Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the humanoids ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system. The language that a being speaks is often dependant on the culture which a being has grown up in. Languages from the same culture group or from cultures which have a lot of interaction between each other share their scripts.
Common languages[]
Common languages are languages spoken by large groups of people and are usually the official state language of more than one realm. It is common for people to learn these languages as a second language purely by travelling as they are relatively easy to speak for most humanoids.
| Language | location | Alphabet | Summery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | Scorch Gate | Imperial Alphabet | Common is not a language unto itself, but rather the term for the most popular language at the time. |
| Alban | Alba, Riverina | Kallgoorian Alphabet | Known as Alhbenek in its own language, Alban uses a vigesimal number system, which means that they count in units of twenty. |
| Gretan | Greta | Kallgoorian Alphabet | Gretan most closely represents proto-Kallgoorian. Speakers are known for their rolling r's and breathy h's. |
| Koi | Jagdevaia | Kallgoorian Alphabet | Koi has both an inclusive and exclusive form of we. The inclusive we includes the addressee while the exclusive we is only about the speaker and a second person. |
| Low Kanishish | Al-Roc, Em-Bashir | Kanishian Alphabet | Low or Vulgar Kanishish has both a feminine and a masculine form for every word, which are used depending on the context of the sentence. |
| Nanousian | Dwarven Imperium, Serenissima Capitale | Imperial Alphabet | Nanousian is spoken with a heavy amount of gesticulation and most emphasis is put on the first syllable of a word. |
| Nullarborian | Paterreagh | Imperial Alphabet | Most of the Nullarborian vocabulary actually rhymes with each other which has pushed Nullarborian poetical tradition to develop in a different direction. |
| Rimic | Brabantsia, Laiscuit League, Unified Rim Area | Kanishian Alphabet | Rimic is a compounded language in which words are added on top of each other to form new words. The language has very little space for emotional expression and is not very popular with bards and scribes. |
Rare languages[]
Rare languages are languages do not have as many speakers as Common languages but are still relatively far spread. These languages are often learned by people as a second language at school.
| Language | location | Alphabet | Summery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnarlish | Ishim | Slumbering Glyphs | Gnarlish is a language which is mostly made out of yipps, barks, and howls and which conveys most its meaning through phonetic elements. |
| Kin tongue | Drazenia | Azerian Alphabet | The Dragon-kin claim that they have learned Kin tongue directly from Reyim herself which makes it the primary language of the Azanist church. |
| Lizardon | Elemental Runes | In Lizardon, or more accurately in Li zard don, sentences are extremely vague and it is expected of the listener to interpret what the speaker means. | |
| Orc | Hilal | Azerian Alphabet |
Exotic languages[]
Exotic languages are languages spoken by only a small community of people. Nations were these languages are official state languages are often isolated from international affairs and will use other languages when dealing with outsiders. Some scholars have build entire careers on the study of these languages.
| Language | location | Alphabet | Summery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domuish | Domuc | Imperial Alphabet | Domuish repeats words to turn them from singular to plural. It is considered polite to speak Domuish with a monotone voice. |
| High Kanishish | Al-Kanish | Kanishian Alphabet | High Kanishish is no longer spoken by any living soul, but is still preserved through the field of evocation where the verbal components are in High Kanishish. |
| Jötung | Wal-Rauvar | Imperial Alphabet | Jötung is a stagnant language which hasn't evolved much over the last thousand years. The language also doesn't use the copula "is". |
| Wabu-Wabu | Wabu Islands | Elemental Runes | Wabu-Wabu is very slow and calm language in which words are combined with each other to create more complex words. This can, in rare instances, lead to ridiculously long words such as Wabu-thandi-fhoe-tor-shua-shar. |
Mystical languages[]
Legends tell of languages with supernatural powers, spoken by powerful entities. These mystical languages have magical properties imbued into them that allow them to do things that defy comprehension. Most mortals will never hear a single word from one of these languages during their lives.
| Language | Typical Speakers | Script | Summery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dream Common | The dearly departed | Slumbering Glyphs | Dream Common is the language of the inhabitants of the Dream, be they dreamer or dead. Its a rare language to find in the world of the living but those who do manage to learn it are rewarded with the ability to still speak Common when they enter the dream. |
| Primordial | Behemoths | Elemental Runes | Primordial is the language of the elements which sounds like a combination of water, earth, fire, and air. The true names of the elements can only be discovered through Primordial and those who manage to learn these true names can make the elements do anything they want. |
| Maenadic | Leviathans | Maenadic script | Maenadic is a unsettling sounding language which has the power to choose who can hear the words independently of their own known languages. |
| Warangial | Ziezs | Warangial inscriptions | Warangial sounds pleasing to the ears of everyone who hears it to the point that they almost always agree with the speaker no matter what the speaker truly says. |
Professional languages[]
Certain professions have such occupational jargons that they have grown to languages of their own. These languages are nearly impossible to understand for anyone not familiar with them.
| Language | Typical Speakers | Script | Summery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Druidic | Druids | Druidic script | The druids are very protective of Druidic, which they believe is a source of their powers over nature, and all those who are found either learning or teaching the secrets of Druidic outside of the order are hunted down. |
| Thieves' cant | Rogues, Thieves, Bushrangers | Local script | Thieves' cant, more commonly known as Bushranger's split tongue, is a secret language using double meanings to hide conversations right under the nose of authorities |