World Chronicles

Languages

The tongues and scripts of Arnathia and the old world.

  • Draconic Patronymic Naming Conventions
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    Draconic Patronymic Naming Conventions

    Dragons on Arnathia are named under a patronymic naming convention. Dragons follow specific bloodlines and their names are Bloodline/MiddleName/Name(gender suffix). The last name (Name) is a compound of the last syllable of the father’s “middle” name, followed by a suffix of -nu for males and -na for females. Dragons have a “middle” name, which is…

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    Language of the Giant Owl

    What I heard was a sound, unlike anything I had heard before. A long low moaning sound punctuated by a screech. The language of the Giant Owls is one of the most complex and yet subtle languages in all of the known world| from “Field Notes: Boreal Regions of Chiber” by Raja Daltray The Chiber…

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    Orsholon Dialect of Urnati

    Natively known as: Bagoka /baˈgoka/ …and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind… no me sikun bal qa qekin no biba qa komim em om biba> Pronunciation: /no me siˈkun bal qa qeˈkin no biˈba qa koˈmim em om biˈba/ Orsholon Dialect of Urnati word order: and he stood…

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    Pewamro Runes

    Image of runestone found during an expedition. It has been translated to common, but does not give any clues as to meaning. In the Muioqa Desert is found the Puqopen Navu, the Forbidden Gorge. And deep in the gorge are the Pewamro, survivors of The Cataclysm. They are horribly misshapen and challenged due to the…

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    Pirate Parlance (Sabasun)

    Coded “language” for pirates, smugglers and ruffians of the sea.

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    Psou˩˥ – The language of the Coastal Chadi

    Natively known as: psou˩˥ /psoʊ̯˩˥/ …and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind…oi˩˥st ou˦ fo˧skä˧ ie˦nspa˦ ie˦nf ie˩˥ ou˦ oi˩˥st o˩˥slâ˧fnou˦s ksâ˧n ksâ˦ ie˩˥ ou˦ a˩˥ â˩˥kPronunciation: /ɔɪ̯˩˥st oʊ̯˦ fo˧skɑ˧ aɪ̯˦nspa˦ aɪ̯˦nf aɪ̯˩˥ oʊ̯˦ ɔɪ̯˩˥st o˩˥slɜː˧fnoʊ̯˦s ksɜː˧n ksɜː˦ aɪ̯˩˥ oʊ̯˦ a˩˥ ɜː˩˥k/ Psou˩˥ian word order: and he stood holding…

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    Rogue Speak (Mavsunul)

    This is a coded “language for theives, rogues and other denizens of the underworld.

  • The Heretics Code
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    The Heretics Code

    When The Heretics / Technologists were driven into hiding, they needed a method to communicate and to signal each other that there were safe places for them. They developed a code that to this day has not been deciphered fully to understand it. It is obviously a cipher, but no one but the Technologists seem…

  • Urnati
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    Urnati

    Natively known as: Urnati /Urnaˈti/ Urnati was the language spoken around the world until The Cataclysm. After thatt, most languages derived from Urnati, some changing dramatically. The common language is currently the Orsholonian dialect of this language and is understood by the vast majority of Arnathians. …and he stood holding his hat and turned his…