Tongues & Scripts

Languages of Eldunary

From the continental tongue spoken by every race to the dying whispers of a near-extinct hive β€” the languages of Criozevan, ranked by reach.

I Continental Tongues

Spoken as a first or second language across the entire continent.

Standard Script

Common

The continental trade and diplomatic language. Spoken as first or second language by every race. The default language of government, commerce, and inter-faction communication.

β—ˆ folkwynd, mixed communities β—Ž vacron, fodon, frada +3
Active β†’
Fluid-Script (flowing, wave-form notation)

Sylvaren

The Ipadora language. Fluid-script and voicewave dialect. Spoken throughout the Ipadora Kingdom.

β—ˆ ipadoras β—Ž ipadora sanctuary
Active β†’
II Kingdom Tongues

Each bound to a race or realm. Widely spoken within their homeland; rare beyond it.

Harmonic Script (resonance-encoded)

Shayathi

The Iyhago Kingdom language. Harmonic Script encodes tonal resonance β€” written text has acoustic properties. Used in magical ritual contexts. Veles prefers Kōtoba but Shayathi is the kingdom's official language.

β—ˆ iyhago native humans β—Ž iyhago prime, uyrand, andport
Active β†’
Unknown

Tharnic

The Oredsy Republic language. Selvarin's native tongue.

β—ˆ oredsy native humans β—Ž oredsy, wrofast, imuton
Active β†’
Oral (no external script confirmed)

Nualthyr

The Darkmane Elf language. Clan-dialects with tonal variance. Spoken secretly among elves who do not wish to be understood.

β—ˆ darkmane elves β—Ž grousea, vlurg, wrediff +1
Active β†’
Circuit Script (modular, assembly-based)

Solaran

The Goldhelm technical language. Circuit Script is modular and assembly-based β€” ideal for engineering documentation.

β—ˆ goldhelms β—Ž ovodon, ibeson
Active β†’
Rune-Script (the inscribed form IS the language)

Karthrun

The Golem language. Inscribed in chiseled glyph-code.

β—ˆ golems β—Ž suudon, cridbury, klosdon
Active β†’
III Trade & Fringe Tongues

Functional rather than native. Spoken in specific trades, environments, or subcultures.

Sailor Speak

Maritime creole spoken natively in Wrofast and understood functionally by experienced sea traders from Glaril, Neruvalis, and Ipadora Sanctuary. Parent languages are Common and Sylvaren. Belongs fully to neither. No written form. Trust currency among sailors.

β—ˆ wrofast ↳ from common & sylvaren
Active (maritime creole β†’

Ka'torr

The Sharkai language. Guttural, gesture-based, and used underwater. Rabuka speaks it natively.

β—ˆ sharkai
Active β†’
IV Isolated & Dying

Spoken by only a handful β€” or one. These languages are disappearing.

Pyrrhith

Spoken language of Zhuiburn β€” spoken by no other community and voluntarily taught to no outsider. Origins unknown. No structural ancestry with Common, Sylvaren, Tharnic, or any documented language in Criozevan. Built almost entirely from fricatives and plosives. Minimal vowels. Written form exists but is not shared.

β—ˆ zhuiburn
Active (exclusive β†’

Kōtoba

A refined form of Shayathi used only by the Resonant Guard. High-prestige in Iyhago; uncommon everywhere else. Unauthorized use is forbidden and spiritually dangerous.

β—ˆ ancient iyhago scholars
Active β†’

Tharnexi

The Tharnex hive language. Now spoken only by Vorryn, the last Tharnex. Written in spiral claw-glyphs etched into carapace plates.

β—ˆ tharnex
Near-Extinct β†’