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==Etymology and names== | ==Etymology and names== | ||
The term ''Olgenam'', earlier ''Olginam'' derives from the Ortûlékian ethnonym ''Olgi'' ‘the skilful ones’ + ''nam'' ‘custom, way, language’, from an original root *''olg-'' ‘skilful, artful, deft’. The name was applied to one of the [[Ortûlékians|Three Peoples of Ortûlék]], ostensibly the ancestors of the Olgs, beside the [[ | The term ''Olgenam'', earlier ''Olginam'' derives from the Ortûlékian ethnonym ''Olgi'' ‘the skilful ones’ + ''nam'' ‘custom, way, language’, from an original root *''olg-'' ‘skilful, artful, deft’. The name was applied to one of the [[Ortûlékians|Three Peoples of Ortûlék]], ostensibly the ancestors of the [[Olgs]], beside the ''[[Géni]]'' and the ''[[Auli]]'', traditionally considered the ancestors of the [[Aribelians]] and [[Iiles]], respectively. | ||
==History and systematics== | ==History and systematics== | ||
[[Proto-Olgish language|Proto-Olgish]] arose in the [[Trough of Ortûlék]] and the surrounding heartland of Belkondíl in the early second millennium B.E.B., presumably spoken by those of the Ortûlékians who remained in their ancestral lands after the [[Parting of the Peoples]]. A cultural separation of clans settling in the [[Brethan|Brethan Valley] west and the [[Cëlac|Cëlac Valley]] east of the [[Olgish Highlands]] seems to have already existed at this time, and the earliest Olgish dialects followed this division, with a [[Brethanian Olgish]] or ‘Orinic’ language spoken in [[Orinion]] and adjacent areas, possibly bordering still-vibrant [[Noldorinians|Noldorinian kingdoms]] to the south, and [[Old Olgish|Cëlacian Olgish]] or ‘Olgish Proper’ predominating in the eastern domains, bordering the [[Soskish kingdoms in Belkondíl]]. With the westward spread of Cëlacian clans, Brethanian became increasingly marginalized and by the beginning of the [[Lécaron|Imperial Era]] remained spoken only on the [[Mairn]] and in a handful of Orinian coastal communities, while the Olgish name came to be synonymous with the Cëlacian dialects. | |||
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