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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	Proto-Seligonian was most likely an analytical language on the brink of agglutination, and most of its descendants show a similar structure, with fully concatenative verbal morphology but unbound particles for casus coding, the latter usually blending into a paradigmatic system trough frequent cliticizations like in Armundic and Old Velosti. Remarkable is the high degree of fusion in both categories, with even the case particles of Proto-Seligonian presumably already fusing case, gender, and number (although the seams are oftentimes still apparent), and all of its daughter languages readily accepting single affixes in their paradigms. The vast majority of Seligonian languages is strictly lexeme-initial and inflection-final, with noun phrases headed by a left-edge noun and closed by a particle on the right edge, enclosing adjuncts in between them. Word order is commonly free, with SOV the usual preference.		[[Proto-Seligonian]] was most likely an analytical language on the brink of agglutination, and most of its descendants show a similar structure, with fully concatenative verbal morphology but unbound particles for casus coding, the latter usually blending into a paradigmatic system trough frequent cliticizations like in Armundic and [[Old Velosti]]. Remarkable is the high degree of fusion in both categories, with even the case particles of Proto-Seligonian presumably already fusing case, gender, and number (although the seams are oftentimes still apparent), and all of its daughter languages readily accepting single affixes in their paradigms. The vast majority of Seligonian languages is strictly lexeme-initial and inflection-final, with noun phrases headed by a left-edge noun and closed by a particle on the right edge, enclosing adjuncts in between them. Word order is commonly free, with SOV the usual preference.

	[[Category:Language Families]]		[[Category:Language Families]]

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History

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	The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].		The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].

	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the [[Avalians]], but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the [[Olgish Peoples\|Olgs]] and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the [[Ukkari People\|Ukkari]] and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.		One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands [[Ukkar\|to its west]], where they fight many long wars with the [[Avalians]], but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the [[Olgish Peoples\|Olgs]] and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the [[Ukkari People\|Ukkari]] and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

	For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in [[Serdon\|Serdone]] and [[Urwín\|Dūda]]. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the [[Fenedes\|Fenede]] of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands, arising into the [[Fenedic Empire]]. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, [[Fenedic Language\|Fenedic]].		For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in [[Serdon\|Serdone]] and [[Urwín\|Dūda]]. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the [[Fenedes\|Fenede]] of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands, arising into the [[Fenedic Empire]]. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, [[Fenedic Language\|Fenedic]].

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	The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].		The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].

	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.		One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the [[Avalians]], but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the [[Olgish Peoples\|Olgs]] and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the [[Ukkari People\|Ukkari]] and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

	For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the Fenede of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, Fenedic.		For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in [[Serdon\|Serdone]] and [[Urwín\|Dūda]]. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the [[Fenedes\|Fenede]] of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands, arising into the [[Fenedic Empire]]. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, [[Fenedic Language\|Fenedic]].

