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inferiare Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:50 am Post subject: Ancient TerraEarth Language Origins |
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In the world of TerraEarth, there are a few ancient languages used by ancient civilizations.There was always a common language present, but there were three major languages besides Common, though two of the three are now lost. The only one not lost is the language of the heavens, the language of the god Boxxleman. Though he is the sole person in TerraEarth to know the entire language, those who are admins are privvy to some of the words for commands, and to an extent, some of the moderators know a few words here and there. Basic commands are executed with the language of the heavens around the world, and places with restricted access are locked with this language being the only key to open them.
Long after TerraEarth was created, the language of the Moon Tribe was spoken, as the Moon Tribe were around before the majority of the world was populated. Possibly the first ancient race of people on TerraEarth, the Moon Tribe was a long-living civilization. However, at some point of their prosperity they divided; those who were still called the Moon Tribe stayed where they had always lived, and the other part that divided from them became those who inhabited Astarica. The Astaricans developed their own language, an off-shoot of the Moon Tribe's language, with some changes in structure, words, and the meaning of words. Think of it as Canadian-French, or even one of the different dialects of the Chinese language, or even different Japanese dialects.
Because of these differences, the Moon Tribe and Astaricans grew apart, though they were still able to communicate somewhat to each other. They still had one thing in common, after all: their languages were based off of the language of the heavens, modified for their own use. It wasn't until much later when the Moon Tribe and the Astaricans died off that their languages, Lunawi and Seleni respectively. Sadly, these languages were lost as the world grew, the Moon Tribe and the Astaricans broke off from each other and went their seperate ways away from their homes to populate elsewhere, and the Common Language was born. Because of the phasing out of the Lunawi and Seleni, the languages were lost to the ages, becoming forgotten and no longer used, save for special cases.
(more to come as it becomes available...) _________________
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Jason Tandro Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Additional Notes on Languages:
Heirarch Astran of Evegrow (241 T.D.):
"What is not understood is what happened to the people of Astarica when the Moon Tribe vanished from existence. Their remnants founded Itory Village, this is known, and those who stayed behind as The Moon Tribe were transformed into Demons by the light of the Dark Comet. The important distinction lies herein:
Demons speak Lunawi, and ancient Moon Tribe runes and Viewing Tables are recorded in Lunawi. But as there are only a few written records of Lunawi available to us, it is terribly hard to decipher. The Astaricans were wise enough to leave a written tablature, known as the Sun Tome.
In fact, it is rumored that those of Astarica considered themselves 'the people of the Sun', and may have even created the Sun Stone, while the Moon Tribe created the Moon Stone. These reports are unconfirmed however."
-On Lunawi and Seleni.
Elven High Priestess Elwyn(217 T.D.):
"Elven is not considered a major language, and why should it be? Only Elves understand our delicate tongue, and we speak Common anyways."
-An utterance to Elarius, the Historian.
High Priestess of Angel City(345 T.D.):
"We do not discourage the belief that we are descended from the same race as boxxleman."
-An utterance to eFlare, Administrator.
High Priestess of Angel City(345 T.D.):
"Those who are referred to as Anthropomorphics are the literal guardians of this planet. We are created for the purpose of guiding this planet. However when the lands in our dominion begin to fade away, so does our own life. The greatest of the Anthropomorphics are none other than the four Elementals."
-An utterance to eFlare, Administrator. _________________ Support me on Patreon!
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