Languages

Modern Anuirean is descend from Andu, the language spoken by the Andu people - the first of the human tribes to settle in Cerilia. Andu had no writing system prior to the migration to Cerilia. A short time thereafter, Andu came to be written in a variation of elven script, which the Andu learnt from their first peaceful contacts with the elves. Modern Anuirean still uses many of the same letters.
The Anuirean alphabet has ten vowels and nineteen consonants, for a total of 29 letters. A few other vowel sounds exist that aren't true letters, but are noted with symbols to reflect their unique sounds.

In a word ending in an e after a single consonant, the e is not pronounced as a separate syllable, and the previous vowels are treated as a diphthong. However, a cluster of two or more consonants forces the e to be pronounced as a separate syllable. For example:

• Silent e: Ghoere (GOR), Boeruine (boh-ROOIN).
  
  
• Syllabic e: Osoerde (oh-SORE-day).
  

An ie at the end of a word is always pronounced as two vowels, producing an ee-ay ending. For example:

• Alamie (ah-LAH-mee-ay), Elinie (eh-LIH-nee-ay).
  

In some cases, an accent mark is used to indicate compound vowels that are pronounced separately. For example:

• Eloéle (eh-LOY-eh-lay), Cuiraécen (koo-ih-RAY-eh-ken).
  

• Anuirean Names
  

The Rjurik peoples adopted the Anuirean alphabet, although they modified it for their own use. A person literate in Anuirean can pronounce Rjuven written words, although he cannot determine their meaning and syntax.

• Rjurik names
  

The language of the Brechts has a heavy, Germanic ring and follows many typically Germanic rules. The Brechts borrowed dwarven runes as the model for their written language, but Brecht has evolved to the point that a reader of Brecht can no longer read dwarven rune-letters.
There are two versions of the Brecht language in use - the older High Brecht and the more common Low Brecht.

• Brecht names
  

The Basarji brought their own language to Cerilia and developed their alphabet independent of outside influence. The language is Arabic in appearance and sound, with a strong Mediterranean flavour. Little different exists between the language spoken by the Khinasi today and that spoken by their ancestors.

• Basarji names
  

The folk of Vosgaard do not have a written language. However a set of runic symbols is widely used for marking possessions and for counting.

• Vos names
  

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