Nanousian

**Nanousian** is the language spoken by the Dwarven Imperium and most dwarfs. When the Event Horizon happened and Al-Kanish disappeared a power vacuum was created which the dwarves filled when they formed one of the mightiest military organisations in Sahulan history. While doing this they inventing many of the martial terms and tactics, which most cultures once subjugated by the imperium have incorporated into their own languages.

## Description

Nanousian is often described as an loud and thunderous language, although it can also be tender and soft when it needs to be. When spoken people usually gesticulate to put emphasis on certain words.

### Phonology

Nanousian puts allot of stress on the first syllable of a word. All syllables other than the first one are unstressed and are subjected to greater amounts of phonological weakening.

### Morphology

Nanousian nouns are distinguished by grammatical case, with a suffix determining its use in the sentence: subject, predicate, etc. A case for a given word is formed by suffixing a case ending to a part of the word common to all its cases called a stem. Stems are classified by their last letters as vowel or consonant.

## Script

The Nanousian alphabet is made out of an series of 21 letters. The dwarves are proud of their alphabet and spread it far and wide during the peak of the Dwarven Imperium. The dwarves even spread the Nanousian alphabet to peoples that they did not yet conquer, such as the giants in order to prepare them for an easy integration into the imperial logistic system. They were so successful in their mission that now centuries later the Nanousian alphabet is still used to write Common.

## Vocabulary

**Aurum**
Gold

**Bastardis sanguinum**
Friend

**Dimidius**
Halfling

**Ferrum**
Iron

**Gigas**
Giant

**Gratias**
Thank you

**Lapis**
Stone

**Legolsus**
Elf

**Magnaus**
Human

**Nahum**
No

**Nanous**
Dwarf

**Nanousi**
Dwarves

**Paterna praetorium**
Ancestral hall

**Rupe**
Cliff

**Salvete**
Greetings

**Semper**
Yes

**Taberna**
Tavern, Inn

**Tyria**
Purple

**Umbragus**
Orc

## Phrases

### **Common Phrases**

**Salvete bastardis sanguinum!**
Greetings friend.

**Postea vide, bastardis sanguinum!**
I bid you farewell friend.

**Te excusaris**
My apologies

**Hic est qui sum...**
I am...

**Qui vis fieri?**
What’s your name?

**Illic es haud licet?**
How are you?

**Sanguis intellegere non possum te.**
Sorry, I don’t understand.

**Dabis mihi...**
Can I have...

**Ubi reperire possum...**
Where can I find...

### **Idioms**

**Percute jaculo terram.**
**Literal:** Strike the earth.
**Actual meaning:** Good Luck.

**Cor meum ad ferrum.**
**Literal:** My heart is as iron.
**Actual meaning:** My words are true.

**Et spiritus odore sicut draco.**
**Literal:** Your breath smells like a dragon.
**Actual meaning:** I can see that you are lying.

**Ut interficiam de gigas in insidiaberis calcaneo eius**
**Literal:** Slash his giant's heel.
**Actual meaning:** Strike an enemy where it hurts.

**Tu es enim ad tyria piscatum!**
**Literal:** You are fishing for purple dyes!
**Actual meaning:** You are on a fools errand.

**In aurum civitate!**
**Literal:** By the golden city!
**Actual meaning:** For god's sake.

**Cum septem annulos in manibus.**
**Literal:** With seven rings in hand.
**Actual meaning:** With great speed.

**Velut in Jagdevid**
**Literal:** Like a Jagdevid
**Actual meaning:** To pull off something so stupid that it becomes glorious.

**Sicut feles in tabernā biberent.**
**Literal:** As the cats at the tavern.
**Actual meaning:** Getting drunk from little alcohol.