Languages

Many different languages are spoken on Istria.

Common
Common is marked by being a veritable hodgepodge of every other language known to humans, though its orgins are dwarven in nature. Nonetheless, it has a very high percentage of Elven words for a language of the Dwarven family, leading some to speculate that there was high contact between elves and humans in the pre-literate era of Istria, possibly during the First or early Second Age.

Sample Text

 * "Let it be known to all of mortalkind that Nordia is the empire of Istria, and all races are to bow before its flag."

Dwarven
The Dwarven language is principally guttural in phonics, though lilting in its actual diction. At one point in its history, it included the Vowel of Derangement, but that was swiftly omitted after various plagues were linked through it back to Ktul.

Sample Text
Transliteration to the common script: Orks, ein angeblich, aus verwilderten Elben gezüchtetes Volk.

Translation: The orc, allegedy, was bred by wild elven folk.

Note: The above text utilizes the vowel of derangement. Please exercise caution in reading.

Elven
Elven tends to be a very flowery and poetic language in its diction, with a linguistic pattern emphasizing heavy declension and conjugation, with seven cases and three moods. As a result, the elves have developed very characteristic patterns of insult to justify their effette tongue.

Sample Text

 * Transliteration to the common script: "Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo."


 * Translation: "I will ass-fuck both of you and face-fuck both of you."

Note: While the above is quite crass, it is in fact a literal translation from the elven, and is indicative of how the common elf speaks.

Goblin
Goblin is the only language on Istria that lacks a script. It is characterized by harsh gutturals, and concepts expressed in it tend to be very rudimentary.