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| + | ==The Common Tongues== | ||
| + | If there is a virtue to Humanity, it is that they are wide-travelers, curious to a fault, and desirous of seeing what lies beyond the horizon. As such, it is no small wonder that their tongue has become a language used by many and wide folk. | ||
| + | * '''The Common Tongue:''' Though it has been a long time – including the rise, height, and fall of a great Empire – since its humble trading origins, the Common Tongue continues to be used. Though scholars can track the location and era of a given piece of writing from its specific grammar and vocabulary (and the accents of those who speak it), the Common Tongue hasn't changed much. Of course, this is by and large because it is a fairly simple tongue to begin with, mostly useful for communicating concepts of trade and finance. It has, however, proven to be remarkably useful over the years, and adaptable, absorbing elven terms of art and magic, dwarven crafting and martial terminology, and the like. Though this steady accretion of phrases, the Common Tongue does a great deal more than discuss trade today. | ||
| + | * '''The Imperial Tongue:''' Though it began as a simple traders tongue, the ancient Empire rose on the power of that mercantilism and spirit of exploration, and the Common Tongue became refined by the Imperial elite. The academies of the ancient Empire sought to expand their linguistic prowess, innovating and expanding the terms included in the corpus of the Common tongue to embrace historical and philosophical concepts that Common had previously borrowed (badly) from other languages. Though it is rarely spoken today, the Imperial Tongue is still sometimes used in formal education and in written texts. | ||
| + | ==Tongue of the Elder Folk== | ||
| + | * '''Dwarven:''' | ||
| − | * '''[https://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-en-sd.html Elvish]:''' | + | * '''[https://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-en-sd.html Elvish]:''' The elf-tongue is an ancient one, said to have been spoken for centuries or millenia before any of the Elder Folk rose. Though it isn't jealously guarded, many elves act pained at the pronunciations of other folk in its cadences, so much so that all elves learn the Common Tongue to spare themselves the experience. Nonetheless, it is avidly learned by others, particularly musicians, for some of the finest lays are in the elven tongue. |
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| + | ==Tongues of Men & the Newling Folk== | ||
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| + | ==Tongues of Goblins== | ||
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| + | ==Tongues of Dragons & Other Primordials== | ||
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The Common Tongues
If there is a virtue to Humanity, it is that they are wide-travelers, curious to a fault, and desirous of seeing what lies beyond the horizon. As such, it is no small wonder that their tongue has become a language used by many and wide folk.
- The Common Tongue: Though it has been a long time – including the rise, height, and fall of a great Empire – since its humble trading origins, the Common Tongue continues to be used. Though scholars can track the location and era of a given piece of writing from its specific grammar and vocabulary (and the accents of those who speak it), the Common Tongue hasn't changed much. Of course, this is by and large because it is a fairly simple tongue to begin with, mostly useful for communicating concepts of trade and finance. It has, however, proven to be remarkably useful over the years, and adaptable, absorbing elven terms of art and magic, dwarven crafting and martial terminology, and the like. Though this steady accretion of phrases, the Common Tongue does a great deal more than discuss trade today.
- The Imperial Tongue: Though it began as a simple traders tongue, the ancient Empire rose on the power of that mercantilism and spirit of exploration, and the Common Tongue became refined by the Imperial elite. The academies of the ancient Empire sought to expand their linguistic prowess, innovating and expanding the terms included in the corpus of the Common tongue to embrace historical and philosophical concepts that Common had previously borrowed (badly) from other languages. Though it is rarely spoken today, the Imperial Tongue is still sometimes used in formal education and in written texts.
Tongue of the Elder Folk
- Dwarven:
- Elvish: The elf-tongue is an ancient one, said to have been spoken for centuries or millenia before any of the Elder Folk rose. Though it isn't jealously guarded, many elves act pained at the pronunciations of other folk in its cadences, so much so that all elves learn the Common Tongue to spare themselves the experience. Nonetheless, it is avidly learned by others, particularly musicians, for some of the finest lays are in the elven tongue.
Tongues of Men & the Newling Folk
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Tongues of Goblins
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Tongues of Dragons & Other Primordials
x
