Language
Random Notes
- "Uldenor":
- from Middle Uldennic "Auld Dennor"; from Oathkeep-era "Uldennic"; from pre-KotS Dennish for "Old Dennish", referring to pre-druidic Dennish
- "Dennoth"
- from Old Uldenic "Dennorth"
- from Old Tirrith "Daen Orth"
- "Daen" referring to the Daen, Old Tirrith "people of the hills"
- "Orth" meaning "lands" or "realm" in Old Tirrith
- "Ascade"
- from druidic-era Ascadian "Ascadi"
- from Old Ascadian "Askaadi"
- from third-age elvish "Aath Skaadi", meaning "faraway islands"
- "Uthbrennol"
- from Middle Uldenic "Uothbrenl"
- "Uoth": Oathkeep-era Uldenic, literally "oath"
- "Bren": Oathkeep-era Uldenic, literally "cliffs", from "Aubren" and "Surbren", the twin ranges of The Crowns, the mountain ranges encircling the classic and modern realm of Uldenor; usage: root of words referring to walls
- From "Baren", plural of "Bara" (singular; root is "bar"); Old (interregnum-era) Uldennic for "mountain".
- Related to Old Uldennic "bur", or "hill", or raised area of any kind (appears as root of words such as "aumber" ("pinnacle" in Modern Uldennic)).
- "Ol": Interregnum-era Uldenic, from dwarvish "Kol", meaning "fortress", "city", or "seat"
- "Obrith"
- Literally "Fatherland"
- "Obr": Old Uldennic for "father", from...
- "Ober": Old Ascadian, from...
- "Albur": prehistoric language of Man, referring to The Maker.
- "Rith": Middle Uldennic, corruption of...
- "Ric" or "Rick": KotS-era Uldennic, from..
- "Reck": Old (interregnum-era) Uldennic, from...
- "Dreick": Old Dennic for "kingdom" or "lordship"
- Derived words in many languages serving as the root for "realm"
- "Saillonne"
- from "Sailonne", Middle Uldennic for...
- "Seylon", Latter Karse for...
- "Sehl Hon", Fulun Karas:
- "Sehel": "water"
- "Hon": "city"/"settlement", from...
- Chukharan Kahrsava "Okhn": "cave" or "cleft"
- "Karse": modern Uldennic for...
- "Karas": Latter Karse for...
- "Kahrsa": Fulun Karse for "language", from...
- "Kahrs-": Chukharan Kahrsava for "people of the desert", broken down as...
- "Ka-": "people"/"children"/"inhabitants"/"inheritors", possibly from prehistoric "cha-", seen in Old Ascadian words such as "ho-tca-ryn" ("odren" in Modern Uldennic, "ordinius" in Modern Ascadian: derived from words meaning "person/servant/champion of justice")
- "Rasa": "desert"/"wastes", unknown origin
- "Ahrimid": modern Uldennic
- from "Al-Ahrimin", Latter Karse for the Ahrimin race
- "Ahrimin" from "Al-ahram", Fulun Karse for "the wise men", referring to the progenitors of the Order of the Ring, who led the honoin ahrimin to the Blue Water, and bade them to build cities
| Modern | Latter Era | Fulun Era | Chukharan Era | Al-Kaharsa Era |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Karse |
Karse |
Karas |
Kahrsava |
Kaharsasva |
| Language | Modern | Dark Age | Oathkeep Era | Interregnum Era | KotS Era | Druidic Era | Long Dawn Era | Prehistoric Era |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ascadian |
Ascadian |
Early Modern Ascadian |
Middle Ascadian |
Middle Ascadian |
Middle Ascadian |
Old Ascadian |
Old Ascadian |
n/a |
|
Tirsh |
Tirsh |
Middle Tirrish |
Auld Tirrish |
Auld Tirrith |
Old Tirrith |
Early Tirrith |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Dennic |
Dennic |
Middle Dennic |
Middle Dennic |
Old Dennic |
Old Dennic |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Uldennic |
Uldennic |
Middle Uldennic |
Middle Uldennic |
Old Uldennic |
Old Uldennic |
n/a |
n/a | |
|
Brish |
Brish |
Aubrish |
Auld Brish |
Auld Burrish |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a | |
Dwarvish
Notes:
- In Dwarvish, there is no plural and singular, as there is no distinction between "the many" and "the one" in Dwarf culture.
- Indeed, neither is there in the language; both are the same word.
- And, to top it off, that word is: "DVAR", the word from which other races derived the term "dwarf".
- There are no capital or lowercase letters in Dwarvish; thus, when romanized, all letters are capital, by convention. In some cases, letters that would be lowercase in languages of Man use smaller capitals.
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
|
DVAR |
dwarr1 |
Dwarf, dwarves, Dwarf (race), "the many", "the one", "the small", "the large" |
|
DAZ |
dots (casually: da) |
Is/are (verb); "it is so" or "that is true" (interjection) |
|
DAN |
don (casually: da) |
Was/were (verb) |
|
DAR |
dar (casually: da) |
Will be |
|
KOL |
coal |
Of/from/representing (preposition) |
|
UN |
oon (casually: nnn) |
One, an, the, several, the group of, a group of (article) |
|
ME |
may |
Will (verb), as in "I will this to be so" or "may it be that...". Expresses desire, "ought"-ness, that which "should be". |
|
EN |
enn |
Certainly, definitely; somewhat comparable to "very" or "extremely" |
|
TUWE |
too vay (casually: too vuh) |
Listen (imperative), as in "listen to me"; implies "pay attention" or "attend me" |
|
TUWA |
too vah |
To listen (infinitive). Present: TUWAZ. Past: TUWAN. Future: TAWAR. |
|
GRAZ |
graughts/grots |
Word(s) (connotation: wisdom, sage advice, prophecy, etc). From Uldvar for "words", specific to written, seen in ancient culture as a high, almost magical form of knowledge. |
1 W is pronounced much like the Uldennic "V". V, in turn, is pronounced much like W. However, in DVARDN, both sounds are present in both letters' pronunciation, to some extent, with one being more dominant. Mastery of the W/V split is something of a shibboleth among DVARDN speakers.