Difference between revisions of "Ortûlékian Languages"

Classical, but not ancient; sacred, but not divine; once spoken in every corner of Elondor, sup-planting language upon language as they spread across plains and highlands, only to eventually be replaced themselves by a younger generation of vernaculars—the Ortûlékian languages have left their mark on Elondor, uncontestably remaining even long after the last of them has van-ished from the sphere of everyday speech.<br>

Classical, but not ancient; sacred, but not divine; once spoken in every corner of Elondor, sup-planting language upon language as they spread across plains and highlands, only to eventually be replaced themselves by a younger generation of vernaculars—the Ortûlékian languages have left their mark on Elondor, uncontestably remaining even long after the last of them has van-ished from the sphere of everyday speech.<br>

This language family was my first—beginning in August 2013 with the construction of what would become Middle Olgish on cruising altitude over the Pacific, followed soon by the con-ception of High Aribelian and Iilish—and has in the past eight years undergone more revisions and expansions than any other. They have spawned two of the great literary languages of the Imperial Era, Middle Olgish and High Aribelian (with Iilish as an adopted third), and are hence perhaps the most prominent language group in everything I have written so far, and inseparably entwined in the history of two great states, Aribel and the Lécaronian Empire.

This language family was my first—beginning in August 2013 with the construction of what would become Middle Olgish on cruising altitude over the Pacific, followed soon by the con-ception of High Aribelian and Iilish—and has in the past eight years undergone more revisions and expansions than any other. They have spawned two of the great literary languages of the Imperial Era, Middle Olgish and High Aribelian (with Iilish as an adopted third), and are hence perhaps the most prominent language group in everything I have written so far, and inseparably entwined in the history of two great states, Aribel and the Lécaronian Empire.