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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8380038" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>Having a lot of trouble getting the Deities out of my head, individually, so I thought I'd touch on something else important:</p><p>Languages.</p><p></p><p>Regional Languages feels like a really strong direction to go with it, rather than having a dozen different racial languages tied to specific groups that are spread across the world in a disparate way. But by the same token that can make it difficult for a specific group of people to have a signifier of at least quasi-unity.</p><p></p><p>So my current thought is to do both regular languages and also some sort of sublanguages? Like High and Low languages in the wake of the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066, where French became the primary language of the upper classes while the lower classes were still largely speaking English but with some word-filtering (pork, beef, poultry, venison, and other meat-related words, for example)</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure I don't want a "Common" tongue shared by everyone... but if we do have one, I think it should be the language of the Ancais, showing off their massive cross-cultural impact in the wake of the Age of Swords. Though, honestly, we could go all "Norman Invasion" and make Acain the dominant "Noble Tongue" across Annam, Musarra, Kyran, Myr, and Gresia... And then have Ellenici be the common tongue between Ellenici and Neasc. But that kind of singles Imba out and I'd feel really weird about that. Though it could reinforce the "We were never conquered" angle.</p><p></p><p>So... all that said, here's the current roster:</p><p></p><p><strong>Primary Languages:</strong></p><p>Acain: Formal language, mostly used in writing and tied to Ancais, may be a forbidden language or a "High Common"</p><p>Achelbite: Spoken primarily in Achelb, Abu Sadin, and Shuruta. Trade Language in Lagan.</p><p>Borsi: The people of Lagan and Qesh primarily speak Borsi, but it's also spread to be prominent in Sunmet.</p><p>Gric: Common to the cities of Gresia, it's also well known among the Kyrani and in Neasc, as well as Shuruta.</p><p>Llenic: Common across the lands of Ellenici, and also Neasc. Spoken in Il'sha-ah and Abu-Sadin as well.</p><p>Lucali: Spoken in the cities of Imba and to some degree the borderlands of Ngo, common in Arat-shi as a trade language.</p><p>Nnamic: The language of Annam, it spread across the Khufu, but is primarily spoken in Annam, Imba, and Lagan.</p><p>Nishka: The language of the Neasc, spoken in Gresia and the eastern part of Ellenici.</p><p>Urda: The language of Musarra, Marad, Ondat, and Shuruta, it's spread across Gresia, Kyran, Lagan, Myr, and to Il'sha-ah.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sublanguages:</strong></p><p>Hshaah: Serpent tongue. Spoken primarily by Naga and Serpent Cultists, may have once been a racial language. Heavy on Allusions.</p><p>Satru: Thieves Cant. Spoken mostly in Gresia and Neasc, it has spread into the Khufu Sea region in recent years, but is not common.</p><p>Sarran: A Musarran-specific Urda language with a lot of slang. Spoken deeper in the throat, influenced by Minotaurs.</p><p>Beastspeak: Secret Language of Druids and Cultists of the Beast. Very vague and guttural language of growls.</p><p></p><p><strong>Writing Systems:</strong></p><p>Cuneiform: Achelbite, Borsi, Sarran, Urda</p><p>Lixi: Gric, Nishka, Satru</p><p>Loquese Alphabet: Ellenici, Gric, Nishka</p><p>Simplified Shaj Pictograms: Lucali, Nnamic.</p><p>Shaj Pictograms: Hshaah, Nnamic</p><p></p><p>What are your thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8380038, member: 6796468"] Having a lot of trouble getting the Deities out of my head, individually, so I thought I'd touch on something else important: Languages. Regional Languages feels like a really strong direction to go with it, rather than having a dozen different racial languages tied to specific groups that are spread across the world in a disparate way. But by the same token that can make it difficult for a specific group of people to have a signifier of at least quasi-unity. So my current thought is to do both regular languages and also some sort of sublanguages? Like High and Low languages in the wake of the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066, where French became the primary language of the upper classes while the lower classes were still largely speaking English but with some word-filtering (pork, beef, poultry, venison, and other meat-related words, for example) I'm pretty sure I don't want a "Common" tongue shared by everyone... but if we do have one, I think it should be the language of the Ancais, showing off their massive cross-cultural impact in the wake of the Age of Swords. Though, honestly, we could go all "Norman Invasion" and make Acain the dominant "Noble Tongue" across Annam, Musarra, Kyran, Myr, and Gresia... And then have Ellenici be the common tongue between Ellenici and Neasc. But that kind of singles Imba out and I'd feel really weird about that. Though it could reinforce the "We were never conquered" angle. So... all that said, here's the current roster: [B]Primary Languages:[/B] Acain: Formal language, mostly used in writing and tied to Ancais, may be a forbidden language or a "High Common" Achelbite: Spoken primarily in Achelb, Abu Sadin, and Shuruta. Trade Language in Lagan. Borsi: The people of Lagan and Qesh primarily speak Borsi, but it's also spread to be prominent in Sunmet. Gric: Common to the cities of Gresia, it's also well known among the Kyrani and in Neasc, as well as Shuruta. Llenic: Common across the lands of Ellenici, and also Neasc. Spoken in Il'sha-ah and Abu-Sadin as well. Lucali: Spoken in the cities of Imba and to some degree the borderlands of Ngo, common in Arat-shi as a trade language. Nnamic: The language of Annam, it spread across the Khufu, but is primarily spoken in Annam, Imba, and Lagan. Nishka: The language of the Neasc, spoken in Gresia and the eastern part of Ellenici. Urda: The language of Musarra, Marad, Ondat, and Shuruta, it's spread across Gresia, Kyran, Lagan, Myr, and to Il'sha-ah. [B]Sublanguages:[/B] Hshaah: Serpent tongue. Spoken primarily by Naga and Serpent Cultists, may have once been a racial language. Heavy on Allusions. Satru: Thieves Cant. Spoken mostly in Gresia and Neasc, it has spread into the Khufu Sea region in recent years, but is not common. Sarran: A Musarran-specific Urda language with a lot of slang. Spoken deeper in the throat, influenced by Minotaurs. Beastspeak: Secret Language of Druids and Cultists of the Beast. Very vague and guttural language of growls. [B]Writing Systems:[/B] Cuneiform: Achelbite, Borsi, Sarran, Urda Lixi: Gric, Nishka, Satru Loquese Alphabet: Ellenici, Gric, Nishka Simplified Shaj Pictograms: Lucali, Nnamic. Shaj Pictograms: Hshaah, Nnamic What are your thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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