	The Fenedic Empire's greatest rival, who will also conjure its end once the time is ripe, hails from the west. Soon after the Iilish Empire is expelled from Belkondíl, twelve Olgish princes of Gërrun, who had taken sides with the invaders, are banished and, seeking support from their former ally in Mebetgar, settled on the border between Old and New Seligon, in Iilmildarn. But instead of guarding the Iilish lands they were meant to defend, these Olgish settlers quickly make friend and foe among the natives of Seligon and after over a thousand years, the Hakessian chariot armies have found their match on the battlefield, when an alliance Olgish-Soskish riders and Ukkari pikemen defeat the Northern Hakessians and found their own kingdom of Great Ukkar. Thus begins the Olgish Conquest of Seligon and the slow but steady diminishment of Hakessian rule. After almost 500 years, the Fenedic Empire weakened by countless wars and devastated by the Aukanian Plague, finally falls to the foreign invaders. The east is soon to follow; so is the domain of the Hyatti and the Great Islands, and only a few centuries after the first Olgs have settled down in Seligon, the Seligonian Languages are almost extinct.		The Fenedic Empire's greatest rival, who will also conjure its end once the time is ripe, hails from the west. Soon after the [[Iilish Empire]] is expelled from [[Belkondíl]], [[Twelve Princes of Seligon\|twelve Olgish princes]] of [[Gërrun]], who had taken sides with the invaders, are banished and, seeking support from their former ally in [[Mebetgar]], settled on the border between [[Old Seligon\|Old]] and New Seligon, in [[Iilmildarn]]. But instead of guarding the Iilish lands they were meant to defend, these Olgish settlers quickly make friend and foe among the natives of Seligon and after over a thousand years, the Hakessian chariot armies have found their match on the battlefield, when an alliance Olgish-Soskish riders and Ukkari pikemen defeat the Northern Hakessians and found their own kingdom of [[Great Ukkar]]. Thus begins the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]] and the slow but steady diminishment of Hakessian rule. After almost 500 years, the Fenedic Empire weakened by countless wars and devastated by the [[Aukanian Plague]], finally falls to the foreign invaders. The east is soon to follow; so is the domain of the Hyatti and the Great Islands, and only a few centuries after the first Olgs have settled down in Seligon, the Seligonian Languages are almost extinct.

	Only a handful of languages survive; most prominent among them of course Classical Armundic, which, although not spoken natively, is all but dead in the temples and schools of southern Seligon; the port of Arvelos stubbornly holds on to its traditional dialect, Velosti; and more than one ancient language is revived when the Olgish dominion over Seligon begins to crumble and local nations attempt to rise again.		Only a handful of languages survive; most prominent among them of course [[Classical Armundic]], which, although not spoken natively, is all but dead in the temples and schools of southern Seligon; the port of [[Arvelos]] stubbornly holds on to its traditional dialect, [[Velosti Language\|Velosti]]; and more than one ancient language is revived when the Olgish dominion over Seligon begins to crumble and local nations attempt to rise again.

	==Structure==		==Structure==

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	Proto-Seligonian was most likely an analytical language on the brink of agglutination, and most of its descendants show a similar structure, with fully concatenative verbal morphology but unbound particles for casus coding, the latter usually blending into a paradigmatic system trough frequent cliticizations like in Armundic and Old Velosti. Remarkable is the high degree of fusion in both categories, with even the case particles of Proto-Seligonian presumably already fusing case, gender, and number (although the seams are oftentimes still apparent), and all of its daughter languages readily accepting single affixes in their paradigms. The vast majority of Seligonian languages is strictly lexeme-initial and inflection-final, with noun phrases headed by a left-edge noun and closed by a particle, enclosing adjuncts in between them. Word order is commonly free, with SOV the usual preference.		Proto-Seligonian was most likely an analytical language on the brink of agglutination, and most of its descendants show a similar structure, with fully concatenative verbal morphology but unbound particles for casus coding, the latter usually blending into a paradigmatic system trough frequent cliticizations like in Armundic and Old Velosti. Remarkable is the high degree of fusion in both categories, with even the case particles of Proto-Seligonian presumably already fusing case, gender, and number (although the seams are oftentimes still apparent), and all of its daughter languages readily accepting single affixes in their paradigms. The vast majority of Seligonian languages is strictly lexeme-initial and inflection-final, with noun phrases headed by a left-edge noun and closed by a particle on the right edge, enclosing adjuncts in between them. Word order is commonly free, with SOV the usual preference.

	[[Category:Language Families]]		[[Category:Language Families]]

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	The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].		The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].

	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to Abreshahar of the Dasmil; and, lastly, the Hakessians, who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.		One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

	For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the Fenede of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, Fenedic.		For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the Fenede of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, Fenedic.

