List of languages

This is a list of languages that have been spoken on Zairis, arranged by time period and their relation to each other.

Derived from Primordial Speech

Primordial Era

?-?

Primordial Speech

Language of the Primordials. It is considered a high honor for a mortal to be taught to speak it.

Pre-Draconic Era

?-0 DC

Miacid Common Tongue

Language of the Miacids for most of the Mid-Pre-Draconic Era.

Ancient Avianic

Spoken by the Avians of the West Continent during the Pre-Draconic Era. Largely replaced by Sun's Tongue over the Draconic and Mithril eras.

Fel-tongue

Language developed by the Followers of Fel after settling a portion of Dunieth.

Proto-Gardic

Spoken by the People of Loup, a mix of the Miacid Common Tongue and Fel-tongue.

Sun's Tongue

Language developed by the Vul Loyalists who settled Ka'aras during their period of isolation from Mithros.

Draconic Era

0-2000 DC

Gardic

Language of the Gardic Civilization, developed after the second Loup exodus to Frysgard.

Nethrian

The language of the Loup Lowlanders who fled to the Nethrian peninsula during the Kyaww-fel incursion into Loup lands.

Old Draconic

The language spoken by the dragons and their progeny.

After its ancient forebear was considered extinct, the Ten Clouds Cult has spearheaded a revival movement, resulting in Avianic returning to the Thousand Eyries. as a minority language, generally spoken by those opposed to the Firebird Cult, who were responsible for replacing it with Sun's Tongue

Neodraconic

Neodraconic was born from a prescriptivist movement within the Free Dracon States to codify a new writing system for Old Draconic that would be easier to read, write, and print.