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== History == | == History == | ||
As has been mentioned, the Iliatarian languages are not native to Elondor. Their long-lost common ancestor was brought across the narrows of the southern sea from the continent of Nokim by seafaring explorers, vassals of what would later be termed the Nokimi Empire, a loose coalition of chalcolithic states on the shores of Nokim seeking expansion northward. Little is known of this time in history as they did not have writing and built predominantly in stone and clay, but for what can be said, this prehistoric Empire seems to have lasted for less than two centuries, and after | As has been mentioned, the Iliatarian languages are not native to Elondor. Their long-lost common ancestor was brought across the narrows of the southern sea from the continent of Nokim by seafaring explorers, vassals of what would later be termed the Nokimi Empire, a loose coalition of chalcolithic states on the shores of Nokim seeking expansion northward. Little is known of this time in history as they did not have writing and built predominantly in stone and clay, but for what can be said, this prehistoric Empire seems to have lasted for less than two centuries, and after 2400 B. E. B., its Seligonian provinces had been scattered. The language, likewise, split into two branches, Southern Iliatarian spoken by the horticulturalists of the Iliatar, and the Lerewe languages spoken in the Seligonian Highlands and later expanding into Eskar. | ||
Despite the fact that they had no or little writing and lived in constant conflict with the neighbouring Ruldôrians and Hakessians, Iliatarian culture and language remained fairly stable over the following three millennia. Their annexation by Lécaron as part of Province XI. Eastern Seligon was ostensibly peaceful and of little consequence for the population, who retained their language and way of life mostly undisturbed. The Sulutmuri and Ngwano gained nominal independence already in L. R. 696, in the aftermath of the otherwise devastating First Seligonian War, after having been ''de facto'' autonomous at least since the beginning of the century. The Lerewe of the Highlands won their freedom a decade later, initially conscribed as Imperial auxiliaries during the Second Seligonian War but rising against their foreign commanders in the Ragsbrook Massacre of L. R. 713, withdrawing into their homeland and successfully defending it against the remaining Imperial forces as they were caught up in the raging Nelkonian Independence War. The Kingdom of Merdew, covering all of the upper Ibani Valley until the Gap of Urukash and including the semi-autonomous Soskish Duchy of Sildín, was established in 715, with Lerewe Ǧiri, henceforth mostly called Merdic, as its official language. The Eskarians did not take part in the revolt, as they had been mostly independent from their Lerewe neighbours for many centuries. They eventually joined the Nelkonian Alliance and were granted relative autonomy in the newly created United Kingdom of Nelkon, including the right to their ancestral language. | Despite the fact that they had no or little writing and lived in constant conflict with the neighbouring Ruldôrians and Hakessians, Iliatarian culture and language remained fairly stable over the following three millennia. Their annexation by Lécaron as part of Province XI. Eastern Seligon was ostensibly peaceful and of little consequence for the population, who retained their language and way of life mostly undisturbed. The Sulutmuri and Ngwano gained nominal independence already in L. R. 696, in the aftermath of the otherwise devastating First Seligonian War, after having been ''de facto'' autonomous at least since the beginning of the century. The Lerewe of the Highlands won their freedom a decade later, initially conscribed as Imperial auxiliaries during the Second Seligonian War but rising against their foreign commanders in the Ragsbrook Massacre of L. R. 713, withdrawing into their homeland and successfully defending it against the remaining Imperial forces as they were caught up in the raging Nelkonian Independence War. The Kingdom of Merdew, covering all of the upper Ibani Valley until the Gap of Urukash and including the semi-autonomous Soskish Duchy of Sildín, was established in 715, with Lerewe Ǧiri, henceforth mostly called Merdic, as its official language. The Eskarians did not take part in the revolt, as they had been mostly independent from their Lerewe neighbours for many centuries. They eventually joined the Nelkonian Alliance and were granted relative autonomy in the newly created United Kingdom of Nelkon, including the right to their ancestral language. | ||