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For most of the Bronze Age, Belkondíl lacks a unified power, and the [[Old Olgish#Dialects|Old Olgish dialects]] develop fairly freely, intermixing with each other and local languages as the Olgish domain [[Olgish Expansion|expands]] into [[Geran]] and the [[Reknaya]]. Only when [[Enethin of Ortûlék|Enethin]]
For most of the Bronze Age, Belkondíl lacks a unified power, and the [[Old Olgish#Dialects|Old Olgish dialects]] develop fairly freely, intermixing with each other and local languages as the Olgish domain [[Olgish Expansion|expands]] into [[Geran]] and the [[Reknaya]]. The need for a common high tongue only arises when [[Enethin of Ortûlék|Enethin]] restores the [[Kingdom of Belkondíl]], uniting most of the old Olgish counties. Enethin’s centralistic policies as well as the compilation of the [[Book of Belkondíl]] to evidence his claim to the throne give rise to an [[Old Olgish Koiné]], based chiefly on the influential dialects of [[Ortûlék]], [[Lágon]], and [[Soskilón]] but incorporating elements of most other varieties of Olgish.
 
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