's a combination of syllabary and alphabet, meaning, writing it will sound similar to the way you pronounce the letters.

* **Kasi** - Similar to Diveep's case, its roots are in the Amican language yet it has slowly derived itself away from it, consolidating its scripture like Diveep, yet it's written from right to left, unlike many other languages. Its scripture can be defined as writing in cursive, with long lines and diatric dots as well as accents. Phonetically, Kasi is quite a guttural and consonant-heavy sounding language.

**Pejig** - Unlike the other languages in Impolo which are all related, Pejig is not related to any of these at all. It's mainly spoken by the human majority, and it can be described as a tonal language, meaning that pitch helps distinguish words, having three pitch tones: high, rising, and falling. It's written from left to right with a lot of variating diatrics for specific sounds, making their vowels short or long, or making plain stops and aspirations with these.

**Vysarian** - This language is spoken by a majority of humans in the Vysarian Archipelago of Impolo, known as Vysarians. This language is unrelated to any other languages on Impolo or Amnisica. Vysarian is a language that is known for its scarcity of consonants; it makes heavy use of vowels, distinguishing long and short forms of all vowels, as well as a high reliance on particles, similar to Pejig. Their scripture is done through glyphs of different geometrical shapes and animals, yet each one of these holds multiple meanings and pronunciations depending on their combination, making it a language hardly impossible to learn for foreigners unlike for native Vysarians.

**Mitaunik Skreut** - A dialect of the original Skreut; the language of the Remtar. It is extremely difficult for other races to learn Mitaunik Skreut as it utilizes an array of squeaks and chatters. Mitaunik Skreut differs from its original counterpart by utilizing more Nixian and Monic sounds. It isn't taught publically by non-Remtar, and would take a Remtar himself to teach a different race Mitaunik Skreut.

**Impish** - Languages spoken by the anomalous Imps found only in northern Ludwag, most predominantly on the eastern parts of the sub-continent. Impish is said to be comprised of a multitude of whistles, produced deep in their vocal chords.

## ***Neo & Southern Keleva***

**Kiv’lar** - In Southern Keleva, and even Neo Keleva, Kiv'lar is the dominant language of the sentient races. It is mostly spoken properly by goblins, who are believed to have originated speaking the language to communicate with each other. It can actually be a complex language, and as well established as commoner, surprisingly.

* **Kul'ba** - Sometimes considered a “broken” version of Kiv'lar, as Kelevan Orcs aren’t as intelligent as those that lived in Trepheon, the dialect of Kul'ba was spoken by the orcs native to the region. It sounds a bit slowed down and it is less complex than the initial language, as well as there being emphasis on making shorter, concise sentences so that they don't have to talk, much. Surprisingly, orcs and goblins - although not too fond of each other - have built a society together with their language, and can understand each other relatively well through conversation.
* **Ad'lak** - The Minotaurs native to the continent also speak the language of Kiv'lar, except their accent sounds like it has more harsh-sounding groans that can be accompanied by a speaking minotaur. All in all, the language - in spite of its differences, is well understood between sentient races on the continent. As for other people who are unfamiliar with the language of minotaurs or even Kiv'lar, itself, it's safe to say they may have a hard time understanding them.

**Veterisian** - The language spoken by Trolls, it is said to be very clunky and primitive, consisting of different sounding grunts and screeches. It is basically impossible for other peoples to learn this language as Trolls are excellent in hiding and are unable to teach others their language.

**Trilabi** - A language comprised mostly of clicking sounds and throat vocalizations, this language, while extremely difficult to understand for someone who isn't a Silkman, can be taught and learned just as any other, Its syntax is simple, and the pitch, frequency and loudness of the clicking sounds and slight vocalizations form the words and phrases.

**Aéstach** -The language spoken by Helivians, it is a language said to use whistles, squeeks and clicks. Few Helivians still use the language, but it is still taught to some of their young.

**Kahuatí** - The language spoken by Cimexians. It's the ancestral language of the Cimex, with the first Cimexians who arrived at Ludwag were at Impolo, or Southern Ludwag. Therefore, the language shifted to a particular dialect that naturally intertwined with Raoan, as the Cimexians were not welcomed into the Umbuso Empire, and because of this, the vast majority of Cimex can speak Raoan. More ancient Kahuatí utilizes hieroglyphics in its written form and is similar to Trilabi, Silkmen's language. The language is spoken in a variety of clicking sounds and throat vocalizations, differentiated from the Trilabi as it has different pitches and loanwords from Raoan.

## ***Hallmond***

**Bralassan** - The language of the dwarves, Bralassan, is the main language of those who come from Hallmond. Because dwarves populate Hallmond the most, their language has taken root as the major language, sounding very well-pronounced and having a lot of "might" or "breath" taken into speaking. To some, it can seem a little loud.

* **Khollik Bralassan** - A more refined version of the Bralassan language, it is a sort of combination of all the different dialects of Bralassan spoken by dwarves around Hallmond. It is used mostly by the Khollik dwarves living on Ludwag.
* **Jubblon** - Other old languages, such as the Hobfolk “Jubblon,” have become mixed with Bralassan and shaped it into the language it is, today. Jubblon is now merely an accent spoken more by hobfolk, but a bit quieter and more slurred, in a sense. One notable trait is that they may speak their vowels sounding like "I" to an "Oi". As with other sub-languages, hobfolks can understand Bralassan rather well.

## ***The Heavens***

**Divine** - The language of the Heavens is how messengers and others communicate with Gods. They will either learn it from another divine being, or they will find ancient scripture that allows them to learn it. A barely known language, it is quite literally the language of the Gods.