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	~~Most members~~ of the Seligonian ~~family~~ are		Proto-Seligonian was most likely an analytical language on the brink of agglutination, and most of its descendants show a similar structure, with fully concatenative verbal morphology but unbound particles for casus coding, the latter usually blending into a paradigmatic system trough frequent cliticizations like in Armundic and Old Velosti. Remarkable is the high degree of fusion in both categories, with even the case particles of Proto-Seligonian presumably already fusing case, gender, and number (although the seams are oftentimes still apparent), and all of its daughter languages readily accepting single affixes in their paradigms. The vast majority of Seligonian languages is strictly lexeme-initial and inflection-final, with noun phrases headed by a left-edge noun and closed by a particle, enclosing adjuncts in between them. Word order is commonly free, with SOV the usual preference.

			[[Category:Language Families]]

	[[Category:Language Families~~]][[Category:Incomplete Articles~~]]

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	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to Abreshahar of the Dasmil; and, lastly, the Hakessians, who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.		One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to Abreshahar of the Dasmil; and, lastly, the Hakessians, who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

	For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter ~~days~~ of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the Fenede of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, and ~~even~~		For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the Fenede of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, Fenedic.

			The Fenedic Empire's greatest rival, who will also conjure its end once the time is ripe, hails from the west. Soon after the Iilish Empire is expelled from Belkondíl, twelve Olgish princes of Gërrun, who had taken sides with the invaders, are banished and, seeking support from their former ally in Mebetgar, settled on the border between Old and New Seligon, in Iilmildarn. But instead of guarding the Iilish lands they were meant to defend, these Olgish settlers quickly make friend and foe among the natives of Seligon and after over a thousand years, the Hakessian chariot armies have found their match on the battlefield, when an alliance Olgish-Soskish riders and Ukkari pikemen defeat the Northern Hakessians and found their own kingdom of Great Ukkar. Thus begins the Olgish Conquest of Seligon and the slow but steady diminishment of Hakessian rule. After almost 500 years, the Fenedic Empire weakened by countless wars and devastated by the Aukanian Plague, finally falls to the foreign invaders. The east is soon to follow; so is the domain of the Hyatti and the Great Islands, and only a few centuries after the first Olgs have settled down in Seligon, the Seligonian Languages are almost extinct.

			Only a handful of languages survive; most prominent among them of course Classical Armundic, which, although not spoken natively, is all but dead in the temples and schools of southern Seligon; the port of Arvelos stubbornly holds on to its traditional dialect, Velosti; and more than one ancient language is revived when the Olgish dominion over Seligon begins to crumble and local nations attempt to rise again.

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	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to Abreshahar of the Dasmil; and, lastly, the Hakessians, who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.		One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to Abreshahar of the Dasmil; and, lastly, the Hakessians, who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

	For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda.		For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter days of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the Fenede of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, and even

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	==History==		==History==
	The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already ~~inhabited~~ an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, ~~was~~ spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to ~~have left~~ the Armundic Valley around 4000 B. E. B. and ~~migrated~~ southward where they ~~established~~ several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages ~~remained~~ in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until ~~they~~ culture ~~was~~ first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the Olgish Conquest of Seligon. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of Soskish.		The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].
	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, ~~three~~ more subfamilies ~~branched~~ off what ~~had~~ now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who ~~migrated~~ east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[~~HyattiPeoples~~\|Hyatti]], who ~~were~~ known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and ~~dwelled~~ in relative peace in
			One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to Abreshahar of the Dasmil; and, lastly, the Hakessians, who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the Avalians, but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the Olgs and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the Ukkari and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

			For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in Serdone and Dūda.

