Language Name: Ertian
Realms Spoken In: Ertia, New Ertia (old Hermertia), certain portions of Wysteria, and certain portions of Dor Eryn (close to Ertian border)
Ethnicities/Races/Species/Sub-Species Spoken By: Ertian, Wysterian, and educated Dor Eryn Aethen
Parent Language (Old Elvish, Old Dwarvish, Mercurian, etc.): Ertian is an original language hailing from the great old, northern Ertian empire before its collapse.
Dialects: Proto-Ertian - Proto-Ertian is the evolution of the Ertian language that has developed as a result of living in the Mercurian Empire for as long as the Ertians have. It is a combination of the common tongue and Ertian.
Accents: Those who speak Ertian/Proto-Ertian that hail from large cities such as Florae or Amora typically have less of an accent than those who live in the far reaches of the Kingdom. Typically it is easy for those with different accents to understand one another. However, those who have been born in large cities in New Hermertia might struggle to understand anyone who has spent their entire life in a much older city in Old Hermertia, such as New Schapstad or Arjenton.
Details: Ertian is the language that has been spoken by the Ertian people since the days in which they lived in their great northern Empire. After its collapse, scholars preserved the language and those who journeyed south towards the Mercurian Empire continued to speak it. After being accepted into the Empire, a modernized form of Ertian, Proto-Ertian, began to develop. It is a combination of the common tongue, Proto-Mercurian, and Ertian. Proto-Ertian is typically spoken in cities where there is a great deal of contact with outsiders, such as Florae, Amora, and Three Rivers. Those who live in small villages and towns spread out across the Kingdom speak a more traditional Ertian. The language is also spoken in parts of Wysteria, as they originally hailed from the Kingdom. Ambitious folk from Dor Eryn also have learned to speak the tongue, as some of them live alongside Ertians in the co-city of Amora.
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of River's End
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