	~~third the [[Armundians]], who migrated south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and becoming the most~~
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	The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].		The history of the Seligonian languages reaches further back in time than that of their neighbouring families, except perhaps for that of Avalian. It can be presumed that the ancestors of the later Seligonians already inhabit an area central to Seligon, the [[Armundic Valley]] east of the [[Ruah\|Ruah Mountains]]. The language tentatively called Early Proto-Seligonian, or alternatively Primitive Proto-Seligonian or Proto-Macro-Seligonian, is spoken in the late Neolithic; it is the direct ancestor to only one sub-branch of Seligonian, the languages of the [[‘Iru Ni‘i]], who seem to leave the Armundic Valley around 4000 B.E.B. and migrate southward, where they establish several chiefdoms on the [[Great Islands of Seligon\|Great Islands]] of [[Jallan]], [[Ancarion]], [[Edessa]], and [[Asarok]], and finally a [[Kingdom of the ‘Iru Ni‘i\|kingdom]] spanning them all. Their languages remain in fairly stable use for almost four millennia, until their culture is first diminished under the [[Fenedic Empire]] and finally destroyed after the [[Olgish Conquest of Seligon]]. As with the majority of Seligon’s languages, many ‘Iru words and phrases remain in everyday use as substrate in the local dialect of [[Soskish Language\|Soskish]].

	One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands to its west, where they fight many long wars with the [[Avalians]], but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the [[Olgish Peoples\|Olgs]] and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the [[Ukkari People\|Ukkari]] and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.		One and a half millennia after the separation of ‘Iru Ni‘i, four more subfamilies branch off what has now become Proto-Seligonian; first the [[Ruldôrians]], who migrate east, founding the cities of [[Urukash]] and [[Olksûr]], defeating the [[Nokimi]] and conquering their states, and establishing some of the greater empires of the Middle Bronze Age; second the [[Hyatti Peoples\|Hyatti]], who are known to be the most mystic of all peoples of Elondor and dwell in relative peace (safe for a few incursions into Hakessian space by their own hand towards the end of the Bronze Age) in their kingdoms in the north; third the [[Armundians]], who migrate south, founding [[Serdon]] and [[Tinaris]] and become one of the most revered high cultures of Seligon, in their age and significance second perhaps only to [[Abreshahar]] of the [[Dasmil Basin\|Dasmil]]; and, lastly, the [[Hakessians]], who at first remain in the Armundic Valley and the lands [[Ukkar\|to its west]], where they fight many long wars with the [[Avalians]], but in the 14th century B.E.B. make an invention that will forever change the battlefields of Seligon and make them superior to any foe until the arrival of the [[Olgish Peoples\|Olgs]] and their feared cavalry: the chariot. As if flying on their wheels, they quickly expand west, south, and east, defeating first the [[Ukkari People\|Ukkari]] and then the Armundians, and finally also the Ruldôrians, and founding new, Hakessian kingdoms on their sites.

	For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in [[Serdon\|Serdone]] and [[Urwín\|Dūda]]. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the [[Fenedes\|Fenede]] of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands, arising into the [[Fenedic Empire]]. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, [[Fenedic Language\|Fenedic]].		For the latter half of the Bronze Age, more than half of Seligon is under Hakessian rule, and with their rapid expansion, their dialects have likewise split into three branches, Northern Hakessian in Ukkar and the Armundic Valley, Eastern Hakessian in Urukash, Olksûr, and Ruldôr, and Western Hakessian in [[Serdon\|Serdone]] and [[Urwín\|Dūda]]. Their conquests have taken a grave toll on the other branches of Seligonian; the Ruldôrian languages are extinct and nearly forgotten, Armundic survives only as the shadow of its former glory, as a language of church and prayer. The Hyatti and the ‘Iru Ni‘i alone have remained untouched until now, and this is soon to change, when in the latter centuries of the Bronze Age one of the Western Hakessian kingdoms, the state of the [[Fenedes\|Fenede]] of Dūda, the later Urwín, gains power first over its neighbours and later over all of the Armundic Valley and even the Great Islands, arising into the [[Fenedic Empire]]. The dialects of the ‘Iru are diminished, like even most Hakessian languages supplanted by the idiom that will reign western Seligon for over a thousand years, [[Fenedic Language\|Fenedic]].